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<h1>TEXTS<pb n="4:1"/><lb/>OF<lb/>SOUTH-INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS.<lb/>VOL. IV.</h1>

<h3>No. 1.<lb/>(<i>Annual Report No</i>. 1. <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>SHORE TEMPLE AT MAMALLAPURAM

(SEVEN PAGODAS), CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT.<lb/>Published in <i>South-Indian

Inscriptions</i>, Vol. I, No. 42.</h3>

<h3>No. 2.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 2 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>SAME TEMPLE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 40.</h3>

<h3>No. 3.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 3 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>SAME TEMPLE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 41.</h3>

<h3>No. 4.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 4 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>GENGONDA-MANDAPA IN THE SAME

VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 89.</h3>

<h3>No. 5.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 5 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>VARAHASVAMIN TEMPLE IN THE SAME

VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 90.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 6 to 9.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 6 <i>to</i> 9 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>IN THE TEMPLE AT VELLORE,

VELLORE TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 91 to 94.</h3>

<h3>No. 10.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 10 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON THE TOP OF THE BAVAJI HILL NEAR THE

SAME VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 51.<pb n="4:2"/></h3>

<h3>Nos. 11 and 12.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 11 <i>and</i> 12 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ISVARA TEMPLE AT

SOLAPURAM (SOLAVARAM), SAME TALUK AND DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 95 and 96.</h3>

<h3>No. 13.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 13 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>SAME TEMPLE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 97.</h3>

<h3>No. 14.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 14 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>PERUMAL TEMPLE IN THE SAME

VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 53.</h3>

<h3>No. 15.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 15 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON THE TANK BUND IN THE SAME

VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 98.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 16 to 23.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 16 <i>to</i> 23 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>GANGESVARA TEMPLE AT

GENGANUR (GENGANELLUR), SAME TALUK AND DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 99 to 106.</h3>

<h3>No. 24.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 24 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>PERUMAL TEMPLE IN THE SAME

VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 52.</h3>

<h3>No. 25.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 25 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>PERUMAL TEMPLE AT MUNJURPATTU, SAME TALUK

AND DISTRICT.</h3>

<hi>1 <ta>savummiya varuṣam ā-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>vaṇimātam</ta> <gr>12u</gr></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>ākaram muñcur-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>paṭṭu aṣeṣava .-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>•ttu makācaṉa[ṅ*]kaḷ</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>viṉāyakapiḷḷai</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>yilukku••</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>.• curaya••</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>••vum naṭatta••</ta><ref t="4:2-1"/></hi>

<h3>No. 26.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 26 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>RAMASVAMI-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT NELLUVAYI

(NELVAY), SAME TALUK AND DISTRICT.<lb/>Published in <i>South-Indian Inscriptions</i>, Vol. I, No.

107.</h3>

<h3>No. 27.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 27 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>GRAMADEVATA TEMPLE AT SADUPPERI, SAME

TALUK AND DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 108.<pb n="4:3"/></h3>

<h3>No. 28.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 28 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ALAVUKKAL (<i>i.e</i>., GAUGE-STONE) IN

THE TANK IN THE SAME VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 109.</h3>

<h3>No. 29.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 29 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT SEKKANUR, SAME TALUK AND

DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 50.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 30 to 32.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 30 <i>to</i> 32 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ISVARA TEMPLE AT

SEMBAKKAM, SAME TALUK AND DISTRICT<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 110 to 112.</h3>

<h3>No. 33.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 33 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>PERUMAL TEMPLE AT SEVUR HAMLET, SAME TALUK

AND DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 113.</h3>

<h3>No. 34.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 34 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ISVARA TEMPLE AT TELLUR, SAME TALUK AND

DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 54.</h3>

<h3>No. 35.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 35 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>VIRUPAKSHESVARA TEMPLE AT VEPPAMBATTU,

SAME TALUK AND DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 55.</h3>

<h3>No. 36.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 36 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>SAME TEMPLE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

114.</h3>

<h3>No. 37.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 37 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT ARIYUR, SAME TALUK AND

DISTRICT.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 44.</h3>

<h3>No. 38.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 38 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT ARAPPAKKAM.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>.

No. 43.</h3>

<h3>No. 39.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 39 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT

ARUMBARITTI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 45.<pb n="4:4"/></h3>

<h3>No. 40.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 40 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT SADUPPERI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>.

No. 46.</h3>

<h3>No. 41.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 41 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT

SATTUVACHCHERI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 47.</h3>

<h3>No. 42.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 42 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT SAMPANGINELLUR

(SAMANGINELLUR <i>sic</i>).<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 48.</h3>

<h3>No. 43.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 43 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT PERUMAI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>.

No. 49.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 44 to 61.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 44 <i>to</i> 61 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>MARGASAHAYESVARA

TEMPLE AT VIRINCHIPURAM<ref t="4:4-1"/>.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 56 to 58 and 115 to 129.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 62 to 64.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 62 <i>to</i> 64 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON THE SOUTH WALL OF

THE ISVARA TEMPLE AT AMMUNDI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 130 to 132.</h3>

<h3>No. 65.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 65 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A MANDAPA AT

KARANIPAKKAM.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 133.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 66 to 69.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 66 <i>to</i> 69 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>HERO-STONES AT

KILMUTTUGUR.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 134 to 137 and <i>Epigraphia Indica</i>, Vol. IV. pp. 177

ff.</h3>

<h3>No. 70.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 70 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>VIRA TEMPLE AT MALAYAPPATTU.<lb/>Published

in <i>South-Indian Inscriptions</i>, Vol. I, No. 138.</h3>

<h3>No. 71.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 71 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>PERUMAL TEMPLE AT

PALLIKONDA.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 139.<pb n="4:5"/></h3>

<h3>Nos. 72 to 77.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 72 <i>to</i> 77 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>PERUMAL TEMPLE AT

POYGAI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 59 to 64.</h3>

<h3>No. 78.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 78 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON A STONE AT SEDUVALAI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>.

No. 140.</h3>

<h3>No. 79.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 79 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ISVARA TEMPLE AT

VAKKANAPURAM.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 65.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 80 to 82.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 80 <i>to</i> 82 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON THE ROCK AT

TIRUMALAI.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 66 to 68 and <i>Epigraphia Indica</i>, Vol. IX, pp. 229 ff.</h3>

<h3>No. 83.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 83 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>INSIDE THE GOPURA IN THE SAME

VILLAGE.<lb/>Published in <i>South-Indian Inscriptions</i>, Vol. I, No. 141.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 84 to 87.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 84 <i>to</i> 87 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON THE MANDAPA AT THE

BASE OF THE ROCK.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 69 to 72.</h3>

<h3>No. 88.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 88 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>IN A SHRINE BELOW THE PAINTED CAVE IN THE

SAME VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 73.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 89 to 92.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 89 <i>to</i> 92 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>ON THE DOOR-WAY OF

THE PAINTED CAVE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 74 to 77.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 93 to 96.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 93 <i>to</i> 96 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>AMMAIYAPPESVARA

TEMPLE AT PADAVEDU.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 78 to 80 and 142.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 97 and 98.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 97 <i>and</i> 98 <i>of</i> 1887).<lb/>SOMANATHESVARA

TEMPLE IN THE SAME VILLAGE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 81 and 143.<pb n="4:6"/></h3>

<h3>Nos. 99 to 105.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 1 <i>to</i> 7 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>KAILASANATHA TEMPLE AT

CONJEEVERAM.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Vol. I, Nos. 24 to 30.</h3>

<h3>No. 106.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 8 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A PILLAR IN THE VIKRAMADITYA-MANDAPA IN

THE SAME TEMPLE.<lb/>Published in <i>Epigraphia Indica</i>, Vol. III, p. 359 f.</h3>

<h3>No. 107.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 9 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>INSIDE THE RAJASIMHESVARA-SHRINE IN THE

SAME TEMPLE.<lb/>Published in <i>South-Indian Inscriptions</i>, Vol. I, No. 145.</h3>

<h3>No. 108.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 10 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

147.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 109 to 113.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 11 <i>to</i> 15 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>INSIDE THE

MAHA-MANDAPA OF THE SAME SHRINE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 144.</h3>

<h3>No. 114.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 16 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

148.</h3>

<h3>No. 115.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 17 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

144.</h3>

<h3>No. 116.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 18 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

146.</h3>

<h3>No. 117.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 19 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

144.</h3>

<h3>No. 118.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 20 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

84.<pb n="4:7"/></h3>

<h3>No. 119.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 21 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE SAME

MAHA-MANDAPA.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 144.</h3>

<h3>No. 120.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 22 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ROUND THE BASE OF THE MANDAPA IN FRONT OF

THE RAJASIMHESVARA SHRINE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 85.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 121 and 122.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 23 <i>and</i> 24 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON PILLARS OF THE

SAME MANDAPA.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 82 and 83.</h3>

<h3>No. 123.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 25 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

150.</h3>

<h3>No. 124.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 26 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

144.</h3>

<h3>Nos. 125 and 126.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 27 <i>and</i> 28 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME

PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. Nos. 86 and 87.</h3>

<h3>No. 127.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 29 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No.

88.</h3>

<h3>No. 128.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 30 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A WINDOW OF THE SAME

MANDAPA.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 144.</h3>

<h3>No. 129.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 31 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME

MANDAPA.<lb/><i>Ibid</i>. No. 149.</h3>

<h3>No. 130.<pb n="4:8"/><lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 32 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ROUND THE GARBHAGRIHA OF THE

VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE<lb/>AT CONJEEVERAM.</h3>

<p>[<i>Note</i>.——Letters enclosed in square brackets are doubtful on the stone. Those enclosed in

round brackets<lb/>are superfluous and must be omitted. Those in brackets with asterisks are

inserted by the editor. The gaps<lb/>are represented by dots but not always by as many dots as the

number of lost or damaged letters.]</p>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrīḥ [||*]• takaḥ•• yutārbuddaṭha prathito guṇabhūṣaṇa itya-<lb break="no"/>dhipa[ḥ]parameśvaraviṣṇugrahe</gr> <ta>hā-</ta></hi>

<hi>2. <gr>rati . dayaḥ tasya• pramade[na]dadau |||——manodhirasyāya[m] śloka[ḥ] ||<ref t="4:8-1"/>-</gr></hi>

<h3>No. 131.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 33 <i>of</i> 1888).<ref t="4:8-2"/><lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>ā</gr><ta>yuḷ cīrppa</ta><gr>[ra]meśva</gr><ta>raviṇṇakarattavark korāyiram

poṉ palittālam paṭimamu<lb/>kuṭuttāṉeṉṟaṟimiṉkaḷe ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>āyiramcempoṉ• yirappatterumāṉappoṉ</ta>

<gr>abhimā</gr><ta>na</ta><gr>siddhi</gr><ta>yāyi[ṉa] palla-<lb break="no"/>vaṉṟā[ne]</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 132.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 34 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>dantivarmama</gr><ta>hārājarkku yāṇṭu patineḻāvatu</ta>

<gr>parameśva</gr><ta>ravi</ta><gr>ṣṇugr̥</gr><ta>ha[ttu]</ta><gr>bhaṭā</gr><ta>rarkku</ta><lb/>

<gr>danti[va]rmmamahārā</gr><ta>jar kuṭutta poṉ</ta><gr>bhā</gr><ta>janam oṉṟiṉāl

patināyirakkaḻañ[cu]</ta><gr>[a]</gr><ta>va-<lb break="no"/>ni</ta><gr>[ca]ndra</gr><ta>r

koṉṭuvaṉtu kuṭutta mūvā[yirakkaḻañcu] poṉṉāl<ref t="4:8-2"/> nicati taṅkaḷ•<lb/>•••

kkā-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>yum covaṟṟam paiyyar nāraṇakuṭṭiyum</ta><gr>a</gr><ta>vani•• kkaraṇamākiya

koṟṟampa-<lb break="no"/>[ṭai]tta</ta><gr>ndi</gr><ta>ra ceṭṭutāḻiyum iṉṉālvarum</ta>

<gr>ma</gr><ta>hāna</ta><gr>ga</gr><ta>rattārayumi</ta> <ref t="4:8-3"/>

<gr>[ā]</gr><ta>yinalūr<lb/>kiḻavarayum ke</ta><gr>śa</gr><ta>vakko<ref t="4:8-4"/>•••••</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 133.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 35 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1. <gr>svasti śrī[||*]</gr> <ta>pukaḻmātu viḷaṅka jayamātu virumpa nilamakaḷ nilava

malarmakaḷ [pu]ṇara uri-<lb break="no"/>maiyiṟ ciṟa</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>maṇimuṭi cūṭi

minavar [nilai]keṭa vi[lla]var kulaitara eṉaima</ta><gr>nna</gr><ta>vari-<lb break="no"/>riyaluṟṟiḻitarat tikkaṉaittu</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>n cakkaranaṭātti

vira</ta><gr>siṃ</gr><ta>hā</ta><gr>sa</gr><ta>[na]ttu ulakuṭaiyā-<lb break="no"/>ḷoṭum

vīṟṟiru</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>ruḷiya

kovir[ā]jake</ta><gr>sa</gr><ta>ripa</ta><gr>tma</gr><ta>rāna</ta><gr>[cakrava]</gr><ta>ttikaḷ

śrīkulottu-<lb break="no"/>ṅkacoḻa</ta><gr>de</gr><ta>varkku yāṇṭu nāṟpattāṟāvatu

jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu ūṟ-<lb break="no"/>ṟukkāṭṭukko[ṭ]ṭattu

ūṟṟukkāṭṭunāṭṭu śrīkulottuṅkacoḻaccaruppeti-<lb break="no"/>maṅkalattu ivvūr

vānamarcoḻa</ta><gr>īśva</gr><ta>ramuṭaiyār [k]o[yi]lile nirampap peru-<lb break="no"/>ṅkuṟi kū[ṭi]c cavaikkuc camai</ta><gr>nta</gr> <ta>aṭṭāmpuṟattu

uruttirakumāra</ta><gr>bha</gr><ta>ṭṭa</ta><gr>so</gr><ta>māji-<lb break="no"/>yārum

aṭṭāmpuṟattu</ta> <gr>śrīkr̥ṣṇabha</gr><ta>ṭṭanum kāṭṭukkuṟi

veṇṇayakkiramavittanum<lb/>iruṅkaṇṭit tiricciṟṟampalamu[ṭai]yā[n]kiramavittanum</ta>

<gr>su</gr><ta>ra</ta><gr>sā</gr><ta>rampi</ta> <gr>śrīkr̥ṣṇa-</gr><lb/>

<ta>kki[rama]vittanu••••• [irā]c[caḷūr]t tillaināyakapaṭṭanum</ta><pb n="4:9"/><lb/>

