# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Viruppaṇa, Śaka year 1315

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00017

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00017.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

śrīmaṉ-mahā-maṇṭal¡i!⟨ī⟩śvaran
pūrva-dakṣiṇa-Uttara-samuttirātipati-śrī-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-harihara-rāyaṉ
kumaraṉ śrī-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-viruppaṇa-Uṭaiyāṟku pr̥thivi-rājyam cellā niṉṟa
śakāptam 1000 3 100 10 5 ṉ mēl śrī-mukhavarṣam
mārggaśira-śuddha-pancamiyum śu […] kā⟨r⟩ttikai-mātam 2 10 5 […]

[…] cōḻa-maṇṭalattu kāvēri[kkum] koḷḷiṭattukkum naṭu-p-paṭṭa paṟṟu
rājādhirāca-vaḷanāṭṭu kiḻakku vaṭa-kālaṉu […] -t tillai-viṭaṅka-nallūr
aṭaippiṉ paṭi ⟨2⟩ 𑿦 6 10 𑿣kku 𑿦 2 100 4 10 ¹⁄₈₀

- nāyaṉār āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyāṟku 𑿦 10 𑿣kku 𑿦 4 10 ¹⁄₈₀

- bhāradvāj¿i?⟨a⟩-gotrattu Apastambha-sūtrattu kamukai Aruṇagiri-śivaṟku
  Ivv-ūr nattam uṭpaṭa maṭa-p-puṟam 𑿦 2 10 𑿣kku 𑿦 8 10 ¹⁄₈₀

- Inta gotrattu Inta sutrattu rāmanā¡dh!⟨th⟩a-bhaṭṭaṟku
  bhū-¡d!⟨t⟩āna-taṇṭ’ i […]

- […] ṇiśraṟku 𑿦 5 𑿣kku 𑿦 2 10 ¹⁄₈₀

- c¡i!⟨ī⟩kāḻi-tiru-neṟi-māḷikai-maṭattu mutaliyāṟku maṭa-p-puṟam 𑿦 2 10
  ¹⁄₈₀

- pūja-kālaśvāmi tiru-ñāna-campanta-paṇṭitaṟku pūtāṉa-taṇṭ’
  iṟaiyil⟨3⟩kku 𑿦 2 10 ¹⁄₈₀

- tēvakaṉmi kāśyapaṉ kāḻi-kaṟpaka-paṭṭaṟku pūtāṉa-taṇṭ’ iṟaiyilikku 𑿦 2
  10 ¹⁄₈₀

Āka 𑿦 6 10 𑿣 maṉul 𑿦 2 100 4 10 ¹⁄₈₀

I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam iru-nūṟṟu nāṟ-patu māvum sarva-dāṉyam-āka
candrāditya-varaiyum naṭatti-k koḷḷa Itukku virōtañ-ceytāruṇ […]
cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷa Ip-paṭikku
dharmma-cātaṉa-p-paṭṭaiya-kuṭuttamaikku

[1 possibly lost line]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śu[…] ⬦ UV • The lacuna can be restored as śukla-pakṣattu or a
variant of it.

⟨2⟩ bhū-¡d!⟨t⟩āna-taṇṭ’ i[…] ⬦ UV • The lacuna can be restored as
bhū-¡d!⟨t⟩āna-taṇṭ’ iṟaiyilikku 𑿦 4 10 ¹⁄₈₀. There are indeed 40 mās
missing to make the total of 240 mās.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1⟩ [Date/Day] 25, of the month of Kārttikai, [bright fortnight], ...
when the glorious ... the glorious heroic Lord Viruppaṇa[1] was
currently ruling the earth.

⟨1–3⟩ So that there be (āka) ... a land of 240 mās, ⟨as follows⟩:

- a land of 40 mās ...,

- a land of 80 mās ...,

- [a land of 40 mās] ...,

- a land of 20 mās ...,

- a land of 20 mās ...,

- a land of 20 mās ...,

- a land of 20 mās ...,

⟨there is⟩ a land of 240 mās.

⟨3⟩ This land of two hundred fourty (240) mās, ... for the donation ...
[…][2]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/373).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 17), based on ASI
transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2024). 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 282–283, item 17.

### 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 373.

[1] Sanskrit Virūpākṣa.

[2] We miss apparently the signatories. It is not clear if the record is
lacunose or incomplete.