# Cēlam, Saundararājaperumāḷ

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0159

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0159.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

vayira⟨2⟩va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār vācalil ⟨3⟩ pekkaṭikaḷil ⟨4⟩
poṉṉa-k-kūtta-mu[t]⟨5⟩taraiyaṉ cellaṉ ⟨6⟩ taṉ[ma]m cey[vitta] ⟨7⟩ tūṇ

poviccurattā⟨8⟩ṇaṉum puviyaiyā

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–7⟩ ⟨This is ⟩ the pillar that Poṉṉakkūtta-muttaraiyaṉ Cellaṉ, ⟨one⟩
among the pekkaṭis (?) (pekkaṭikaḷil), had made[1], as pious donation
(taṉmam[2]), at the gate of Vayiravaṉār[3].

⟨8–9⟩ …

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/56,
bifurcated as 56B in SII 4.159).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.159).

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 159.

### 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] That is, has offered.

[2] Sanskrit dharma.

[3] That is, Bhairava?