<ta>irāccaḷūr tāmotirakkiramavittanum muṭṭiya[mparattu]</ta> <gr>so</gr><ta>matevakki-<lb break="no"/>[ra]mavittanum ku[ñ]cap[pa]vil iyañña</ta><gr>svā</gr><ta>mipaṭṭanum

irāccaḷūrccivatevapaṭ-<lb break="no"/>ṭanum irāccaḷūrc cīkāḻippiḷḷai[yum]

irāc[caḷūr]c civateva[r]kkiramavitta-<lb break="no"/>num kirāñcit toraṇacūrakkiramavittanum

neṭuṅkuntai [pu]ruṣottamapaṭṭanum<lb/>pāṭakattu nākkumārakkiramavittanum koṟukoṭṭik

kecuvakki[rama]vittanum uṟu-<lb break="no"/>ppuṭṭūr

iravimaṇṭala</ta><gr>bha</gr><ta>ṭṭa</ta><gr>so</gr><ta>mājiyārum curasārampi

[iṣapa]nārāyaṇak-<lb break="no"/>kiramavittanum kāñcai nārāyaṇakkiramavittanum

ka</ta><gr>ntā</gr><ta>ṭaic cirāmakkiramavittanum<lb/>māṅkaḷūrt ti-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ruveṅkaṭakkiramavittanum kuñcappavil tāmotirakkiramavit[tanu]m

kāmakkuṟucci<lb/>rāmakkiramavittanum kuñcappavil koccakumārapaṭṭanum kuraparari<ref t="4:9-1"/> malaikiniyaninṟān-<lb break="no"/>kiramavittanu[m] tuvet[ai]

kovi</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>nārāyaṇakiramavittanum irā[yū]rā[ya] kumā-<lb break="no"/>rakkiramavittanum muṭṭiyamparattu utaiya</ta><gr>di</gr><ta>vākarakkiramavittanum

uḷḷiṭṭa mahā-<lb break="no"/>sa</ta><gr>bhai</gr><ta>yom</ta> <gr>bhū</gr><ta>mi nilavilai

āvaṇakkaiyeḻuttu eyiṟkoṭṭattu nakaraṅ kāñci-<lb break="no"/>purattuk

kulottuṅkacoḻaviṇṇakarāḻvārkkut tirunāḷeḻu</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>ruḷu maṭat-<lb break="no"/>tuc cevikkava</ta><gr>nta</gr> <ta>śrīvayi</ta><gr>ṣṇa</gr><ta>varkku

amutuceykaik[ku] maṭa[p]puṟamāka ikkoyi-<lb break="no"/>lil</ta> <gr>de</gr><ta>varaṭiyāḷ

k[o]ḻivaḷa••••• ṭayāḷāna tiruvaraṅka-<lb break="no"/>māṇikkam•• [iv]vāḻvārkku nāṅkaḷ

iṟaiyili••••••<lb/>[eṅ]kaḷūr mel[pi]ṭākai uṭciṟupālai ittevar[k]ku āṟāvatumutal

nāṟpat-<lb break="no"/>[ta]ñcāvatuvarai tarattilum parappilum pervaḻi kūṭṭi[na]• eri

uṭaintu<lb/>kāṭukoḷāyp pāḻkiṭa</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>maiyil ivvūr viḷai nilamum

pu[ñcai]nilamu[m]••<lb/>•• ttenpāṟkellai mummuṭicoḻapper eri tenkaraiye

kāñcipurameṟp<lb/>pona peruvaḻikku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai••••• llai-<lb break="no"/>yum

to[ṟu]vaṉkāraṇai••••• innāṟpāṟkellaikku naṭuvu-<lb break="no"/>paṭṭa viḷai nilamum

puncainilamuṅ kāṭum meṭum eriyuṅ karaiyum ūrnattamum viṟ-<lb break="no"/>ṟukkuṭuttu

itukkuk kirayamāka emmil icainta vilaip-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>poruḷ āvaṇakkaḷiye kiḻikaic celakkoṇṭu viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañceytu kuṭut-<lb break="no"/>[tom] meṟcollappaṭṭa aṭṭāmpuṟattu

uruttirakumāra</ta><gr>bha</gr><ta>ṭṭasomayā-<lb break="no"/>jiyāru[m aṭ]ṭāmpuṟattu</ta>

<gr>śrīkr̥ṣṇa</gr><ta>paṭṭanum kāṭṭukkuṟi veṇṇayak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavitta-<lb break="no"/>ṉum iruṅkaṇṭit tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyān kiramavittanum

s</ta><gr>u</gr><ta>rasārampi</ta> <gr>śrīkr̥ṣṇa</gr><ta>k-</ta><lb/>

<gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum irāccaḷūr</ta> <gr>r̥ṣa</gr><ta>pavāhanapaṭṭanum irāccaḷūrt

tillaināyaka</ta><gr>bha</gr><ta>ṭṭa-<lb break="no"/>ṉum aḷḷurt

tāmotirak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum

mu[ṭṭi]y(ā)mparattusoma</ta><gr>de</gr><ta>vak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavi-<lb break="no"/>ttanum kuñcappavil ya</ta><gr>jasvā</gr><ta>mipaṭṭanum irāccaḷūr

civa</ta><gr>de</gr><ta>vapaṭṭanum irāccaḷūr<lb/>cīkāḻi[p]piḷḷaiyum irāccaḷūr

ci[vate]vak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum kirāñcit toraṇa-<lb break="no"/>cūrak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum neṭuṅkuntaip

puruṣottamapaṭṭa•••••<lb/>mavittanum koṟukoṭṭik kecuvak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum

uṟuppaṭṭūr iravimaṇṭalapaṭ-<lb break="no"/>ṭa somayājiyārum

s</ta><gr>u</gr><ta>rasārampi

i</ta><gr>ṣa</gr><ta>panārāyaṇak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum kāñcai nārāya-<lb break="no"/>ṇak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum ka</ta><gr>nt[ā]</gr><ta>ṭaic

cirāmak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum [m]ā[ṅ]kaḷūrt tiruveṅka-<lb break="no"/>ṭak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum kuñcappavil

tāmotirak</ta><gr>kra</gr><ta>mavittanum kuñcappavil kau[cika]-<lb break="no"/>kumārapaṭṭanum kuravaciri [malaikiniya] ni[ṉṟān] paṭṭanum</ta> [|*]</hi>

<h3>No. 134.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 36 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>pukaḻmātu viḷaṅka jayamātu virumpa nilamakaḷ nilava

malarmakaḷ puṇara uri-<lb break="no"/>maiyiṟ ciṟa</ta><gr>[nta]</gr> <ta>maṇimuṭi cūṭi

mīṉavar nilaikeṭa villavar kulaitara eṉai maṉṉavari-<lb break="no"/>riyaluṟṟiḻitarat

tikkaṉaittu</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>ṉ cakkara na[ṭ]ātti vijay[ā*]</ta><gr>bhiṣe</gr><ta>kam

paṇṇi <pb n="4:10"/><lb/>viṟṟiruntaruḷiya kovirājakesariva</ta><gr>tma</gr><ta>rāna</ta>

<gr>cakra</gr><ta>varttikaḷ śrīkulottuṅkacoḻa-</ta><lb/> <gr>de</gr><ta>vaṟku yāṇṭu

ṉāṟpatteṭṭāvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu ūṟṟuk-<lb break="no"/>kāṭṭukkoṭṭattu

ūṟṟukkāṭṭuṉāṭṭu śrīkulottuṅkacoḻaccatu</ta><gr>rvvedi</gr><ta>maṅka-<lb break="no"/>lattup peruṅkuṟi</ta><gr>mahāsabhai</gr><ta>yom</ta>

<gr>bhūmi</gr><ta>ni[lavi*]laiyāvaṇakkai eḻuttu<lb/>eyiṟkoṭṭattu nakaraṅ kāñcipurattu

śrīkulottuṅkacoḻaviṇṇakarāḻvā[ṉ]<lb/>koyiliṟ tirumaṭaviḷākattu[t] teṟkil

meṟkaṭaiya puravuva[ri]māṇikkameṉṉu-<lb break="no"/>maṭattukku avvāḻvāṉaṭiyāḷ

cāttaṅkai t[o]ḻiyāṉa puravarimāṇikkam<lb/>ava• tiruṉāṭpattum tiruvatipaṇiceyvārum

śrīvayi</ta><gr>ṣṇa</gr><ta>varum amutucey-<lb break="no"/>kaikku</ta> <gr>bhū</gr><ta>mi

koḷḷa iṭṭa kācu añcu ikkācañcuṅ koṇṭu nāṅkaḷ im-<lb break="no"/>maṭappuṟam</ta>

<gr>dvaṅrāditta</gr><ta>vaṟ iṟaiiliyāka viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāva[tu]

e[ṅ]kaḷūṟ<lb/>kiḻpiṭākai tiyaṉkāraṇaiyilum t[e]lkkolamaṅkalattiluṅ

kuṉṟapākkattilum<lb/>ellaiporuttāṉ nilam pañcavaṉviḻupparayaṉ erikkuk kiḻakkiṟ

caṇpaṅkuḻi-<lb break="no"/>yiṉ melkarai melpāṟko</ta>.</hi>

<hi>2 <ta>m peṟavum atuve kiḻakkunokki nāṟpatiṉko[l] taṟai peṟavum atuve teṟku<lb/>nokki

[nū]ṟṟukkol taṟaipeṟavum atuve meṟkunokki ka[ṭa]ppaṅkuḻiyiṉ<lb/>teṉkaraiyile uṟavum

atuve teṟkunokki nirnilai uṟavum kuṉṟapākkatteri-<lb break="no"/>nilaiye

teṉpāṟkellaiyākave vellaikkuḷa naṭuvupa[ṭṭa]ṉilam aṉekkālam<lb/>viḻaluṅ

kāṭukoḷumā(mā)yp payirceyyātum kūṟupāṭum parappu</ta> <gr>nta</gr><ta>ramum

iṟai<lb/>eṟṟu[mi]ṉṟi sa</ta><gr>bhai</gr><ta>ppotuvāyk ki</ta>[ <ta>ṭa</ta><gr>nta</gr>]

<ta>maiyil ivvāḻvāṟku maṭappuṟamāka<lb/>viṟṟukkuṭuttom innilam</ta>

<gr>de</gr><ta>vaka</ta><gr>nmi</gr><ta>kaḷum śrīvai</ta><gr>ṣṇa</gr><ta>vakkaṇkāṇi

ceyvār-<lb break="no"/>kaḷuṅ kaikkoṇṭu kāṭuveṭṭiyum viḻalveṭṭiyum ucarvaṉa ucarttiyum

kuḻi-<lb break="no"/>ppaṉa kuḻittu</ta><gr>nti</gr><ta>ruttit tām••••• m viṭṭu</ta>

<gr>svāmi</gr><ta>vāra[ṅ]-<lb break="no"/>koṇṭum amutu ceyvikkakkaṭavakaḷākavum [kā]ṭum

viḻalum veṭṭi tirutti•<lb/>••melor•••</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 135.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 37 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>INSIDE THE VERANDAH ROUND THE GARBHAGRIHA

OF THE SAME TEMPLE, SOUTH SIDE<ref t="4:10-1"/>.</h3>

<h1><i>Section a</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>ivvakaye</ta><ref t="4:10-2"/> <gr>brahmānādi</gr><ta>āka

vārāniṉṟa</ta> <gr>pal</gr><ta>la</ta><gr>vavamśa</gr><ta>ttuḷ</ta> <gr>parameśvara-<lb break="no"/>ppottarayar svargastharā</gr><ta>vatu</ta> | <gr>rājyamutsannam[ā*]ka

mattra</gr><ta>kaḷu</ta><gr>m<ref t="4:10-3"/> ghaṭaka</gr><ta>yāru</ta> <gr>mū-<lb break="no"/>laprakr̥tiyu-</gr></hi>

<gr>hi</gr><ta>ra</ta><gr>ṇyava[r*]mammah[ā*]</gr><ta>r[ā*]jaraṭekka

rāja</ta><gr>[bha]ramgra</gr><ta>hakka</ta> <gr>samatdha</gr><ta>ru</ta><lb/>

<gr>bha</gr><ta>yaku</ta><gr>laparaśuddhargovaḷappotta</gr><ta>kaveṉṟu viṭukapaṭu•

po</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>iṭam [||*]</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section b</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>appa</gr><ta>rikāvatu [hi]</ta><gr>raṇyava[r]mma

ma</gr><ta>hā</ta><gr>rā</gr><ta>jaraikkāṇa</ta> <gr>a</gr><ta>var niṅkaḷ

po</ta><gr>nta</gr><ta>vā[ṟ]eṉ-<lb break="no"/>ṉeṉa</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>rājya</gr><ta>[mu]</ta><gr>tsannamā</gr><ta>yatu

ni</ta><gr>vva</gr><ta>hikka•</ta> <gr>bhayakulapari</gr><ta>ppanī po</ta><gr>ttara</gr>

<ta>eṉṟu coṉṉa iṭa-<lb break="no"/>m [||*]</ta><pb n="4:11"/></hi>

<h1><i>Section c</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>a</gr><ta>tu[kku]</ta> <gr>hiraṇyavarmmama</gr><ta>hārā[jar] kula[ma]llarayu[kū]vi

viṉava ārum pokārāka</ta><lb/> <gr>tta</gr><ta>m makan</ta> <gr>śrīma</gr>[

<gr>sa[ṃkrā]mmal</gr><ta>lanu</ta> <gr>pal</gr><ta>la</ta><gr>vamala</gr><ta>[nu]

eṉ-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>pārkaṇ [vi]nava kuṭu eṉpār ni•• tāmara[vo ce]yvar nām poko<lb/>meṉa

pa</ta><gr>ntā</gr><ta>pa</ta><gr>ntā</gr> <ta>maruppa•</ta> <gr>vamallanāna

parameśvara</gr> <ta>nān povaneṉṟu toḻutu<lb/>ni[ṉ*]ṟa iṭam[||*]</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section d</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>a</gr><ta>tu ke[ṭṭu]</ta> <gr>khāṭakaku</gr><ta>la ci[ṟa]kka toṉṟiya</ta>

<gr>śaty</gr><ta>[āṉvi]ka</ta> <gr>suputra</gr><ta>n

rā</ta><gr>jya</gr><ta>ñ<lb/>ceyappokaṉṟāneṉ[nu]</ta> <gr>ha[rṣa]</gr><ta>yālu piriviṉ

pantā[pa]ttālu</ta> <gr>amr̥</gr><ta>tama</ta><gr>nna</gr><ta>reri-<lb break="no"/>kala</ta><gr>ntanta[hr̥da]</gr><ta>yatta[ṉā]ki eṉ makaṉ-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>pa</ta><gr>ni</gr><ta>raṉṭu vayattar</ta> <gr>b[ā*]la</gr><ta>nai

