SII 4.372: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: No. 372. (A.R. No. 49 of 1890). ON THE EAST WALL OF THE ROCK-CUT CAVE CALLED UMAIYANDAN-KOYIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROCK OF TIRUPPARANKUNRAM NEAR MADURA, MADURA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0372.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0372.xml.

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⟨Zone A: First section⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti (śrī) [∥] pūmaruviya ti(ru)maṭantaiyum puvimaṭa(n)-

⟨2⟩ tai(yu)m puya(tti)ruppa nāmaru(vi)ya kalaimaṭantaiyum jayamaṭa-

⟨3⟩ ntaiyum nalañciṟappak koḷā⟨r⟩nta ciṉappuliyuṅ koṭuñ-

⟨4⟩ cilaiyuṅ kulaintoḷippa vāḷā⟨r⟩nta poṟkirimel varikka-

⟨5⟩ yalkaḷ (vi)ḷaiyāṭa Iruṅkaṭalvalaiyat tiṉitaṟamperukak karuṅka-

⟨6⟩ li kaṭintu ceṅkolnaṭappa Orukuṭai niḻali lirunilaṅ kuḷira muva-

⟨7⟩ kait tamiḻu muṟaimai(yil) viḷaṅka nālvakai vetamu navinṟuṭan-

⟨8⟩ (va)ḷara Aiy(va)kai veḻvi(yu)ñ ceyviṉai yiyaṟṟa Aṟuvakaic camai-

⟨9⟩ yamum A(ḻa)kuṭan tikaḻa Eḻuvakaippā(ṭa)lu mi(ya)luṭaṉ parava Eṇṭicai-

⟨10⟩ (ya)ḷavuñ cakkarañ cellak koṅkaṇar kaliṅkar kocalar māḷuvar ciṅka-

⟨11⟩ (ḷa)r te(li)ṅkar cinar kuccarar villavar ma(ka)tar vikkalar cempiyar (pa)llava-

⟨12⟩ r muta(liya)r pāttiparellā muṟaiviṭa maruḷeṉa Oruvarmunoruvar mu-

⟨13⟩ (ṟai)mu(ṟai ka)ṭa(va) tantiṟai kuṇan tiṟaiñca Ilaṅkoḷi maṇimuṭi Intiran pū-

⟨14⟩ ṭ(ṭi)ya puraikatirāra mārpiṉil poliyap paṉimalart tāmarait ti(c)ai-

⟨15⟩ mukaṉ (paṭai)tta maṉuṉeri taḻaippa maṇimuṭi cūṭip ponnicūḻ

⟨16⟩ nāṭṭiṟ puli(y)āṇai poyakalak kaṉṉicūḻnāṭṭiṟ kayalāṇai ⌈-

⟨17⟩ k(ai)yvaḷara veñciṉa vivuḷiyum veḻamum parappit tañcai(yum Uṟa)ntai-

⟨18⟩ (yu)m centaḻal koḷuttik kāviyum nilamum ninṟu kaviniḻappa (vā)viyu mā-

⟨19⟩ ṟumaṇinir nalanaḻi(t)tuk kūṭamu māmatiḷu(ṅ) kopura(mu) māṭaraṅku māṭamu(ma)-

⟨20⟩ āḷikaiyu maṇṭapa(mu)m pala vi(ṭi)ttut toḻutu vantaṭ(ai)yār niru-

⟨21⟩ patan tokai(ya)r Aḻuta kaṇṇīrāṟu parappik ka(ḻu)taikoṇ ṭuḻutu ka-

⟨22⟩ (va)ṭivittic ce(mpiya)ṉaic ciṉamiriyap po(ru)tu (cu)rampukavoṭṭip(pai)-

⟨23⟩ (pa)mpoṉmuṭi paṟittu(p p)āṇaṉukkuk kuṭuttaruḷip pāṭa(ruñ ciṟa)p-

⟨24⟩ piṟ parutivāṉṟo (y)āṭakap(pu)ric(ai) yāyirattaḷiyi(l coḻa)vaḷa(va)ṉabhi-

⟨25⟩ ṣekamaṇṭapa(ttu) virābhi(ṣe)ka(ñ)ce(y)tu pukaḻ vi(ri)ttu (nā)ḷum para-

⟨26⟩ rācar nāmat(talai piṭu)ṅ(ki miḷun taṟu)kaṇ ma(tayāṉai)mel koṇ-

⟨27⟩ ṭu nirāḻi(v)ai(yyamuḻu)tum potuvo(ḻi)ttuk (kū)rā(ḻiyu)ñ ceyya

⟨28⟩ (to)ḷume koṇ(ṭu)po(y Aiy)yappaṭāta (A)rumaṟai(ai)t(e) ra(n=ta)ṇar-

⟨29⟩ (v)āḻ te(y)vappu(li)yū{r}rt tiruvellaiyil puk(ku)p p(o)ṉṉa(m)pala(m)

