# SII 8.37: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 37. (A.R. No. 451 of 1902). ON THE SAME WALL

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0037

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0037.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ kulottuṅkacoḻadevaṟku yāṇ(ṭu) nāṟ⟨2⟩patteṭṭāvatu
ceyyūrāna jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻanal⟨3⟩lūr śrīkayilāyamuṭaiya mahādevar
rājentra⟨4⟩coḷicuvaramuṭaiyāṟku tiṟaiyan tevarkaṇṭan Oṟṟi⟨5⟩koṇṭānāna
cempiyan vaḷavataraiyanen Uḷḷuri⟨6⟩l En kāṇiyāna nirnilattil Ittevaṟku
tiruna [3+]

## Commentary

Below the inscription are engraved the following eight lines: ⟨1⟩
vaḷavataraiyan mallikāṟcuntevarai yeḻu(n=taruḷiviccu) yittevaṟku
yikkoyilil civabrāhmaṇar [5+] ⟨2⟩ mallikāṟcuntevarai trisandhi pūjittu
Amāvāsi viṣuvayanasaṁgramam Āṭṭu 10 6⁓nāḷ nitta Amutu [5+]⟨3⟩ḷak=ku
1⁓k=ku viṭṭa Āṭu pan=niraṇṭuṅ koṇṭu candrādittavarai celuttakkaṭavo
minnālvom yitdharmmam [5+]⟨4⟩ṭpaṭa ciṟuk=kut=tiviḷak=ku muṭṭakalum
pok=ku nik=ki 10⁓lam |⁓ Ūrava rakṣai meṟpiṭipāṭu [5+] ⟨5⟩ meṟpiṭipāṭu
meṟpaṭi śivabrāhmaṇarom ⟨ma⟩llikāṟcunateva⟨r⟩k=kum
rājentra⟨coḻī⟩śvaramuṭaiy¿a?⟨ā⟩rk=kum viṣuvayana [5+]⟨6⟩vita{k=ku}k=kup
poliŪṭṭākak koṇṭa putukkācu 1 koṇṭu candrādit=tavarai celut=tak=kaṭavo
minnāl [5+]⟨7⟩m piḷḷaiyā⟨r⟩k=kum mallikāṟcaṉateva⟨r⟩k=kum sandhiviḷak=ku
nālu nāluk=kum poliyūṭṭākak koṇṭa putuk=kācu 3 10 2 muppattiraṇṭu koṇṭu
candrātittavarai celut=tak=kaṭavo miyiruvom panmāheśvara rakṣai ⁓
meṟpiṭipāṭu kampan Uyyavantān paṭṭanen periyatiruvācaluk=kum teṟkil
cūriyateva⟨r⟩k=kum cantiviḷak=ku Iraṇṭuk=ku Āṭu [5+] ⟨8⟩ raheśva⟨ra⟩
rakṣai↝

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.37 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 18, item
37.