[po]kkeṉeṉa</ta> <gr>viddhāga</gr><ta>mikarāṉa

taṟa</ta><gr>ṇḍi</gr><ta>ko</ta><gr>ṇḍa-</gr><lb/> <ta>p[o]carivaṉ</ta>

<gr>mahāviṣṇu</gr><ta>vay</ta> <gr>prā[rdda]</gr><ta>vañceytāṉ</ta>

<gr>ca[kra]</gr><ta>vatta āvāṉivaru .<lb/>leṉṟu ni[lai]koḷvikkattā• iṭam [||*]</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section e</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <ta>itu</ta> <gr>[hiraṇya] va••••</gr> <ta>karūr kayakaḷiṟiṉṟa[la]-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>.••••• kkoḷka eṉṟa iṭam [||*]</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section f</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>a</gr><ta>[tu]raṇaru cevakaniṭuvi[tta] kke[ḷkuvi]r itu kaḷiṟiṉṟalayaṉṟu

nuṉmakanuṭaya<lb/>makuṭaṅka ḷavayi-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>eṉṟu taṟa</ta><gr>ṇḍi</gr><ta>ko</ta><gr>ṇḍa</gr><ta>pocar

hira</ta><gr>ṇyavarmama</gr><ta>hārājarkkuc colla avar vitipaṭu<lb/>iṭam [||*]</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section g</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <ta>itu hi</ta><gr>raṇyavarmmama</gr><ta>hārājaru</ta>

<gr>nta</gr><ta>ṟaṇiko</ta><gr>ṇḍa</gr><ta>pocarum paṭaikoṭukka[c civi]kai-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>meṉiṉṟu miḻi</ta><gr>n</gr><ta>tu toḻutu kiṭantu viṭai koḷ[te]ṉṟa iṭam</ta>

[||*]</hi>

<h1><i>Section h</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>t</gr><ta>ṅkuniṉṟum po</ta><gr>ntu</gr><ta>pala</ta>

<gr>giri</gr><ta>na</ta><gr>di</gr><ta>vana</ta><gr>ga</gr><ta>hanaka[ḷai]

kkaḻi</ta><gr>ntu</gr> <ta>varukiṉṟamai kke</ta><gr>[ṭṭa]</gr> <ta>pal-<lb break="no"/>lavati</ta> <gr>a</gr><ta>raiyar etire[y]</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>mahābala</gr><ta>ttoṭum va</ta>[ <gr>n</gr><ta>tu</ta>] <ta>yāṉai ēṟṟikkoṇṭuṅ

kā</ta><gr>ñcipura ma</gr><ta>[hā]</ta><gr>nagara</gr><ta>ttuṟu</ta><gr>gi-</gr><lb/>

<ta>maṟintu po</ta><gr>nta</gr> <ta>iṭam [||*]</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section i</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>a</gr><ta>varāṉai varukiṉ[ṟa*]maikeṭṭu</ta>

<gr>ma</gr><ta>hāsā</ta><gr>manta</gr><ta>ru</ta> <gr>nnaga</gr><ta>rattāru</ta>

<gr>mūlaprakr̥</gr><ta>tiyu kāṭakka<lb/>mu</ta><gr>tta</gr><ta>rayaru

metirva</ta><gr>[ntu]</gr> <ta>koyil koṇṭu puka</ta><gr>n</gr><ta>ta iṭam [||*]</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section j</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>mantrimaṇḍalamu mahāsāmanta</gr><ta>rum

u</ta><gr>bhayagaṇattayā</gr><ta>ruṅ</ta> <gr>ghaṭa</gr><ta>kay[ā]rukaḷ

na</ta><gr>ntivanma</gr><ta>ṉeṉṟu</ta> <gr>abhi-<lb break="no"/>ṣe</gr><ta>kañceytu

terkkeyc ca</ta><gr>tri</gr><ta>karivayu[m]</ta> <gr>samudraghoṣa</gr><ta>ttu</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>.•• khaṭvāṅgaddhvaja</gr><ta>mu</ta> <gr>vr̥ṣabhalāñca</gr><ta>namu miṟaka .

ṭikaḷāṟ kūṭṭi viṭel</ta><gr>pi</gr><ta>ṭukeṉṉun<lb/>tiruvāṇai naṭāvi</ta>

<gr>abhiṣe</gr><ta>kañceytiru</ta><gr>nta</gr> <ta>iṭam</ta> [||*]</hi>

<h1><i>Section k</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <ta>iṅke perumāṉaṭikaḷāki rājatecey vārāniṟka</ta>

<gr>mantri</gr><ta>kaḷu</ta><gr>mūlaprakr̥tiyu</gr> <ta>ji . nikayu-</ta><lb/>

<gr>parā[kra]motsā</gr><ta>hamuṭaya śrī-</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section l</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>a</gr><ta>vva[k]aiye i[ru]</ta><gr>n</gr><ta>tu poṉatur</ta>

<gr>[d]dhukkamāka••••</gr> <ta>yakaṇṭā</ta></hi>

<h1><i>Section m</i>.</h1>

<hi>1 <gr>a</gr><ta>vvakaiye••• ru</ta> <gr>svaram</gr><ta>kaṇṭār kūṭṭiya

nipuṇa[r*]kaḷ•</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>vaṟkaḷḷaṉe.•••</ta> <gr>iva</gr></hi>

<h3>No. 136.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 38 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN A ROCK-CUT CAVE AT MAMANDUR.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>avinita kasamr̥ddha••• vr̥ttamasya vija•••• gandharvvaśāstra-<lb break="no"/>makhila•

khila mukhodbhū[ta] .</gr></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>.••••• prājāpatya••• nā[dbh]āvanāgama[naḥ]•• paṇḍuṅ-<lb break="no"/>gandhā[nā]• mpāñcāla nirmmita.</gr></hi>

<hi>3 <gr>khya••• nā••• ttā•••••• [ṣiketuna]• ma[no]<lb/>bhirāma . maṃ••

vālmikivarṇṇi[ta]-</gr></hi>

<hi>4 <gr>bharatānāya[ka]•••• sabhā••••

va[tsā]pahāra••<lb/>pūṇāṃ[vajra]sāya[kaḥ]</gr></hi>

<hi>5 <gr>ma[kr̥ta]•••• ndhatacera••••• [mudā]rārtthamurvvaśī<lb/>sarvvaśobhanā-</gr></hi>

<hi>6 <gr>.••• varīñcanāṭakam || vyāsakalpasya•••••

magavadajjuka•<lb/>••syammattavilāsādipadamprahasanottamaṃ .</gr></hi>

<hi>7 <gr>.••••• [rṇṇa]mprabhr̥ta••• samuttejita••••<lb/>tuṣṭaya•••

ja[yasya]patyaśśatr̥mallasya[bhūbhu]jaḥ</gr></hi>

<hi>8 <gr>.••• ya[dbhra]marīvāptasammadāḥ || yākavīnāmprakāśa•••• vatta<lb/>••••••

[mpa]ttissamabuddhirivasthitā</gr></hi>

<hi>9 <gr>.••• gurusvaravarṇṇayā purā tasyām kavigi[ra jāsyā]rtthavatā[m]<lb/>•••

[āpuṣṇu] śśiṣyatvameyuṣa[ḥ]</gr></hi>

<hi>10 <gr>.••• prajñā[pa]tisamanvitām || prā•• ṇota•••••<lb/>[jyā]yayāsvaya•</gr></hi>

<hi>11 <gr>.••• [kalpā]tpravivarjyavr̥ttidakṣiṇacitrākhya•••••<lb/>yitvā

yadhāvidhi</gr></hi>

<hi>12 <gr>.• ścavividhaiḥ kr̥tvāvarṇṇacaturttha . || aprāptapūrvvannirvveṣṭuvā[dya]-<lb break="no"/>śravaṇa••••• kr̥tavatīva••</gr></hi>

<hi>13 <gr>[śrī]kaṇṭha śrutiguṇāvasādhāra[ṇa]sampa[dā-||]

dr̥ṣṭvevotkarṣaṇena••<lb/>yinī••• kṣe[va]••</gr></hi>

<hi>14 <gr>. yatovisavādaṃ lakṣmyā[manotsu]katayā || yasyāśśīlaviśe[ṣa]••••<lb/>••

yāyata•• yādattamanna••</gr></hi>

<hi>15 <gr>ke . kāntiyathārtthena candrale[kheva] yāgatā gātrandha</gr><ta>ha••</ta>

<gr>ta•••<lb/>••• śāstre[ṣu][ni]tyāvi</gr><ta>hi</ta><gr>tabudha••</gr></hi>

<hi>16 <gr>yeṣuparāṃ prīti . panta•• [syavapuṣaḥ] ||• [ni]tyavi[nī]tena satyasaṃ<lb/>•••••

syabhaktyāvarjjitamauḷinā .</gr></hi>

<hi>17 <gr>[sa]hasra• saṃpūrṇameghaśyāmasyagarji•••••• kṣi .<lb/>••••• pata . vattayā

[||*]</gr><ref t="4:12-1"/><pb n="4:13"/></hi>

<h3>No. 137.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 39 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN ANOTHER ROCK-CUT CAVE IN THE SAME

PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>tirumaka[ḷ]kolap<ref t="4:13-1"/> perunilaccelvi-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>yun taṉakkey [urimai]pūṇṭa[m]ai maṉa-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>kkoḷa kāntaḷūrc[cālaik] kalamaṟuttaruḷi ve-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>ṅkaināṭuṅ kaṅkapāṭiyun nuḷampapāṭi-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>yun taṭikaivaḻi[yuṅ ku]ṭamalaināṭuṅ kol-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>lamuṅ kaliṅkamun tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>ṭāṟ koṇṭa taṇṇeḻil vaḷa[va] ūḻi-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>yuḷellā yāṇṭum toḻutakai viḷa[ṅ*]kum yāṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>ṭe ceḻiyarait tecukkoḷ śrī kovirācarācarā-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>cakecaripa</ta><gr>nma</gr><ta>kki yāṇṭu</ta> <gr>16</gr><ta>āvatu

kāliyūrkko-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>ṭṭattu cittiramekataṭākattiṉkiḻ tiruvekampa-</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>ttu ḷuttamacoḻa</ta><gr>īśvara</gr><ta>(p)piṟattu naraciṅ[ka]maṅ-</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>kalattu</ta> <gr>urudravālīśvara</gr><ta>muṭaiya</ta><gr>ma</gr><ta>h[ā*]</ta>

<gr>de</gr><ta>varkku ti-</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>yaṅkuṭaiyā ṉampaṉirāmaṉ vaicca viḷakku</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>araikkum cāvāmuvāpperāṭu nāppattāṟu</ta></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>ivai paṉ</ta><gr>māyeśvara rakṣai</gr> <ta>(ivviḷakku) [i]-</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>[vvi]ḷak kerippatākavum ivvāṭu tiṅku niṉai-</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <ta>ttāṉ keṅkaiyiṭaik kumari[yi]ṭaic cey-</ta></hi>

<hi>19 <ta>ta pāvaṅ koḷvār</ta> [||*].</hi>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>kopparakecaripa</ta><gr>[nma]</gr><ta>kki

yāṇṭu</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>[15]</gr><ta>cāvatu cittirameka[taṭāka]ttiṉkiḻ na-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>raiciṅkamaṅkala[t*]tu</ta>

<gr>vālīśvara</gr><ta>(m)muṭaiya</ta><gr>m(ā)-</gr></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>ha[r*]</ta><gr>de</gr><ta>varkku vāṇakappāṭip peṇṇaivaṭaka-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>rait tiruvaṇṇāmalai viyāpāri ātipucaṅ-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>kacceṭṭi makaṉ nāṭṭaṭiyaṉ v[ai]tta viḷakku kā-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>lum maṉṟāṭi cāttakuṭṭi viraṉ vaicca viḷak-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>kuk kālu māka araiviḷakkukkum vaicca cāvā-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>muvāp perāṭu nāṟpattaiñcarai ivai pa-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>ṉ</ta><gr>māheśvararakṣai</gr> ||—— <ta>ivvaraiviḷa-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>kkum pakalerippatākavum ivvāṭṭuk-</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>kut tiṅkuniṉaittāṉ keṅkai iṭai</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>kumariyiṭaic ceyta pāvaṅ koḷvān</ta> [||*]</hi>

<h3>No. 139.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 41 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A STONE IN THE INNER GOPURA OF THE

TEMPLE AT VELLORE.</h3>

<hi>1 <ref t="4:13-2"/> <ta>[teṉṉa]var mūvaruḷ va••• iruvarukka-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>[ru]ḷik kāṉakam oruvaṉukkaḷittup porucilai</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>[ci]rccilaic ceralaṉ velaikeḻu kāntaḷūr[cā]-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>lai kalamaṟuppit tilaṅkaikkaraicai[yu] ma-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>laṅkal vallavaṉaiyuṅ kaṉṉakucci</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>kāvalaṉaiyum poṉṉaṇi muṭitta-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>lai taṭintu taṉ koṭippaṭ[ai] yevik ka-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>ṉṉāṭakar viṭu kaṭakari puraḷat taṉṉāṭaiyi-</ta><pb n="4:14"/></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>ṟ tamiḻpparaṇikoṇ ṭoṉṉār vacci[ra]-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>neṭuvāḷ vicciyaṉ veruneḷittañ[ci]-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>yoṭi vañciyampaṭaiyā lāṅkavaṉ [pi]-</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>tāvai mātāvoṭum catāmaliviṅku nirppū-</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>ṇṭura veñcamattakappa[ṭu]t tam(p)paṭai</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>āhavamallaṉ payattoṭum varaviṭum o-</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>ṟṟarai veru[va]rappiṭippit tāṅkavar mā</ta><gr>[na]</gr></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>vil āhavamallaṉ yāṅṅaṇam aiñci-</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>ṉaneṉṉa naṉkeḻutic celuttiya[pi]ṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <ta>taṉ pulikkoṭip paṭaiñaroṭṭalari vāraṇa•••••</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 140.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 42 <i>of</i> 1888).<ref t="4:14-1"/><lb/>RIGHT OF ENTRANCE INTO

THE GRABHAGRIHA OF THE SUKAVANESVARA TEMPLE AT SALEM.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*]</hi>

<hi>2 <ta>iyāṇṭu aiñ-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>cāvatu vāṭaṉ . te-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>.•• yiraṉuk[ku]-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>tteviyār [muria]-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>mutaṉār kiḷivaṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>ṇatevarkku ne-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>ntāviḷakko-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>ṉṟukku vait-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>ta poṉṉai-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>ṅkaḻañcu tevi-</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>r tamakku vaitta vi-</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>ḷakkoṉṟu ēkavi-</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>raṉ ko[la]kkappāvai-</ta></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>kku vaitta viḷak-</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>koṉṟu paṉmāye-</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <gr>śvarar rakṣai [||*]</gr></hi>

<h3>No. 141.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 43 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>LEFT OF ENTRANCE INTO THE SAME

GARBHAGRIHA.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>ko-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>pparakecaripaṉ-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>maṟkut tiruve-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>ḻuttiṭṭu cel-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>lāniṉṟa yā-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>ṇṭu aiñcāva-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>tu vira(c)coḻami-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>lā[ṭu*]uṭaiyā-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>ṉ ṉānāṭṭā-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>ṉ cittavaṭava-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>ṉ te</ta><gr>vya</gr> <ta>malai-</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <gr>(n)dai</gr><ta>viyār kaviranā-</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <gr>di</gr><ta>caṅkariye-</ta></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>ḷivaṇa k[oyi*]l-</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>perumāṉaṭi-</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <ta>ka(ḷ)ḷukku no-</ta></hi>

