# SII 6.18: original edition by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 18. (A.R. No. 69 of 1897). ON THE SOUTH WALL OF
THE CENTRAL SHRINE OF THE SAKSHISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUPPURAMBIYAM,
KUMBAKONAM TALUK, SAME DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv06p0i0018

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII06/DHARMA_INSSIIv06p0i0018.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩

pāṇṭiyaṉ talaikoṇṭa kopparakesariva(ṉ)maṟkku yāṇṭu nāṉkāvatu vaṭakarai
Aṇṭāṭṭukūṟṟattu (niṅ)kiya tevatānam tiruppuṟampiyattu
tiruppuṟampiyamuṭaiya mahādevarkku (I)ruma(ṭi)coḻava(ṇukkar ce)y(vi)tta
Ivvūr tiruna⟨n⟩tavāṉa⟨m⟩ maṇṭala⟨2⟩(ṅkā)ppā(ṉukku) naṉtavānapuṟam(ā)ka
In(ṉa)mparnāṭṭu (brahmade)yam vāṉavaṉmahādevicaturvvedimaṁgalattu
madhyastana nūṟṟeṇmaṉ valiya{n}ṉāṉa tiruppuṟampiya Iruma(ṭico)ḻavaṇukka
peruṅkāviti tāyar sūryyaṉ muttāḷḷiṭai rājakesarivatikku ⟨3⟩ kiḻakku
vānavaṉmahādevivāykkālu(kku) vaṭakku mutalkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟcaturattu kā(le)
Araimā varaiykkāṇiyu mivvatikkuk kiḻakkut (ta)mattavāykkālukku vaṭakku
Araimā varaiykkāṇi muṉtiri [5+] lam Aṟumāk kāṇi muntirikai nilamum
vilaipporuḷ kaḻañcilppertta

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ kaḻañcilppertta • The continuation of this inscription is built in.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 6.18 by Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 converted to
DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis. ARIE/1896-1897/B/1897/69.

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India,
Central Publication Branch. Page 5, item 18.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1896–97. G.O., &c., Nos. 1062, 1063, 10th August 1897.
Epigraphy. Reviewing the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for
1896-97 and forwarding copy to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen
Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1897. Page 8, appendix B/1897, item 69.