# Tanjore, Br̥hadīśvara, time of Tirumalai, Śaka year 1377 (SII 2.23)

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv02p0i0023

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII02_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv02p0i0023.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46
(9feb835)

## Summary

Upper and lower row of upper tier of southern base of the vimāna,
eastern edge.

## Palaeographic description

The formulaic verse in line A1 is in larger characters.

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## Edition

### Upper row of upper tier

⟨A1⟩ dāna-pālanayor mmaddhye
dānā¿ś?⟨c⟩ chreyo ⟨’⟩nupālanaM [|]
dā¿r?⟨n⟩āT svargam avāpnot¿a?⟨i⟩
pālanād acyutaM padaM [∥ 1]

⟨A2⟩ (௳) śubham astu śrī [∥]

śakābdaM Ā[yirattu] muṉṉūṟṟu Eḻupattu Eḻiṉ mēṟ cellā niṉṟa
bhāva-varuṣattukku-c cellum ⟨A3⟩ yuva-varuṣam cittirai ௴ (10 7) [2+]

śrīmaN mahā-maṇḍaleśvaraN ¿meti?⟨medi⟩¿ṉi?⟨nī⟩¿misara?⟨śvara⟩ kaṇṭa
kaṭṭāri cāḷuva-cāḷuva {ti}tirumalai-tēva⟨A4⟩-mahārācar tañcāvūr va [3+]
ṇṭayam ta(ñ)ca-mā-maṇi-kaṇṭaṅkuṟai nākaḷāpuram paḻamāṟaṉ Ēri
¿Aṉ?⟨Aim⟩pati¿N?⟨ṉ⟩ mēl Akaram ⟨A5⟩ vēlaṅkuṭi Ammai-¡A!⟨y-a⟩[ppa-pu?]ram
teṉ¡A!⟨a⟩ḷūr karu¿y?⟨pp⟩ūr maruvūr Irācē{nti}ndra-cōḻa-nallūr
cuṅkan-tavi⟨r⟩tta-cōḻa-nallūr-āṉa ⟨A6⟩ tirumalai-Ir=āca-puram camuttiṟa
[2+] (ya?)-puram Āka Inta Akaraṅkaḷil vāriyaN kāraṇattāṉukku
n¿ī?⟨i⟩rupam

taṅkaḷ Akaraṅkaḷukku Avatāvaga⟨A7⟩kkaṉai rājasapakkaṉai pradhānijoṭi
karaṇikkacoṭi talaiyār(i)kkam māvaṭai maravaṭai kuḷavaṭai maṟṟu⟨A8⟩m
E¿pepa?⟨ppe⟩rpaṭ=ṭa pala Upādhikaḷu⟨⟨m⟩⟩ kaḻittu viṭ=ṭa Aḷavukku
candrāditya-varaiyum sarvva-mā¡nn!⟨n⟩yam-āka sukhamē Irukka_vum ௳ _

### Horizontal plane of lower row of upper tier

⟨B1⟩ rājāviṉ Aruḷi ceyal paṭikku mantra-mūrtti veṭṭuvitta(tu)

## Apparatus

⟨A2⟩ Ā[yirattu] ⬦ Ā(yirattu) SII.

⟨A3⟩ (10 7) [2+] SII • The number 17 is probably followed by the symbol
for tēti (௳) and possibly also by a punctuation. — ⟨A3⟩
¿meti?⟨medi⟩¿ṉi?⟨nī⟩¿misara?⟨śvara⟩ SII

⟨A5⟩ Ammai¡A!⟨ya⟩[ppapu?]ram ⬦ AmmaiA[ppapu?]ram SII. — ⟨A5⟩
karu¿y?⟨pp⟩ūr SII • Unless one should read karup=pūr.

⟨A6⟩ camuttiṟa [2+] (ya?)puram ⬦ camuttiṟa [3+] puram SII.

⟨A7⟩ pradhānijoṭi ⬦ (pra)dhānijoṭi SII. — ⟨A7⟩ talaiyār(i)kkam ⬦
talaiyā(ri)kkam SII.

⟨A8⟩ Upādhikaḷu⟨⟨m⟩⟩ kaḻittu ⬦ Upādhikaḷu(m i)ḻittu SII.

## Commentary

⟨B1⟩ This is line 9 in Hultzsch 1891. It is engraved on the horizontal
plane a the top of the lower tier.

## Bibliography

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1891, with visual documentation (SII
2.23).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Hultzsch 1891, visual
documentation therein and photos (E. Francis, 2025).

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1891. South-Indian inscriptions:
Tamil inscriptions of Rajaraja, Rajendra-chola, and others in the
Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur. Volume II, Part I: Inscriptions on the
walls of the central shrine. South Indian Inscriptions 2.1. Madras:
Government Press. Pages 117–119, item 23, plate V.