<hi>20 <ta>[kiya i]</ta><gr>rājāśra-</gr></hi>

<hi>21 <ta>[ya]ccatu</ta> <gr>[rvve]</gr><ta>ti-</ta></hi>

<hi>22 <ta>[maṅ]kalattu</ta> <gr>[sa]-</gr></hi>

<hi>24 <ta>[m]vaitta pon</ta></hi>

<hi>25 <ta>ay[ṅ*]kaḻañcu i-</ta></hi>

<hi>26 <ta>ṟakkuvāṉ tan-</ta></hi>

<hi>27 <ta>mamu[m*] pāvaṉ tā-</ta></hi>

<hi>28 <ta>ṉeyaṟiyum ||——</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 142.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 44 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A PILLAR IN THE NRITTA-MANDAPA OF THE

SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <ta>malamaṇṭalattu ma-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>laiyāḷaril tā-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>vaikkuṟicci cātta-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>n tiṟai[ya*]n tanma[m*] i-</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 143.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 45 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON ANOTHER PILLAR IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī [||*] sundara</gr><ta>pāṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ṭiya</ta><gr>de</gr><ta>vaṟkku yāṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>ṭu</ta> <gr>26</gr> <ta>vatu celama-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>āṉa</ta> <gr>ḷarājāśrayaśca-</gr></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>tu</ta><gr>rvvedi</gr><ta>maṅkalattu</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <gr>kāśyapa nna</gr><ta>mpippi-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>ḷḷai eṭuttakaiyaḻa-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>kiyāṉāṉa</ta> <gr>sundrara</gr><ta>pāṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>ṭiya</ta><gr>brahmārā</gr><ta>yaṉ</ta> <gr>dha-</gr></hi>

<hi>10 <gr>rmmam</gr> <ta>ikkāl [||*]</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 144.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 46 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON ANOTHER PILLAR IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī [||*] sundara</gr><ta>pāṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ṭiya</ta><gr>de</gr><ta>vaṟku yāṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>ṭu</ta> <gr>26</gr> <ta>vatu celama-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>āṉa</ta> <gr>irājāśrayaśca-</gr></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>tu</ta><gr>rvvedi</gr><ta>maṅkalattu</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>veḷḷāḷaṉ vaḷḷi-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>marutamuṭaiyāṉ cā-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>ttaṉ māṉentiya-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>kaiyaṉ</ta> <gr>dharmmam</gr> <ta>ik-</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 145.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 46 <i>A of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON ANOTHER PILLAR IN THE SAME

PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>kuḷattu-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ṭaiyān pūmaṉ-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>nampi taṉmam i-</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 146.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 46 <i>B of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE SILL OF A STONE-WINDOW IN THE

SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>ittiruccālakam</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>kañcamalaip periyapiḷḷai</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>āḻvār makan ciṟuppe-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>rumāḷ [tanmam] [||*]</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 147.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 47 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE STEP-STONE AT THE ENTRANCE INTO

THE SHRINE OF THE GODDESS IN THE SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>kovirācakecaripaṉ-<lb break="no"/>maṟku yā-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ṇṭu muṉṟāvatu koṭumpāḷur<lb/>maṇikki-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>rāmattu viyāpāri mañcaṉ maṇiya-<lb break="no"/>[mā]-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>ttāṇṭaṉ mācināḷil śrīkoi-<lb break="no"/>lil vai-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>t[ta]k kaḻañciṉvāy irupattaiñcu<lb/>pirāmaṇa-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>rai āṇṭuvarai palicai ūṭṭa<lb/>vai[t*]ta poṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>aiṅkaḻañcu kātt[ā]ṉaṭit<lb/>talaimela-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>ṉa iṟakkuvāṉ••</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 148.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 48 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON ANOTHER STEP-STONE IN THE SAME

PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>kopparakecaripaṉ-<lb break="no"/>maṟku</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>yāṇṭu āṟāvatu kiḷivaṇṇamuṭai-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>yārkku viyāpāri cāttappakaiya-<lb break="no"/>ṉ vai-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>tta nontāviḷak koṉṟiṉāṟ<lb/>poṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>aiṅkaḻañcu ūṭṭuppoṉ kaḻa-<lb break="no"/>ñcu i-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>tu iṟakkiṉāṉ vaḻivā[n] yitu<lb/>kāttāṉaṭi</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>eṉṟalaimelaṉa itu paṉ</ta><gr>mā</gr><ta>he</ta><gr>śva-<lb break="no"/>ra

ra[kṣai ||]</gr><pb n="4:16"/></hi>

<h3>No. 149.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 49 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE RIGHT OF ENTRANCE INTO THE SAME

SHRINE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*]</hi>

<hi>2 <ta>kovirācakeca-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>ripaṉmaṟku yā-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>ṇṭu aiñcā-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>vatu celattu-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>k kiḷivaṇṇa-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>uṭaiyaperumā-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>naṭikaḷukkut ti-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>ruviḻā(viḻā)vi-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>ṉukku mācima-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>kattumāka āṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>ṭuvarai [kaḻa]-</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>ñciṉvā[y*] i-</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>rupattaiñ-</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>ci pirāmaṇarai</ta></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>muṉṟu kaṟiyu</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>maraippiṭi</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <ta>neyyuṉ ta-</ta></hi>

<hi>21 <ta>laiyu-</ta></hi>

<hi>23 <ta>ūṭṭuvatāka-</ta></hi>

<hi>26 <ta>lvaṉaṭikaḷ</ta></hi>

<hi>27 <ta>vacca poṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>28 <ta>nālppatuṅ</ta></hi>

<hi>29 <ta>ko[ṇ*]ṭu cantirā-</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 150.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 50 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE LEFT OF ENTRANCE INTO THE SAME

SHRINE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*]</hi>

<hi>2 <ta>kopparake-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>caripaṉmakku yā-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>tu kiḷiva[ṇ*]ṇa-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>muṭaiyārkku</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>oru naṉtāvi-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>ḷakku mu[ra]māyi-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>leṭṭikkāka mu-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>rikuya[va]ṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>vaitta poṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>aiṅkaḻañcu</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>caṉtirātitta-</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>varaiyi leriya</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>.• ḻampa</ta>.</hi>

<hi>24 <gr>śvarar ira-</gr></hi>

<h1>Below this is engraved the following:——</h1>

<hi>1 <ta>[pa]tuvac caṉtiraṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>maṇavāṭṭi naṭṭam</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>[c]omi vaitta ūṭṭu</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>poṉ aiṅkaḻañ-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>cu ippoṉṉakku pa-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>[cu itil] irupattu</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 151.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 51 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A PILLAR IN THE SAME SHRINE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī [||*] su-</gr></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>ndara</gr><ta>pāṇṭiya-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>tevaṟ</ta><gr>kku</gr> <ta>yāṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>māṉa</ta> <gr>irājā-</gr></hi>

<hi>6 <gr>śrayaśca</gr><ta>tu</ta><gr>rvvedi-</gr></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>maṅkalattu veḷ-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>ḷāḷa vaḷḷimanta-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>muṭaiyāṉ nilai-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>yiṭṭāṉ cokki</ta><gr>dha-</gr></hi>

<hi>11 <gr>[r*]mmam</gr> <ta>ikkāl [||*]</ta><pb n="4:17"/></hi>

<h3>No. 152.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 51-<i>A of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A STONE IN FRONT OF THE SAME

TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <ta>aḻakiyacokka-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ṉārāṉa virapā-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>ṇṭiyatevaṟ-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>kku yāṇṭu</ta> <gr>10</gr> <ta>vatu</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>ivar mutalikaḷil</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>kaṇṇakaṉāṉa va-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>ḻutinārāyaṇa-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>tevaṉeṉ ce-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>lanāṭṭu celat-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>tu uṭaiyār kiḷi-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>vaṇṇamuṭaiyanāya-</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>ṉār koyil ivvā-</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>ṭṭai cittiraimā-</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>tattu tirumatiḷum</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>vi[ri]ya iṭṭum tiruma-</ta></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>ṭaiviḷākam kaṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>ṭum tiruveṭuttuk-</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <ta>kaṭṭi kaṇṭum tirukku-</ta></hi>

<hi>19 <ta>ḷamum va[ku]ttu iṭ-</ta></hi>

<hi>20 <ta>ṭum tiruvācalil te-</ta></hi>

<hi>21 <ta>ṉciṟakil mākecurar</ta></hi>

<hi>22 <ta>••nāyaṉārai pūcik-</ta></hi>

<hi>23 <ta>kumavarkaḷukku ma[ṭa]-</ta></hi>

<hi>24 <ta>ṅ kaṇṭum immaṭam</ta></hi>

<hi>25 <ta>nokkum</ta></hi>

<hi>26 <ta>tiru(m)meṉik-</ta></hi>

<hi>27 <ta>ku innāyaṉār-</ta></hi>

<hi>28 <ta>tevatāṉamā-</ta></hi>

<hi>29 <ta>ṉa maṟavanēri[yi]-</ta></hi>

<hi>30 <ta>l kuṭiniñkā te-</ta></hi>

<hi>31 <ta>vatāṉattil</ta></hi>

<hi>33 <ta>ṟampu pūtāṉa kara-</ta></hi>

<hi>34 <ta>tāṉamāka ko-</ta></hi>

<hi>35 <ta>ṇṭu iṭṭakuḻi</ta></hi>

<hi>37 <ta>ṉṉūṟṟu aimpa-</ta></hi>

<hi>39 <ta>ṭu immaṭam va-</ta></hi>

<hi>40 <ta>kuttume-</ta></hi>

<hi>41 <ta>ḻuki tiruviḷakku-</ta></hi>

<hi>42 <ta>(m) miṭṭu iru-</ta></hi>

<hi>43 <ta>kkum avarkaḷu-</ta></hi>

<hi>44 <ta>kku ikkal ve-</ta></hi>

<hi>45 <ta>ṭṭiṉpaṭi kāṇi-</ta></hi>

<hi>46 <ta>yāka kaṭavatāka-</ta></hi>

<hi>47 <ta>vum ittaṉmam</ta></hi>

<hi>48 <ta>nokkiṉava-</ta></hi>

<hi>49 <ta>ṉ tiruvaṭi iraṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>50 <ta>ṭu(m) meṉ talai(m)-</ta></hi>

<hi>51 <ta>mele itupa[nmā]-</ta></hi>

<hi>52 <ta>kecurar ira</ta><gr>kṣai [||*]</gr></hi>

<h3>No. 153.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 52 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A PILLAR OF THE MAHA-MANDAPA IN THE

SAUNDARARAJA-PERUMAL TEMPLE<lb/>IN THE SAME VILLAGE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>sva[sti*] śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>cuṉtara-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>pāṇṭiyateva[r*]-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>kku yāṇṭu</ta> <gr>29</gr></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>vaḷḷa• tammu-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>ṭaiya•• ttar</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>aḻaka[r tar]mam i-</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 154.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 53 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON ANOTHER PILLAR IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<p>The inscribed stone cannot be traced on the spot.</p>

<h3>No. 155.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 54 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON ANOTHER PILLAR IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>sva[sti*] śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>cuṉtara[pā]-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ṇṭiyate[vaṟku]</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>yāṇṭu</ta> <gr>24</gr> <ta>pārā-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>vāri aḻakap[peru]-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>tiranampi [cevit]-</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 156.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 55 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON ANOTHER PILLAR IN THE SAME PLACE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>sva[sti*] śrī</gr> [|*] <ta>cuṉtara-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>pāṇṭiyatevaṟ-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>kku yāṇṭu</ta> <gr>[24]</gr></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>malaiyaṉ••</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>varipā•••</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 157.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 56 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE GARBHAGRIHA OF

THE SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <ta>koccaṭaparmarāṉa tirupu[va*]ṉaccak-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>karavattikaḷ ciṟicuntarapāṇṭi-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>yatevaṟku</ta> <gr>24</gr> <ta>vatu celattil ka-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>ṇmāḷaril aṇṇāmalaittaṭṭā-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>ṉ cūriya(ṉ)ṉāṉa nūṟṟe[ṇ*]mattāṭ-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>ṭāṉ ce[v]vitta potikai [||*]</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 158.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 56-<i>A of</i> 1888).<lb/>AT THE SAME ENTRANCE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>cuntara-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>pāṇṭiyate-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>vaṟku yāṇṭu</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <gr>24</gr> <ta>vatu veḷḷa-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>ppanāṭṭu cantiraṉ-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>koṉ cevitta po-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>tikai [||*]</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 159.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 56-<i>B of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE EAST WALL OF THE SAME

TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>vayira-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>vanār vācalil</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>pekkaṭikaḷil</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>poṉṉakkūttamu[t]-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>taraiyaṉ cellaṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>taṉ[ma]m cey[vitta]</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>tūṇ poviccurattā-</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>ṇaṉum puviyaiyā</ta><ref t="4:18-1"/></hi>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>viravallāḷa</ta><gr>de</gr><ta>var</ta>

<gr>pr̥dhvirājyam</gr> <ta>paṇṇi aruḷāniṉṟa yuva</ta><gr>saṃvatsa-</gr></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>ra</gr><ta>ttu</ta><gr>tu</gr><ta>lānāyaṟṟu

pū</ta><gr>rvva</gr><ta>pa</ta><gr>kṣa</gr><ta>ttu</ta> <gr>trayodaśiyum</gr>

<ta>putaṉkiḻamaiyum [peṟṟa*] a</ta><gr>śva</gr><ta>ti-<lb break="no"/>nāḷ vira-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>coḻamaṇṭalattu celanāṭṭuc celamāṉa

rājā</ta><gr>śra</gr><ta>yaccaturve</ta><gr>di</gr><ta>maṅkalattu

sa</ta><gr>bh</gr><ta>ai-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>yom nāyiṉār aḻakapperumāḷukku śrīceṉāpatipperuvilai āṉa

nilavilai</ta><gr>pramāṇam</gr><lb/> <ta>paṇ-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>ṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu••••• rom</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>•yāka āṇippoṉṉukku araim[ā*]vaai••••• poṉṉuñ<lb/>cilavaṟukkac . ci .

k[o]-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>[ṭ]ṭaiyūr tiruvampalanampi kiḷivaṉamuṭaiyār muṉpu••••• vora-<lb break="no"/>ṇaiyumaṟuttu olai po</ta>.</hi>

<hi>8 <ta>.• la ivvūṟ pañcantāṅki eriyil maḻavaṟaivai•••• l kiḻakku<lb/>ivaṉutāṉa periya

vaṭa-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>cāttaṉkuṇṭu taṭi iraṇṭu kuḻi</ta> <gr>75</gr><ta>m tirutta••• yār pakkal

cāṟo-<lb break="no"/>ṭiyil taṭi oṉṟu</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>[ivvūṟ] periya ēriyil naṭuviṟ kumuḻivāykkālu•••• kuḻi</ta> <gr>27</gr>

<hi>11 <ta>.• mukaṇṭi ūr āḷ[vari] ta[ra]ku nalla pokku••• kku</ta> <gr><ch/> 30</gr>-

