Mahābalipuram, time of Vīrarājendra, year 9

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī v¡i!⟨ra⟩rājendra-

⟨2⟩ cōḻa-devarku yāṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṭu Opat-āvatu tiru-

⟨4⟩ -k-kaṭal-mallai Em p-

⟨5⟩ erumānuk=ku ci(ṟi)tavūr-ā-

⟨6⟩ ¡n!a narasi⟨ṃ⟩ha-maṅkala-

⟨7⟩ ttu mahāsabhai-

⟨8⟩ yōm tiruviṭaiyā-

⟨9⟩ ṭṭamāha viṭṭa Eṅkaḷ

⟨10⟩ Ūr Ukkāviri-vā⟨y⟩k-

⟨11⟩ kālukku-t tek=ku maṅ-

⟨12⟩ kala-c-ceṟum yin=ta ku-

⟨13⟩ ṟiyā niṉṟa nārāyaṇaṉ-

⟨14⟩ māṅkaḷ¡u!r-āṉa kūttāṭi-

⟨15⟩ (pa)ṭṭi Āka taṭi 5-ṉā(l) ku-

⟨16⟩ ḻi (2 1000) I¡ṉ-ṉ!āyaṉārku

⟨17⟩ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamāha-

⟨18⟩ Iṟai Iḻicci(-k kuṭu)-

⟨19⟩ ⟨tt⟩ōm Iv-ūr mah-

⟨20⟩ ⟨āsa⟩bhaiyōm

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śrī • SII treats this word as an honourific prefix to the name of the king that follows.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1886-87 (ARIE/1886-1887/II/1886-1887/1).

Edited in Hultzsch 1890 (SII 1.42), with English translation.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Hultzsch 1890.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 68–69, item 42.

Secondary

ARIE 1886-87. G.O. No. 1462, 24th October 1887. Archaeology. Noting with satisfaction the work performed by Dr. Hultzsch, Epigraphist, from 21st November 1886 to 20th September 1887. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1887. Page 5, appendix II, item 1.