# SII 8.173: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 173. (A.R. No. 581-A of 1902). ON THE WEST WALL
OF THE SAUNDARYANAYAKI SHRINE IN THE SAME TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0173

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0173.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [5+] ṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīcuntarapāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 1⁓vatu
tanunāyaṟṟut ¿timaU?⟨tuvi⟩tikaiyum putaṉki(ḻamaiyu)m peṟṟa puṉrpūcattu
nāḷ ⟨2⟩ [10+] Ivvūr [3+] Innāyaṉār koyil Ātica(ṇṭecu)ranāyaṉār
tevakaṉmikaḷukkum I [10+] (va)pperunteruvil priya⟨3⟩[10+] yāḷaṟku paḻam
[10+] ⟨4⟩ [10+] valaE(ri)yāṉa comaṉātevanal [10+] lum
tiruccūlattāpaṉattuk kuḷpaṭṭa camattappirāttikaḷilum Ikkoyilukku
Ippaṭi⟨5⟩[10+] (ruṅ)karuṇaiyāḷaṉcantikku (Amutupaṭi) cāttuppaṭi
nittalnivantaṅkaḷukku tirunāmattukkāṇi yiṟaiyiliyāka tanta
tirunāmattukkāṇi cempātiya⟨6⟩[10+] kaḷaṟku kārāṇmaikāṇiyāka(vu)m
Ikkārā⟨ṇ⟩maikā(ṇi)yāṉa nilattukku patiṉālaṭikkolāl nila maḷantu
ta(ru)cuñ cāviyum nik(kip) ⟨7⟩ [10+] ttāl nellu kalaṉe kuṟuṇi [3+]
Antarāya māttāl paṇam Araiyum koṭaikuṟuvai varaku vi(ḷai)ñca nilattukku
Oṉm pātiyu⟨8⟩[10+] kkum puñceyppokam viḷaiyu(m) nilattukkum
nālattoṉ⟨ṟu⟩m pā(ṭi)kāppāṉ koṅkāṇṭāṉ vā⟨ra⟩ttukku Uḻum nālumāvum tirunā
[3+] ⟨9⟩ [10+] yāl vanta payirkaḷukku muṟ [3+] varicaippaṭi kaṭamai
Antarāyamum (I)ccantikku Amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭi nittal nivantaṅka⟨10⟩[10+]
ppaṭikku Ipperuṅkaruṇai(y)āḷaṟkuk kārāṇmaikkāṇi(maikkāṇi)yākavuṅ
⟨ka⟩ṭamai Antarāyam Iṟuttu cantirāti(t)tava(l) ⟨11⟩ [10+] karuṇaiyāḷar
[2+] pātam [2+] peruṅkaruṇaiyāḷarmaṭamum pa(ri)karattār Irukkum maṉaiyum
n¿a?⟨i⟩kk¿a?⟨i⟩ nikki Acalkkuṭiyāy kuṭiyeṟṟi pe⟨12⟩[10+] ṉamāka
Iṟuppā⟨r⟩kaḷā⟨ka⟩vum Iv(vū)ril toḻinācciyārkoyil cuvantaramum
(Aiy)yaṉkoyil cuvantarattilum Oṉṟupāti(yā) [2+] ⟨13⟩ [10+] mum
Ipperuṅkaruṇaiyāḷar peṟuvārākavum Āka Ivvakaippaṭikku cantirātittavarai
celvatāka kallilum cempi [3+] ⟨14⟩ [6+] kuṭuttom Uṭaiyār
tirukkāṉapperuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyil śrīruttira śrīmāheśvararum
Āticaṇṭecuranāya⟨15⟩ṉ peruṅkaruṇaiyāḷaṟku I [3+] Aḻakiyapāṇṭiyap
piramātarāya ṉeḻuttu (| )Ivai cuntarapāṇṭiyap piramātarāyaṉe⟨16⟩[10+]
Ivai teṉṉava(ṉ piramā)tarāya ṉeḻuttu ⟨∥⟩ Ivai sadāśivapaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu ⟨|⟩
Ivai dakṣaṇāmuttipaṭa [2+] ⟨17⟩ ṉaḻuttu ⟨|⟩ kumaṟa

## Commentary

This inscription is built in both at the beginnings of lines and at the
end.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.173 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). Pages 83–84,
item 173.