⟨30⟩ poliya vā(ṭuvā)r pūv(aiyuṭa)n maṉṉun tirume(ṉi) kaṇṭu manaṅkaḷi-

⟨31⟩ ttuk ko(lama)lar(melaya)ṉuṅ kuḷirtu(ḻ)ā⟨y⟩(m)ā(lu) maṟiyā malaṟ(ce)vaṭi

⟨32⟩ (vaṇa)ṅki vāṅkuci(ṟ)ai(ya)ṉṉan tuyilo(ḻiya) vaṇ(ṭe)ḻup(pu)m (pūṅ)kama-

⟨33⟩ lavā(vicūḻ) poṉṉamarāpatiyil (O)ttulakan tāṅku muyarmeruvai-

⟨34⟩ k kuṇarn(tu) v(ai)tta(ṉai)ya cotimaṇimaṇṭapat tiru(ntu) colaima-

⟨35⟩ (li)p paḻanaṟ(c)oṇāṭu tāṉi(ḻa)nta mālaimuṭi(yu)n tara(va)ruka (v)enṟaḻaippa

⟨36⟩ (v)āṉanilaikulaiya vā(ṇaka)rik kappuṟattup poṉa vaḷavaṉ Uri(mai)yo-

⟨37⟩ (ṭum pu)kuntu peṟṟa(putalvaṉai) ni(ṉpere)nṟu muṉ k(āṭ)ṭi v(e)ṟṟi yariya-

⟨38⟩ ṇaikkiḻ vi(ḻu)ntu t(oḻutip)rappat tāṉoṭi mu(ṉṉi)⟨ka⟩(ḻ)nta (vem)m(ai)ye-

⟨39⟩ lāṅ kai(yya)kalat (t)āṉotakampaṇṇit ta(ṇṭ)ār muṭi(yuṭa)ṉe vi-

⟨40⟩ ṭṭa pukaliṭantan māraṉaikkuttiriya viṭṭapaṭikke(ṉ)ṟu(mi)tu piṭipā-

⟨41⟩ ṭākave(ṉa)p( p)oṅkutirai(ñ)ālattu pūpālar (toḷ)viḷaṅ(kuñ) ce-

⟨42⟩ ṅkayal koṇṭuṉaṟuntirumukamum paṇṭi(ḻanta co)ḷapati(ye)ṉṉu-

⟨43⟩ nāmamu n=toṉṉakaru(m) miḷa vaḻaṅki vi(ṭ)ai(kuṭuttu) viṭṭaruḷi vā(k)aik

⟨44⟩ katirvel vaṭaventartam pātam mekat taḷai paṇiya virakkaḻa laṇin-

⟨45⟩ tu viḷaṅkiya maṇiyaṇi(vi)rasiṁhāsana(t)tu vaḷaṅkeḻu kava(ri) I(ruma)ru-

⟨46⟩ (ṅka)caip(pa)k kaṭaleṉa muḻaṅkuṅ kaḷiṉalliyāṉai vaṭapulaventar ma-

⟨47⟩ ṇippuyam piriyā Ila(ku)kuḻai yarivaiyir toḻutu niṟentum Ulaka(mu)-

⟨48⟩ ḻutuṭaiyāroṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya [śrī]komāṟapaṉmarāṉatribhuva(ṉac)-

⟨49⟩ cakravattikaḷ coṇāṭu vaḻaṅkiyaru(ḷi)ya śrī(su)ndarapā(ṇ)ṭi⟨ya⟩t(e)vaṟku yā-

⟨50⟩ ṇṭu Eḻāvatu ṉāḷ muṉṉūṟṟirupa(t)tañciṉā(l) maturotaiya(va)ḷaṉāṭ-

⟨51⟩ (ṭu m)āṭakku(ḷa)k(kiḻ) maturaik(ko)yil paḷḷiyaṟaikkūṭattup paḷḷi-

⟨52⟩ (p)piṭa maḻavarā(yanil Eḻuntaruḷi) Iruntu (Irāvaḷa)r prasan(na)devar

⟨Zone B: Second section⟩

⟨53⟩ (ti)rupparaṅkuṉṟattut teṉpākattuk kuṭpa⟨k⟩kattil Eḻuntaruḷivitta cuntarapāṇṭiyaĪśvaramuṭai-

