# SII 8.240: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 240. (A.R. No. 636 of 1902). ON THE SAME PILLAR

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0240

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0240.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨Face A: First Face.⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ ⟨2⟩ korājakesa(ri)⟨3⟩vanmaṟku
yāṇṭu ⟨4⟩ 2⁓Āvatu Am(pa)⟨5⟩rnāṭṭu brahmadeya⟨6⟩m tirumikaiccūr ⟨7⟩
śrīmulasthāṉamu⟨8⟩(ṭai)ya mahādeva⟨9⟩r tiruvutsavam ⟨10⟩ vaikāci
Uttira⟨11⟩ttukku van=ta śiva⟨12⟩yogikaḷukkum ⟨13⟩
paṉmāheśva⟨14⟩ra⟨r⟩k=kum Eḻunāḷum ⟨15⟩ van=ta (A)ṭiyārkku⟨m⟩ U(ṇ)⟨16⟩ṇa
I(n)nāṭṭu brahma⌈⟨17⟩deyam Ālattū [2+] ⟨18⟩ (ru)k=ku
n=tiruppācūrki(ḻa)⟨19⟩(va)ṉ Amutāḷ(vānu)⟨20⟩m Innāṭṭu brahma(de)⟨21⟩ya
māṇiku(ṭi Ū)[.](e) ⟨22⟩ (vilai)koṇṭu(ṭai)⟨23⟩ya Etta(c)cey [1+] ⟨24⟩
[1+] (ṇṭume)lai O(ru)⟨25⟩māvukkuk kiḻpāṟ⟨26⟩kke(llai) [2+]
ta(ḷi)v(ā)⟨27⟩ykkālukku (meṟ)k⟨28⟩(ku)m teṉpāṟ(ke)⟨29⟩(llai)
k(o)ṟṟa(ṅ)ku(ṭi) ⟨30⟩ (nila)ttukku vaṭa(k=ku)⟨31⟩m melpāṟ(k=ke)⟨32⟩(llai
kiḻpilāṟṟu) ⟨33⟩ nilattuk=ke ki(ḻak)⟨34⟩kum vaṭa(pā)ṟk=ke(l)⟨35⟩lai
Immāṇiku(ṭi)⟨36⟩p (pu)ṟat(tu)ṭavaik⟨37⟩kut teṟk=kum
ki(ḻ)ai⟨38⟩Ettacce⟨y⟩k=ku kiḻpā⟨39⟩ṟk=kellai taḷivā⟨40⟩yk=kāluk=ku
meṟk=ku⟨41⟩m teṉpāṟk=kel⟨42⟩lai māṭalaṉ k(o)⟨43⟩va ṉācca⟨ṉ⟩
nilattuk=ku⟨44⟩m mahādevar nilat⟨45⟩tuk=kum kavuciya(ṉ) ⟨46⟩
nārā⟨ya⟩(ṇa)ṉ cātta⟨ṉ⟩(ṉi)⟨47⟩lattuk=kum kavici(ya)⟨48⟩ṉ kaṇṇaṅkuṭi
(ṉi)⟨49⟩(lat)tuk=kum vaṭak=kum ⟨50⟩ melpāṟk=kellai ⟨51⟩ taḷivāykkāluk=ku
ki⟨52⟩(ḻa)k=kum vaṭapāṟk=ke(l)⟨53⟩lai taḷivā⟨y⟩kkālu(k=ku)⟨54⟩t teṟk=kum
Ivvi(cai)⟨55⟩tta Iṉ(ṉāṉk=kellai)

## Commentary

The continuation of the inscription on the other side of the pillar is
built in.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.240 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 132, item
240.