Cēlam, Saundararājaperumāḷ, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 24 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0157.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Donation of a pōtikai (capital of a pillar).

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kō-c-caṭaai-parmar-āṉa tiru-puvaṉa-c-cak kara-varttikaḷ ciṟi-cuntara-pāṇṭi ya-tēvaṟku 2 10 4-vatu

cēlattil ka ṇmāḷaril Aṇṇāmalai-t-taṭṭā ṉ cūriyaṉṉṉ-āṉa nūṟṟ-eṇma-t-tāṭ ṭāṉ ceveyvitta pōtikai

ceveyvitta cevvitta

24th year the glorious Sundara Pāṇḍya, the emperor of the three worlds, alias the king Caṭaivarman kōccaṭaiparmar.

This is the pillar-capital pōtikai that Nūṟṟeṇmattāṭṭāṉ alias Aṇṇāmalaittāṭṭāṉ Cūriyāṉ, one among the smiths/artisans kaṇmāḷarSee 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. of Cēlam, had madeThat is, has offered..

First reported in (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/56).

First edited in (SII 4.157).

Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on .

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