Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman, year 5

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for one perpetual lamp.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0141.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ko-
⟨2⟩ -p-para-kēcari-paṉ-
⟨3⟩ maṟku-t tiru-v-e-
⟨4⟩ ḻutt-iṭṭu cel-
⟨5⟩ lā niṉṟa yā-
⟨6⟩ ṇṭu Aiñc-āva-
⟨7⟩ tu v¡i!ra{c}cōḻa-mi-
⟨8⟩ lā⟨ṭu⟩ Uṭaiyā-
⟨9⟩ ṉ ṉānāṭṭā-
⟨10⟩ ṉ cittavaṭava-
⟨11⟩ ṉ tēvya-malai-
⟨12⟩ yya-[mā]-peru⌈-
⟨13⟩ n-de{e}viyār kaviran-
⟨14⟩ ādi-caṅkari-y-ē-
⟨15⟩ ¡n! cēla⟨t⟩til ki-
⟨16⟩ ḷivaṇa-k¿e?⟨yi⟩l
⟨17⟩ perumāṉaṭi-
⟨18⟩ ka¡ḷḷ!ukku no-
⟨19⟩ [n=t]ā-vi⟨ḷa⟩kku⟨kku⟩ cēla[m-ā]-
⟨20⟩ [kiya I]rājāśra-
⟨21⟩ [ya]-c-catu[rvve]ti-
⟨22⟩ [maṅ]kalattu [sa]-
⟨23⟩ bhai¡yy!ār vaca-
⟨24⟩ [m] vaitta po¡n!
⟨25⟩ A¡y!⟨ṅ⟩-kaḻañcu I-
⟨26⟩ ṟakkuvāṉ ta¡n!-
⟨27⟩ mam{u} pāvaṉ tā-
⟨28⟩ ṉē y-aṟiyum ↝

Apparatus

⟨23⟩ vaca⟨24⟩[m] ⬦ vaca⟨m⟩⟨24⟩[m] SII.

⟨26⟩ ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩⟨27⟩mam{u} ⬦ tan⟨27⟩mamu⟨m⟩ SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–7⟩ Fifth year, current (cellā niṉṟa), … (tiru-v-eḻutt-iṭṭu), of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨7–25⟩ The gold that I, ..., gave, in the custody (vacam) of the members of the assembly of Rājāśrayacaturvedimaṅgala alias Cēlam, for one perpetual lamp for the great Lord of the temple of ... in Cēlam ⟨is⟩ five kaḻañcus.

⟨25–28⟩ He who injures this pious donation (taṉmam¹) will know sin.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/43).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.141).

Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Krishna Sastri 1923.

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. Page 14, item 141.

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 43.

Notes

1. Sanskrit dharma.

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