SII 8.220: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Alternative title: “No. 220. (A.R. No. 622 of 1902). ON THE SAME WALL.”

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato (doop).

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

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0220.

File path: SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0220.xml.

Version: 2026-03-06 12:20 (56e9cef), last modified 2026-02-18 12:34 (0806b05).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ¶ svasti śrī ⟨||⟩ pūmaruviya (ti)rumātum puvimātuñ (ca)yamātum nāmaruviya (ka)laimātum pukaḻmātu(m) nayan=tu pulka Arumaṟaiviti neṟiya(ṉai)ttun taḻaippa (varumuṟai Uri) [******]
⟨2⟩ maṇimuṭi cūṭit tiṅkaḷveṇkuṭait ticaikaḷiṟeṭṭu n=taṅku tanikkūṭan tā(ṉen)na viḷaṅkik karuṅkalipp{e}ṭṭiyaic ceṅkol turappa poru(ṅ)katirāḻi puvivaḷantuṭa(ṉ)vara villa(var Ira)-
⟨3⟩ (ṭṭa)r minavar ciṅkaḷar pallavar mutaliyar pā⟨r⟩ttivar pa(ṇiya) Eṇṇaruṅ kaṟpaka (maṇṇakap pārttu)c cempo(ṉ) virasiṁhāsanattu Ulakuṭai mukakokkiḻā(ṉa)ṭikaḷoṭum viṟṟiru(ntaruḷiya)
⟨4⟩ kopparakecaripaṉmarā(ṉa) tribhuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu 4~Āva(tu) pṛścikanāyaṟṟu Apa(rapa)kṣattu sapta(mi)yu(m) putaṉ(ki)ḻa(mai)yum (p)eṟṟa pūra(ttu) nā(ḷ Uṭai)-
⟨5⟩ yār tiruvalaiñcuḻi(U)ṭaiyār tevatāṉa(m) vaṭakarai (vi)kkiramacoḻavaḷanā(ṭṭu I)ṉṉamparnāṭṭu konilaṅ kāṇiUṭai(ya) koṉilamuṭaiyāṉ malai tirucciṟṟam(palamu)-
⟨6⟩ ṭaiyānāṉa tirucciṟṟampalaveḷāṉum cattiĀccapiṭāranāṉa vaṭakaraināṭṭuveḷāṉum veṇṇai(maṅ)kalamuṭaiyāṉ veḷā(ṉ) tiruvalaiñcuḻi(U)ṭai-
⟨7⟩ yāṉum paṭṭālaka(ṉ) tiruvalaiñcuḻiUṭaiyāṉum ce(k)kiḻāṉ kaliyaṉ tiruppūvaṇamuṭaiyāṉum konilamuṭaiyāṉ ve(ḷ)āṉuṭaiyānāṉa Ampa⟨r⟩nāṭṭuveḷāṉum vāmanaṉ neṟi-
⟨8⟩ [**********] vir(ā)-
⟨9⟩ yūr kiḻavaṉum villi (tu)laiyāta celvaṉum (ci)vapirāmaṇaṉ māṭila Ārāvamutu tiruvalaiñcuḻi Uṭaiyāṉum kiḻaiyil U(ṭ)aiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ karu(ṇāka)raṉum
⟨10⟩ milaṭṭuruṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ tiruvalaiñcuḻiUṭai(yā)ṉum milaṭṭuruṭaiyāṉ peru(ṅ)kāṭaṉ tevaṉum (n)eṟkuppaiUṭai(y)āṉ ciṟiyāṉ peruṅkāṭaṉum
⟨11⟩ [**********] konilamuṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ [*******] yatarai [****]
⟨12⟩ [**********] ṭayāṉ [***] [.]āṉum konilamuṭaiyāṉ Akoramu(t)ti El-
⟨13⟩ [****] r kiḻān tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ kūttāṭuvāṉum [***] kai(Uṭaiyāṉu)-
⟨14⟩ [****] ṭaiyāṉ [****] vāthanaṉum Arukkaṉ tirunākiśvarane [******] ṭaiyā-
⟨15⟩ [*****] (ṭaiyār koyilil) (śrī)(kāriya)ñcey{v}vārkaḷuk(ku)m śrīmāheśvarak kaṇkāṇi ⌈-
⟨16⟩ [.]e [*********] (ku)ṭutta nilamāvatu ⟨|⟩ Uṭaiyār tiruvalaiñcuḻi Uṭaiyāṟku candrā(ti)ttavaṟ [***]
⟨17⟩ [*********] ṇṭukku tiruviḷa(k)kuppuṟamāka nāṅ(ka)ḷ Iṟaiyili ceytukuṭutta (ni)lattukku
⟨18⟩ [**********] la kuvaḷaicceyy(e)ṉṟu per kūva(p)paṭṭa nilattukku teṟkum ki(ḻ)pāṟkel-
⟨19⟩ [**********] mā nikki Itaṉ vaṭakkum Āka Icai(nta) perunāṉkellaiUḷ na(ṭuvu)paṭṭa nilam
⟨20⟩ [************] va [***] [.]āṭṭāṉum nāṅ [******]

