# Ukkal, Perumāḷ temple, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 17, day 122

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv03p0i0013

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv03p0i0013.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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## Edition

⟨01⟩ svasti śrī

⟨1⟩ kō-rājakēsari-va[r]mmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7-Āvatu nāḷ [100] 2 10 2

In-nāḷāl śrī-vikramābharaṇa-c-catu[r]vveti-maṁ⟨2⟩¡k!⟨g⟩alattu Ivv-āṭṭai
[sa]¡m·!⟨ṁ⟩vatsara-vāriya-p-peru-makkaḷum
Ē¿k?⟨r⟩i-vāriya-p-perum-[bha]ṭṭarka[ḷu]m viśi⟨3⟩ṣṭarkaḷum uḷḷi⟨ṭa⟩
mahā-sabhaiyō¡m[m]!⟨m⟩ e⟨m⟩m-ūr puvaṉi-māṇikka-viṣṇ[u]-gr̥hattē kūṭa
Iruntu [26+]

## Apparatus

⟨01⟩ svasti śrī ⬦ SII • SII notes: “These two words are engraved to the
left of lines 1 and 2.”

⟨1⟩ °catu[r]vveti-maṁ⟨2⟩¡k!⟨g⟩alattu ⬦ °catu[r]vvetimaṁ⟨2⟩kalattu SII •
SII notes: “Read caturvedimaṅgalattu”

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity! On the 122nd day of the 17th year ⟨of the reign⟩
of king Rājakesarivarman,——we, the great assembly of
Śrī-Vikramābharaṇa-caturvedimaṅgalam,——including the great men elected
for this year, the great bhaṭṭas elected for ⟨the supervision of⟩ the
tank, and ⟨all other⟩ distinguished men,——being assembled on this day in
the Puvaṉimāṇikka-Viṣṇugr̥ha in our village, [10+]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1892–93 (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/31).

Edited in Hultzsch 1899, with English translation (SII 3.13).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Hultzsch 1899.

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1899. South-Indian inscriptions.
Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part I:
Inscriptions at Ukkal, Melpadi, Karuvur, Manimangalam and Tiruvallam.
South Indian Inscriptions 3.1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 20–21,
item 13.

### Secondary

ARIE 1892–93. G.O. Nos. 642-43, 14th August 1893. Epigraphy. Directing,
with remarks, Dr. Hultzsch’s report on Epigraphical work done during
1892-93 be forwarded to the Govrnement of India and approving of the
programme for the next field season. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor
Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1893. Page
13, appendix B/1893, item 31.