Cēlam, Cukavaṉēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman (?), year 5 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSSII0400140

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svasti śrī

Iyāṇṭu Aiñ c-āvatu

vāṭaṉ te yiraṉukku -t teviyār muri A mutaṉār kiḷivaṇ ṇa-tēvarkku no ⌉ntā-viḷakk' o ṉṟukku vait ta poṉṉṉ ai ṅ-kaḻañcu

tēvi yār muri Amutiṉā r tamakku vaitta vi ḷakk' oṉṟu

Ēkaviī raṉ kolakka-p-pāvai kku vaitta viḷak k' oṉṟu

paṉmāyēhe śvarar· rakṣai

Prosperity! Fortune!

Fifth year/In this fifth year iyāṇṭuIt 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..

The gold given for one perpetual lamp ... is five kaḻañcus.

One lamp given for ...

One lamp given for ...

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

First edited in (SII 4.140).

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

14 140 5 I/1887-1888 42