# Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, pillar inscription

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0142

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII04_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0142.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46
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## Summary

Donation of a pillar.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ mala-maṇṭalattu ma⟨2⟩laiyāḷaril tā⟨3⟩vaikkuṟicci cātta⟨4⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
tiṟai⟨ya⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ma⟨m⟩ I⟨5⟩-k-kāl

## Translation

⟨1–5⟩ This stone[1] ⟨is⟩ the pious donation (taṉmam[2]) of Cāttaṉ
Tiṟaiyaṉ ⟨from⟩ Tāvaikuṟicci, among the malaiyāḷars of the Malamaṇṭalam.

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/44).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.142).

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 142.

### 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 44.

[1] That is, the pillar on which the inscription is engraved.

[2] Sanskrit dharma.