# SII 8.18: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 18. (A.R. No. 432 of 1902). ON THE WEST WALL OF
THE SAME SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0018

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0018.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ vikkiramacoḻateva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 9 cempūrk⟨2⟩koṭṭattup
puṟaiyūrnāṭṭuc ceyyūrāṉa jayaṅkoṇ⟨3⟩ṭacoḻanallūrp puṟṟiṭaṅkoṇṭaruḷiṉa
mahādevaṟku ⟨4⟩ meṟpaṭi tiraiyan vaḷavataraiyan civakatikaṅkatteva(ṟ)kuṅ
k(ā)⟨5⟩(va)n tiṇṭiyum Itdevaṟku viṭṭa tirunantāviḷakku Oṉṟukku (viṭṭa
nilam tiruveka)⟨6⟩mpiṉil melkūṟu pā(ṭa)kam Oṉṟum Uṟappont(ā)ṉceṟup
pāṭaka{mu}m (Araiyum Ākappāṭa)⟨7⟩kam Oṉṟaraiyuṅ kaikkoṇṭu
Ittirununtāviḷakku Oṉṟum cantirāti(ttavarai ce)⟨8⟩luttakkaṭavom Ikkoyil
kāṇiuṭaiya śivabrā⟨9⟩hmaṇan kūttapaṭṭanum nāyakanum Ivviruvom ⟨|⟩ ⟨10⟩
panmāheśvara rakṣai ⟨∥⟩

## Commentary

⟨6⟩ One of the pieces containing the words in brackets is lost.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.18 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 11, item
18.