Ariyūr, time of Sadāśiva Deva Mahārāya, Śaka year 1488

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII0100044.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (1e7d6fe), last modified (d9c7a93).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śubham astu svasti

śrī-sadā⟨2⟩śiva-deva-mahārāya¡pri!⟨pṛ⟩⟨3⟩thiv¡i!⟨ī⟩-rājyam paṇṇi Aruḷā ⟨4⟩ niṉṟa cakābdam· 1000 4 100 8 10 8⟨5⟩- mēṟ cellā niṉṟa ⟨6⟩ Akṣaya-sa⟨ṃ⟩vat·ssarattu ku⟨7⟩mpa-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣa⟨8⟩ttu dvādaśi saumya-vāsa⟨9⟩rattu nāḷ

śrīman·-mahā-ma⟨10⟩ṇḍaleśvara-rāma-rāja-tiru⟨11⟩-malaiya-deva-mahārājā⟨12⟩vukku vēlūr ciṉṉa-po⟨13⟩mmu-nāyakkar viṇṇa⟨14⟩ppañ ceykaiyil ti⟨15⟩ru-malair¿a?⟨ā⟩jayaṉ sadā-śi⟨16⟩va-deva-mahārāyar· pāta⟨17⟩ttilē viṇṇappañ c⟨18⟩eytu vēlūr jvara-kaṇḍe⟨19⟩śvara-svāmikku Aṃgaraṃga⟨20⟩-vaibhavattukku v-iṭu-vitta ⟨21⟩ grāmam Arukūrukkuḷ muru⟨22⟩kkericiṟṟeṟi

I. anuṣṭubh

⟨na⟩-pā⟨23⟩lanayor mmaddhye

a

dānā⟨24⟩c śreyo ’nupālanam· |

b

⟨25⟩nāt· svarggam av¿a?⟨ā⟩pnoti

c

p⟨26⟩ālanād a¿cc?⟨cy⟩utam pada⟨27⟩

d

Translation by Hultzsch 1891

Commentary

Bibliography

First reported in Hultzsch 1887 (ARIE/1886-1887/II/1886-1887/37).

First edited Hultzsch 1890 (SII 1.43), 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. Page 71, item 43.

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 37.