⟨54⟩ yār koyil civabrāhmaṇarum sthānapatikaḷum ceyyat tiruvā(y)moḻinta(ru)ḷiṉapaṭi Ittevaṟkut tirup(pa)-

⟨55⟩ ṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivuntaṅkaḷukkum tiruppaṇi(k)kum viranārāyaṇakkuḷakkiḻ puḷiṅkuṉṟūrāṉa cu-

⟨56⟩ ntarapāṇṭiya(pu)rattu kaṇṭuḻavāṉa nilattile Orupakkamaṭaiya ma(laik)kuṭik(ko)lāl p(e)ru(m)pūvu(m) kuṟuvaiyum

⟨57⟩ viḷaiyum nilattile nila(m) Āṟumāvum Orupūviḷaiyum nilattu nilam Āṟu(māvu)m Āka nilam Araiye Iraṇṭumā(vu)m

⟨58⟩ kār¿a?ṇmai miyāṭciyum Antarāyamum mākkalamum veṭṭipāṭṭamum (pa)ñcupili cantuvikkirakappeṟum pāṭikā-

⟨59⟩ valum maṟṟum Epperppaṭṭiṉavum Eṭṭāvatu mutal telatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyāka Iṭappeṟaveṇumenṟu

⟨60⟩ maḻavarāyaṉ ṉamakkuc coṉṉamaiyil Ittevaṟkut tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷ(ḷi)ṭṭu veṇṭun nivantaṅkaḷukkum tirup(pa)-

⟨61⟩ ṇikkum viranārāyaṇakkuḷak(ki)ḻ puḷiṅkunṟūrāṉa cuntarapāṇṭi(yapu)rattuk kaṇṭuḻavāṉa nilattile Orupakka-

⟨62⟩ maṭaiya malaikkuṭikkolāl perumpūvum kuṟuvaiyum viḷaiyum nilattu nilam Āṟu mā(vu)m Orupūvi(ḷai)yum nilattu ni-

⟨63⟩ lam Āṟumā(vu)m Āka nilam Araiye Iraṇṭumāvum kārāṇmai miyāṭciyum Antarāyamu mākkalamum (veṭṭi)-

⟨64⟩ pā(ṭṭa)mum pañcupili cantuvikkirakappeṟum pāṭikāvalu(m ma)ṟṟu(m) Epperpaṭaṭiṉa(vu)m Uṭpaṭa Ivvāṇṭumutal

⟨65⟩ te(va)tāṉa Iṟaiyiliyāka Iṭṭu variyilār Eḻuttiṭṭa Uḷvariyum nam Ōlaiyu(m) taraccoṉṉom kaikkoṇṭu tiruppaṇiyu-

⟨66⟩ m (ti)ruppaṭi(m)āṟṟuḷ(ḷiṭ)ṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷ cellappaṇṇukaven(ṟu)m (I)ppaṭi cantirātittavaṟ celvatākak ka-

⟨67⟩ lliluñ ce(mpi)lum veṭṭivittukkoḷkaveṉṟu tiruvāy(m)oḻintaruḷiṉār Ivai miḻalaikkūṟṟat(tu)k kiḻkūṟ-

⟨68⟩ ṟu veṭci(yū)rāṉa mummuṭicoḻanallūr veṭṭaṉūruṭai(y)āṉ veṇkāṭute(va)ṉ tirukkāroṇamuṭaiyāṉāṉa kulaice-

⟨69⟩ karamātavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai miḻalaikkūṟṟattuk ki(ḻ)kū(ṟ)ṟu vi(ḷa)ttūr¿a?(ṉa) jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻa(ṉa)llūr viḷattūr-

⟨70⟩ Uṭai(y)ān ci(val)lavaṉ cuntarattoḷuṭaiyāṉāṉa Atikai(m)āṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai (mi)ḻalaikkūṟṟattu naṭuviṟkūṟṟup pul(lu)-

⟨71⟩ (k)kuṭi(p) po(ṉpa)ṟṟi Uṭaiyāṉ moṇṇaippirāṉ Aḻakapperumāḷāṉa nila kaṅkaraiyaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai kiḻ(v)e(m)-

