# Cēlam, Saundararājaperumāḷ, time of ..., year Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0163 Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0163.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (1120f60) ## Summary ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ ⟨sva⟩sti śrī-maṉu-mahā-pradhāṉa-rākuttarāya [4+] cādeva-daṇḍa-ṉāyakkaṉ-ēṉ ce [10+] kara-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu dvādaśiyu [5+] yum peṟṟa keṭ [3+] [3+] ṅkalattu bhaṭṭakaḷ nūṟṟu Aṟupatiṉvaṟkum dāna-pramāṇam paṇṇi-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu cēlattu Āṟṟukku kiḻakku taṅkaḷukku kuṭi Iruppu nattattukku k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai kiṭārattaraiyaṉ paṭṭikkiḻaip po [7+] ⟨2⟩ ṇi-k kuṭutta I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu mutaliya-p-paḷḷiyum cēnta-maṅkalamum Ivv-ūrkaḷil naṉ[.]e [6+] [u]ḷ-p-paṭṭa nilaṅkaḷum Ivv-akarattukkuṭa [4+] [i]ṟai-y-ili-y-āka uta [5+] maraṅkaḷum k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-nōkkiṉa kiṇaṟukaḷum maṟṟum Eppērppaṭṭa Urimaikaḷum Aṉaittāyaṅkaḷum Uḷppaṭa na[m] Appaṉukkum Irācāvukkum ṉāṭṭukkum ṉaṉṟāka Ittai uUttarāya[ṇa]ttilē Ik-kuṭi-y-iruppum Ivv-ūrkaḷum [3+] ⟨3⟩ mutal cantirātitta-varaiyum Aṉupavippat_āka It-tāṉa-pramāṇam paṇṇi [8+] paṇṇi tantōm Ip-paṭikku kallilu [7+] veṭṭik-koṇ [10+] yamācciya-teṇṭa-nāyakkaṉ-ēṉ Eḻuttu srī-gopīnātha Itu Oppam It-taṉmam rakṣittavaṉ śrī-pādam· Iraṇṭum eṉ talai mēlē svasti śrī Iṟṟaināḷilē Ic-cēla-nāṭ-uṭaiya-p poṉ parappi [8+] ⟨4⟩ rkaḷukku muṉp-uḷḷa Aṇaikaḷum kālkaḷum Ērikaḷum kuṭṭaikaḷum me [5+] ṅkalamum Ivv-ūrkaḷil naṉ-cey [5+] nāṟ-pāṟk’ ellai [6+] [e]ppē¡ṟ!⟨r⟩paṭṭa Urimaikaḷum Ivv-akarattukku kuṭi Irupp-āka-k kuṭutta nattattukku k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai kiṭārattaraiyaṉ-paṭṭi kiḻai poḻikku mēṟkum teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai pañcantāṅki Iṭṭalukku [7+] ## Apparatus ⟨2⟩ [6+] [u]ḷ-p-paṭṭa ⬦ [6+] ḷappaṭṭa SII. — ⟨2⟩ [4+] [i]ṟai-y-ili-y-āka ⬦ [4+] ṟaiyiliyāka SII. ## Translation ⟨1⟩ Prosperity! ⟨1⟩ ... ⟨1⟩ This is the manner in which ... have given, after making a donation document. ⟨1–4⟩ We have given ... ⟨4⟩ In this manner ... ⟨4⟩ [These] are the signature (eḻuttu[1] )of I, ... ⟨4⟩ The glorious Gopīnātha, this ⟨is his⟩ signature (oppam). ⟨4⟩ He who protects this pious donation (taṉmam), ⟨his⟩ glorious two feet are on my head. ## Bibliography First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/58). First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.163). 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 20, item 163. ### 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 58. [1] Literally, the letters.