# SII 8.198: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer Dorotea Operato Alternative title: No. 198. (A.R. No. 601 of 1902). ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE SAME TEMPLE Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0198 Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions) File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0198.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ Uttama(niti) Uyarpe⟨2⟩ruṅ(ki)rt=ti muttamiḻmālai mu(ḻu)⟨3⟩mai(yu)niranta cittirameḻi⟨4⟩p peri(ya)nāṭṭomum nāṉkuticai⟨5⟩p patiṉeṇpūmit tecit (ti)cai viḷaṅku ti⟨6⟩cai(Ā)yirattaiññūṟṟuvaromum ⟨7⟩ palamaṇṭalattu nā(ṭṭu)cceṭṭika⟨8⟩ḷ tavaṉacceṭṭikaḷ jayapālarkaḷum ⟨9⟩ (na)mmakka ḷaṟupattunālu muṉaiyu mu⟨10⟩ṉaivira⟨k⟩koṭiyā(ru)m peraruñciṟappa⟨11⟩rum ciṟappuṭaikkalaṉaiyārum ⟨12⟩ k(o)lak kārār kaṟpakakkāvil ⟨13⟩ niṟaivaṟa niṟ¿a?⟨ai⟩(n)tu kuṟaivaṟak kū⟨14⟩ṭiyirunta rājarājapperuniravi⟨15⟩yom ⟨∥⟩ tiripuvaṉac(ca)kkaravattikaḷ ⟨16⟩ śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu patto⟨17⟩ṉpatāvatu kuMbhanāyaṟṟu pū⟨18⟩⟨r⟩vapakṣattu pañcamiyum viyāḻakki⟨19⟩ḻamaiyum peṟṟa revati nāḷ nam(mi) ⟨20⟩ licaintu vyavasvaipaṇṇi⟨21⟩ṉapaṭi ⟨|⟩ rājarājavaḷanāṭṭu ⟨22⟩ poykaināṭṭut tiruviṭaikkuṭi A⟨23⟩mutamoḻip perumpaḷḷikku Ivvi⟨24⟩(ṭai)kkuṭi Ūraṭaṅkalu⟨m⟩ muṉpu rāja⟨25⟩[4+] (ya)māy niṉṟa nāḷvaraiyum Iṟai ⟨26⟩ [6+] ṉṟu pūjaiyum tiruppaṇi(yu) ⟨27⟩ [7+] (celu)ttipponta⌈ ## Commentary The inscription is mutilated at the end. ## Bibliography Digital edition of SII 8.198 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 98, item 198.