Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman, year 5

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII0400141.

Summary: Donation of gold for one perpetual lamp.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Version: (19a9c57), last modified (d9c7a93).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

ko⟨2⟩-p-para-kēcari-paṉ⟨3⟩maṟku-t tiru-v-e⟨4⟩ḻutt-iṭṭu cel⟨5⟩lā niṉṟa yā⟨6⟩ṇṭu Aiñc-āva⟨7⟩tu

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra{c}cōḻa-mi⟨8⟩⟨ṭu⟩ Uṭaiyā⟨9⟩ṉ ṉānāṭṭā⟨10⟩ṉ cittavaṭava⟨11⟩ṉ tēvya-malai⟨12⟩yya-[mā]-peru⌈⟨13⟩n-de{e}viyār kaviran⟨14⟩ādi-caṅkari-y-ē⟨15⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cēla⟨t⟩til ki⟨16⟩ḷivaṇa-k¿e?⟨ō⟩⟨yi⟩l ⟨17⟩ perumāṉaṭi⟨18⟩ka¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku no⟨19⟩[n=t]ā-vi⟨ḷa⟩kku⟨kku⟩ cēla[m-ā]⟨20⟩[kiya I]rājāśra⟨21⟩[ya]-c-catu[rvve]ti⟨22⟩[maṅ]kalattu [sa]⟨23⟩bhai¡yy!⟨y⟩ār vaca⟨24⟩[m] vaitta po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨25⟩ A¡y!⟨i⟩⟨ṅ⟩-kaḻañcu

I⟨26⟩ṟakkuvāṉ ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩⟨27⟩mam{u} pāvaṉ tā⟨28⟩ṉē y-aṟiyum

Apparatus

⟨23⟩ vaca⟨24⟩[m]vaca⟨m⟩⟨24⟩[m] SII.

⟨26⟩ ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩⟨27⟩mam{u}tan⟨27⟩mamu⟨m⟩ SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–7) Fifth year, current (cellā niṉṟa), (tiru-v-eḻutt-iṭṭu), of the king Parakesarivarman.

(7–25) The gold that I, ..., gave, in the custody (vacam) of the members of the assembly of Rājāśrayacaturvedimaṅgala alias Cēlam, for one perpetual lamp for the great Lord of the temple of ... in Cēlam [is] five kaḻañcus.

(25–28) He who injures this pious donation (taṉmam1) will know sin.

Bibliography

First reported in Hultzsch 1888 (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/43).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.141).

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 14, item 141.

Secondary

Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1888. 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. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 5, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 43.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit dharma.