# Āḻvār Tirunakari, time of Kulaśekhara, year 17

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv26p0i0491

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII26_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv26p0i0491.xml

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

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## Summary

North wall of the same shrineof Jñānapirāṉ in the temple of Ādi-nātha.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Em-maṇṭalamuṅ koṇṭ-aruḷiya śrī-kulacēkara-deva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu patiṉ
ēḻ-āvatu

⟨2⟩ tribhuvaṉa-cakravat=ti ko¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ maṇalūr
vakuḷāparaṇapaṭṭaṟku

tiruva⟨3⟩ḻuti-vaḷanāṭṭu tiru-k-kōyil poliñcu niṉṟ-aruḷiya
paramasvāmikaḷukkum Āḻvār tirunāṭ-u⌈⟨4⟩ṭaiya pirāṉukkum
tarma-Itihāsa-purāṇaṅkaḷum vācittu ciṟappukkaḷukkum vācittu
cu⟨5⟩ślokaṅkaḷuñ colli Itukku muṉpu peṟṟu-p potum paṭiyile nāḷ
oṉṟu⟨6⟩kku muṉṟu prasādamum Iraṇṭu Appamum Oru Akkāraiyum nālu
tiru-t-tampalamum ⟨7⟩ Oru piṭikaḷaka prasādamum to⟨ra⟩ṇamālaiyum māta
UTsavaṅkaḷilum tiru-nāḷ ka¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ilum tiru-v-a⟨8⟩ttiyyaṉaṅkaḷilum
ciṟapp-āka-p peṟṟu potum peṟupeṟukaḷun tāmun tamm-uṭaiya
va(ṟ)⟨9⟩kattārum vācittu-p peṟṟu-p-potavum Ip-paṭi cantirātittavaT
celvat-āka kallilum cem⟨10⟩pilum veṭṭi-k-koḷḷavum pāṟka

Ivai Āṉāntūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu yāṇṭu patiṉ ēḻ-ā⟨11⟩vatu nāḷ 3 100 4 10 6

Ivai yātavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu 1

Ivai paḻantivarāyaṉ Eḻuttu

⟨12⟩ svasty astu

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Seventeenth year of the glorious king Kulaśekhara, who graciously
took every country.

⟨2⟩ The unmatched king, emperor of the three worlds, to ... of Maṇalūr.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1909–10 (ARIE/1909-1910/B/1909/467).

Edited in Srinivasan 1990 (SII 26.491).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Srinivasan 1990.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasan, P. R. 1990. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXVI:
inscriptions collected during the year 1908-09. South Indian
Inscriptions 26. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India
(Director-General). Page 327, item 491.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1909–10. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording
the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
-, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri.
No place, 1910. Page 36, appendix B/1909, item 467.