# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, Jovian year Siddhārtin

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00019

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00019.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:41 (9ff78b7), last modified 2026-10-08 12:15
(c2c6e85)

## Summary

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## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu svasti śrī

sittārddhi-varuṣam tulā-nāyaṟṟu Apara-¿bh?⟨p⟩akṣattu viyāḻa-k-[…] naḷ

tiru-k-kaḻumalam uḷḷūr paṟṟaṭai Eṅkaḷ [kāṇi]-Āṭciyil paṟṟaṭai
kuṭi-makkaḷ pērāl uḷḷa mutalukku Eṅkaḷ pērāl kōyil kāvamu[ṟ]i-k
koḷḷukiṟa In-nāyaṉār periya-nāyaṉārkku paṭi […] nāyanār āḷuṭai […] kkāl
uḷḷa mutal kuṭutta Aḷavukku paṟṟaṭai-k kuṭi-makkaḷ […] taravu Eḻuti-k
koḷḷa tiru-k-kaḻumalam uḷḷūril tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki Eṅkaḷ
kāṇi-y-āṉa nilattil ⟨2⟩ kuṭi n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkāta tēva-tāṉam-āka cerkka 𑿦 100 10
¹⁄₈₀ itil tiru-k-kuḷa-nāyaṉmār eṟ […] 10 ¹⁄₈₀ n¡i!⟨ī⟩kka 𑿦 100-m
koṭaṅ-kuṭiyil tirunā-mattu-k-kāṇi n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki Eṅkaḷ kāṇi-y-āṉa nilam
mu-p-patu mu-p-patu mā Āka nilam nūṟṟu mu-p-patu […]l
kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-brahmarāyarkku kaṇṭu Ilakkaikku v-iṭṭa 𑿦 2 10 ¹⁄₈₀ kki 𑿦
[1*] yirkku tiru […] ṭṭukku koḷḷu mariyātiyil māttāl iru-kala-nellum […]
ṭa […] ya-k koḷḷa Inta nilam uḻanta mēlum Eṅkaḷ kāṇiyil kuṭi
n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkā-t tēva-tāṉam-āka māka certtu-k koḷḷum ⟨3⟩ nilattukkum
Im-mariyāti koḷiṉ uṭaiyār tiru-t-tōṇi-pura […] āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār
kōyilukkum mutalum eḻut-itaravukkum eḻuttu Iṭṭu-p pota Ip-paṭikku
cantirātitta […] yum naṭakka Itukku virōtañ-coṉṉāruṇṭātil nāyaṉāṟ
āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār tiruvā […] tu veṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

- ivai māṭalaṉ kali_kaṭinta-cōḻabrahmārāyaṉ […]

- […] māṭalaṉ kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-brahmārāvaṉ eḻuttu

- Ivai māṭalaṉ cempiyaṉ brahmārāyaṉ eḻuttu

- Ivai māṭalaṉ kaṉaka-sabhā-pati-bhaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu

- Ivai bhradvāji [1*] karikāla-cōḻa-brahma […]

- […] nati-yāka-viṉōta-brahmārāyar […]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Glorious! Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ On the day of […] [which coincides with] ..., month of Tulā, year
Siddhārtin.

⟨1–3⟩ ... We have given ...

⟨3⟩

- These are the signature of ...,

- these are the signature of ...,

- these are the signature of ....

- these are the signature of ....

- these are the signature of ....

- these are the signature of ....

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/372).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 19), 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 285–286, item 19.

### 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 372.