<ta>m<lb/>perumarutūr āḷkoṇ-</ta><pb n="4:19"/></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>.•• kaiy aḻakiyāṉpokkum paḻavāṟaiyil taṭi oṉṟu kuḻi</ta> <gr>22</gr>

<ta>kku•<lb/>••• ā appiḷḷā[r*]pokku paruttikāl piṟivu•</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>.•• kku paṇam</ta> <gr>12</gr> <ta>m tirutta• tiruvaiyāruṭaiyārpokku taṭi••<lb/>••

ḻakkutteṟ••</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>[vā]ḻikallukku meṟku taṭi</ta> <gr>1</gr>- <ta>kku kuḻi•• maṇimaṅkalam vaṇika

nārāyaṇar po .<lb/>•••• yil naṭuviṟ kumiḻi••</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>.• l kiḻakku puṭṭakaṉ taṭi</ta> <gr>2</gr> <ta>kuḻi</ta> <gr>50</gr><ta>kku•••

āka taṭi</ta> <gr>10</gr> <ta>taṉāl kuḻi</ta><lb/> <gr>340</gr> [ <gr>5</gr> <ta>kku</ta>]

<ta>.•• ṉūṟṟu nāṟpattaiñ••</ta></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>••iṟṟaināḷ viṟṟukkuṭuttuk koḷvatāṉa emmilicainta vilaipporuḷ••<lb/>•••

ṇṭārattil vāṅ-</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>••teṇṇāyakkar tiruvakka[ḷi]l ceṭ[ṭi]yappa[ṉva]cam celavaṟutta</ta> <gr><ch/>

150</gr>- <ta>m me-<lb break="no"/>ṟpa•• ccurattukku kaḻittapaṭi-</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <ta>yic celavaṟutta</ta> <gr><ch/> 120</gr>- <ta>m āka</ta> <gr><ch/> 270</gr>

<ta>ippaṇam irunūṟṟu eḻupatukkum iṉṉila<lb/>•••• viṟṟu poruḷuṟak-</ta></hi>

<hi>19 <ta>koḷkaiyil iṉṉilaṅkaḷ tirunāmattukkāṇi iṟaiyili

tiruviṭai[yāṭṭamāka]<lb/>cantirātittavarai [celva]-</ta></hi>

<hi>20 <ta>tāka śrīceṉāpatip peruvilai</ta> <gr>pramā</gr><ta>ṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom

sa••••<lb/>aḻakapperumāḷu[kku]-</ta></hi>

<hi>21 <ta>.••• tevapperumāḷnampi eḻuttu u ippaṭikku••••</ta></hi>

<hi>22 <ta>.••• kopuranampi eḻuttu u i[ppaṭi]•••</ta></hi>

<hi>23 <ta>.•••eḻuttu u••••• ma••</ta></hi>

<hi>24 <ta>vāḷapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu<ref t="4:19-1"/>••••</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 161.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 57 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME

TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <ta>.•• komāṟapaṉmarāṉa</ta> <gr>tri</gr>[ <gr>bhu</gr><ta>vaṉa</ta>]

<ta>ccakkaravattikaḷ śrī••• ku<lb/>yāṇṭu</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>.••dha</gr> <ta>vatu aṟpacimātam mutaṟtiyatināḷ celanāṭṭuc celamā•••<lb/>kalattu

[nā]-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>[ya]ṉār aḻakapperumāḷ koyil śrīseṉāpati āḻvār•••••<lb/>ramuṭaiyā-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>r parākkiṟa[ma *]pāṇṭiyap piramātarāyaṟkuk kuṭiniṅkāt

tiruvi••••<lb/>vaṭṭik-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>kuṭuttaparicāvatu muṉṉāḷ ciṅkayateṇṇāyakkar

kiḻkarai•••••<lb/>yiṟukkai-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>yil ivar tammuṭaiyapeṟku muṉṉiṉṟu celavaṟāmal po••••<lb/>ipukupperi-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>[yae]ri pañcantāṅkiyil ivar nilamāṉa taṭi nālu kuḻi

nūṟṟirupattiraṇ••<lb/>ppiḷar taṭi o-</ta></hi>

<gr>150</gr> <ta>ikkuḻi</ta> <gr>150</gr><ta>m nāyaṉār aḻakappaperumā-<lb break="no"/>ḷukku

tirunāmattukkā-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>.••• paṭukaiyil iraṇṭu••</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>.••••• var aṉupavi<ref t="4:19-2"/>•••</ta></hi>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>kā</ta><gr>śya</gr><ta>paṉ nampi-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>piḷḷai vaṭakopuranampi</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>ciraṅka irācar tirumalaināta[n]</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>tanma</ta><gr>m</gr> <ta>cuvarpaṭai [||*]</ta><pb n="4:20"/></hi>

<h3>No. 163.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 58 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ROUND THE SHRINE OF THE GODDESS IN THE

SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>[sva*]sti</gr> [||*] <ta>śrīmaṉumahā</ta><gr>pradhā</gr><ta>ṉa rākuttarāya••

cā</ta><gr>deva daṇḍa</gr><ta>ṉāyakkaṉeṉ<lb/>ce•••••</ta> <gr>kara</gr><ta>nāyaṟṟu

aparapakṣattu</ta> <gr>dvādaśi</gr><ta>yu•••<lb/>yum peṟṟa keṭ••• ṅkalattu</ta>

<gr>bha</gr><ta>ṭṭakaḷ nūṟṟu aṟupatiṉvaṟkum</ta><lb/>

<gr>dānapramā</gr><ta>ṇampaṇṇik kuṭuttaparicāvatu celattu āṟṟukku kiḻakku

taṅkaḷukku<lb/>kuṭiiruppu nattattukku kiḻpāṟkellai kiṭārattaraiyaṉ paṭṭikkiḻaip

po•<lb/>•••</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ṇik kuṭutta iṉṉāṭṭu mutaliyappaḷḷiyum centamaṅkalamum ivvūrkaḷil

naṉ<ch/>•<lb/>••• ḷappaṭṭa nilaṅkaḷum ivvakarattukkuṭa•• ṟaiyiliyāka uta-<lb break="no"/>••• maraṅkaḷum kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟukaḷum maṟṟum epperppaṭṭa uri-<lb break="no"/>maikaḷum aṉaittāyaṅkaḷum uḷppaṭa na[m] appaṉukkum irācāvukkum ṉāṭṭuk-<lb break="no"/>kum ṉaṉṟāka ittai uttarāya[ṇa]ttile ikkuṭiyiruppum ivvūrkaḷum••</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>mutal cantirātittavaraiyum aṉupavippatāka ittāṉa</ta><gr>pra</gr><ta>māṇam

paṇṇi••<lb/>••• paṇṇitantom ippaṭikku kallilu•••• veṭṭik-<lb break="no"/>koṇ•••••

yamācciyateṇṭanāyakkaṉeṉ eḻuttu</ta><lb/> <de>srīgopīnātha</de> <ta>itu oppam

ittaṉmam</ta> <gr>rakṣi</gr><ta>ttavaṉ</ta> <gr>śrīpādam</gr> <ta>iraṇṭum

eṉ<lb/>talaimele [|*]</ta> <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>iṟṟaināḷile iccelanāṭuṭaiyap

poṉ parappi<lb/>•••••</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>rkaḷukku muṉpuḷḷa aṇaikaḷum kālkaḷum erikaḷum kuṭṭaikaḷum me•••<lb/>ṅkalamum

ivvūrkaḷil naṉcey••• nāṟpāṟkellai•••<lb/>ppeṟpaṭṭa urimaikaḷum ivvakarattukku kuṭi

iruppākak kuṭutta nattattukku<lb/>kiḻpāṟkellai kiṭārattaraiyaṉpaṭṭi kiḻaipoḻikku

meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai<lb/>pañcantāṅki iṭṭalukku<ref t="4:20-1"/>••••</ta></hi>

<h3>No. 164.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 59 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE

KARABURANATHESVARA TEMPLE AT UTTAMASOLAPURAM.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>śubhamaśtu</gr> <ta>naṉṟāka</ta> <gr>u svasti [||*] śrīmanmahāmaṇḍa[l*]eśvaran

hari(ha)rāyavibhāṭan bhāṣai-</gr><lb/> <ta>kkuttappuvarāyarakaṇṭaṉ mūvarāyarakaṇṭaṉ

kaṇṭaṉāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭa-<lb break="no"/>ṉāṭu kuṭātāṉ</ta>

<gr>śrīkr̥ṣṇa</gr><ta>rāyaṟku yāṇṭu</ta> <gr>27</gr><ta>vatu</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <gr>mahāpratāpa</gr><ta>rāyaṉ tippa</ta><gr>ra</gr><ta>ca ayyaṉukkuc cellāniṉṟa

kālattu celanāṭṭu uttama-<lb break="no"/>coḻapuramāṉa

meṟttalaikkāverippūm(p)paṭṭaṇattil uttamacoḻacceṭṭi<lb/>ātittatevaṉ iṉṉāṭṭu

uttama-</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>coḻapurattuk karapuramuṭaiyanayiṉāṟkku tirunā</ta><gr>ma</gr><ta>ttukkāṇiyāṉa

muṉṉāḷ naṭanta teva-<lb break="no"/>tānattu•••• ḷḷāṉ iṉṉāṭṭu nāṭṭāmaṅkalattu

nañcai puñ-<lb break="no"/>cai nāṟpāṅkellaiyum melṉokkiya mara-</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>muṅ kiḻṉokkiya kiṇaṟum māṉpaṭukāṭum teṉpaṭuvaraiyu mīṉpaṭu cuṉaiyum

maṟṟum<lb/>eppeṟpaṭṭa pala</ta> <gr>svarṇādā</gr><ta>yaṅkaḷum iṉṉāṭṭu ālaivāyil

taccaṉerikiḻ<lb/>nañcai uṇṭāṉatum iṉṉāṭṭu cu-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>vātapurattu periyaeriyil oṭṭukkiḻ nañcai yuṇṭāṉatuvum eṉṉaṭaiya

upaiyamāka<lb/>iṉṉāṭṭu puttūrilk kīraippaḷḷattu eri nañcai uṇṭāṉatum

eṉṉiṭa<lb/>eriyil melaimataku nīreṟu nañcai uṇṭāṉatuvum iṉṉāṭṭu uttamaco-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>ḻapurattu muṉṉāḷ naṭanta makamaiyum iṉṉāyiṉāṟku</ta>

<gr>trisandhinaivedyattu</gr><ta>kkum(t) tiru-<lb break="no"/>viḷakku[k*]kum

tirumeṉicāttuppaṭi tiruppaṇikkum uṭalāka karapuramuṭaiya-<lb break="no"/>tampirāṉāṟku

cempi-</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>lum cilaiyilum veṭṭikkuṭutteṉ ittaṉmam cantirātittiyavaraiyum naṭakkak kaṭava-<lb break="no"/>tākavum uttamacoḻacceṭṭi ātittatevaṉ ittaṉ(m)mattai

naṭattiṉavaṉ<lb/>cīpā</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>tam iraṇṭum eṉ talaimele<ch/> ittammattai ilaṅkaṉam(p)paṇṇuvāṉ

keṅkai<lb/>karaiyil kurālppacuvaik koṉṟa toṣattile povāṉ</ta>

<gr>brahma</gr><ta>ttipaṇṇu-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>vāṉ eḻeccam aṟuvāṉ+</ta><pb n="4:21"/></hi>

<h3>No. 165.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 60 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE WEST WALL OF THE GARBHAGRIHA IN

THE SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <ta>caṅkeṭṭal koḻiya[r p]o[ṉ] koṭṭai vā-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>ḻu catimaṟaiyoṉ ceṅkevaṭi[yar]kku poṉ</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>ceṉṉi poṉṉāyaṉ ceḻu</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>ñ(c) cilampil koṅkoṉai</ta><ref t="4:21-1"/></hi>

<h3>No. 166.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 61 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON A STONE IN THE FLOOR OF THE

MAHA-MANDAPA IN THE SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī</gr> [||*] <ta>iṟājā</ta><gr>dhi</gr><ta>rā-</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>jatevarkku yāṇṭu</ta> <gr>[9]</gr></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>[ā]vatu•• pallavarai</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>yaṉ nāṭṭu uttamaco-</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>ḻapurattu karapuramuṭaiyana-</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>āyaṉār koyilil••</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>.• kuntava[p]erumāḷ</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>cuntaratevarum nācci-</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>māriruvarum piḷḷaiyā[r*]i-</ta></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>ṣapa[rum] irājen</ta><gr>tra</gr><ta>co-</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>ḻatevarkku eṭṭāvati-</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>l kalikaṭi [n]tapacce•</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>teṟku•• yoṭu ṭaiya[na]-</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>yiṉār ittevark</ta><ref t="4:21-2"/></hi>

<h3>No. 167.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 62 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE BACK WALL OF THE UPPER ROCK-CUT

CAVE AT TRICHINOPOLY.</h3>

<hi>1 <gr>svasti śrī[||*]</gr> <ta>ulaka(m) maṭantai nutaluṟantaip[pa]ti yannutaṟkut tilatam

[pa]ramaṉamaru<lb/>ñcirāmalai yammalaivā yalaki[ṉ]ṉiṟainta katirmaṇipāya• ṉ

melvantatana</ta><gr>n</gr><ta>ti<lb/>••ppoṉṉi paraṉ kaḻuttiṟ koṇṭa veḷvaṭame

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>2 <ta>vaṭakayilāyamun teṉmāṉmalaiyap poruppu meṉṉun taṭavarai tāmitaṉṟaṉmaiya-<lb break="no"/>vāvatu tāmuṇarntuṅ kaṭavarai mekamuḻakkuñ cirāmalai kaṇṭa[kaṇmu]ṭavarai-<lb break="no"/>yo[kku maṟucāṉ]ṟeṇṇi moḻikiṉṟate [||——*]</ta></hi>

<hi>3 <ta>moḻintiṭu meymmai muṉintiṭum poymmai muyaṉṟiṭumi[ṉ] kaḻintiṭum yākkai-<lb break="no"/>yaik kaippaṇi koṭal karumukilvāṉ poḻintiṭu mellaruvic cirāmalai pukun-<lb break="no"/>tiṭumi ṉiḻintiṭu num viṉaiyicaṉaṅke vantetirppaṭume ||</ta></hi>

<hi>4 <ta>paṭumpoḻutāyiṟṟu veṅkatir kūṟṟu[vaṉ] paṟṟinammaiyaṭum

poḻutāvañca[l]eṉ-<lb break="no"/>pāṉ [ci]r[ā]malaiyar eri vantiṭumpoḻutāyiṟ

ṟetirkaṇṭiṭile maruṅkoṭiyar<lb/>neṭum poḻutāleṉkalo vanpar nirvantu niṟkiṉṟate

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>5 <ta>niṟkun tuyarkoṇṭirukkum poḻutiṉṟi neñcaṉuṅkit teṟkum vaṭakkun

tirinte<lb/>varuntic cirāmalaimeṟ poṟkuṉṟa ṉaik kaṇṭukoṇṭe ṉiṉippuṟam poka-<lb break="no"/>loṭṭeṉ kaṟkuṉṟaṉaiya neñciṟ celvarā lillai kāriyame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>6 <ta>kāri[kkutavā]r kaṭavuṭ kiṟaicciyuṅ kaḷḷu nalku morikkuraṟ peṇka

