# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Kōpperuñciṅkaṉ, year lost Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00012 Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00012.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-10-19 18:41 (9ff78b7), last modified 2026-10-08 12:15 (c2c6e85) ## Summary ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] [cakala-puvaṉa-c-cakka]rava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-[kō-p]-peruñ-ciṅka-tēvaṟkku yāṇṭu [8+]-[nāyaṟṟu] pūrvva-pakṣattu pratha[maiyum] caṉi-k-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa [pūca]ttu ṉāḷ śrī-rājādhirāja-vaḷanāṭṭu-t ⟨2⟩ [8+] ṭayār [tiru-t-tōṇi]-puram-uṭaiyār kō[yil-k]-kaṇakka [9+] tiru-k-kaṭalukku Eḻun=t-aruḷi-c ceyta Amaitta-ṉārāya⟨3⟩[8+] kat [8+] cāttaṉ peru-vēmp-uṭaiya [9+] ṟkku Icaivu-t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu Uṭaiyār tiru⟨4⟩- [8+] yā [8+] tiru-vāli-y-āṉa Etirili-cōḻa-c-caturvve[ti-maṅ]kala [5+] piṟinta Eṇ-vēli Ākkūril Āta-maṅ[ka]la-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-c[ō]ḻaṉār ⟨5⟩ [7+] ātta [5+] vēmp-uṭaiyār tiru-nāmattu-k kāṇi-y-āka-k koṇṭa A [6+] ṉṟu pēr-kūva-p-paṭṭa ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ilam pottaka-p paṭi 𑿦 ¼ ³⁄₆₄ ³⁄₈₀ ¹⁄₁₆₀ Iṉ ⟨6⟩ [8+] Arai-k-kāṇikkum tēvātāṉa-k-kaṭamaiyum puravu [7+] Iṟu [8+] maiyum ceytāl peṟuvat’ oṉṟum illai Eṉṟum ⟨7⟩ [8+] nṉā [2+] vi[ḷai]-nilattilē Ātalum [6+] yār Eḻunt-aruḷi Iru [6+] taiva [3+] ṟṟa Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-c cila nilam peṟa vēṇum y-eṉṟum I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta ⟨8⟩ [rājādhirāja-va]ḷa¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āṭṭu tiru-k-kaḻuma[la] [10+] Ip-paṭi [2+] van eṉṟum Aruḷi-c-c¡e!⟨ey⟩kai [3+] ya muṟ-kuṟitta Iraṇṭu v[ē]li [6+] pottaka-p paṭi nilam Eṭṭu mā-k-kā⟨9⟩[ṇi] [7+] raṇa-t-tē [10+] [ti] ru-k-kaḻumalattu tiru-nāmattu-k kāṇiyil Ivaṟkku kāṇiyum Iṟai-y-ili-yu¡mm!⟨m⟩-āka [v-iṭṭa] cuttamalli-vatikku kiḻakkum rājendra-cōḻa-vāykkā⟨10⟩[8+] cāstaṉ peru[-vēmp-uṭaiyā]r [tiru]-⟨k⟩-kōyil viḷāka-k-kaṇṭattu y-inta-p peru-vēmpu-Uṭaiyār Eḻunt-aru[ḷi-y-i]runta kōyi¡ll!⟨l⟩um tiru-muṟṟattukkum pe [3+] kkum y-i¡ṉ!⟨n⟩⟨11⟩[ta] paric’ āvatu [10+] m-āka v-iṭṭa Ūr 𑿦 kuḻi 2 100 y-ik-kuḻi y-iru-nūṟṟiṉāl 𑿦 ¹⁄₈₀ ¹⁄₁₆₀ 𑿔 ¹⁄₁₆₀ ¼ y-i¡-n!⟨n-n⟩ilam kāṇi Arai-k-kāṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ kālum y-i¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta [4+] cāttaṉ peru-vē [3+]⟨12⟩tu Ivar Eḻunt-aruḷi [10+] mā-t- to[ṭ]ṭam-āka kuṭuttōm In-¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ilattu mēṉōkkiṉa maramum k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ nōkkiṉa kiṇaṟum maṟṟum Eppēṟpaṭṭa Urimaikaḷum A⟨13⟩ka-p-paṭa-k [10+] vut’ ākavum I¡-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilattukku [Oṭaiyilē] [5+] payiṟ-k-ko[ḷḷa-k kaṭa]vat’ ākavum 𑿦 kāṇi Arai-k-kāṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-k kālum cantirātitta-varaiyum y-ivar [5+] ⟨14⟩ y-iṟai-y-ili-yum [9+] cammatittu Icaivu-t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm mahā-cā[sta]ṉ peru-vēmp-uṭaiyār kōyil-p paṭimattāṟku Uṭaiyār tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyār tiru-k-kōyi [5+] ⟨15⟩ tōm - Ip-paṭi [10+] -k-kaṇakku kaṇpūr-uṭaiyāṉ c¡i!