Centalai, Sundareśvara temple, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 9

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: West wall of the central shrine in the Sundareśvara temple.

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

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

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Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-rājakesarivanmakku yāṇṭu 9 (Āva)tu Ār⟨k⟩kāṭṭu-k-kūṟṟattu brahmadeyam
⟨2⟩ cantralekhai-caturvveti-maṅkalattu peruṅ-kuṟi sabhaiyōm Ivv-ūr Ai-
⟨3⟩ mpattu mu¡n!ṟāṅ kuṭumpil bhārata-paṅku kōyilā¡n! nāka-ṉan=ti viṟṟa paṅku 1 I-
⟨4⟩ vv-oru paṅkum Ivv-ūr brahmasthānattu miyceṅkiḷi-nāṭṭu veṇṇāyil-uṭai-
⟨5⟩ yāṉ vayira-¡mm!ēka{m}-paṭāraṉ Eṭuppitta Ampalattu Iruntu nicatiyum śrī-
⟨6⟩ -bhāratam vācikka perum-puliyūr Ātraiya-gottrattu vaikhānasa-sūtrattu śi(ṅki)-
⟨7⟩ (nan=til) śva-rūpa-bhaṭṭanukku Iṟai-I¡ll!i-y-āka kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm Ivanil-p pi-
⟨8⟩ ṉpu Ip-paṅk’ uṇpār Ivv-ūr brahmasthānattē Iruntu nicatiyum śrī-bhāratam vāci-
⟨9⟩ tt’ uṇpat’ āka Ip-paṅk’ oṉṟum candrādit=tavat Iṟai-Ili-y-āka paṇittu kal mēl
⟨10⟩ veṭṭi kuṭuttō(m) peruṅ-kuṟi sabhaiyōm

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ brahmadeyam ⬦ brahadeyam SII.

⟨3⟩ kōyilā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ koyilān SII.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1896–97 (ARIE/1896-1897/B/1897/63).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.12).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 and photos (E. Francis, 2025).

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Pages 4–5, item 12.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1896–97. G.O., &c., Nos. 1062, 1063, 10th August 1897. Epigraphy. Reviewing the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for 1896-97 and forwarding copy to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1897. Page 8, appendix B/1897, item 63.

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