ḷoṉṟaṟiyī<lb/>rorupāl kuṟavar cerik koṭumuṭit teyvac cirāmalait teṇmaṇinir

vārik<lb/>kuḷikkavoḷikku mey[nno] yimaṭavaraṟke ||</ta></hi>

<hi>7 <ta>maṭakkolavaḷaiyiṭattāṉ ṟaṉ cirāmalai vāḻttilarpol paṭakkonilamaṉṉar

pāvai-<lb break="no"/>yaip pecip paricamiṭṭār viṭakko kiṭanta[ṉa] veḷar [varaiyār]

koḷ-<lb break="no"/>vāḷaḷaintār taṭakko veḷippaṭuttār maṟavīrnuṅkaḷ cuṟṟattaiye

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>8 <ta>cuṟṟattai niyattiniṉṟa cūḷ puṇaiyā(ka)c curampaṭarnta naṟṟattai peralikku

nalku<lb/>kaṇṭāy paṇṭu nāṭaṟiyap peṟṟattai yeṟum perumāṉ cirāmalaimelo[r]-<lb break="no"/>cer kuṟṟattai niṅkuṅ kuṇatturavo[r*] taṅkaḷ koḷariyey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>9 <ta>koḷariyeṟu polak kolayāṉaiyaik koṉṟu [ti]ṅkaḷ

vāḷariyeṟukaṇṇā[yiru]<lb/>tantavaṉmāl kaṭalvā yāḷariyoṟiṭattāṇṭaraṉ cirāmalai

aivaṉamān toḷari<lb/>yeṟu [tañcam]āritaṟkun talaimakaḷe ||——</ta><pb n="4:22"/></hi>

<hi>10 <ta>talaimaka••• paraṉoruvaṉ ṉavaṉṟampi kompār kulaimukayā[ṉai]ttalaiyiṉ-<lb break="no"/>ṉavartāyalai malaiyāḷ mulaimuka niyamayaṅki mayaṅkiṟṟu[ṉ

muṉ]maiyeṉṉo<lb/>cilaimukaniṭu tirumalai meya tikamparaṉe [||-*]</ta></hi>

<hi>11 <ta>paranteri•• ṉṟukaḷākip pakaiyuṟaṉaic caranteri kāṉavartaṉ ṉaya .

ka<lb/>taṭamalaroṉ cirantoyā voḷva[li]catitta viraṉ cirāmalaipolun••<lb/>vāṉuṭaṉ poṉa

veḷvaḷaikke ||</ta></hi>

<hi>12 <ta>vaḷaivara••• yavantukāṇa maṇināḷil vantamuḷaivāyeyiṟṟu mutavac<lb/>cirāmalai

muṭiyilaviḷ cuḷaivāy corinta perunteṉ cuṭartoy naṟuṅkamalat<lb/>taḷaivāyt

teṉaruntaccurumpārkkiṉṟa taṇ paraṇiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>13 <ta>paraṇittaṭaiyāvalarkaḷ peṟukururampaik kiṇaimallaḻut taṅ[karaṇa]t

taṭaṅkaṇmalar<lb/>kātaḷavum muṉ kāratirun tiraṇait taṭañcararaṟ paramaṉ cirāmalai

cūḻcuḷai tiraṇait<lb/>tāṅkap piṭittuṭiyaṟuke niṉṟapāyamayiṟke |——</ta></hi>

<hi>14 <ta>mayilār••• ka•• meṉṟu perakilvañci yeṉṟu payilāk-<lb break="no"/>kiḷiyum mayilum

paṭaikkuṇakaṉ pārttuḻaimā ṉayilā toḻikilavai vaḷaṅkā-<lb break="no"/>valevvāṟamaittār veyilār maḻuvaṉ cirāmalai vāḻnartam melliyaṟke

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>15 <ta>melliya•• ta• mālaikku meypporuḷ veṇṭumeṉaccolliya ko-<lb break="no"/>viṟkkaruḷ

ceytavaṉ cūḻalum mukilai valliyamāl kaḷiṟeṉṟu taṉ vāḷukirāṟka-<lb break="no"/>tuvac

celliḻicāraṟ cirāmalaimeya tiruvaṭiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>16 <ta>vaṭikkuṅkaruṅkuḻal melumaittāḷ moytta vaṇṭakaṟṟik koṭikkuṅkumakkoṅ-<lb break="no"/>kaimeluṅ koṇṭāḷ koṇṭalanti mantipiṭikkuñ cirāmalaiyātitaṉ

peraruḷ<lb/>polanaṉṟun taṭikkuṅ kalaiyalkulā[ḷi]ṉpa ni tanta taṇṭaḻaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>17 <ta>taḻaikoṇṭa kaiyar[ka]tirkoṇṭa meyyar taḷarvukaṇṭu piḻaikoṇṭu poy-<lb break="no"/>yeṉṟu peciviṭṭeṟkavarperaruḷāṉ maḻaikoṇṭa kaṇṭartammāṉirc cirā-<lb break="no"/>malai vantu niṉṟā ruḻaikoṇṭa nokki yiṉṟeṉṉuraikke ṉavaruṟṟiṭile

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>18 <ta>uṟṟār talaiyiṭa voṉṉār mukanta uṇṭumikka tuṟṟāriṭuvareṉat

toḻutoṅkun<lb/>toḻār puraṅkaḷ ceṟṟār cirāmalai ceravallār tirunāmamellāṅ kaṟṟār

kaṉai<lb/>kaḻal kaṇṭiṟaiñcātavar kaittalame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>19 <ta>kaittalaikkarāmalai nellikkaṉipol kalaikaḷellāmettalaippāṭu

vitiyuṇarntor<lb/>taṅkaḷ vitiyeṅkuñ ceyttalai nila malaruñ ceḻunir cirāmalaiyāṉ

paittalaip-<lb break="no"/>pāmpukaṇṭī raraimeṟ koṇṭa paṭṭikaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>20 <ta>paṭṭip pacumuḷ paṭarat tuṭarntu [ni*]ṉpāṭu celliṉ muṭṭittiriyu mukilpo la-<lb break="no"/>tiru muraṭkayiṟṟāṟ kaṭṭikkoṭāḷuṅ karumañ coṉṉoṅ kaṉṉikāra

meṅkuṅ<lb/>maṭṭikkamaḻuñ cirāmalaiyir numataviṭaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>21 <ta>mataviṭaippākaṉ matiyiṭaippākaṉ maḻainiṟattork kutaviṭappāka

ṉumaiyiṭapāka<lb/>ṉuyarkaliṅku kataviṭappāku kamukeḻak kāmar kaṭinakarvāyp putamaṭap

pāypuṉaṟ<lb/>poṉ(ṉ)ṉic cirāmalaip poṉvaṇṇaṉe ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>22 <ta>poṉvaṇṇamāḷikaip pūntaṇcirāmalaip paḷḷikoṇṭa maṉvaṇṇa mālkaṭaṉañ-<lb break="no"/>cammirunta maṟaimiṭaṟṟāṉṟaṉ vaṇṇanti vaṇṇaṅ kaṇṭu taḷirvaṇṇam

vāṭic<lb/>ceṉṟāṉ miṉvaṇṇa nuṇṇiṭaiyā ḷeṅṅaṉe ceyyumeyppaṇiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>23 <ta>paṇiyāvatu nañ cirāmalaimeya paramaṟkeṉṟu tuṇiyāṭaiyu maṇivāy naṉṟun

tu-<lb break="no"/>varūṭṭik koṅkai piṇiyā toḻintaṉaiyor maṉattey

piṇippāṉṟuṭayāya-<lb break="no"/>ṇiyāraṭikaḷ paḻantavañ cāla vayirppuṭaitatey

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>24 <ta>ayirppuṭaiyāy neñcame yiṉitteṟaramaṅkaiyallaḷ ceyirppuṭaiyārtan tiri-<lb break="no"/>purañceṟṟāṉ cirāmalaivāy payirppuṭaiyā ḷaṭip pārtoyntaṉa paṭaikkaṇi-<lb break="no"/>maikku muyirppuṭaiyā ḷivvulakuṭaiyār peṟṟa volkiṭaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>25 <ta>kiṭaivāy maṭantaiyu maintaṉuṅ keṭkiṟ cirāmalaiyā ṉaṭaivā

yavaraiyaṇaiyār<lb/>kiḷaipo laḻintupaṭṭār kaṭaivāy niṇantiṉṟapāvitaṉ kātaṟ

karumpeṭaiyiṉ<lb/>muṭaivāypukaccori muṇmākkāḷattu muṉpiṉare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>26 <ta>[mu]ṉvantuniṉṟaṉai yeṉṉuraikkeṉ mukiḻmeṉmulaikkiḻ miṉvantuniṉ-<lb break="no"/>ṟaṉaṉ nuṇṇiṭaiyāy vitiyevalinta poṉvanta koṉṟaiyar pūntaṇ cirā<lb/>malai

poṟṟalarpol piṉvantu vaṉakāṉavar kaiyppāṭum peruñcuratte ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>27 <ta>peruñcilaiyāṟ puramuṉṟerittoṉ piṟaikkoṭṭuk kaimmāvuriñcilai

teṅkamaḻ<lb/>pāṅkaṟ cirāmalai yuḷḷalarpol varuñcilaiyor numarākiṉ maṟaivaṉ

vaṉkāṉava-<lb break="no"/>reṟ karuñcilaiyā laḻippaṉ kalaṅkātu niṟ kārikaiye

||——</ta><pb n="4:23"/></hi>

<hi>28 <ta>kārikat tāḻpoḻiṟ kaṇṇār cirāmalaik kāmar koṉṟait tārikat tāḻcaṭaic

caṅkara-<lb break="no"/>ṉe catirop[pa]ṉako pārikat tāḻuniṉ pātam paṇintava retamañca vori

kat-<lb break="no"/>tāvaruṅ k[ā]ṉakattāṭi yuṟaikiṉṟate ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>29 <ta>uṟaivāy cirāmalaiyuḷḷu meṉ cintaiyiṉuḷḷu meṉṟum piṟaivāy maḻuvāṭ

periya-<lb break="no"/>vaṉe nuṉpiyaṟ kaṇinta kaṟaivāyaravaṅ kaṭiyāvakai yaṭiye

ṉaṟiyeṉaṟaivāyaḻa-<lb break="no"/>lumiḻum purintāṭi yalamarume ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>30 <ta>alamaruneñcat tarivaikaṇ ṭāṟṟuṅkol poṟṟalartaṅ kulamaru muppuraṅkoṉṟa-<lb break="no"/>vaṉ kolaccirāmalai cūḻ nilamaruteṉ[ṟu]ḷi nittilaṅ koppa

neṭumpoḻilkaḷ<lb/>calamaru veḷvaṭam pūṇat taṇ kāṉeṭun tāḻpaṉiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>31 <ta>paṉippaṭam porttaṉaḷ pārmakaḷ yāṉum pacalaiyeṉṉun tuṉippaṭamport tiṅkut-<lb break="no"/>te ṉaṅkuttā raṉpar tuṅkakkaimmā muṉippaṭam porttapirāṉ

cirāppaḷḷiyu<lb/>murikkoṇ muttaṉippaṭam porkkum paruvamaṉṟo vantu cantittate ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>32 <ta>vantu cantittilar kātalar petaiyai vātaiceyvā ṉanticantippa veḻunta

taraṉṟaṉ<lb/>cirāmalaivāyk kontu cantitta ceṅkāntaṇ mukai koṇṭu

koṇṭiṭuvāṉ<lb/>manticantippa varaveṉ ṟuḷavāṭu matippakaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>33 <ta>matiyum pakaimuṉṉaivāyum pakai maṉaiyum maṉai cūḻ patiyum pakai pakai yaṉṟil

e(n)<lb/>ṉṟum pakai pāṉmai tanta vitiyum pakai yeṉilum maṉpa raṉpiṉar v[e]ḷḷakkaṅ-<lb break="no"/>kaipotiyuñcaṭaiyaṉ cirāmalaipolu mempūṅkuḻaṟke ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>34 <ta>kuḻaṉeṟikāṭṭiya kompaṉaiyāroṭuṅ koṇṭacuṟṟa maḻaṉeṟikāṭṭumiṭat

teṉak-<lb break="no"/>kut taṉakkaṉpar ceṉṟa paḻaṉeṟikāṭṭum paraṉ cirāppaḷḷi

paravakkaṟṟeṉ muḻu<lb/>neṟiyākiluñ celle ṉiṉic celvar muṉkaṭaikke ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>35 <ta>iṉiccelvar muṉkaṭaik keṉceyac ceṟumiṉaiya ṉeñcey

kaṉiccelvamām<lb/>poḻiṟkāvirit teṉkaraip pūvirikkum muṉiccelvar ceruñ cirāppaḷḷi

meya<lb/>mukkaṭcuṭarait taṉiccelvaṉaip paṇin tuḷḷamirtūrit taṭittaṉame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>36 <ta>taṭitta [cuṟata]ṅkamaḻ cāraṟ cirāmalaic caṅkaraṉṟaṉ koṭikkaṇṭa

vaḷḷeṟaṉṉa<lb/>veṟ ṟiṇaikkaraṅko ṭiḻait taraṇ cūḻ paṭikkaṇviṭ ṭārttaṉa rāyar

taḷaip-<lb break="no"/>paruvaliyāṟ piṭitta moymparkkiṉ ṟeḷiyaḷaṉṟo veṅkaḷ peṇṇami te

