SII 8.445: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Alternative title: No. 445. (A.R. No. 157 of 1903). ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CHANDRASEKHARA TEMPLE AT MARAMANGALAM, SRIVAIKUNTAM TALUK, TINNEVELLY DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato (doop).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0445.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ pukaḷmātu viḷaṅka jayamātu virumpa nilamakaḷ va [**********] (ṇi) muṭicūṭi miṉavar nilaikeṭa villavar kulai [**********] muḻutuṭaiyāroṭum viṟṟirun=taruḷiya korājakesa [******] (śrī) kulottuṅkacoḷateva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 2 10 8⁓Āvatu rājarāja⟨p⟩pāṇṭi [*****] ṇṭa coḻavaḷanāṭṭu parān=takavaḷanāṭ(ṭu) [*****] coḷen=tiraciṅkaccaruppeti(maṅkalattu) (ma)hāsabhaiyom

⟨2⟩ ci(lai)nāṭṭup pavittiramāṇikkappaṭṭiṉattu viyāpārika [********] śrīca(n=ti)racekaraĪśvaramuṭaiyārkku tirunan=tā [**********] viṟṟukkuṭutta karu(ñ)cey nilamāvatu tevaṉceṟu [*******] ṇpum viṟṟukkuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyom ⟨|⟩ śrīcan=tiracekaraĮśa(ra)muṭaiya [****] kku viṟṟukkuṭutta pūmikku Ellaiyāvatu [*****] [.]āttiyventirapperarayaṉ [****] m teṉṉellai

⟨3⟩ [**] ṉayū [****] ppaṟṟukku (va)ṭakkum me{l}le⟨l⟩lai nārāyaṇa(ṉ) naka [**********] tira{v}viyattukku kā(cu)tira{v}viyattukkum (n)ārāya [*****] ṇṭa kācu pattukkum can=tiracekaraĮśvaramuṭaiyārkkuttirunantavaṉa(ppu)ṟamā [*****] vaṟttaṉattuc cen=til kaṭattaṉpaṇiya [*****] kalattu cāta(v)etaṉ tiruvara(ṅ) [******]

Commentary

The inscription is much damaged and incomplete.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.445 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 235–236, item 445.

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