SII 4.1388: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: No. 1388. (A.R. No. 594 of 1912). ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SIVA DEVALE No. 2 AT POLONNARUWA, CEYLON.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [ḥ] [∥] tiṅkaḷer malarn=tu veṇkuṭai maṇṭalamaṉṉuyirtoṟum Iṉṉaruḷ curan=tu niṟaini-
⟨2⟩ ḻal parap(pi) niṟppa muṟaimaiyil ceṅkol ticaitoṟuñ cellat (ta)ṅkaḷ kulamuta-
⟨3⟩ ṟ pa(ru)tiyiṉ vali(c)erpuvaṉikkum Oṟṟai Āḻi Ulāva naṟṟavatti(ru)malarccelvi-
⟨4⟩ yum Irunilappāvaiyum kirttiyum kiḷḷaiyum porttaṉip pūvai(yu)m matuvaiyiṟ puṇarntu
⟨5⟩ potumai turan=tu taṉ Urimaitteviyarāka marapinil cuṭarma-
⟨6⟩ ṇimakuṭañ cūṭi neṭunilamaṉṉavar muṟaimuṟai taṉnaṭi (va)ṇaṅka viramun ti-
⟨7⟩ yākamum Ārameṉap puṉain=tu māppukaḻ maṉuvuṭaṉ vaḷartta kop-
⟨8⟩ (parakecaripa)nmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī Atirājenti-
⟨9⟩ ratevark(ku)
⟨10⟩ yāṇṭu (3) Āvatu [*******] (c)oḻamaṇṭalattu tak [******] koṭṭattu viṟ(p)pe(ṭ)ṭunāṭṭu maṅkalappāṭi ve-
⟨11⟩ ḷḷāḷaṉ [*********] ṉ cirāḷaṉ ti [********] yānāṉa Eta [***] koṇṭacoḻappallavaraiyan
⟨12⟩ rājarājentira [*******] (co)ḻavaḷanāṭṭu [*******] ṭṭu jaṉanātamaṅ(kala)ttu Uṭaiyār vāṉavaṉmāte-
⟨13⟩ viĪśva{va}ramuṭaiy(ārkku)t tirunoṉtāvi [**********] kku Oṉṟum Itukku nicatam Eṇ-
⟨14⟩ ṇai Uḻakkāka veṇṭum Eṇṇaikku [**********] cittiraittiṅkaḷmutal pali
⟨15⟩ [**] (E)ṇṇai koṇṭu tirunoṉtāviḷak [******] pikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Ikkoyilil patipāta [*******] ṭ(ai)ppañcācāriyat tevarkaṉmi-
⟨16⟩ [****] taṉai paṇṇum brāmmaṇaṉ komaṭattu [*******] kiramavittaṉu(m I)kkoyiliṟ civabr(āmma)ṇaṉ [********] tillaināyakapaṭṭaṉum Uva-
⟨17⟩ ccaṉnum [**] ṇamaṉ koṇanāṉa kaṅkaikoṇṭa [.]e [*****] Ācāriyaṉ (A)ṭṭavum Arayaṉ kāval [*******] rājādhirāja mu(ta)kkaka(rai)nāṭā-
⟨18⟩ (ḻ)vāṉum Ikkoyiliṟ pan(māke)śvarakkaṇ [**********] ṉ kuṭitāṅkiyāṉa caṇṭeśvararā [**]caṉum [********] ṭava(n)tiruviyāṉa (kaṅkai)koṇṭacoḻamāṇi-
⟨19⟩ k(ka)mum kāman tiruviyāṉa kotukula māṇikkamum kūttaṉ Irā [******] rājentraviṭaṅkamāṇikkamum kovintaṉ Ā(ṭavalāṉā)ṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyiramāṇikkamum te(vaṉ) kā(miyāṉa) rājentra coḻamāṇi-
⟨20⟩ (k)kamum tevaṉ Uyyavantā(ṉāṉa) muṭikoṇṭacoḻamāṇikkamum Ivvaṉaivarum Ivarkaḷukkup piṉpu Ivarkaḷ talaimāṟu tiruvārātaṉai pa(ṇ)ṇuvārum pariycārakarum panmāyeśva(ra)kkaṇ-
⟨21⟩ kāṇiceyvārum nāṭṭavarum tevar Aṭiyāru⟨m⟩ cantirātittaval tirunoṉtāviḷakku Oṉṟum Erikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Icaintu kaikkoṇṭa kācu Añka yiru-
⟨22⟩ cāṇe nālviral niḷattu-
