SII 8.37: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Alternative title: No. 37. (A.R. No. 451 of 1902). ON THE SAME WALL.

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato (doop).

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0037.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0037.xml.

Version: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ kulottuṅkacoḻadevaṟku yāṇ(ṭu) nāṟ-
⟨2⟩ patteṭṭāvatu ceyyūrāna jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻanal-
⟨3⟩ lūr śrīkayilāyamuṭaiya mahādevar rājentra-
⟨4⟩ coḷicuvaramuṭaiyāṟku tiṟaiyan tevarkaṇṭan Oṟṟi-
⟨5⟩ koṇṭānāna cempiyan vaḷavataraiyanen Uḷḷuri-
⟨6⟩ l En kāṇiyāna nirnilattil Ittevaṟku tiruna [***]

Commentary

Below the inscription are engraved the following eight lines: ⟨1⟩ vaḷavataraiyan mallikāṟcuntevarai yeḻu(n=taruḷiviccu) yittevaṟku yikkoyilil civabrāhmaṇar [5+] ⟨2⟩ mallikāṟcuntevarai trisandhi pūjittu Amāvāsi viṣuvayanasaṁgramam Āṭṭu 10 6⁓nāḷ nitta Amutu [5+]⟨3⟩ḷak=ku 1⁓k=ku viṭṭa Āṭu pan=niraṇṭuṅ koṇṭu candrādittavarai celuttakkaṭavo minnālvom yitdharmmam [5+]⟨4⟩ṭpaṭa ciṟuk=kut=tiviḷak=ku muṭṭakalum pok=ku nik=ki 10⁓lam |⁓ Ūrava rakṣai meṟpiṭipāṭu [5+] ⟨5⟩ meṟpiṭipāṭu meṟpaṭi śivabrāhmaṇarom ⟨ma⟩llikāṟcunateva⟨r⟩k=kum rājentra⟨coḻī⟩śvaramuṭaiy¿a?⟨ā⟩rk=kum viṣuvayana [5+]⟨6⟩vita{k=ku}k=kup poliŪṭṭākak koṇṭa putukkācu 1 koṇṭu candrādit=tavarai celut=tak=kaṭavo minnāl [5+]⟨7⟩m piḷḷaiyā⟨r⟩k=kum mallikāṟcaṉateva⟨r⟩k=kum sandhiviḷak=ku nālu nāluk=kum poliyūṭṭākak koṇṭa putuk=kācu 3 10 2 muppattiraṇṭu koṇṭu candrātittavarai celut=tak=kaṭavo miyiruvom panmāheśvara rakṣai ⁓ meṟpiṭipāṭu kampan Uyyavantān paṭṭanen periyatiruvācaluk=kum teṟkil cūriyateva⟨r⟩k=kum cantiviḷak=ku Iraṇṭuk=ku Āṭu [5+] ⟨8⟩ raheśva⟨ra⟩ rakṣai↝

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.37 by Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 converted to DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 18, item 37.

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