⟨72⟩ (pa)ṉāṭṭut taccaṉūr maṇṭaiyāḻvāṉ katirāyiramuṭai(y)āṉāṉa vi(c)aiyarā(ya)ṉ Eḻut(tu) ∥ Ivai maturota(ya)vaḷanāṭṭu(p)

⟨73⟩ puṟappaṟaḷai nāṭṭup (pu)ttūruṭaiyāṉ poṉṉaṉ (Upa)kāriyāṉa ce(ta)rappallavaraiyaṉ Eḻut(tu) ∥ Ivai (ma)turota(ya)vaḷa-

⟨74⟩ nā(ṭ)ṭuk (kara)ñai Iru(k)kai (Uḻa)kkuṭi Arai(ya)ṉ Uṭaiyāṉāṉa k¿o?raḷarājaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai tirumallināṭṭut taṭaṅ(ki)-

⟨75⟩ ṇṇicciṟṟūru(ṭ)ai(y)āṉ centaṉ Uyya(ni)ṉṟā(ṭu)vā(ṉā)ṉa kurukulattaraiya(ṉ E)ḻuttu ∥ (I)vai ki(ḻ)c(cem)pilnāṭṭu māla(ṅ)-

⟨76⟩ kuṭiki(ḻava)ṉ pullā(ṇi I)rāmaṉāṉa Irājarājaviḻupparaiyaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ I(v)ai (A)ṇṭanāṭṭu(p) peru(ma)ṇalū⟨r⟩ mantari (I)rāmaṉā-

⟨77⟩ ṉa pallavarājaṉ E(ḻu)ttu ∥௳ tribhuvaṉaccakra(va)tti (k)oneriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ Irā(vaḷa)r (pra)saṉ(ṉa)devar (ti)rupparaṅku(n)ṟa(t)-

⟨78⟩ tut teṉ pā(ka)ttuk(kup) pak⟨ka⟩ttil Eḻuntaruḷuvit(ta) cuntarapāṇṭi(ya) Ī(śva)ramuṭaiyār koyil (śi)va(br)ā(hma)ṇarkkum sthāṉapa(ti)-

⟨79⟩ kaḷukkum Ittevaṟku(t) tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭ(ṭu) (v)e(ṇṭu)n nivantaṅkaḷukkum tiru(ppa)ṇik(kum vira)n(ā)rāyaṇakkuḷakkiḻ pu-

⟨80⟩ ḷi(ṅku)ṉṟūrā(ṉa cunta)rapāṇṭi(ya)purat(tuk) kaṇ(ṭuḻav)āṉa nila(t)tile Oru (pa)kka(ma)ṭaiya (malai)kku(ṭi)kkolāl p(erum)pū(vum)

⟨81⟩ kuṟu(v)ai(yu)m (vi)ḷaiyum nilat(ti)le nilam Āṟu māvu(m) Orupū (vi)ḷai(yu)m ni(lattu) nilam (Āṟu māvum) Āka ni(la)m Araiy(e) Ira-

⟨82⟩ ṇṭu m(ā)vum k¿a?rāṇm(ai) miyāṭciyum (Anta)rāyamu m(āk)kalamu(m) veṭṭipā(ṭ)ṭamum pañ(cupi)li cantuvikkiraka(p)peṟu(m) pāṭikā(va)-

⟨83⟩ lum maṟṟu(m) E(p)perp(pa)ṭ(ṭa)ṉavum Uṭpaṭa Eṭṭāva(tu) muta(l) te(vat)ā(ṉa) Iṟai(yi)liyā(ka) Iṭapp(e)ṟa(v)e(ṇum)eṉ(ṟu) ma(ḻava)-

⟨84⟩ rā(ya)r namakkuc coṉṉa(m)aiyil Itte(va)rkku(t) tiruppa(ṭi)māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu (v)e(ṇ)ṭun ni(van)taṅkaḷuk(ku)m tiru(ppa)ṇik(ku)m (vi)-

⟨85⟩ (ra)nārā(ya)ṇak(kuḷakki)ḻ puḷiṅkunṟūrāṉa cuntara(p)āṇṭipurattu kaṇṭu(ḻav)ā(ṉa ni)lattile Oru pak(ka)maṭai(ya ma)lai(k)kuṭi(k)-

⟨86⟩ k(o)lāl perumpūvum kuṟuvai(yu)m viḷaiyu(m) ni(lattu nilam Āṟu) mā(vu)m (Oru) (pū vi)ḷaiyum nilattu nilam Āṟu (māvum Āka) ni-

