# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, Śaka year 1313

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00016

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00016.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:41 (9ff78b7), last modified 2026-10-08 12:15
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## Summary

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

cakāptam āyirattu mu-ṉ-ṉūṟṟu Oru-pattu muṉṟil mē[l cellā niṉṟa
prajāpa]ti-varuṣam makara-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-¿bh?⟨p⟩akṣattu tritikaiyum
veḷḷi-k-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa [cat]aiyattu [nāḷ]

[…] tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyārum nāyaṉār āḷuṭaiya-[piḷ]ḷai-y-āna […] ruḷiṉa paṭi
[…] āti-caṇṭēśvaraṉ aruḷāl tiru-mañcaṉa […] tayār […] ttu […] tti […]
⟨2⟩ tiru-ñāṉa-campantaṉ tiru-maṭam-āka vaṭakkil maṭam-āka naṭakka
kuṭutta vaṭa-karai Irācātirāca-vaḷanāṭṭu tiru-k-kaḻumala-nāṭṭu
tiru-k-kaḻumalattu caṉṉatikku teṟku […] ru-vitikku mēṟkkum vaṭakkum
civa-kāma-cuntari-p-peru […] [ḻu]ṅ[kai]kku ka […]

[…] nāṉk’ ellaikku Uḷppaṭṭa maṉai kōl patiṉālum maṭamum maṭappu […] -k
kaṭaiyum ākavum

i […] maṭattu⟨3⟩kku maṭa-p-puṟam-āka kuṭutta kiḻakku vaṭa-kāl
umāpati-nallūril kuṭutta nilam nāṟ-pa[tu m]āvum inta maṭamum tamakku
paramparam-āka tanta Aḷavukku nammu […] ḷavum āti-caṇṭēcuraṉ aruḷāl
tiru-t-tōṇipura-p-piriyaṉ maṭattu ⟨4⟩ vaḷattu vāḻvittāṟku pū-tāṉam
ākavum

umāpati-nallūril v-iṭṭa 𑿦 8 ¹⁄₈₀ 𑿦lam eṭṭu māvukkum

ivai tiru-t-tōṇipura-p-piriyaṉ eḻuttu

Inta nilam 4 10 8 māvum nāyaṉā […] piḷḷaiyārkku tiru-mañcaṉattukku
cā[ttu]-p paṭikku […] ḷavum cella[miḷa] […] kuṭuttamaikku Ivai
[tiru]-mañ[caṉam a]ḻakiyāṉ eḻuttu ௳

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ On the day of Cataiyam[1], which coincides with ...

⟨1–2⟩ ...

⟨2⟩ There should be ... included within [these] four boundaries ...

⟨2–4⟩ There should be ... by the grace of Āticaṇṭēcuraṉ[2] ...

⟨4⟩ ...

⟨4⟩ These are the signature of Tiruttōṇipurappiriyaṉ.

⟨4⟩ For the donation (kuṭattamaikku) of ... these are the signature of
Tirumañcaṉam Aḻakiyāṉ.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/370).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 16), based on ASI
transcript (consulted in Mysore).

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

### Primary

Veluppillai, Uthaya. 2013. “Cikāḻi : hymnes, héros, histoire.
Rayonnement d’un lieu saint shivaïte au Pays Tamoul.” These de doctorat,
Paris 3. Paris. [URL]. Pages 280–281, item 16.

### 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 32, appendix B/1918,
item 370.

[1] Sanskrit Śatábhiṣaj.

[2] Sanskrit Ādicaṇḍeśvara.