Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman (?), year 5

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-09-06Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSII0400140

Summary: Donation of gold for one perpetual lamp and donation of two other lamps.

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Edition

1svasti śrī


2Iyāṇṭu Aiñ-
3c-āvatu

vāṭaṉ [1+] te-
4[4+] yiraṉuk[ku]-
5-t teviyār [muri A]-
6mutaṉār kiḷivaṇ-
7ṇa-tēvarkku no-
8⌉ntā-viḷakk’ o-
9ṉṟukku vait-
10ta po¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ai-
11ṅ-kaḻañcu

tēvi-
12yār muri A[mu]tiṉā-
13r tamakku vaitta vi-
14ḷakk’ oṉṟu

Ēkav¡i!⟨ī⟩-
15raṉ ko[la]kka-p-pāvai-
16kku vaitta viḷak-
17k’ oṉṟu

paṉmā¡yē!⟨he⟩-
18śvarar· rakṣai

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1Prosperity! Fortune!

2-3Fifth year/In this fifth year (iyāṇṭu↓1).

3-11The gold given for one perpetual lamp ... [is] five kaḻañcus.

11-14One lamp given for ...

14-17One lamp given for ...

17-18This is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887-1888 (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/42).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.140).

Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Krishna Sastri 1923.

Primary

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, № 140. [siglum SII]

Secondary

ARIE 1887-1888. Page 5, appendix I/1887–1888, № 42.

Notes

↑1. It is not clear whether the i prefixed to yāṇṭu is epenthetic or deictic. In the latter case it would refer to the year, similarly the fifth, of Parakesarivarmn, in which another record (SII 4.141) nearby is dated to. The present inscription is found right of entrance into the garbagṛha of the Cukavaṉēśvara, whereas SII 4.141 is found left of entrance.