# Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 3

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0147

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII04_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0147.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-v-irācakēcari-paṉmaṟku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu muṉṟ-āvatu

koṭumpāḷ¡u!⟨ū⟩r maṇi-k-ki⟨3⟩rāmattu viyāpāri mañcaṉ
maṇiya-[mā]⟨4⟩ttāṇṭaṉ māci-nāḷil śrī-kō-Il vai⟨5⟩t[ta]k kaḻañciṉ-vāy
Irupatt’ aiñcu pirāmaṇa⟨6⟩rai Āṇṭu varai palicai Ūṭṭa vai⟨t⟩ta poṉ ⟨7⟩
Aiṅ-kaḻañcu

kātt[ā]ṉ aṭi-t talai mēla⟨8⟩ṉa

Iṟakkuvāṉ [4+] ⟨9⟩ [8+]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Third year of the king Rājakesarivarman.

⟨3–7⟩ The gold that ... gave ... ⟨is⟩ five kaḻañcus.

⟨7–8⟩ Of the protector, the feet are above.

⟨8–9⟩ He who injures […]

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/47).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.147).

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 15, item 147.

### 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 47.