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: (05cda97), 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 ARIE 1904-1905 (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

ARIE 1904-1905. 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. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1905. 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.