Cēlam, Saundararājaperumāḷ, time of ..., year ...

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: ...

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0163.

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0163.xml.

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⟨1⟩ ⟨sva⟩sti śrī-maṉu-mahā-pradhāṉa-rākuttarāya [****] cādeva-daṇḍa-ṉāyakkaṉ-ēṉ ce [**********] kara-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu dvādaśiyu [*****] yum peṟṟa keṭ [***] [***] ṅkalattu bhaṭṭakaḷ nūṟṟu Aṟupatiṉvaṟkum dāna-pramāṇam paṇṇi-k kuṭutta paric' āvatu cēlattu Āṟṟukku kiḻakku taṅkaḷukku kuṭi Iruppu nattattukku k¡i!ḻ-pāṟk' ellai kiṭārattaraiyaṉ paṭṭikkiḻaip po [*******]

⟨2⟩ ṇi-k kuṭutta I¡ṉ-ṉ!āṭṭu mutaliya-p-paḷḷiyum cēnta-maṅkalamum Ivv-ūrkaḷil naṉ[.]e [******] [u]ḷ-p-paṭṭa nilaṅkaḷum Ivv-akarattukkuṭa [****] [i]ṟai-y-ili-y-āka uta [*****] maraṅkaḷum k¡i!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⟩ mutal cantirātitta-varaiyum Aṉupavippat_āka It-tāṉa-pramāṇam paṇṇi [********] paṇṇi tantōm Ip-paṭikku kallilu [*******] veṭṭik-koṇ [**********] 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 [********]

⟨4⟩ rkaḷukku muṉp-uḷḷa Aṇaikaḷum kālkaḷum Ērikaḷum kuṭṭaikaḷum me [*****] ṅkalamum Ivv-ūrkaḷil naṉ-cey [*****] nāṟ-pāṟk' ellai [******] [e]ppē¡ṟ!paṭṭa Urimaikaḷum Ivv-akarattukku kuṭi Irupp-āka-k kuṭutta nattattukku k¡i!ḻ-pāṟk' ellai kiṭārattaraiyaṉ-paṭṭi kiḻai poḻikku mēṟkum teṉ-pāṟk' ellai pañcantāṅki Iṭṭalukku [*******]

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 (eḻuttu¹ )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.

Notes

1. Literally, the letters.

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