⟨ī⟩-māheśvara-p-piriyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai kōyil kaṇakku virāṇam-uṭaiyāṉ tiru-v-ēkampa-p-piriyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku I [5+] ⟨16⟩ kaṉmi poṟ-[kōyil-paṭṭaṉ E]ḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai kōyil-{k}-kaṇakku virāṇam-uṭaiyāṉ tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyān Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai virāṇam-uṭaiyāṉ paṉaittaḻumpaṉ E[ḻuttu] - [Ippa]⟨17⟩ṭikku Ivai ka [10+] Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai koyil-k-kaṇakku tiru-niṉṟavūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai tēvarkaṉmi muṭi-vaḻaṅku-cōḻa-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭi [4+] [tē]⟨18⟩varkaṉmi til[lai]- [8+] ṉ Eḻuttu - I[p-paṭikku I]v[ai] c¡i!⟨ī⟩-māheśvara-kaṇkāṇi kōyil-kaṇakku māmpāttaḻaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai śrī-kāri […] [unknown number of lost lines] ## Apparatus ⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī cakalapuvaṉaccakka] ⬦ [11+] VVA; […] UV. — ⟨1⟩ śrī[kōp]peruñ ⬦ śrī [2+] peruñ VVA; śrī[…]peruñ° UV. ⟨2⟩ [tiruttōṇi]puramuṭaiyār ⬦ [5+]puramuṭaiyār VVA; […]puramuṭaiyār UV. ⟨8⟩ [rājādhirājava]ḷa¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āṭṭu ⬦ UV; [8+]ḷaṉāṭṭu VVA. — ⟨8⟩ mākkā⟨9⟩[8+] ⬦ mākkā⟨9⟩[8+] VVA; mākkā⟨9⟩[…] UV. ⟨10⟩ peru[vēmpuṭaiyā]r ⬦ UV; peru [4+]r VVA. ⟨16⟩ poṟ[kōyilpaṭṭaṉ E]ḻuttu ⬦ UV; poṟ[.]e [9+] ḻuttu VVA. ⟨17⟩ [4+] [tē]⟨18⟩varkaṉmi ⬦ [5+]⟨18⟩varkaṉmi VVA; […]⟨18⟩varkaṉmi UV. ⟨18⟩ I[p-paṭikku I]v[ai] ⬦ I [7+] va VVA; I […] va UV. ## Translation ⟨1⟩ [Prosperity! Fortune!] ⟨1⟩ […] year of the glorious Kōpperuñciṅkaṉ, emperor of all worlds, in the month of […], in the first fortnight, first day, on the day of pūcam[1], which coincides with a Saturday. ⟨1–3⟩ This is the manner in which … has given a deed of agreement (icaivu-tīṭṭu) … ⟨3–12⟩ We have given as great garden … ⟨12–13⟩ Let there be that […] in this land, the trees …, the wells … ⟨13⟩ Let there be that there is obligation to obtain crop … ⟨13–14⟩ We have given a deed of agreement (icaivu-tīṭṭu) … as long as the moon and the sun … ⟨14–15⟩ [We have given] … [in] the glorious temple ⟨of⟩ the Lord, the Lord of Tiruttōṇipuram, for the paṭimattār[2] of the temple of Mahāśāsta, the lord of Peruvēmpu. ⟨15–18⟩ [list of signatories] ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/391). Edited, with summary, in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.253). Re-edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 12), based on Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943. This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2024). Curated by Emmanuel Francis. Translation (2024) by Emmanuel Francis. ### Primary [VVA] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 157–158, item 253. [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 272–275, item 12. ### 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 391. Mahalingam, T. V. 1992. A topographical list of inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. Volume Seven: Thanjavur district. New Delhi: ICHR. Page 552, item Tj. 2425. [1] That is, the nakṣatra puṣya. [2] See MTL, s.v. paṭimattōṉ: "Temple-priest divinely inspired and possessed of oracular powers".