# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Rājarāja, year 18

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00010

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00010.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-rājarāja-devaṟku yāṇṭu 10 8 vatu
makara-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattu daśamiyum putaṉ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa U […]

[…] jādhirāja-vaḷa-nāṭṭu tiru-k-kaḻumala-nāṭṭu […]
caturveti-maṅkalattu-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ piṭākai paṇa-maṅ […] ⟨2⟩
tiru-ñāṉa-campanta-vatikku kiḻakku Etirili-cōḻa-vāykkālukku vaṭakku 6
<kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 * * * * Itil teṉ-mēṟk’ aṭaiya Omām
puliyūṟ-pāṟpati pā […] [vi]lai koṇṭa 𑿦 1 * Iv-vatikku-k kiḻakku
Etirili-cōḻa-vāykkālukku vaṭakku Ik-kaṇṇāṟṟu 4 catirattu kiḻakk’
a[ṭaiya] […] ⟨3⟩ pacaḷai-t tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ paṭṭaṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār
pakkal vilai koṇṭa 𑿦 * * *m Ālāla-cuntara-vatikku-k kiḻakku Acañcalaṉ
[…] kku vaṭakku 𑿦 4 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaiya 𑿦 4 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki-k kiḻakk’
aṭaiya kauvuṉa-c-cappu-paṭṭaṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭu […] ⟨4⟩ Itaṉ kiḻakku 𑿦
6 * kiḻakk’ aṭaiya Ivaṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭa 𑿦 * *m Iv-vatikku-k kiḻakku
Iv-vāy-k-kālukku vaṭakku 2-n tuṇṭattu 𑿦 […] mēṟk’ aṭaiya 𑿦 1 *
n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki Itaṉ kiḻakk’ aṭaiya prāntūr pātapatipāka-paṭṭaṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār
pakkal vilai koṇṭa 𑿦 […] ⟨5⟩ 𑿦 vēliyum uṭaiyār tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiya
nāyaṉāṟku-t tiru-nanta-vaṉa-p-puṟam ākka kuṭuttēṉ nālūr
mā-tēva-paṭṭaṉ-ēṉ toṭṭi-ceykku kiḻakku Oṭampokikku mēṟku
campanta-perumāṉ eṉṟu pēr-kūva-p-paṭṭa tiru-nanta-vaṉam kuḻi 2 100 5 10
Ik-kuḻi Iru […] ⟨6⟩ Aimpatum Eṉ cantāṉattāril Eṉ kaṉuṣaṉ
tillai-nāyakarum māṇikka-k-kūttarum Inta-t tiru-nanta-vaṉam ceytu
Uṭaiyār tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiya nāyaṉār tiru-p-pū-maṇṭapattē
tiru-p-paḷḷi-t-tāmam paṇimāṟavum Ivarkaḷukku jīvaṉā-śeṣam-āka-k
kuṭuttē[ṉ]

[…] ⟨7⟩ mikuti ke […]m Ikāṭṭu-p pallum koṇṭu It-tiru-nanta-vaṉam ceyyum
tillai-nāyakaṟkum māṇikka-k-kūttaṟkum […] [kuṭut]tēṉ

Iva⟨r⟩kaḷukku-p piṉpu c¡i!⟨ī⟩-mākēśvararē tiru-t-toṇṭu […] ⟨8⟩
nā¡l!⟨ll⟩ūr […] ṉ-ēṉ

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/390).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 10), based on ASI
transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2024). Curated 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 268–270, item 10.

### 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 33, appendix B/1918,
item 390.

Mahalingam, T. V. 1992. A topographical list of inscriptions in the
Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. Volume Seven: Thanjavur district. New
Delhi: ICHR. Page 548, item Tj. 2403.