# SII 8.16: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 16. (A.R. No. 430 of 1902). ON THE NORTH WALL OF
THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VALMIKANATHA TEMPLE AT SEYYUR, MADURANTAKAM
TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0016

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0016.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ virame tuṇaiyākavun tiyākame yaṇiyākavuñ ceṅko locci
k=karuṅkali kaṭin=tu kūṭalcaṅka⟨ma⟩ttu hā{Ā}havamallaṉai yañcuvittu
vikkala(ṉaiyuñ ciṅkaṇa)ṉaiyum Uṭaipuṟaṅ kaṇṭu maṟṟavaṉ mahādeviyoṭum
vastuvāhanaṅ kaik{k}koṇṭu Iraṇṭāmvicaiyiluṅ kuṟitta kaḷattu
hāhavamallaṉai yañcuvittu(t tan) muṉṉavar viratamuṭittu veṅkaināṭu
miṭṭaruḷi vijaiyā(bhiṣe)(kam paṇṇi) virasiṁhāsanattu
Ulakamuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum viṟṟirun=ta(ruḷiya) kovirājakesaripanmarā⟨2⟩ṉa
Uṭaiyār śrīvirarājentradevark=ku yāṇṭu Añcāvatu
jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattuc cempūrkkoṭṭattup puṟaiyūrnāṭṭuc ceyyūrāṉa
jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻanallūrp puṟṟiṭaṅkoṇṭaruḷiṉa mahādevarkku senāpatimārāyaṉ
maturāntakanāṉa rājarājanayapālaneṉ Ittevark=ku pūrvāṇhasan=ti
Oṉṟiṉuk=kut tiruvamurtari{y}ci nānāḻik=kum kaṟiyamurtukkum
ne⟨⟨y⟩⟩yamurtuk=kum Aṭaik=kāyamurtuk=kum santiviḷak=ku Āṟuk=kum Āka
san=ti Oṉṟiṉuk=ku nellup patak=ku muṉṉāḻik=ku Innāṭṭu Eṉ kāṇi ceyyūrāṉa
virarājentranallūr ⟨3⟩ nirnilattu Iṟaiyiliyāka viṭṭa nilattuk=kuk
kiḻpāṟkellai tiraiyacekaraṉ ceṟuvuk=kum palliṟuppāṉkarampaik=ku⟨m⟩
meṟkum vaṭapāṟkellai vaḷavatarayaṉceṟuvukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai
palliṟuppāṉkarampaiyk=kum tillampaḷḷittukkup pāyum vāykkālukku vaṭakku
taṭi Iraṇṭukku vaṭak=kum melpāṟkellai (ni)kari(li)coḻavatiyiṉ kiḻiṉ taṭi
muṉṟukkuk kiḻakkum Iṉṉāṟpālellaik kuḷḷu⟨m⟩ naṭuvu kiṇaṟu ⟨A⟩kappaṭa
caṭaiyaṉceṟuvu taṭi Iraṇṭināl pati⟨4⟩neṇcāṇkolālk kuḻi
Eḻunūṟṟaṟupattiraṇṭe mākāṇiyum Ittevarkku Iṟaiyiliyāka Iṟaiyiḻicci kal
veṭṭuvittuk kuṭutteṉ senāpati mārāyaṉ maturān=takanāṉa
rājarājanayapālaneṉ ⟨|⟩ Ittaṉmam Iṟakkuvā

## Commentary

The record is incomplete; but only a small portion is wanting at the
end.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.16 by Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 converted to
DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 10, item
16.