Cēlam, Saundararājaperumāḷ, time of the king Vīra Vallāḷa, Jovian cycle year Yuva

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII0400160.

Summary: ...

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (e031092), last modified (d9c7a93).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-vallāḷadevar pr̥¡d!⟨t⟩hvi-rājyam· paṇṇi-Aruḷā niṉṟa yuva-saṃvat·sa⟨2⟩rattu tulā-nāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu trayodaśiyu putaṉ-kiḻamaiyum ⟨peṟṟa⟩ Aśvati-nāḷ

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra⟨3⟩-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu cēla-nāṭṭu-c cēlam-āṉa jājāśraya-c-caturvedi-maṅkalattu sabhai⟨4⟩yōm nāyiṉār Aḻaka-p-perumāḷukku śrī-ceṉāpati-p-peruvilai-Āṉa nila-vilai-pramāṇam· paṇ⟨5⟩ṇi-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

[10+] rōm ⟨6⟩ [1+] y-āka Āṇi-p-poṉṉukku Arai m⟨ā⟩ va[.]ai [.]e [10+] poṉṉuñ cilavaṟukka-c [1+] ci [1+] [ko]⟨7⟩[ṭ]ṭaiyūr tiru-v-ampala-nampi kiḷivaṉam-uṭaiyār muṉpu [8+] voraṇaiyumaṟuttu Ōlai po [1+] ⟨8⟩ [3+] l Ivv-ūṟ pañcantāṅki Ēriyil maḻavaṟaivai [7+] l kiḻakku Ivaṉutāṉa periya vaṭa⟨9⟩cāttaṉkuṇṭu taṭi Iraṇṭu kuḻi 7 10 5 10_m tirutta [5+] yār pakkal cāṟoṭiyil taṭi Oṉṟu ⟨10⟩ [Ivv-ūṟ] periya Ēriyil naṭuviṟ kumuḻi-vāykkālu [7+] kuḻi 2 10 7-m āka taṭi 4 kuḻi 100 2 10 2-kku ⟨11⟩ [3+] mukaṇṭi Ūr Āḷ[vari] ta[ra]ku nalla pokku [6+] kku <undefined> 3 10-m peru-marutūr Āḷkoṇ⟨12⟩ [4+] kaiy Aḻakiyāṉ pokkum paḻavāṟaiyil taṭi Oṉṟu kuḻi 2 10 2 kku [6+] r Appiḷḷā⟨r⟩ pokku paruttikāl piṟivu [2+] ⟨13⟩ [4+] kku paṇam 10 2-m tirutta [2+] tiru-v-aiyār-uṭaiyār pokku taṭi [7+] ḻakku-t teṟ [3+] ⟨14⟩ [vā]ḻikallukku mēṟku taṭi 1~kku kuḻi [3+] maṇi-maṅkalam vaṇika-nārāyaṇar po [7+] yil naṭuviṟ kumiḻi [3+] ⟨15⟩ [3+] l kiḻakku puṭṭakaṉ taṭi 2 kuḻi 5 10-kku [6+] Āka taṭi 10 taṉāl kuḻi 3 100 4 10 [5_kku] [5+] ṉūṟṟu nāṟ-patt’ aiñ [4+] ⟨16⟩ [2+] Iṟṟaināḷ viṟṟu-k kuṭuttu-k koḷvatāṉa Emmil icainta vilai-p-poruḷ [7+] ṇṭārattil vāṅ⟨17⟩ [2+] teṇ-ṇāyakkar tiru-vakka[ḷi]l ceṭ[ṭi]-y-appa[ṉ va]cam celav’ aṟutta <undefined> 100 5 10-m mēṟ pa [4+] -c curattukku kaḻitta paṭi⟨18⟩yi-c celav’ aṟutta <undefined> 100 2 10-m Āka <undefined> 2 100 7 10

Ip-p-paṇam Iru-nūṟṟu Eḻu-patukkum I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ila [6+] viṟṟu poruḷ uṟa-k⟨19⟩koḷkaiyil i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilaṅkaḷ tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi Iṟai-y-ili tiru-viṭai[yāṭṭam-āka]cantirātitta varai [celva]⟨20⟩t-āka śrī-ceṉāpati-p peru-vilai pramāṇam paṇṇi-k kuṭuttōm sa [6+]

Aḻaka-p-perumāḷu[kku]

  • ⟨21⟩ [Ip-paṭikku] tēva-p-perumāḷ nampi Eḻuttu
  • Ip-paṭikku [6+] ⟨22⟩ [7+] kōpura-nampi Eḻuttu
  • I[p-paṭi][kku] [3+] ⟨23⟩ [8+] Eḻuttu
  • [Ip-paṭikku] [3+] ma [4+] ⟨24⟩ vāḷa-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu
  • [7+]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ Arai m⟨ā⟩ va[.]ai ⬦ Araim⟨ā⟩va[.]ai SII • The lacuna can be restored as Arai mā varai.

⟨22⟩ I[p-paṭi][kku] [3+]I[p-paṭi] [5+] SII.

⟨21⟩ [Ip-paṭikku] tēva-p-perumāḷ ⬦ [6+] tevapperumāḷ SII.

⟨22⟩ I[p-paṭi][kku] [3+]I[p-paṭi] [5+] SII.

⟨23⟩ [Ip-paṭikku] [3+] ma [4+][9+] ma [4+] SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) On the day of ... ⟨which coincides with⟩ ...

(2–5) This is the manner in which, We, the members of the assembly of ... have given ...

(5–18) ...

(18–20) ... We have given ...

(20–24) For Aḻakapperumāḷ, [the signatories are as follows]:

  • [in this manner,] signature of Tēvapperumāḷ Nampi,
  • in this manner, signature of Tēvapperumāḷ Nampi,
  • in this manner, signature of Tēvapperumāḷ Nampi,
  • in this manner, signature of Tēvapperumāḷ Nampi,
  • […]

Bibliography

First reported in Hultzsch 1888 (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/56, bifurcated as 56C in SII 4.160).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.160).

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. Pages 18–19, item 160.

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