Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, pillar, no king, no year

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00523

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

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    1tirukkiṉ kiḻavar nam
    2pirāṭṭiyār nantā-viḷakku-
    2kku{kku}-k kuṭutta poṉ
    4¡Añ!⟨Aiṅ⟩-kaḻañ¿cc?⟨c⟩uṅ

    kaḻa-
    5ñciṉāl Aṟu nāḻi-p pa-
    6licai-y-āka Ā-
    7ṭṭāṇṭu tōṟum mu-
    8-p-patiṉāḻi [10+]-
    9[12+] kuṭuppip-
    10pōm āṉōm
    11capaiyōm

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-4 [There are] five kaḻañcus of gold that ... gave for a perpetual lamp.

    4-11 We, the members of the assembly, have become those who will have ... given ...

    Bibliography

    Edited in B.

    Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Badhreenath 2015’s edition, which does not seem sufficiently reliable, notably for the transliteration of Grantha characters of the original and for the length of lacunas. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

    Primary

    Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam Excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
    Page 154, № 7. [siglum B]