Mahābalipuram, time of Rājarāja, year 26

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII0100041.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (bbe36dc), last modified (d9c7a93).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-⟨2⟩nila-c-celviyum

1

taṉakkē Urimai pū⟨3⟩ṇṭamai maṉa-k-koḷa-k

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kān=taḷur-c cā⟨4⟩lai kalam aṟutt-aruḷi

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veṅkai-ñāṭuṅ ka⟨5⟩ṅka-pāṭiyum

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nuḷampa-pāṭiyun= taṭikai⟨6⟩-pāṭiyuṅ

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kuṭa-malai-ñāṭuṅ kol(la)muṅ⟨7⟩kaliṅkamum

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Eṇ-ṭi¿k?⟨c⟩ai pukaḻ tara ī(ḻa)-ma⟨8⟩ṇṭalamum

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Iraṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ’ arai Ila(k)ka⟨9⟩mun=

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tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ-k (k)o⟨10⟩ṇṭa ta¡ṉn!⟨ṉ⟩

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eḻil vaḷar uḻiyu¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ el⟨11⟩lā yāṇṭun=

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toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yā⟨12⟩ṇṭē

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(c)eḻiyarai tēcu koḷ

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śrī⟨13⟩-kō-rājarājarājasarivarmmar-ā⟨14⟩ṉa śrī-rājarājarājadevaṟku yāṇ⟨15⟩ṭu iru-patt’ āṟ-āvatu

Āmur-k-kōṭ⟨16⟩ṭatt’ āmur-nāṭṭu nakara-māmalla-purat⟨17⟩tu nakarattōmum periḷamaiyō⟨18⟩mum i{n}(n-naka)rattu jalaśayanat⟨19⟩tu kṣatriyasiṃha-pallava-Īśva⟨ra⟩⟨20⟩ttu devarum Irājasiṃha-(pa)l⟨21⟩lava-Īśvarattu devarum paḷḷi⟨22⟩-koṇṭ-aruḷiya devarum Uṭai⟨23⟩ya bhaṭṭārattu poṉṉil I(t-ta)⟨24⟩ḷikaḷil pati pañcācāryyapa[2+]⟨25⟩ṭṭai(cu) devakaṉmikaḷ pa [2+] ⟨26⟩(ṅ)kaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava p⟨oṉ pa⟩⟨27⟩ttoṉpatiṉ kaḻaiñ⟨cu⟩ [2+] ⟨28⟩ (I)t-devarkaḷukku-t ti[5+]⟨29⟩(ṉa)m-āka Uṭaiyār śrī-ra[4+]⟨30⟩(va)r tiru-nāmattāl śrī-[5+]⟨31⟩devaṉ Eṉṟu Ik-⟨kōṭṭam vakai⟩ ⟨32⟩ ceykiṉṟa putukk-u⟨ṭaiyaṉ⟩ ⟨33⟩ Ekatiraṉ aimpatiṉ[5+]⟨34⟩ñcavāṉañ ceyvika[4+]⟨35⟩(ni)lattukku k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pā⟨ṟk’ ellai sa⟨36⟩mudra-karai va(ḻi) pāvi[6+]⟨37⟩yil meṭṭukkum[4+]⟨38⟩ṉ-pāṟk’ ellai Ita[5+]⟨39⟩poku peru vaḻik(ku)[5+]⟨40⟩l-pāṟk’ el(lai)[4+]⟨41⟩m kuraṅkaṉ[4+]⟨42⟩kku kiḻakku [4+] ⟨43⟩ I¡ṉ-n!⟨n-n⟩akara[7+]⟨44⟩ḷḷat(tu)[6+]⟨45⟩ḷat(tu)[7+]⟨46⟩t(tukku)m[6+]⟨47⟩laiyu[8+]⟨48⟩nālāyi[7+]⟨49⟩cu kuḻiyi [7+] ⟨50⟩ poṉ[7+]⟨51⟩E(ri)yum [6+] ⟨52⟩ Aka-paṭṭa [7+] ⟨53⟩ (vya)(m-ā)ka [6+] ⟨54⟩ kavum Ipa[5+]⟨55⟩kaḻaiñ⟨cu⟩[5+]⟨56⟩lam viṟṟu[4+]⟨57⟩ma(mu)cce [6+] ⟨58–62⟩ [5 lost lines] ⟨63⟩ peri[8+]⟨64⟩lla[8+]⟨65⟩tta[8+]⟨66⟩kaṟa[8+]⟨67⟩mu [8+] ⟨68⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨69⟩ vitta[8+]⟨70⟩m vita[7+]⟨71⟩ṟṟuka[8+]⟨72⟩ye [8+]

Translation by Hultzsch 1891

Commentary

Bibliography

First reported in Hultzsch 1887 (ARIE/1886-1887/II/1886-1887/3).

First edited Hultzsch 1890 (SII 1.41), with English translation.

Digitally encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024).

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 66–68, item 41.

Secondary

Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1887. G.O. No. 1462, 24th October 1887. Archaeology. Noting with satisfaction the work performed by Dr. Hultzsch, Epigraphist, from 21st November 1886 to 20th September 1887. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 5, appendix II, item 3.