Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman, year 5

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-09-06Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSII0400141

Summary: Donation of gold for one perpetual lamp.

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Edition

¹svasti śrī

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

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra{c}cōḻa-mi-
⁸lā⟨ṭu⟩ Uṭaiyā-
⁹ṉ ṉānāṭṭā-
¹⁰ṉ cittavaṭava-
¹¹ṉ tēvya-malai-
¹²yya-[mā]-peru⌈-
¹³n-de{e}viyār kaviran-
¹⁴ādi-caṅkari-y-ē-
¹⁵¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cēla⟨t⟩til ki-
¹⁶ḷivaṇa-k¿e?⟨ō⟩⟨yi⟩l
¹⁷perumāṉaṭi-
¹⁸ka¡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]-
²³bhai¡yy!⟨y⟩ār vaca-
²⁴[m] vaitta po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
²⁵A¡y!⟨i⟩⟨ṅ⟩-kaḻañcu

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

Apparatus

^23–24 vaca/[m] ◇ vaca⟨m⟩/[m] SII
^26–27 ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ /mam{u} ◇ tan/mamu⟨m⟩ SII

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹Prosperity! Fortune!

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

^7-25The 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.

^25-28He who injures this pious donation (taṉmam^↓1) will know sin.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887-1888 (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.

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Notes

↑1. Sanskrit dharma.