Vēlūr, time of ⟨Rājādhirāja⟩, year lost

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Portion of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa. Slab exhibited in Vellore ASI Museum in 2009.

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

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0139.

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Edition

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⟨1⟩ [kaṉṉi kāvalar] [teṉṉa]var mūvaruḷ va [*****] Iruvarukka-
⟨2⟩ [ru]ḷi-k kāṉakam Oruvaṉukkaḷittu-p porucilai
⟨3⟩ [ci]rccilaic cēralaṉ vēlaikeḻu kāntaḷūr-[cā]-
⟨4⟩ lai kalam aṟuppitt’ ilaṅkai-k-karaicai[yu]m a-
⟨5⟩ laṅkal vallavaṉaiyuṅ kaṉṉakucci
⟨6⟩ kāvalaṉaiyum poṉṉaṇi muṭi-t-ta-
⟨7⟩ lai taṭintu taṉ koṭippa[ṭ]ai y-ēvi-k ka-
⟨8⟩ ṉṉāṭakar viṭu kaṭakari puraḷat taṉṉāṭaiyi-
⟨9⟩ ṟ tamiḻpparaṇikoṇ ṭoṉṉār vacci[ra]-
⟨10⟩ neṭuvāḷ vicciyaṉ veruneḷitt’ añ[ci]-
⟨11⟩ yoṭi vañciyampaṭaiyāl āṅkavaṉ [pi]-
⟨12⟩ tāvai mātāvoṭum catāmali v¡i!ṅku n¡i!rppū-
⟨13⟩ ṇṭ¡ui!r veñcamatt’ akappa[ṭu]tt’ am{p}paṭai
⟨14⟩ Āhavamallaṉ payattoṭum varaviṭum O
⟨15⟩ ṟṟarai veru[va]rappiṭippitt’ āṅkavar mā[na]-
⟨16⟩ vil Āhavamallaṉ yāṅṅaṇam Aiñci-
⟨17⟩ ṉaneṉṉa naṉkeḻuti-c celuttiya [pi]ṉ-
⟨18⟩ taṉ puli-k-koṭi-p paṭaiñar oṭṭalari vāraṇa [varacaik kaṭalpuraic] [unknown number of lost lines]

Translation

⟨1–18⟩ ... [portion of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/41).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.139). Edited in Pūṅkuṉṟaṉ 2021.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and on photos (E Francis, 2009).

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 13–14, item 139.

[P] Pūṅkuṉṟaṉ, Ra. 2021. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XVIII. Vēlūr māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti I. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 57. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Item 135/2021, page 159.

Secondary

ARIE 1887–88 (1/3). G.O. No. 424, 20th April 1888. Archaeology. Recording letter from the Director-General forwarding Dr. Hultzsch’s progress report from 21st September 1887 to 31st January 1888. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1888. Page 5, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 41.

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