Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Pillar inscription recording a donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

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⟨1⟩ tirukkiṉ kiḻavar nam
⟨2⟩ pirāṭṭiyār nantā-viḷakku-
⟨3⟩ kku{kku}-k kuṭutta poṉ
⟨4⟩ ¡Añ!-kaḻañ¿cc?uṅ kaḻa-
⟨5⟩ ñciṉāl Aṟu nāḻi-p pa-
⟨6⟩ licai-y-āka Ā-
⟨7⟩ ṭṭāṇṭu tōṟum mu-
⟨8⟩ -p-patiṉāḻi [**********]-
⟨9⟩ [************] kuṭuppip-
⟨10⟩ pōm āṉōm
⟨11⟩ capaiyōm

Translation

⟨1–4⟩ [There are] five kaḻañcus of gold that ... gave for a perpetual lamp.

⟨4–11⟩ We, the members of the assembly, have become those who will have ... given ...

Bibliography

Edited in B.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Badhreenath 2015. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[B] Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 154, item 7.

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