# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Rājarāja, year 17, day 458

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00005

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00005.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:41 (9ff78b7), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(9417b16)

## Summary

Lacunose inscription. Seems to record a donation of gold for a drinking
plate for the Lord of Tiruttōṇipuram by Dakṣiṇāmūrti Bhaṭṭa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakkara-varttikaḷ śrī-[rājarā]⟨2⟩ja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7
Āvatu nāḷ 4 ⟨3⟩ 100 5 10 8-ṉāl

rājātirāja-vaḷanāṭ⟨4⟩ṭu-t tiru-k-kaḻumala[-nāṭṭu-t
tiru]-k-kaḻumalat⟨5⟩tu Uṭaiyār tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiy⟨6⟩ār kōyil […]
taṇṇ¡i!⟨ī⟩r-amu⟨7⟩tu ceyta […] paṭ⟨8⟩ṭarkaḷil […] [kū]⟨9⟩ṟṟattu […]
caruppēti⟨10⟩-maṅkalat[tu] […] dakṣinai-mūrtti-pa⟨11⟩ṭṭar I […] [po]ṉṉiṉ
vaṭṭil Oṉṟiṉāl ⟨12⟩ Oṉpatē […] lē Arai-k-kāl māṟi Eḻuttu ⟨13⟩ veṭṭupa
[…] ṉ Irupatt’ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcē mu-k-kāl

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ 17th year of the glorious king Rājarāja, the emperor of the three
worlds, day 458.

⟨3–13⟩ […] the temple of the Lord, the Lord of Tiruttōṇipuram, in
[Tiru]kkaḻumalam, in the Tirukkaḵalumala[nāṭu], ⟨itself⟩ in the
Rājātirājavaḷanāṭu[1] […] among the Bhaṭṭas (paṭṭarkaḷil) […] who made
water-offerings (taṇṇīr-amutu) […] Dakṣiṇāmūrti Bhaṭṭa […] [of]
[…]-caturvedimāṅgala […] in the […][kū]ṟṟam […] through one (oṉṟiṉāl)
[gol]den plate ([po]ṉṉiṉ vaṭṭil) … nine […] one eighth … (māṟi eḻuttu
veṭṭupa) […] twenty-nine kaḻañcus and three quarters.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/362).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 5), based on ASI
transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2022). Curated by Emmanuel Francis.
Translation (2024) by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[UV] Veluppillai, Uthaya. 2013. “Cikāḻi : hymnes, héros, histoire.
Rayonnement d’un lieu saint shivaïte au Pays Tamoul.” These de doctorat,
Paris 3. Paris. [URL]. Pages 251–252, item 5.

### Secondary

ARIE 1918–19. G.O. No. 1003, 16th August 1919. Epigraphy. Recording,
with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological
Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1918-1919.
Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1919. Page 31, appendix B/1918,
item 362.

Mahalingam, T. V. 1992. A topographical list of inscriptions in the
Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. Volume Seven: Thanjavur district. New
Delhi: ICHR. Page 551, item Tj. 2421.

[1] That is, Rājadhirājavaḷanāṭu.