# Cēlam, Saundararājaperumāḷ, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 24

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0157

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0157.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Donation of a pōtikai (capital of a pillar).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-c-caṭ¡a!⟨ai⟩-parmar-āṉa tiru-pu⟨va⟩ṉa-c-cak⟨2⟩kara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ
ciṟi-cuntara-pāṇṭi⟨3⟩ya-tēvaṟku 2 10 4-vatu

cēlattil ka⟨4⟩ṇmāḷaril Aṇṇāmalai-t-taṭṭā⟨5⟩ṉ cūriya¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa
nūṟṟ-e⟨ṇ⟩ma-t-tāṭ⟨6⟩ṭāṉ c¡e[v]!⟨ey⟩vitta pōtikai

## Apparatus

⟨6⟩ c¡e[v]!⟨ey⟩vitta ⬦ ce[v]vitta SII.

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ 24th year the glorious Sundara Pāṇḍya, the emperor of the three
worlds, alias the king Caṭaivarman (kōccaṭaiparmar).

⟨3–6⟩ This is the pillar-capital (pōtikai) that Nūṟṟeṇmattāṭṭāṉ alias
Aṇṇāmalaittāṭṭāṉ Cūriyāṉ, ⟨one⟩ among the smiths/artisans (kaṇmāḷar[1])
of Cēlam, had made[2].

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/56).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.157).

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 18, item 157.

### 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 6, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 56.

[1] See MTL, s.v. pañca-kammāḷar: “n. pañcan +. The five castes of
artisans, viz., taṭṭāṉ, kaṉṉāṉ, ciṟpaṉ, taccaṉ, kollaṉ”. By his name, we
know that the donor is a gold or silver smith. See MTL, s.v. taṭṭāṉ¹:
“n. Gold or silver smith, one of 18 kuṭi-makkaḷ.”

[2] That is, has offered.