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>37 <ta>peṇṇamirtaip pārperun teṉamirtaip piṟainutalai vaṇṇappayalai taṇivitti-<lb break="no"/>rel vammiṉ cemmaṉattuk kaṇṇappaṉuk karuḷceyta cirāmalaiyāṉaik

kaṇṭu<lb/>viṇṇappamum ceytu veṭkaiyuṅ kūṟumiṉ veṟiṭatte ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>38 <ta>veṟukaṇṭāy neñcame taḷarel viḷaimāṅkaṉiyiṉ ceṟukaṇṭāruṇ cirāmalai-<lb break="no"/>yātitaṉ celvañ coṉṉāl yāṟukaṇṭā yavaṉṟevi yillampala meṟpa

taiyya<lb/>meṟukaṇṭā yavaṉeṟip pallakām miyaṅkuvate ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>39 <ta>kālāl valañceytu kaiyāṟ ṟoḻutu kaṇṇārak kaṇṭu melāṉavaruṭaṉ

viṟṟiruppā<lb/>ṉeṇṇil me[y*]ppulavir celārkaḻaṉic cirāmalaimeya

cempoṟcuṭaraip<lb/>pālā ṉaṟuneyyo ṭāṭiyaip pāṭip paṇimiṉkaḷe ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>40 <ta>paṇimiṉkaḷ pātam pakarmiṉka ṇāmaṅkaḷ pārakattir taṇimiṉkaḷ ciṟṟan

tavirmiṉkaḷ<lb/>poymmai tavampukunāḷ kaṇimiṉka ḷeṉaṟ kiḷikaṭimātartaṅ kaivicaitta

maṇi-<lb break="no"/>miṉkaḷpo loḷir vāṉṟoy cirāppaḷḷi vaḷḷalukke ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>41 <ta>vaḷḷalukkum malaimātartaṅ koṉukku vārcaṭaimel veḷḷerukkum matiyum potin-<lb break="no"/>tāṉukku veṇpaḷiṅku teḷḷalaikkum maruvic cirāppaḷḷic civaṉukkaṉpā

yuḷḷa-<lb break="no"/>lukku naṉṟu noṟṟataṉṟo veṉṟuṇar neñcame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>42 <ta>neñcam tuṇaiyuṇṭu nirnilattuṇṭu niḻalumuṇṭu tañcap perukkuḷatā ṉañ

cirāmalaic<lb/>cāraluṇṭu tuñcuntuṇaiyuñ civaṉaittoḻutu tuṟakka meytār

pañcannaliyap<lb/>palitirivār cilar pāviyare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>43 <ta>pāviyarāka purattiṟpaṭṭār pacuñcantaṉattiṉāviyarāvu cirāmalaiyāṉaiyu

nallaṉeṉ-<lb break="no"/>ṉo moviyarālu meḻutappaṭā vuruvattacurar teviya rāviyuṅ

koṇṭataṉṟo<lb/>vavaṉ ceñcarame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>44 <ta>caraṅkalantoraip puṇarvikka veyārmeṉṟārk kaṇavaṉ ṉiraṅkalantoṭeri cer-<lb break="no"/>kiṉṟavāṟeṉ cirāmalaiyā yiraṅkalanto vilaiyāl viṉaiyeṟkeṉ ṟirati maṇ-<lb break="no"/>meṟkaraṅkalan toliṭak kaṇṭataṉṟo niṉṟaṉ kaṇmalare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>45 <ta>kaṇmalar nilaṅ kaṉivāy pavaḻam karuṅkuḻal kār eṇmalar muk

kiḷaṅkoṅkaikaḷ<lb/>koṅ kiṭaiyeṉ vaṭiveṉṉuṇ malarācaiyi ṉoppuṭait talkiloṇ poṉ-<lb break="no"/>malaiyāṉ ṟaṇmalarcer taṉiccaṅkiṭuvā ḷoru peṇkoṭikkey ||——</ta><pb n="4:24"/></hi>

<hi>46 <ta>peṇkoṭiyāriṟ piṟarkoṭiyā rillai periṭavat tiṇkoṭiyāraic

cirāmalaiyārait<lb/>tirunutaṉmeṟ kaṇkoṭiyāraik kaṉaviṉiṟ kaṇṭu kalaikoṭutta

voṇkoṭiyā-<lb break="no"/>rai yuṇarvaḻintāreṉ ṟuraipparkaḷey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>47 <ta>kaḷḷum murukuntaru malarāṉ mikka cantiṟaiñci yuḷḷumpuṟamum morukkavallārkaṭ

ku-<lb break="no"/>lakaṟiyak koḷḷum maṭimai koṭukkun tuṟakkam piṟappaṟukkun teḷḷum

maruvic<lb/>cirāmalai meya civakkoḻunte ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>48 <ta>koḻuntār tuḻāymuṭik koṟṟa karuṭakkoṭittevuñ ceḻuntāmaraiyiṟṟicai-<lb break="no"/>mukattātiyuñ cevaṭikkiḻt toḻuntāriyartan tuṇivaip paṇiyac cuṭarppiḻam-<lb break="no"/>pāyeḻuntāṉ cirāmalaikkeṟa nam pāvam miḻintaṉave ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>49 <ta>iḻiyun narakamu meṟun tuṟakkamu mivviraṇṭum paḻiyum pukaḻun tara vantaṉa

[viṉai]ppaṟ-<lb break="no"/>ṟaṟuttuk kaḻiyum muṭampu kaḻittavar kāṇuṅ kaḻalaṉ kaṇṭir

poḻiyuṅ karumukil<lb/>porkkuntirumalaip puṇṇiyaṉey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>50 <ta>puṇṇiyaṉ vetammutalvaṉ puramuṉṟerittavaṉṟu tiṇṇayaṉ ṟevarpirāṉeṉṉa-<lb break="no"/>niṉṟāṉ cirāmalaivāyk kaṇṇiyaṉ ṟaṇṇan taḻaiyaṉ kaṉai

poṟkaḻalaṉampāṟ-<lb break="no"/>ṟaṇṇiyaṉ iṉṟum varum maṉṟu poṉa taṉivilliye

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>51 <ta>villi piṉcella muṉ cellā varivaiyu meṉkiḷippol colli piṉcella muṉ-<lb break="no"/>cellā viṭalaiyuṭ collimmāṉ vallipiṉ cella muṉcellā

tiṭaṅkoṇṭa<lb/>mātavarpo lellipiṉcella muṉcellār cirāppaḷḷi yeytuvarey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>52 <ta>eytuva rāyamun tāmum irumpoḻileṉṉai maiyalceytavar vāḻvuñ

cirāmalai<lb/>yeṉpatu ceṉṟu kaṇṭāl meytavarmāṉ viḻimeṉmulaitaṇṇiyavam mulaik-<lb break="no"/>ki ḻaiytavar nuṇṇiṭaiyalkiluñ cāla vaḷavuṭaittey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>53 <ta>uṭaitteyvaru tuṉpa vempakai nikki ulakaḷikkuñ caṭaitteva[r

mu]ṭittevarun<lb/>tāṭoḻat tāṉavaraip paṭaittey keṭutta paramaṉ cirāmalaippāṭiruntuṅ

kaṭai-<lb break="no"/>ttevaṉait toḻumo viṉaiye ṉeṉ karatalamey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>54 <ta>karampaṟṟiya villi kaipaṟṟiya valli kālalaikkuñ curampaṟṟiya [ceḻumampoṉ]

cuṭa-<lb break="no"/>rkkamalattayaṉṟaṉ ciram[pa*]ṟṟiya maḻuvāḷitaṉ cāraṟcirāmalaicer

varampaṟṟiya<lb/>periyoriṟ ceṉṟekiṉa vāḻpatiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>55 <ta>patiyilan nāṭilam paimpoṟ kuṭaipeṟap paṇṭuceyta vitiyilam••••<lb/>ilam

viyaṉkaṅkai yeṉṉu[ṟu na]tiyilaṅkuñ caṭainātaṉ cirāmalai naṇṇa-<lb break="no"/>veṇṇum

matiyilam vāḻvā ṉiruttumeṉṉo nam maṉakkaruttey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>56 <ta>maṉakkaruttākiya•• ravalai kaṇce•• paṟṟiṉa• kkaruttu•••<lb/>••irunteṉ•••••

kellām••••<lb/>koṭṭiṟṟaḷaikku••• cirāmalaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>57 <ta>malaiyāḷ maṭantaiyor pākattaṉ mākattu māṉatañcilaiyā laḻivittanātaṉ

cirāmalai<lb/>tevar••• vamulaiyā yoruvar•••• kuyirka••<lb/>milaiyā•• ḻiruṇarntemai viṉāvi

yiyaṅkuvarey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>58 <ta>iyaṅkiya kālu nilaṉum eriyu miruvicumpum mayaṅkiya nirummaṟaiyum piṟavu

maruviyaran ta-<lb break="no"/>yaṅkiya cotiyun tāṉān tirumalait tattuvaṉṟāḷ muyaṅkiya

cintaiyiṉārkaḷen-<lb break="no"/>nāḷu muṭivilare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>59 <ta>muṭiyaraicāḷu munni rakaṉñālan taṉmuṉaṇinta vaṭiyaraiyāḷ viṭuvāṉ

cirāmalai<lb/>aiyanila[yi]ṟ piṭiyaraicāḷi piṭippa naṭukkuṟum pey puṉattey kuṭiyarai-<lb break="no"/>cāḷu[ṅ*] kuṟavaruñ cālak koṭum</ta><gr>ai</gr><ta>yare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>60 <ta>koṭumpaṟ ṟuyaṅkik kuḻikaṇ ṇiṭuṅkik kuraṉaṭuṅki iṭumpaik kotuṅki

yirumaṟ<lb/>pakaikolla [i]llipaṭṭa neṭumpakkaḷai[ya] nilaiyā uṭalai

nilaiyumeṉṉār<lb/>tiṭumpaṟkaluḻic cirāmalaiyāḷiyaic cerntavarey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>61 <ta>āḷiyaic cernta vakalattavaṉuk kiḷaiyavammeṉṟoḷiyaic cernta

pirāṉṟaṉ<lb/>(ṟaṉ) cirāmalai tuṉṉalarpol miḷiyaic cernātaṉam ceytaḷaiyey viṉai-<lb break="no"/>yeṉ payanta vāḷiyaic cer[n]ta cilaipol luruvattu [vāṇutale] ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>62 <ta>nutaṉmicaic ceṅkaṇmalarnta[ṉaṅ]koṭaiyiṉ maṉmataveḷ

mataṉukaṭpon<lb/>taḻaṟcintuvittāṉ vaṇcirāmalaiveṟ pitaṉmicai cāralil yāmāṭiṭa miḷa

vaṇ-<lb break="no"/>ṭuṟaṅkum putaṉmicait toṉṟiyuṅ kāntaḷum••• pūkkum poḻi-<lb break="no"/>liṭame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>63 <ta>poḻiluṭaiyār paṇi poṉṉaṭi vāṉavarmuṉ muṭicer kaḻaluṭaiyāṉatu

kāmar<lb/>cirāmalaik kāraṉaiya kuḻaluṭaiyāṇacaiyarāṟ kuṟavar kol[li*]yāṉaik koḷ-<lb break="no"/>ḷit taḻaluṭaiyā [neṟi]yam poṟi porkkun tayaṅkiruḷe ||——</ta><pb n="4:25"/></hi>

<hi>64 <ta>iruḷiṉ paṭalamivai kārmukilillai. veṉṉiṉmaruḷum mayarvum

perituṭaiyāri<lb/>llai valli• ruṇeyterum maṉattārkkaruḷum pirāṉṟaṉ

cirāmalaipol<lb/>poruḷum mavirum poṉṉakar viti pukuntārey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>65 <ta>vitivantāruṭaṉ veḷka ḷantāṉ viḷarālivaṭaṉ coticerntāṉ cintai••<lb/>ālli••

vuṇṇā• rataruviṉ•• cintā mantiyāṭuñ cirāmalaip po[n]malai-<lb break="no"/>polā[ti]

centāmaraivaṇṇaṅ kaṇṭā[ṉ]ṅkaḷ iḻaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>66 <ta>iḻaiyiṭaṅkoṇṭa taṭamuraṇ•• tiḷaṅkomatalai viḻaiyiṭaṅ koṇṭa<lb/>veṇ .

raṉāṟi . rtaṉṟi . ṉṉi•• ḻavi maḻaiyiṭaṅkoṇṭa<lb/>cirāmalaiyāraḷimiṟantavarpol

piḻaiyiṭaṅkaṇṭatu••••• ḷ<lb/>peṇkoṭikke ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>67 <ta>koṭikkaṭṭiya maṇimāḷikait tillaiyuṭ koṟṟamaṉṉar muṭikkaṭṭiya

mukaicer<lb/>kaḻal muvāyiravar muṉṉiṉ ṟaṭikkaṭṭiya kaḻalārkka[ni]ṉ

ṟampalattāṭumaiyyer<lb/>vaṭikkaṭṭiya poḻi[l] vāṉṟoy cirāmalai māṇikkame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>68 <ta>vāṉṟoy cirāmalai vantiṟañcātavarmaiyal vaikun teṉṟoy m[o]ḻiyavar cev-<lb break="no"/>vāy niṉantu veḷvāy pularntu miṉṟoy kaṭalaṉṉa veṭkaiyākattam<lb/>me[y]mmai

kuṉṟi ūṉṟoyuṭa liṅkoḻit tuyirpokkum uṟai[p]piṉare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>69 <ta>uṟaippuṭaik kūṟṟai yutaittuyir māṟṟi yulakaṟiya maṟaippu[ṭ]ai

mārkkaṇṭayaṟ-<lb break="no"/>karuḷceytavaṉ vān[_e]rivāyk kaṟaippuṭaip pāmpuṟai

tiṅkaṭkaraik kaṅ-<lb break="no"/>kainiralaikkuñ ciṟaippuṭaic ceñcaṭaiyaṉ uṟaikoyil

cirāppaḷḷiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>70 <ta>paḷḷiyam mātuyileṟkiṉṟilai pāvip piḻaittā[y] vaḷḷi tam•••<lb/>cilaiveṭaṉ

uṭkā•• veḷḷiyam māmalaiyāḷaṉ cirāmalaimeṉmalaiyaṉ<lb/>uḷḷiyammāvirantā lukantiya

pata muṉmattame ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>71 <ta>mattamaittāṉ ceṉṉip poṉṉimavāṉ peṟṟamātu taṉ<ch/>••••

muḻutum<lb/>pittamaittāy cintai nontu kulamantu permākkaṇ muttamaittāykkaṅkai<lb/>••• ākil••

niṉmutircciyaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>72 <ta>mutirum pāvai mukanta koṇmu mukaṭeṟi muṉṉi yatirum mā• ppatu<lb/>••• vvamuṅ

katiruṅ kalanta cirāmalaiyāḷi kaḻaṉompukatirt tiruvaruḷ-<lb break="no"/>po liṉiyāṉai

yiṉṟeytuvaṉe ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>73 <ta>yāṉaiyiṉṟey[tapiṭiyāmaṭa•• yaṉpartam vāḻnāḷai• ṟeṉṟu

viṭṭār<lb/>cintai•••• ṉeṟuṅkoṉṟaviraṉ cirāmalaiyeviṉappāṟ pūṉai<lb/>niṉṟeṅkum

poriyati[rtiṉam] pukuntaṉare——</ta></hi>

<hi>74 <ta>tiṉampukukiṉṟatu taṇpaṇaiyākattaṉ••• [m]āviṉampuku terniṉṟiḻintu<lb/>pukkā

raṉpareṉṟu• vuñ ciṉam puku tiṇviṭaippākaṉ cirāmalaittey[vamaṉ-<lb break="no"/>ṉāṉ]

maṉa[m]puku[vem] piṇikko••• ṇantiṭṭamāmaruntey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>75 <ta>maruntey cirāmalai māmaṇiye marutāṭamarntāy kuruntey naṟumpoḻiṟ<lb/>kaṟkuṭi

meya koḻuñcuṭarey muruntey muṟuvalumaikaṇavā mutalvāveṉaniṉ<lb/>ṟiruntey niṟaiyaḻin

teṉ viṉaiyeṉ paṭṭaveḻ[ai]maiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>76 <ta>eḻaipputalvaṉ ṉeṉakkut tuṇaiyumakkeṅkaiyaiyuṅ koḻaikkuraṟ perumpāṇa-<lb break="no"/>ṇaiyuṅ koḷakkuṉṟar koṉṟavāḻaikkulai maṇanāṟuñcirāmalai vāḻtta[lar]-<lb break="no"/>pol moḻaipperum pey cellelu nilleṉumeṉmu[ṉ]kaṭaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>77 <ta>kaṭaiyakattuc ceṉṟu kā[ṉi]mittu niṉṟu kai[vi]rittu naṭaiyakattup periteṉa-<lb break="no"/>ṉattirivar naku maticer caṭaiyakattuk kaṅkaivai[ttā]ṉ cirāmalai

cārvoḻintu<lb/>paṭaiyakattuc celvarāy nallārāṉa•• re ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>78 <ta>kaḷakaṉ ṉivaṉeṉap pāror nakap paṉaiyiṉmaṭaṉme laḷakan nutali

yoruvar<lb/>vannāṭaliyāṉaik kaṉṟu miḷakumaṭamaiyiṉ muḷaiyum miḷakameṉṟeṉ

parukik<lb/>kuḷakun nukaruñ cirāmalai cūḻnta kulappatikkey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>79 <ta>patiyoṟṟiṭarāṟ paṭutalaiyiṟ palikoḷva teṅkuṅ katiyoṟṟi ūrvatu

kāciṉ<lb/>mālviṭai kātaliyun nati yoṟṟiyūr nakar nañcuṇpaṉa tantalai•••<lb/>ñca

matiyoṟṟiyūruñ cirāmalai mātavar vāḻvakaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>80 <ta>mātavarvāḻuñ cirāmalai māmaṇikaṇṭāṅkey potuvarākilum

pomaṭavāyeṉṉa<lb/>[nilana]ṭuveyita [var vitiyaṉṟeṉparpo lirunto]ṅ kuṇattoya<lb/>••yāvi

