# SII 8.438: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 438. (A.R. No. 150 of 1903). ON THE EAST WALL OF
THE SAME STEPS

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0438

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0438.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ koccaṭaipaṉmarāṉa (tiripuva)ṉaccakravattikaḷ
śrīparākramapāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10⁓vatu (mitu)ṉanāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣa(t)tu
(pratha)m¿a?⟨ai⟩yum ⟨2⟩ putaṉkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Uttiraṭṭātināḷ [4+] nāṭṭu
nāṭum nakaramu⟨m⟩ grāmaṅka(ḷo)m kāraiyūrkiḻavaṉ tevaṉāṉa kārai(yūr)
Ai(yā)raṟku kā(ṇi)vilaipramāṇam paṇ⟨3⟩ṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu Iṉṉāṭṭu
kūṭalūrāṉa (A)ññūṟṟuvamaṅkalattu sabhaiyār Eṅkaḷukku 9⁓(vatu)
kaṭamaiIṟukka Āṟṟāteṉṟuñ colla Ivvūrai ⟨4⟩ Uṅkaḷukku veṇṭiṉa Iṭatte
viṟṟukkoḷḷuṅko ḷeṉṟu collukaiyil Ivvūṟ pakutikku Uṭaiyār
māḷavacakkrava(tti)kaḷ kā(riya)ttukkukkaṭavār niṅkaḷ ⟨5⟩ taraveṇu meṉṟu
ma(ṟik)kaiyā latuk koru pokkillātapaṭiyāle Ivar Iṟai(yi)lum (kā)valuṅ
kaḻittu tevatāṉamākat tiruccūlasthāpanam paṇṇi⟨6⟩ttarak koḷviruḷaro veṉ
ṟorukālāvatu mirukālāvatu mukkālāvatu muṟkūṟa piṟkūṟi
Ikkāraiyūrveḷ¿a?⟨ā⟩(r) koḷve ṉeṉkaiyi livaṟku nāṅka⟨7⟩ḷ viṟpataṟ
kicaintu viṟkiṉṟa Intak kūṭalūrāṉa Aiññūṟṟuvamaṅkalattu sabhaiyār
kāṇiyāṉa Oṉṟupātiyu mivarkaḷpakkal muṉṉāḷ Ik⟨8⟩kāraiyūrveḷār koṇ(ṭa)
Oṉṟupātiyu mivarkku [4+] ṅkalat tevatāṉa [6+] ⟨9⟩ lū(rā)ṉa Itta
Aiññūṟṟumaṅkalattup perunāṉkellaiyāvaṉa kiḻpāṟkellai veḷḷāṟṟukkum
kiḻakkum Ellaikku meṟkum teṉ⟨10⟩pāṟkellai (kuḻi)kkum Ellaikkum vaṭakkum
melpāṟkellai (catimā) [2+] vellaikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai
veḷḷāṟṟukkut teṟkumāka I⟨11⟩cainta perunāṉkellaik kuṭpaṭṭa kuḷamum
kuḷapparippum kāluṅ kālā[.]aiyum vayalum vayaṟpāccum nattamum
nattappāṭum puṉcaikaḷum meṉokkiṉa maraṅ⟨12⟩kaḷuṅ kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟukaḷum
maṟṟum Eppeṟppaṭṭa samatta prāttikaḷum{p} paḷḷiccantam paḻantevatānam
tiruviṭaiyāṭṭa(m) ṉikki Iṟaiyili⟨13⟩[3+] viṟṟukkuṭuttuk koḷvatāṉa
Emmilicainta vilaipporuḷ Aṉṟāṭu vaḻaṅkuṅ kuḷikai 𑿞100 5 10 Intapaṇam
nūṟṟaimpatukkum vilaikkuṟa (vi)⟨14⟩ṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇakkaḷatte (kāṭṭeṟṟi)
kaipporu ḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟu vilaipramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom ⟨|⟩ Ippaṭi
viṟṟukkuṭukka kūṭalūrāṉa Aiñ⟨15⟩ñūṟṟuvamaṅka⟨la⟩t(ti)l nāṉkellaik
kuṭpaṭṭa samastaprāttiyilum paḷḷiccantam paḻantevatānan tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam
ṉikki (I)ṟaiyi(li) [3+] ⟨16⟩ luñ cuvantiraṅkaḷu muṭpaṭa Inta
kāraiyūrveḷār Uṭaiyār tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉāṟku vaitta Oru
tirununtāviḷakku [4+] ⟨17⟩ ṇṭu Oṉṟukku Iṟukkum Irāci 𑿞4 10 Ippaṇam
nāṟpatukkum tiruviḷakkuppuṟamāka Iṟaiyilum puraviluṅ kaḻittukkuṭuttom
Ippaṭi vi⟨18⟩ṟṟa Ivvūṟku pañcupili cantuvikkiṟamam Ā(ṭ)tevai veṭṭi
(muṭṭā)vāḷ nāṭṭuviṉivokam kāttikaippoṉ maṟṟum Eppeṟpaṭṭa
viṉi⟨19⟩vokaṅkaḷum kaḻittukkuṭuttu kuṭiniṅkā tevatāṉamāka nāṉkellaiyilum
tiruccūlasthāpaṉam paṇṇi(kkuṭut)tom ⟨|⟩ Ippaṭikku ⟨20⟩ cantirātittavar
celvatāka Uṭaiyār tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉār ko(yil) tirumalaiyile
kal(liluñ ce)mpilum veṭṭi⟨21⟩kkoḷḷakkaṭavākavum Ippaṭi cammatittu viṟṟu
[10+] kuṭuttom kāraiyūr⟨22⟩[8+] raṟkku teṉkonāṭṭu nāṭu [8+] kaḷom ⟨|⟩
Ivai veḷāṉ [8+] ṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

## Commentary

After this, there are two more lines containing the names of
signatories, which are completely damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.438 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 228–229,
item 438.