# SII 8.496: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 496. (A.R. No. 197 of 1903). ON THE EAST BASE OF
THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE MANIKANTHESVARA TEMPLE IN THE SAME VILLAGE

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0496

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0496.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ hari⟨ḥ⟩ ŌM svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ tiripu(va)ṉaccakkaravattikaḷ
śrīvirarājendracoḻadeva(r)kku yāṇṭu 10 1⁓vatu tirukkāḷatti⟨2⟩yil
tirumaṇikkeṅkaiyuṭaiyanāyaṉār tirukkaṟṟaḷiyum tirumaṇṭapamum copāṉamum
ceyaṅkoṇṭaco⟨3⟩ḻamaṇṭalattu kaḷattūrkkoṭṭattu vallanāṭṭup
peruntaṇṭalattil koṉuḻāṉ Amutāḻvāṉ maṅkainā⟨4⟩yakaṉ maḻavarāyaṉ ceyvitta
tiruppaṇikku Ivariṭṭatu koṇṭum ciyar tukkappaṭṭ¿a?⟨ā⟩ Uṭal koṇṭum
ceytatu ⟨∥⟩

## Commentary

The word ciyar is engraved at the beginning of the fifth line.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.496 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 258, item
496.