SII 4.1396: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||] laṃkāyāṃ jinadantadhātubhavanaṃ yaddeva-

⟨2⟩ senādhipokārṣit· śrīvijayādibāhu nṛvarādeśā-

⟨3⟩ t· pulasteḥ pure [|] veḷaikkāṟasamā(hṛtā)n tadapi ta-

⟨4⟩ tvaryanta devālayān· veḷaikkāṟabalāni (yā)-

⟨5⟩ ntu nitarāmākalpasandherbhuvi (|) namo buddhāya [|]

⟨6⟩ śrīlaṃkādvipattu sūryavaṃśattu Ikṣvāku(vi)-

⟨7⟩ n vaḻivanta Aneka śatruvijayam paṇṇi Anur(ā)-

⟨8⟩ dhapura(m) pukku buddhaśāsanaṃ rakṣikkaveṇṭi sa(ṃ)-

⟨9⟩ ghaniyogattāl tirumuṭi cūṭi Arumaṇattilni-

⟨10⟩ ṉṟum caṅkattārai Aḻaippittu muṉṟu nikāya-

⟨11⟩ ttu saṃghaśuddhi paṇṇuvittu muṉṟu tulābhāram

⟨12⟩ muṉṟu nikāyattukku kuṭuttu daśarājadharmmattāl

⟨13⟩ Aiñpattay yāṇṭu Ilaṅkaimuḻutum Orukuṭaini(ḻa)-

⟨14⟩ ṟṟit tiruvirājyañ ceytaruḷi Eḻupattumuvāṇṭu tiruna-

⟨15⟩ kṣatrañceluttiṉa kośrīsaṃghabodhivatmarāṉa cakravartti-

⟨16⟩ (ka)ḷ śrīvijayabāhudevaranuvākal te⟨va⟩ceṉavirttar-

⟨17⟩ kku niyokittup pulanariyāṉa vijayarājapurattu Eṭup-

⟨18⟩ (pi)tta mulasthānamākiya Abhayagirimahāvihārattu Agra-

⟨19⟩ (va)tanamāṉa Uttoruḷmuḷaiyil muvulakukkuñ cikāmaṇi-

⟨20⟩ (y)ākiya daḷadāpātradhātusvāmitevarkaḷukku nityavāsabhavana-

⟨21⟩ (m)āṉa prathamābhiṣekattukku maṅkalagṛhamāṉa Āṭ=ṭāṇṭu-

⟨22⟩ t(o)ṟun tirunayanamokṣam paṇṇi Añcaṉaniṟukkum

⟨23⟩ kaṇṇālañceyyum maṃgalamahāśilāmayabuddha-

⟨24⟩ devarkku gandhakuṭiyāṉa daḷadāypperumpaḷḷi Uṅ(ka)-

⟨25⟩ (ḷ) rakṣayākaveṇṭumeṉṟu sakalaśāstrāgamaśil(ā)-

⟨26⟩ (c)ārasaMpannarāṉa rājaguru Uturuḷmuḷaiyil vyāriṇimu-

⟨27⟩ (ga)lan mahāsthivirar rājāmātyaroṭuṅkūṭa Eḻuntaruḷi(yi)-

⟨28⟩ runtu Eṅkaḷai Aḻaittu Aruḷicceytamaiyil mātantirat-

⟨29⟩ toṅ kūṭi Eṅkaḷukku mutātaikaḷāyuḷḷa vaḷañceyaraiyum E-

⟨30⟩ (ṅ)kaḷoṭu kūṭivarun nakarattāruḷḷiṭṭoraiyuṅ kūṭṭi muṉṟu-

⟨31⟩ kait tiruveḷaikkāṟan daḷadāypperumpaḷḷiyeṉ(ṟu)

⟨32⟩ tirunāmañcātti Eṅkaḷaṟamāy Eṅkaḷ kāvalāy niṟka-

⟨33⟩ v(e)ṇṭumeṉṟu Aṟaṅkāvalukku (U)ṭaippaṭaiyāl Oro-

⟨34⟩ c(e)vakaraiyum Oroveli nilamum Iṭṭukkuṭuttu Ip-

⟨35⟩ paḷḷi nokkiṉa Ūrkaḷum parivāramum paṇṭāramum Abha-

⟨36⟩ (ya)mpukkāraiyum paṭṭum keṭṭuṅ kākkakkaṭavomāka-

⟨37⟩ (vu)m Aḻivupaṭṭaṭaṅka ḷaḻivucorntum Eṅkaḷ Anva-

⟨38⟩ (ya) muḷḷataṉaiyu meññāṉṟu mitukku veṇṭuvaṉave-

⟨39⟩ (l)lāñ ceyvomākavum paṇṇiṉa Inta vavyasdhai candr(ā)-

⟨40⟩ (di)tyavarai niṟpatākak kaiyviṉāveṟṟic cempiluṅ kalli-

⟨41⟩ lum veṭṭuvittukkuṭuttom valaṅkai Iṭaṅkai ci-

⟨42⟩ ṟutanam piḷḷaikaḷtaṉam vaṭukar malaiyāḷar parivārak-

⟨43⟩ k(o)ntam palakalaṉaiyum Uḷḷiṭṭa tiruveḷaikkāṟa-

⟨44⟩ r(o)m Ippaṭi tiṟampuvāṉum tiṟampac colluvāṉu-

⟨45⟩ (m) tiṟampac cammatippāṉum mātantirattukkup piḻaitta

⟨46⟩ (pa)ṭaippakaiyan pañcamahāpātakañ ceytāṉum tevar

⟨47⟩ (pū)tar mātavattorkkuk kuṭuttaṉa koḷḷum koṭum-

⟨48⟩ (p)āviyum buddhadharmmasaṃgharatnaṅkaḷukkup piḻaitt(ā)-

⟨49⟩ ṉum pukun narakam pukuvān (||) Aṟamaṟavaṟka svastiśrīḥ [||]