# Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman, year 5

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0141

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII04_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0141.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for one perpetual lamp.

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## Edition

⟨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!⟨ī⟩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!⟨ṉ⟩ cēla⟨t⟩til
ki⟨16⟩ḷivaṇa-k¿e?⟨ō⟩⟨yi⟩l ⟨17⟩ perumāṉaṭi⟨18⟩ka¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩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!⟨y⟩ār
vaca⟨24⟩[m] vaitta po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨25⟩ A¡y!⟨i⟩⟨ṅ⟩-kaḻañcu

I⟨26⟩ṟakkuvāṉ ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩⟨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 (taṉmam[1]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit dharma.