⟨87⟩ la(m) Araiye Ira(ṇ)ṭu māvum k¿a?rāṇmai mi(yāṭciyu ma)ntarāyamum mākkalamum (v)eṭṭi(p)āṭṭamum (pa)ñcu(pili cantu)vik(ki)ra-

⟨88⟩ kappeṟum pāṭikā(va)lu maṟṟu Epperppaṭṭa(ṉa)vum (Uṭpaṭa) I(v)vāṇṭu (muta)l (t)evatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyāka (Iṭṭu va)riyil(ā)r

⟨89⟩ Eḻu⟨t⟩tiṭ(ṭa) Uḷ(va)riyu(m ke)ḻviyum taracco(ṉṉom) kaik(ko)ṇṭu tiruppaṭi māṟ(ṟuḷ)ḷiṭṭu ve(ṇ)ṭun nivanta(ṅkaḷum) tiru-

⟨90⟩ ppaṇiyum cel(la)ppaṇṇi Ippaṭi candrādittavaṟ (ce)lvatākakkalliluñ cempilum veṭṭivi(ttuk)koḷ(ka) ௳

⟨91⟩ meturātayavaḷanāṭṭuk (kāṉai) Irukkai Uḻakkuṭi(c) cuntarat(to)ḷaṉ muttaṉāṉa teṉṉavatar⟨ai⟩yaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ yāṇṭu E-

⟨92⟩ (ṭ)ṭu nāḷ Eḻupatu Ivai koṭumaḷūruṭai(y)āṉ ti(ru)muṭicūṭṭi(ṉā)ṉ Uttamap(ā)ṇṭiyavi(ḻu)pparaiyaṉ E(ḻu)ttu ∥ Ivai (A)-

⟨93⟩ ṇṭanāṭṭup perumaṇalūr mantari Irāma(ṉāṉa pa)llavarā(ja)(ṉ) Eḻuttu ∥ [*****] (y)āṇṭu Eṭṭāvatu nāḷ k¿a?rāṇmai

⟨94⟩ miyā(ṭ)ciyum (A)ntarāyamu mākka(la)mum v(e)ṭṭipāṭṭamum pañcupili can(tuvikki)rakappe(ṟu)m (pāṭikāvalum ma)ṟṟu Ep(pe)-

⟨95⟩ rppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭat tevatāṉaiṟai(yi)li (I)ṭṭapaṭikku Uḷvari Irāvaḷar (pra)sa⟨n⟩nadevar (māṭa)kkuḷakkiḻ(t) tiru-

⟨96⟩ pparaṅkunṟattut teṉpākattuk kuṭpa⟨k⟩kattil Eḻuntaru(ḷuvitta cunta)rapā(ṇ)ṭiya Īśvaramuṭaiyāṟkut tiru(p)paṭi-

⟨97⟩ m(ā)ṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu v¿a?ṇṭun nivantaṅkaḷukkum tiruppaṇikkum E(ṭṭ)ā{ā}(vatu nāḷ) mutal kārāṇmai miyāṭciyu(m) Anta-

⟨98⟩ (r)ā(ya)mum mākkalamum veṭ(ṭip)āṭṭamum pañcupili cantuvikkiraka(p)peṟum pā(ṭi)kāvalum maṟṟum Epperppaṭ(ṭi)ṉavu-

⟨99⟩ (m) Uṭpaṭat tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyā(ka vi)raṉārā(ya)ṇakkuḷakkiḻ (puḷi)ṅkuṉ(ṟū)rāṉa cunta(ra)pāṇṭiyapurattuk (kaṇṭuḻa)-

⟨100⟩ vāṉa nilatti(l) Orupakkama(ṭai)ya ma(laikkuṭi)kolāl perumpū(vum kuṟu)vaiyum (vi)ḷai(yu)m nilatti(l nilam) Āṟu māvu-

⟨101⟩ (m) Oru pū vi(ḷaiyum ni)latti(l nilam Āṟu) māvu(m) Āka nilam Araiye (Iraṇ)ṭu māvum kārāṇmai miyāṭciyum Antarāyamu-

⟨102⟩ m mākkalamum (v)e(ṭṭi)pāṭṭamum (pañcupili cantu)vikkirakappeṟum p(ā)ṭi(k)āvalum maṟṟum Epperppaṭṭa(ṉa)vum Uṭpa(ṭa)-

