# Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 5

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0149

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII04_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0149.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

⟨2⟩ kō-v-irācakēca⟨3⟩ripaṉmaṟku yā⟨4⟩ṇṭu Aiñc-ā⟨5⟩vatu

cēlattu⟨6⟩-k kiḷivaṇṇa⟨7⟩Uṭaiya-perumā⟨8⟩naṭikaḷukku-t
ti⟨9⟩ru-viḻā{viḻā}vi⟨10⟩ṉukku māci-ma⟨11⟩kattum-āka Āṇ⟨12⟩ṭu varai
[kaḻa]⟨13⟩ñciṉ vā⟨y⟩ I⟨14⟩rupatt’ aiñ⟨15⟩ci pirāmaṇarai ⟨16⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu
kaṟiyu ⟨17⟩ maraippiṭi ⟨18⟩ neyyuṉ ta⟨19⟩yirum oru⟨20⟩kāyum
i⟨21⟩laiyu⟨22⟩ṅ ku[ṟai]yāma⟨l⟩ ⟨23⟩ Ūṭṭuvat-āka⟨24⟩vum

[2+] n=tatap⟨25⟩[3+] ntai ce⟨26⟩lvaṉaṭikaḷ ⟨27⟩ v¡acc!⟨aitt⟩a poṉ ⟨28⟩
nāl-p-patuṅ ⟨29⟩ ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭu cantirā⟨30⟩ti[ttaval]

## Apparatus

⟨29⟩ cantirā⟨30⟩ti[ttaval] ⬦ cantirā⟨30⟩ti [5+] SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–5⟩ Fifth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨5–24⟩ ...

⟨24–30⟩ ...

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/49).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.149).

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 16, item 149.

### 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 49.