# SII 8.540: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 540. (A.R. No. 241 of 1903). ON A STONE BUILT
INTO THE FLOOR OF THE SAME MANDAPA

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0540

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0540.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [4+] k(o)ṇṭaru(ḷiya) [2+] tevaṟkku yāṇṭu ⟨2⟩ [3+]
ṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattup puliyūrkkoṭṭamāṉa (ku)⟨3⟩[3+] ḻavaḷanāṭṭuk
koṭṭurnāṭṭut tiruvāṉmiyūr Uṭaiyā(r)⟨4⟩[3+] yaṉārkkup pūjaikkun
tiruppaṇikku muṭalāka nittaviṉo(ta)⟨5⟩[3+] nāṭṭu nal(lū)ruṭaiyāṉ Arayaṉ
malaikiṉiyaniṉṟāṉāṉa (ca)⟨6⟩[3+] ṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu Āmūrkkoṭṭattuk
ku⟨7⟩[2+] kkattuppā(l) vikkiramacoḻap peraḷattu Iṉnā⟨8⟩[1 lost line]

## Commentary

⟨8⟩ Much damaged

The record is fragmentary.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.540 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 275, item
540.