# SII 7.551: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 551. (A.R. No. 325 of 1901). ON THE WEST AND
SOUTH WALLS OF THE TRITALISVARA TEMPLE AT AMMUNDI, GUDIYATTAM TALUK,
NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv07p0i0551

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII07/DHARMA_INSSIIv07p0i0551.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī ⟨∥⟩ puka⟨ḻ⟩ cūḻ(n)ta puṇari yakaḻ cūḻn(ta) puviyiṟ
ponnemi ya(ḷa)vum taṉnemi naṭappa viḷaṅku cayamakaḷai Iḷaṅkopparuvattuc
cakkarakoṭṭattu vikkiramattoḻilāṟ putuma(ṇa)m puṇarntu matuvaiyariṭṭam
vayirākarat [12+] ⟨2⟩ nta(ḷa)varaicar tantaḷam Iriya vāḷuṟai kaḻittut
toḷvali kāṭṭip porppari naṭā{r}ttik kirtti⟨yai⟩ niṟutti vaṭaticai vākai
cūṭit (t)eṉṟicait temarukamalap pūmakaḷ potumaiyum ponniyāṭai [10+] ⟨3⟩
yārun tavira vantu(yarvuṭa) ni(ru)ppaṟ ṟirumaṇimakuṭam muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭit
tannaṭi Iraṇṭu n=taṭamuṭiyākattoṉṉilaven=tar cūṭa muṉṉai ma(ṉuv)āṟu
peruka kaliyāṟu vaṟuppac ceṅkol ticaitoṟuñ cel(la ve) [10+] ⟨4⟩ Eṅkaṇun
taṉātu tirunila veṇṇilāt tika(ḻa) Orutaṉimeruviṟ puli viḷaiyāṭa vārkaṭaṟ
ṟivān=tarattup pūpālar tiṟai viṭutta ka(ta)ñcori kaḷuṟu muṟaimaiyil
niṟpa vilaṅkiya teṉṉavaṉ karun=talai parun=talaittiṭat taṉ [10+] ⟨5⟩ ppa
(I)ṉṉā(ṭ pi)ṟkulappiṟaipol muṟpiḻaiyeneṉuñ colletiṟ koṭiṟṟallatu tan
kaivil leti(r)ko{ṭ}ṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩ttu vikkalaṉ kallatar naṅkilituṭaṅki maṇalūr
naṭuvenat tuṅkapattiraiyaḷavum tu [10+] ⟨6⟩ ḷiṟum viṭṭa taṉ māṉamum
kūṟiṉa viramuṅ kiṭappa (E)ṟiṉa ma(lai)kaḷu mutuku neḷippa Iḻin=ta
natikaḷuñ cuḻaṉ ṟuṭaint(o)ṭa viḻunta kuṭakarun talaivirit talamarat
taṉṉāḷu(kan=tu) tānu(n) tāṉaiyu paṉnā(ḷi)ṭṭa [10+] ⟨7⟩ mutukum paya(t)
tetirmāṟac ceyappe(run) tiruvum paḻiyuka(n=tu) kuṭutta pukaḻu⟨ñ⟩
celvamum vaḷar(p)pa maṭa(n=ta)ya riṭṭamum mi(ṭ)ṭi kuṭutta veṅka(ri)
nirai(yu)m kaṅkamaṇ⟨8⟩(me)ṉ(nu)m paraṇiIraṇṭum Oruvicai kaik(k)oṇṭu
pukaḻoṭum pāṇṭimaṇṭala n=tiruvuḷattaṭaittu veḷ{ḷ}varu parit ta(raṅ)kamum
tantiravāri(yu)muṭaittāy va(n)tu ⟨9⟩ vaṭakaṭal teṉkaṭal
⟨pa⟩ṭar(vatu)po(la)t tāṅkarum peruñceṉaiyai yevip pañca⟨va raivarum⟩
poruta porkkaḷat tañci veru{ka}neḷit toṭi maṟṟavartammai va⟨10⟩nacarar
tiriyu(ṅ) koṟṟa ventaṟai (ve)ñcurat teṟṟi vicaiyajayastampam ticai
mutti(n ca)lāpamum mutta(miḻ)p potiyalum kanniyum
kaikko(ṇṭa)⟨11⟩laṅkalum poṟiyappār ⟨12⟩ [8+] mevalar vaṇaṅka
viṟ(ṟi)ru(n=taru)ḷiya kovirājakeśaripanmarāna ca(kra)vatti
śrīkul(o)ttuṅkacoḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 4⁓Āvatu ⟨13⟩
jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu paṅkaḷanāṭṭu vaṭakkil vakai mi(y)kaṟaināṭṭu
Aim⟨14⟩pūṇṭi Ūrom Eṅkaḷūr muppaṉaiyiśvaramuṭaiya mahādevaṟku
tirunan=tavaṉamāka Ā⟨15⟩titāsaṉ caṇṭeśvaradevar śrīhastattile nāṅkaḷ
(ni)rvārttuk kuṭutta nilamāva⟨16⟩tu teṉpāṟkellai nam kayattukku vaṭakkum
melpāṟkellai tompanmāvukkuk kiḻakkum ⟨17⟩ vaṭapāṟkellai vaḻikkut teṟkum
kīḻpāṟkellai veḷaimeṭṭukkup puku

## Apparatus

⟨7⟩ kaṅkamaṇ • Read kaṅkamaṇṭalamuñ ciṅkaṇa-.

⟨8⟩ maṇṭala • Read maṇṭalaṅkoḷḷat tiruvuḷat.

⟨10⟩ ticai • Read ticaitoṟum Eḻilpeṟa niṟutti as in other inscriptions

## Commentary

Partially published in the South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 135f.
Nos. 130 and 131.

This inscription is incomplete.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 7.551 by Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 converted to
DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government
of India, Central Publication Branch. Pages 328–329, item 551.