[c]ollāyavar pāṟce[ṉṟu] collutaṟkey ||——</ta><pb n="4:26"/></hi>

<hi>81 <ta>collum poruḷuñ cuvaiyum payaṉu milaveṉilum allum pakalu mikatā-<lb break="no"/>meṉakkup puramerippāṉ vi[lluṅ] kaṇaiyun terintapirāṉṟaṉ cirāmalaime-<lb break="no"/>lelluṅkaṉai kaḻaliṉ kuṇam pāritta veṉkaviye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>82 <ta>kaviyalaittuṇṇuṅ kavaiñar[ta]ṅ kāmaraṟukārkkaḷiṟṟiṉ

ceviyalaittuṇṇuñ<lb/>cirāmalai vāḻnaṉaic cerakillār puviyalaittuṇṇum

porvaṇ•••<lb/>valarāy naviyalaittuṇṇumaṅkāṭu naṅkai• rāṭu naṇṇuvare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>83 <ta>naṇṇutalar kānaṟ[paṭu] malaru na[ṟuṅ] kuṭumi viṇṇutal poḻuñ cirāmalai

veṟ-<lb break="no"/>paṉai veṟiruntu maṇṇutala raṭippaṇinta ṉāmamatai•

ṭakkayeṉ••<lb/>vallārkkeḷi timaiyorta mirumpoḻile ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>84 <ta>irumpiṭaic conta teṇṇir vaḷaṉmaipeṟ ṟimaiyorirukkap porum-<lb break="no"/>paṭaik

kūreyta poṉmalaiyāyaip puṇarntapiṉṉaik karumpā•••<lb/>•• mirtuṅ kaḷivaḷaṉuñ

curumpiṭait teṉu naṉpālu niṉpolac cuvai<lb/>yillaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>85 <ta>illaiyeṉpār poruḷuṇṭeṉap parivavirati paḻañ collu[n]

ta[ḷai]pālavar<lb/>ira[ṇa]ṅkaḷ muṉṟiṉ cuṭarviḷakkāttillaiyeṉpar teṉa cirāmalaiyā-<lb break="no"/>yeṉṟu ceṉṟiṟaiñci vallaiyaṉparka[neñce]yaṭu . [ṉiyiṉa]yiṉavaṉ paḻik-<lb break="no"/>ke ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>86 <ta>paḻikkum iruṭpaṭalam peraruḷaṉkaiyumañceḻutayuliḻikkum imaiyavareṟum<lb/>miṭat

tetirvantaruvi teḻik[ku]ñ cirāmalaic ci[tta]rait tirtta•••<lb/>•• yakkaḻikkum mitu meymmai

kaikaṇṭayokaṅ kaṭaliṭatte ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>87 <ta>iṭaṅkoṇṭa velaiyu me[ḻu]malaiyun ticaiyāṉaiyeṭṭum paṭaṅkoṇṭa

nākañ<lb/>cumanta vippārume paṭaruṅ kollo tiṭaṅkoṇṭa cāraṉaṟcirāmalaik-<lb break="no"/>kūttaṉ cempoṟkaḻalcer naṭaṅkoṇṭa cevaṭik kuñcittaruḷ ceyta-<lb break="no"/>nāṉa[ka]tte ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>88 <ta>aruḷuceyvatum paṭaiyeṉmeymmaiye yaṭiye[nu]kkimmai poruḷcey-<lb break="no"/>tutavum

[pu]talvarait tanteṉ pollāta colarel maruḷceyta mālaikoṇ-<lb break="no"/>ṭāṉai

vaṇṭāru[ñ] cirāmalaivā yiruḷceyta kaṇṭaṉaiye toṇṭarkāḷ<lb/>vantiṟaiñ[cumiṉe]

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>89 <ta>vantiṟaiñcit taḷarnteṉ cellumo cintaimātavar meṟ cantiṟaiñcip paṭar-<lb break="no"/>cāraṟcirā[ma*]lait tāḻpoḻilvāyk kontiṟaiñcik kamaḻkotai cūlāvikku-<lb break="no"/>ḻalaviḻap pantiṟaiñcip piṭippāḷiṭaikke ceṉṟu paṟṟuṇṭate ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>90 <ta>teṟu collātamiḻtteṉ[vempayaraṇṇaṟ]ceṅku vaḷaināṟumallākattu nārāya-<lb break="no"/>ṇaṉ paṇṭai nāṉmaṟaiyum eṟumalloṉaic cirāmalaiyāḷiyai yiṅku••<lb/>ttaṉiṟu

mallortammai nokkavallārkkeṉṟu noyillaiye ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>91 <ta>noyilaṅ kātaluṭaiya neñcey nuraiveṇ kaṭaluṭpo yilaṅkāpurañ

ceṟṟa<lb/>poṟṟervaṉ pontiruntu vāyilaṅkārtaru mantirattāl

vaṇaṅkippaṇinta<lb/>ceyilaṅkārkaḻaṟ ṟirttaṉ cirāmalai ceṉṟaṭainte ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>92 <ta>aṭaikkuṅ katirmaṇiyāram mulaikkaṇin talkiṉ mellam puṭaikkuṅkalai puṉain-<lb break="no"/>totiyiṟpotu potintuviṭṭār viṭaikkum mumaikku naṟpākaṉ cirāmalai-<lb break="no"/>melliyaliriṭaikku[m] iḷaiyavarkkum pakaiyo nummai yiṉṟavarey ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>93 <ta>īṉṟāḷ varunta vimmaippiṟan tammaikkiraṅki naiyyu mu[ṉ]ṟāmuṭi koṇṭ[o]ḷi-<lb break="no"/>ppom[e]ḷippaṭṭoruṅki niṉṟon teṉṟāḻ cirāmalai vāriyiṉ

murit<lb/>teyvakkaḷiṟey toṉṟāyemakkorunāḷ viṉaippācat tuṭaraṟave ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>94 <ta>tuṭariṭaiyāttañamaliyaippo lirunteṉic cuṟṟat tiṭariṭai yāppaviḻtteṉ-<lb break="no"/>ṉap paṇikoḷ poṉṉaip puraiyuñ cuṭariṭaiyātta paiṅkoṉṟai[yu] matta-<lb break="no"/>[muñ]cūḻ caṭaiyiṉ paṭariṭaiyāttaparama[ṉ] cirāmalaippā[lva]ṇṇaṉe

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>95 <ta>pālvaṇṇaniṟ ṟemparaṉ cirāppaḷḷip parañcuṭartaṉ pālvaṇṇaṅ kaṇṭu

nampal-<lb break="no"/>vaṇṇaniṅkip pakkattiṭañcer mālvaṇṇaṅ kaṇṭu tam

mālvaṇṇaṅkoṇṭa-<lb break="no"/>vaḷai carintu mālvaṇṇaṅ koṇṭuvantār ceṉṟu

kāṇmiṉkaḷ maṅkaiyire ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>96 <ta>maṅkai yampārkaṇṇi peṇṇukkaraici malaimaṭantai koṅkaiyam

pāraṅkaḷpola<lb/>vāṉeḻuntu kuvintaḻintu paṅkayam pātaṅkaḷ poṉmalar peṟātavarp

poṉ-<lb break="no"/>malaimeṟ puṅkavaṉ pātantoḻu toḻippo meṅkaḷ poyyuṭam[pe]

||——</ta></hi>

<hi>97 <ta>poyyiṉaip pecip poruḷiṉait teṭip puḻup potinta meyyiṉaik kāt[tu v]e-<lb break="no"/>ṟuttoḻinteṉ viyaṉ poṉmalaime laiyaṉait tevartaṅkoṉai yemmāṉai<lb/>yammāṉ

ma[ṟi]cerkaiyaṉaik kālaṉaik kāyntapirāṉaik kaḻal paṇinte ||——</ta><pb n="4:27"/></hi>

<hi>98 <ta>kaḻalum maruḷunañ[ce]ṉṉi vaittoṉ kaṉakaccilampiṟ cuḻalum ma[la]rum

macokum<lb/>palācun tuṭarāteḻuntiṭ ṭaḻaliṉpuṟattu veṇṇiṟottaṉa

nammaṇivaḷaiyār<lb/>kuḻalum aḷakamum peyyak koyyāta kurāmalare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>99 <ta>kurāmalaikoṇṭa ulakoḷi(m)matiyamuṅ koḷaravum irāmalai vāṉapakai

yeṉpatu<lb/>poymmemmaiyorkkaruḷuñ cirāmalai vāṉavaṉ

ceṉṉiyiṉmeṟkoṇṭa<lb/>cirmaiyiṉāṟ karāmalai nirkkaṅkaipāluṭaṉ vāḻkiṉṟa

kaṇṭaṉare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>100 <ta>kaṇṭaṉa keṭṭaṉa vuṟṟaṉa kāmara[ṟu] cuvaiyā

luṇṭaṉa[montaṉavai]mpoṟi-<lb break="no"/>yuḷḷumuyir taḻaippak kaṇṭaṉa keṭṭaṉa

vuṟṟaṉa kāmaraṟu cuvaiyā luṇṭa(ṇṭa)-<lb break="no"/>ṉa montaṉa poṉmalaiyāḷaiyark

kokkiṉave ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>101 <ta>[o]kkiya kaiyoṭorukkiya vuḷḷatti yociyartam vākkuyar mantiram vāṉaraṅ-<lb break="no"/>ka[ṟ]ṟu mantikkuṟaikkun tekkuyar cāraṟ cirāmalaikkūttaṉ cempoṟkaḻalme-<lb break="no"/>lākkiya cintaiyaṭiyarkkeṉṉo viṉṟariyaṉave ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>102 <ta>ariyaṉacāla veḷiya kaṇṭiraruvittiraḷkaḷ pariyaṉa ner maṇicintuñ

cirāmalaippāl-<lb break="no"/>vaṇṇaṉaik kariyaṉa ceyyaṉa nuṇpukarp paiṅkaṭ kaṭāk

kaḷiṟṟi ṉuriyaṉai<lb/>nāḻikai yettavallā[r*]kkivvulakattuḷe ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>103 <ta>maṟpantamār[va]ṉ maṇiyaṉ makaṉ matiḷvempayarko ṉaṟpantamār tamiḻnārā-<lb break="no"/>yaṇaṉañcirāmalaimeṟ kaṟpanta ṉiḻalil vaitta ka[li]ttuṟai [nūṟuṅ]

kaṟpār<lb/>poṟpantaṉiḻa laraṉṟiruppātam poruntuvare ||——</ta></hi>

<hi>104 <ta>māṭamatirai maṇalūr matiḷ vempaiyoṭamar ceñlūr kuṇṭur inniṭiya naṟp-<lb break="no"/>patikko ṉārāyaṇaṉañ cirāmalaimeṟ kaṟpatittāṉcoṉṉa kavi ||——</ta></hi>

<h3>Nos. 168 and 169.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 63 <i>and</i> 64 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON PILLARS OF THE

SAME CAVE.</h3>

<p>Published in <i>South-Indian Inscriptions</i>, Vol. I., Nos. 33 and 34.</p>

<h3>Nos. 170 to 219.<lb/>(<i>A.R. Nos</i>. 65 <i>to</i> 114 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE

BRIHADISVARA TEMPLE AT TANJORE.</h3>

<p>Published in <i>South-Indian Inscriptions</i>, Vol. II. Nos. 1 to 56.</p>

<h3>No. 220.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 115 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>IN THE NATARAJA TEMPLE AT

CHIDAMBARAM.<lb/>Published in <i>South-Indian Inscriptions</i>, Vol. I, No. 155, and <i>Ep.

Ind</i>., Vol. V., p. 103 f.</h3>

<h3>No. 221.<lb/>(<i>A.R. No</i>. 116 <i>of</i> 1888).<lb/>ON THE MANDAPA AT THE EAST ENTRANCE INTO

THE FIRST PRAKARA OF THE SAME TEMPLE.</h3>

<hi>2 <gr>mativimala• thu• nmanāla••••</gr></hi>

<hi>3 <gr>. yāsādamaniyamavila•••</gr></hi>

<hi>4 <gr>. mabhamalabhata ||——kule tasya [pra]mā••</gr></hi>

<hi>5 <gr>. āthi trodayamukha iti śrutaḥ ||——āsi••</gr></hi>

<hi>6 <gr>••visa• sadguṇairnnyakratāya••</gr></hi>

<hi>7 <gr>.••• ramalatu• bibhrata••</gr></hi>

<hi>8 <gr>pūnja•••••</gr></hi>

<hi>9 <gr>gīpattananāyāme• kaśo . cali••</gr></hi>

<hi>10 <gr>ritāparā . <ch/>na . mpal</gr><ta>la</ta><gr>vavr̥ddharājo•</gr></hi>

<hi>11 <gr>masurabhīkr̥ta sakala kakubhihariṇadharam</gr></hi>

<hi>12 <gr>roccatara śikha rotsedhairyāśu•••</gr></hi>

<hi>13 <gr>••rārādhyamānanārāyaṇacaraṇāravi••</gr></hi>

<hi>14 <gr>ptaḥ ||—— . purā kila surāsura śira<ch/>••</gr></hi>

<hi>15 <gr><ch/>ṇḍatejasā mārkaṇḍaiyama•</gr><ref t="4:27-1