Trichy, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 16

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv17p0i0442.

Summary: Tiruccirāppaḷḷi, upper rock-cut cave.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Version: (f015d1f), last modified (36884e2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla(-p peru)-nila-c-celviyum

1

ta(ṉakkē y-urimai) pūṇṭamai maṉa-k-ko⟨2⟩ḷa

2

kānta¿ḷḷ?⟨ḷ⟩ūr-c cā¿ll?⟨l⟩ai kala¿mm?⟨m⟩ aṟutt-aru¿ḷḷ?⟨ḷ⟩i

3

vēṅkai-nāṭu kaṅ⟨3⟩(ka)-pāṭiyum

4

nuḷampa-pāṭiyum taṭi(k)ai-pāṭiyum

5

kuṭama(lai-n)āṭum kol⟨4⟩lamum kaliṅkamum

6

tiṇ(ṭiṟal) v(e)ṟṟi taṇ(ṭ)āl ko(ṇ)ṭa ta¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩

7

(e)ḻil vaḷar ⟨5⟩ Ūḻiyuḷ (E)llā (v-i)yāṇṭum

8

toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇ(ṭē)

9

ceḻiyarai⟨6⟩-t tēcukoḷ

10

śrī-kō-v-irājajasari-paṉma(r)kku yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu

⟨7⟩ Ūṟaiyū(r)-kūṟṟattu ciṟṟam(pal)tiru-c-cirāppa¿ḷ?⟨ḷḷ⟩i Init’ irun(t’aru)ḷiya tiripūva⟨8⟩ṉapatikku m¡u!⟨ū⟩labṛttyaṉ-āṉa ta(ṇ)ṭesvara-p-perumāḷ Aruḷā(l) pati-pāta-m¡u!⟨ū⟩la-p⟨9⟩-paṭṭuṭai-p-(pa)ñcācā¿ṟṟ?⟨r⟩iya (tē)vakaṉmikaḷōmum ciṟṟampa(l) Ūrōmum It⌈⟨10⟩(t)ēvar tēva(tāṉam) viḷattūr-n(ā)ṭṭu Ālaṅkuṭi Uttama-cōḻa-p-pērāṟṟu kiḻak ⟨11⟩ [2+] kka [6+] maṇaliṭum kaḷarum tiṭalum-āy-k kiṭanta nilaṉ 2

Iṉṉi⟨12⟩lam (Iraṇṭarai)yum cūralūr-kūṟ(ṟat)tu cūra(lūṟ) kiḻavaṉ kampaṉ ma(ṇiyaṉ){n}-āṉa vik⟨13⟩(ki)rama-ciṅka-muvē{va}ntavēḷā(n I)ttēvar cit(ti)rai tirunāḷ (On)patu nāḷum brā⟨14⟩hmaṇarum civa-(yō)kikaḷum tapasyarum Uṇṇa Ivaṉ Iṉṉi(lam ti)rutti vacakki-k ko⟨15⟩ḷḷap peṟuvāṉ āka viṟṟu-k ku(ṭut)ta nilattukk’ icai(n)ta

  • kiḻ-pā(ṟk)’ ellai tiruvaraṅ⟨16⟩ka-tēvatēvat(āṉa)m koṭṭiṭa(v)aiyum pañcakkālattu nilattukku (mē)ṟkum
  • teṉ⟨17⟩-pāṟkk’ ellai [tiru]varaṅka-tēvatāṉam tāḷum pu(lat)tu⟨k⟩ku vaṭakkum
  • mēl-pārkk’ e⟨18⟩llai (nakkaṉ) [2+] ṅkulam uḷḷiṭṭārum (na) mamaṭṭi(yum) nakkaṉ koṟṟa virāṭi ⟨19⟩ (U)ḷḷiṭṭār (ni)laṅkaḷu⟨k⟩ku kiḻakkum
  • vaṭa-pāṟ⟨k⟩’ ellai tiruvaraṅka-tēvatāṉam cā⟨20⟩ntakuṭikku-t teṟkum

Ivvicai(n)ta peru-nāṅk’ ellaiyuḷḷ akappaṭṭa nilam ⟨21⟩ Iraṇṭaraiyum viṟ⟨ṟu⟩-k kuṭut(tu Iṉ-ṉi)lattukku vilai [3+] (ka)ḻañc’ āka Ippoṉ ¡Añ!⟨Aiṅ⟩-ka⟨22⟩¡ai!⟨a⟩ñcukkum Iṉṉilam (vi)ṟṟu-k kuṭuttu Ipp(oṉ) ¡(Añ)!⟨Aiṅ⟩-(kaḻa)ñcum paṇṭārattu vaip⟨23⟩pittu-⟨k⟩ koṇṭu Iṉṉilam citti(rai ti)ru-nāḷ Oṉpatu ṉāḷum br¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇa(ru)m śiva-¿c?⟨y⟩ōki⟨ka⟩ḷum tapasyarum Uṇṇa ⟨24⟩ Iṉṉilam Ipparicu kal mēl veṭṭik (k)oḷḷa-p peṟuvāṉ āka cūralūr kiḻavaṉ kampaṉ maṇiyaṉ-āna vikkirama-ciñka-mu⟨25⟩(vē)n=tavēḷāṉukku viṟṟu-⟨k⟩ kuṭuttō(m) (ca)ṇṭēśvara-perumāḷ Aruḷāl pati-p(ā)ta-m¡u!⟨ū⟩lappaṭṭuṭai-p-pañcā⟨cā⟩ryya-tēvaka(ṉmika)⟨26⟩(ḷō)m ci¿n?⟨ṟ⟩ṟampal Ūrōmum

Ivv-a [3+] m paṇikka Eḻutiṉēṉ vaṇṇaka[1+]ṇa ku(ṭu) nak [10+]

Apparatus

⟨7, 9, 26⟩ ciṟṟampal ⬦ SIITVM reads ciṟṟāmpal (blue Indian water-lily). Maybe read ciṟṟampala°.

⟨14⟩ civa(yō)kikaḷum • The kompu in is clear.

⟨17⟩ [tiru]varaṅka° ⬦ [2+] varaṅka° SII.

⟨25⟩ °tēvaka(ṉmika)⟨26⟩(ḷō)m • The kompu in ḷō is clear.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Hail! Prosperity!

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Bibliography

Reported in Venkayya 1905 (ARIE/1904-1905/A/1904/412).

Edited, with a summary, in Krishnan 1964 (SII 17.442). Summary in Mahalingam 1991 (Tp 1136).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishnan 1964.

Photos by Adeline Levivier (October 2022).

Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 179, item 442.

Secondary

Venkayya, V. 1905. G.O. No. 518, 18th July 1905. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for the year 1904-1905, and directing that the report be forwarded to the government of India. No place. Page 15, appendix A/1904, item 412.

[TVM] Mahalingam, T. V. 1991. A topographical list of inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. Volume Eight: Tiruchchirappalli district. New Delhi: ICHR. Pages 252–253, item Tp 1136.