⟨1⟩ ¶ svasti śrī ⟨||⟩ pūmaruviya (ti)rumātum puvimātuñ (ca)yamātum nāmaruviya (ka)laimātum pukaḻmātu(m) nayan=tu pulka Arumaṟaiviti neṟiya(ṉai)ttun taḻaippa (varumuṟai Uri) [6+] ⟨2⟩ maṇimuṭi cūṭit tiṅkaḷveṇkuṭait ticaikaḷiṟeṭṭu n=taṅku tanikkūṭan tā(ṉen)na viḷaṅkik karuṅkalipp{e}ṭṭiyaic ceṅkol turappa poru(ṅ)katirāḻi puvivaḷantuṭa(ṉ)vara villa(var Ira)⟨3⟩(ṭṭa)r minavar ciṅkaḷar pallavar mutaliyar pā⟨r⟩ttivar pa(ṇiya) Eṇṇaruṅ kaṟpaka (maṇṇakap pārttu)c cempo(ṉ) virasiṁhāsanattu Ulakuṭai mukakokkiḻā(ṉa)ṭikaḷoṭum viṟṟiru(ntaruḷiya) ⟨4⟩ kopparakecaripaṉmarā(ṉa) tribhuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu 4~Āva(tu) pṛścikanāyaṟṟu Apa(rapa)kṣattu sapta(mi)yu(m) putaṉ(ki)ḻa(mai)yum (p)eṟṟa pūra(ttu) nā(ḷ Uṭai)⟨5⟩yār tiruvalaiñcuḻi(U)ṭaiyār tevatāṉa(m) vaṭakarai (vi)kkiramacoḻavaḷanā(ṭṭu I)ṉṉamparnāṭṭu konilaṅ kāṇiUṭai(ya) koṉilamuṭaiyāṉ malai tirucciṟṟam(palamu)⟨6⟩ṭaiyānāṉa tirucciṟṟampalaveḷāṉum cattiĀccapiṭāranāṉa vaṭakaraināṭṭuveḷāṉum veṇṇai(maṅ)kalamuṭaiyāṉ veḷā(ṉ) tiruvalaiñcuḻi(U)ṭai⟨7⟩yāṉum paṭṭālaka(ṉ) tiruvalaiñcuḻiUṭaiyāṉum ce(k)kiḻāṉ kaliyaṉ tiruppūvaṇamuṭaiyāṉum konilamuṭaiyāṉ ve(ḷ)āṉuṭaiyānāṉa Ampa⟨r⟩nāṭṭuveḷāṉum vāmanaṉ neṟi⟨8⟩[10+] vir(ā)⟨9⟩yūr kiḻavaṉum villi (tu)laiyāta celvaṉum (ci)vapirāmaṇaṉ māṭila Ārāvamutu tiruvalaiñcuḻi Uṭaiyāṉum kiḻaiyil U(ṭ)aiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ karu(ṇāka)raṉum ⟨10⟩ milaṭṭuruṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ tiruvalaiñcuḻiUṭai(yā)ṉum milaṭṭuruṭaiyāṉ peru(ṅ)kāṭaṉ tevaṉum (n)eṟkuppaiUṭai(y)āṉ ciṟiyāṉ peruṅkāṭaṉum ⟨11⟩ [10+] konilamuṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ [7+] yatarai [4+] ⟨12⟩ [10+] ṭayāṉ [3+] [.]āṉum konilamuṭaiyāṉ Akoramu(t)ti El⟨13⟩[4+] r kiḻān tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ kūttāṭuvāṉum [3+] kai(Uṭaiyāṉu)⟨14⟩[4+] ṭaiyāṉ [4+] vāthanaṉum Arukkaṉ tirunākiśvarane [6+] ṭaiyā⟨15⟩[5+] (ṭaiyār koyilil) (śrī)(kāriya)ñcey{v}vārkaḷuk(ku)m śrīmāheśvarak kaṇkāṇi ⌈⟨16⟩[.]e [9+] (ku)ṭutta nilamāvatu ⟨|⟩ Uṭaiyār tiruvalaiñcuḻi Uṭaiyāṟku candrā(ti)ttavaṟ [3+] ⟨17⟩ [9+] ṇṭukku tiruviḷa(k)kuppuṟamāka nāṅ(ka)ḷ Iṟaiyili ceytukuṭutta (ni)lattukku ⟨18⟩ [10+] la kuvaḷaicceyy(e)ṉṟu per kūva(p)paṭṭa nilattukku teṟkum ki(ḻ)pāṟkel⟨19⟩[10+] mā nikki Itaṉ vaṭakkum Āka Icai(nta) perunāṉkellaiUḷ na(ṭuvu)paṭṭa nilam ⟨20⟩ [12+] va [3+] [.]āṭṭāṉum nāṅ [6+]

Commentary

⟨11⟩ The stones which should have contained the beginnings of lines 11 to 20 are left blank without being engraved, though here and there, marks of letters in red ochre are still visible. The inscription is left unfinished.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.220 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). Pages 113–114, item 220.

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