⟨23⟩ t tarānilaiviḷakku Oṉṟu Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [ḥ] [∥] tiṅkaḷer malarn=tu veṇkuṭai maṇṭalamaṉṉuyirtoṟum Iṉṉaruḷ curan=tu niṟaini⟨2⟩ḻal parap(pi) niṟppa muṟaimaiyil ceṅkol ticaitoṟuñ cellat (ta)ṅkaḷ kulamuta⟨3⟩ṟ pa(ru)tiyiṉ vali(c)erpuvaṉikkum Oṟṟai Āḻi Ulāva naṟṟavatti(ru)malarccelvi⟨4⟩yum Irunilappāvaiyum kirttiyum kiḷḷaiyum porttaṉip pūvai(yu)m matuvaiyiṟ puṇarntu ⟨5⟩ potumai turan=tu taṉ Urimaitteviyarāka marapinil cuṭarma⟨6⟩ṇimakuṭañ cūṭi neṭunilamaṉṉavar muṟaimuṟai taṉnaṭi (va)ṇaṅka viramun ti⟨7⟩yākamum Ārameṉap puṉain=tu māppukaḻ maṉuvuṭaṉ vaḷartta kop⟨8⟩(parakecaripa)nmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī Atirājenti⟨9⟩ratevark(ku) ⟨10⟩ yāṇṭu (3) Āvatu [7+] (c)oḻamaṇṭalattu tak [6+] koṭṭattu viṟ(p)pe(ṭ)ṭunāṭṭu maṅkalappāṭi ve⟨11⟩ḷḷāḷaṉ [9+] ṉ cirāḷaṉ ti [8+] yānāṉa Eta [3+] koṇṭacoḻappallavaraiyan ⟨12⟩ rājarājentira [7+] (co)ḻavaḷanāṭṭu [7+] ṭṭu jaṉanātamaṅ(kala)ttu Uṭaiyār vāṉavaṉmāte⟨13⟩viĪśvaramuṭaiy(ārkku)t tirunoṉtāvi [10+] kku Oṉṟum Itukku nicatam Eṇ⟨14⟩ṇai Uḻakkāka veṇṭum Eṇṇaikku [10+] cittiraittiṅkaḷmutal pali ⟨15⟩ [2+] (E)ṇṇai koṇṭu tirunoṉtāviḷak [6+] pikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Ikkoyilil patipāta [7+] ṭ(ai)ppañcācāriyat tevarkaṉmi⟨16⟩[4+] taṉai paṇṇum brāmmaṇaṉ komaṭattu [7+] kiramavittaṉu(m I)kkoyiliṟ civabr(āmma)ṇaṉ [8+] tillaināyakapaṭṭaṉum Uva⟨17⟩ccaṉnum [2+] ṇamaṉ koṇanāṉa kaṅkaikoṇṭa [.]e [5+] Ācāriyaṉ (A)ṭṭavum Arayaṉ kāval [7+] rājādhirāja mu(ta)kkaka(rai)nāṭā⟨18⟩(ḻ)vāṉum Ikkoyiliṟ pan(māke)śvarakkaṇ [10+] ṉ kuṭitāṅkiyāṉa caṇṭeśvararā [2+]caṉum [8+] ṭava(n)tiruviyāṉa (kaṅkai)koṇṭacoḻamāṇi⟨19⟩k(ka)mum kāman tiruviyāṉa kotukula māṇikkamum kūttaṉ Irā [6+] rājentraviṭaṅkamāṇikkamum kovintaṉ Ā(ṭavalāṉā)ṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyiramāṇikkamum te(vaṉ) kā(miyāṉa) rājentra coḻamāṇi⟨20⟩(k)kamum tevaṉ Uyyavantā(ṉāṉa) muṭikoṇṭacoḻamāṇikkamum Ivvaṉaivarum Ivarkaḷukkup piṉpu Ivarkaḷ talaimāṟu tiruvārātaṉai pa(ṇ)ṇuvārum pariycārakarum panmāyeśva(ra)kkaṇ⟨21⟩kāṇiceyvārum nāṭṭavarum tevar Aṭiyāru⟨m⟩ cantirātittaval tirunoṉtāviḷakku Oṉṟum Erikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Icaintu kaikkoṇṭa kācu Añka yiru⟨22⟩cāṇe nālviral niḷattu⟨23⟩t tarānilaiviḷakku Oṉṟu Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [ḥ] [∥] tiṅkaḷer malarn=tu veṇkuṭai maṇṭalamaṉṉuyirtoṟum Iṉṉaruḷ curan=tu niṟaini⟨2⟩ḻal parap(pi) niṟppa muṟaimaiyil ceṅkol ticaitoṟuñ cellat (ta)ṅkaḷ kulamuta⟨3⟩ṟ pa(ru)tiyiṉ vali(c)erpuvaṉikkum Oṟṟai Āḻi Ulāva naṟṟavatti(ru)malarccelvi⟨4⟩yum Irunilappāvaiyum kirttiyum kiḷḷaiyum porttaṉip pūvai(yu)m matuvaiyiṟ puṇarntu ⟨5⟩ potumai turan=tu taṉ Urimaitteviyarāka marapinil cuṭarma⟨6⟩ṇimakuṭañ cūṭi neṭunilamaṉṉavar muṟaimuṟai taṉnaṭi (va)ṇaṅka viramun ti⟨7⟩yākamum Ārameṉap puṉain=tu māppukaḻ maṉuvuṭaṉ vaḷartta kop⟨8⟩(parakecaripa)nmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī Atirājenti⟨9⟩ratevark(ku) ⟨10⟩ yāṇṭu (3) Āvatu [7+] (c)oḻamaṇṭalattu tak [6+] koṭṭattu viṟ(p)pe(ṭ)ṭunāṭṭu maṅkalappāṭi ve⟨11⟩ḷḷāḷaṉ [9+] ṉ cirāḷaṉ ti [8+] yānāṉa Eta [3+] koṇṭacoḻappallavaraiyan ⟨12⟩ rājarājentira [7+] (co)ḻavaḷanāṭṭu [7+] ṭṭu jaṉanātamaṅ(kala)ttu Uṭaiyār vāṉavaṉmāte⟨13⟩viĪśva{va}ramuṭaiy(ārkku)t tirunoṉtāvi [10+] kku Oṉṟum Itukku nicatam Eṇ⟨14⟩ṇai Uḻakkāka veṇṭum Eṇṇaikku [10+] cittiraittiṅkaḷmutal pali ⟨15⟩ [2+] (E)ṇṇai koṇṭu tirunoṉtāviḷak [6+] pikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Ikkoyilil patipāta [7+] ṭ(ai)ppañcācāriyat tevarkaṉmi⟨16⟩[4+] taṉai paṇṇum brāmmaṇaṉ komaṭattu [7+] kiramavittaṉu(m I)kkoyiliṟ civabr(āmma)ṇaṉ [8+] tillaināyakapaṭṭaṉum Uva⟨17⟩ccaṉnum [2+] ṇamaṉ koṇanāṉa kaṅkaikoṇṭa [.]e [5+] Ācāriyaṉ (A)ṭṭavum Arayaṉ kāval [7+] rājādhirāja mu(ta)kkaka(rai)nāṭā⟨18⟩(ḻ)vāṉum Ikkoyiliṟ pan(māke)śvarakkaṇ [10+] ṉ kuṭitāṅkiyāṉa caṇṭeśvararā [2+]caṉum [8+] ṭava(n)tiruviyāṉa (kaṅkai)koṇṭacoḻamāṇi⟨19⟩k(ka)mum kāman tiruviyāṉa kotukula māṇikkamum kūttaṉ Irā [6+] rājentraviṭaṅkamāṇikkamum kovintaṉ Ā(ṭavalāṉā)ṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyiramāṇikkamum te(vaṉ) kā(miyāṉa) rājentra coḻamāṇi⟨20⟩(k)kamum tevaṉ Uyyavantā(ṉāṉa) muṭikoṇṭacoḻamāṇikkamum Ivvaṉaivarum Ivarkaḷukkup piṉpu Ivarkaḷ talaimāṟu tiruvārātaṉai pa(ṇ)ṇuvārum pariycārakarum panmāyeśva(ra)kkaṇ⟨21⟩kāṇiceyvārum nāṭṭavarum tevar Aṭiyāru⟨m⟩ cantirātittaval tirunoṉtāviḷakku Oṉṟum Erikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Icaintu kaikkoṇṭa kācu Añka yiru⟨22⟩cāṇe nālviral niḷattu⟨23⟩t tarānilaiviḷakku Oṉṟu Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

Commentary

These twenty-six inscriptions [[SII 4.1388 to 1415]] of Ceylon are taken from the collection for 1912 and printed here since the Government of Ceylon urge their publication immediately.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.1388 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 489–490, item 1388.

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<p>These twenty-six inscriptions [[SII 4.1388 to 1415]] of Ceylon are taken from the collection for 1912 and printed here since the Government of Ceylon urge their publication immediately.</p>

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<p>Digital edition of SII 4.1388 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:KrishnaSastri1923_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

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