⟨103⟩ t teva(t)āṉa Iṟai(yi)liyāka Iṭṭa(maik)ku (Ivai) pura(vu)varitiṇaikka(ḷaṉā)yakam miḻa(laikkū)ṟṟattuk ki(ḻ)kūṟ(ṟu)p poṉpaṟ-

⟨104⟩ ṟi Uṭaiyā(ṉ) tiru(ppūvaṇamuṭai)yā(ṉ tirukkāṭu)tevaṉā⟨ṉa⟩ vicaiyakāmaṉ E(ḻut)tu ∥ Ivai (nu)ḷampātarāya(ṉ) Eḻuttu ∥ Ip(pa)-

⟨105⟩ ¿(tu)? Ivai miḻa(lai)kkūṟṟa(ttu) [*] pāmpāṟṟu [*] mummorc ciṟuvampūruṭaiyān Aruḷāḷaṉ cīrāmaṉā⟨ṉa⟩ cuntarapāṇṭiyakkāṭu-

⟨106⟩ veṭṭi Eḻuttu ∥ Ippa¿(tu)? Ivai toṇṭaimāṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ippa¿tu? Ivai keraḷarāmaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ippa¿tu? kāliṅkarājaṉ E-

⟨107⟩ ḻuttu ∥ Ivai kāṅkeyarāyaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai puravuvaritiṇaikkaḷanāyakam miḻalaikkūṟṟattu naṭuviṟkkūṟṟut taccane-

⟨108⟩ ṉmaliUṭaiyāṉ Eṟutiruvuṭaiyāṉ nār¿a?ya(ṇaṉāṉa Īḻatta)raiyaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ipp¿(utu)? Ivai virāṭarājaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ I-

⟨109⟩ vai vattarājaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai cuntarapāṇṭiyanantipaṉmaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai muṉaiyataraiyaṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai puravuvari-

⟨110⟩ tiṇaikkaḷanāyakam karuṅkuṭināṭṭuk kiḻṇeṭṭūr{r} ki⟨r⟩ttivicālaiyanallū(r ka)riyamālaḻakaṉāṉa Uttama{ma}viḻu⟨p⟩paraiyaṉ E-

⟨111⟩ ḻuttu ∥ Ivai puravuvaritiṉaikkaḷaṉāyakam coḻamaṇṭalattu rācentiracoḻavaḷaṉāṭṭu Īcaṉūruṭaiyāṉ Āticcatevan

⟨112⟩ Āḻiyaṅkayyaṉāṉa (pāt)tiyataraiyaṉ Eḻuttu [∥] Ivai puravuvari(tiṇai)kkaḷaṉāyakam vaṭatalaiccempilnāṭṭu{ṭṭu} Āykkuṭiyāṉa Aḻakiyapā-

⟨113⟩ (ṇ)ṭiyanallūr comatevaṉ Aḻakiyamaṇavāḷaṉāṉa villavarāyaṉ (Eḻuttu) [∥] Ivai puravuvaritiṇaikkaḷaṉāyakam miḻalaikkūṟṟattu

⟨114⟩ kiḻkūṟṟut taccaṉūruṭaiyāṉ tevakkuteva⟨ṉ⟩ Aḻa⟨ka⟩ṉāṉa vāṉava [*******] ḻuttu ∥ Ivai paracurā(maṉ Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai) pura-

⟨115⟩ (vu)varitiṇaikkaḷaṉāyakam miḻalaikkūṟṟattu [*************] Eḻuttu ∥ [****]

⟨116⟩ [***] kkal veṭṭu [***]

⟨117⟩ [***] Ikkal veṭ [***]

⟨118⟩ [***] kko [*****]

⟨119⟩ [***] ntaṭa [*****]

⟨120⟩ [***] sarveśvara [****]

⟨121⟩ [***] ṉāṉa kulacekara Ā [***]

⟨122⟩ [***] Eḻuttu I [***]

⟨123⟩ [***] paṭi Ikkal ve-

⟨124⟩ ṭṭinen Ikkoyil-

⟨125⟩ śilpācā [******]

⟨126⟩ [*******] perunā

⟨127⟩ [***] tāṉamā [***]

⟨128⟩ [***] śi(lpā)cāriyaṉ E-

⟨129⟩ ḻuttu ∥௳

Commentary

This inscription with text, transliteration and translation has been printed in Burgess and Natesa Sastri’s Archaeological Survey of Southern India, Vol. IV, pp. 43 to 55. It is, however, published here again with the correct reading of the text.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.372 by Krishna Sastri 1923 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press. Pages 108–112, item 372.