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

Dorotea Operato

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0445

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0445.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ pukaḷmātu viḷaṅka jayamātu virumpa nilamakaḷ va [10+]
(ṇi) muṭicūṭi miṉavar nilaikeṭa villavar kulai [10+] muḻutuṭaiyāroṭum
viṟṟirun=taruḷiya korājakesa [6+] (śrī) kulottuṅkacoḷateva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 2
10 8⁓Āvatu rājarāja⟨p⟩pāṇṭi [5+] ṇṭa coḻavaḷanāṭṭu parān=takavaḷanāṭ(ṭu)
[5+] coḷen=tiraciṅkaccaruppeti(maṅkalattu) (ma)hāsabhaiyom ⟨2⟩
ci(lai)nāṭṭup pavittiramāṇikkappaṭṭiṉattu viyāpārika [8+]
śrīca(n=ti)racekaraĪśvaramuṭaiyārkku tirunan=tā [10+] viṟṟukkuṭutta
karu(ñ)cey nilamāvatu tevaṉceṟu [7+] ṇpum viṟṟukkuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyom
⟨|⟩ śrīcan=tiracekaraĮśa(ra)muṭaiya [4+] kku viṟṟukkuṭutta pūmikku
Ellaiyāvatu [5+] [.]āttiyventirapperarayaṉ [4+] m teṉṉellai ⟨3⟩ [2+]
ṉayū [4+] ppaṟṟukku (va)ṭakkum me{l}le⟨l⟩lai nārāyaṇa(ṉ) naka [10+]
tira{v}viyattukku kā(cu)tira{v}viyattukkum (n)ārāya [5+] ṇṭa kācu
pattukkum can=tiracekaraĮśvaramuṭaiyārkkuttirunantavaṉa(ppu)ṟamā [5+]
vaṟttaṉattuc cen=til kaṭattaṉpaṇiya [5+] kalattu cāta(v)etaṉ tiruvara(ṅ)
[6+]

## 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.