svasti śrīḥ . laṃkāyāṃ jinadantadhātubhavanaṃ yaddeva senādhipokārṣit· śrīvijayādibāhu nṛvarādeśā t· pulasteḥ pure . veḷaikkāṟasamāhṛtān tadapi ta tvaryanta devālayān· veḷaikkāṟabalāni yā ntu nitarāmākalpasandherbhuvi . namo buddhāya .

śrīlaṃkādvipattu sūryavaṃśattu Ikṣvākuvi n vaḻivanta Aneka śatruvijayam paṇṇi Anurā dhapuram pukku buddhaśāsanaṃ rakṣikkaveṇṭi saṃ ghaniyogattāl tirumuṭi cūṭi Arumaṇattilni ṉṟum caṅkattārai Aḻaippittu muṉṟu nikāya ttu saṃghaśuddhi paṇṇuvittu muṉṟu tulābhāram muṉṟu nikāyattukku kuṭuttu daśarājadharmmattāl Aiñpattay yāṇṭu Ilaṅkaimuḻutum Orukuṭainiḻa ṟṟit tiruvirājyañ ceytaruḷi Eḻupattumuvāṇṭu tiruna kṣatrañceluttiṉa kośrīsaṃghabodhivatmarāṉa cakravartti kaḷ śrīvijayabāhudevaranuvākal tevaceṉavirttar kku niyokittup pulanariyāṉa vijayarājapurattu Eṭup pitta mulasthānamākiya Abhayagirimahāvihārattu Agra vatanamāṉa Uttoruḷmuḷaiyil muvulakukkuñ cikāmaṇi yākiya daḷadāpātradhātusvāmitevarkaḷukku nityavāsabhavana māṉa prathamābhiṣekattukku maṅkalagṛhamāṉa Āṭ=ṭāṇṭu toṟun tirunayanamokṣam paṇṇi Añcaṉaniṟukkum kaṇṇālañceyyum maṃgalamahāśilāmayabuddha devarkku gandhakuṭiyāṉa daḷadāypperumpaḷḷi Uṅka ḷ rakṣayākaveṇṭumeṉṟu sakalaśāstrāgamaśilā cārasaMpannarāṉa rājaguru Uturuḷmuḷaiyil vyāriṇimu galan mahāsthivirar rājāmātyaroṭuṅkūṭa Eḻuntaruḷiyi runtu Eṅkaḷai Aḻaittu Aruḷicceytamaiyil mātantirat toṅ kūṭi Eṅkaḷukku mutātaikaḷāyuḷḷa vaḷañceyaraiyum E ṅkaḷoṭu kūṭivarun nakarattāruḷḷiṭṭoraiyuṅ kūṭṭi muṉṟu kait tiruveḷaikkāṟan daḷadāypperumpaḷḷiyeṉṟu tirunāmañcātti Eṅkaḷaṟamāy Eṅkaḷ kāvalāy niṟka veṇṭumeṉṟu Aṟaṅkāvalukku Uṭaippaṭaiyāl Oro cevakaraiyum Oroveli nilamum Iṭṭukkuṭuttu Ip paḷḷi nokkiṉa Ūrkaḷum parivāramum paṇṭāramum Abha yampukkāraiyum paṭṭum keṭṭuṅ kākkakkaṭavomāka vum Aḻivupaṭṭaṭaṅka ḷaḻivucorntum Eṅkaḷ Anva ya muḷḷataṉaiyu meññāṉṟu mitukku veṇṭuvaṉave llāñ ceyvomākavum paṇṇiṉa Inta vavyasdhai candrā dityavarai niṟpatākak kaiyviṉāveṟṟic cempiluṅ kalli lum veṭṭuvittukkuṭuttom valaṅkai Iṭaṅkai ci ṟutanam piḷḷaikaḷtaṉam vaṭukar malaiyāḷar parivārak kontam palakalaṉaiyum Uḷḷiṭṭa tiruveḷaikkāṟa rom Ippaṭi tiṟampuvāṉum tiṟampac colluvāṉu m tiṟampac cammatippāṉum mātantirattukkup piḻaitta paṭaippakaiyan pañcamahāpātakañ ceytāṉum tevar pūtar mātavattorkkuk kuṭuttaṉa koḷḷum koṭum pāviyum buddhadharmmasaṃgharatnaṅkaḷukkup piḻaittā ṉum pukun narakam pukuvān . Aṟamaṟavaṟka svastiśrīḥ .

These twenty-six inscriptions [[SII 4.1388 to 1415]] of Ceylon are taken from the collection for 1912 and printed here since the Government of Ceylon urge their publication immediately.

Digital edition of SII 4.1396 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also Ep. Zeyl. 2.40 and revised edition by Emmanuel Francis.

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