# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, Jovian year Vr̥ṣa

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00022

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00022.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ vikkirama-varuṣattiṟku-c cellum viṣu-௵m cittirai-௴ 1 l […] mutali
nāḷ

māyēcurar mutaliyār tāṉattārum […] [caṇ]⟨2⟩ṭēcura-p-peṟu-vilai-y-āka
koṭal vacavaṇa-nāyakkar makaṉ irāmappa-nāyakkar kuṭutta kāṇiyāṭci-p
paṭṭayam

tevum tiruvum-uṭai […] ⟨3⟩ paṇi-p peṇṭaṭṭi pakavāṉ maṇaikku teṟku
kaṇṇārkuḻali maṉaikku vaṭakku cetirā-p-piccaṉ maṉaikku […] maṉai […] ⟨4⟩
vilai-y-āka niṉṟaiyam paṇṇiṉa 𑿦 kr̥ṣṇa-rāyaṉ cantiyil amutu ceykiṟa
Amutil kāṇi-y-āṭci-k-kārar aṭaippu piṟacāta⟨5⟩-Amutu * Appam 1 vaṭai 1
Aṭaikkā-y-amutu 1 Ilaiyamutu 2 Āka Inta vakai vilai-y-āka niṉṟayam
paṇṇiṉa ⟨6⟩ Appam oṉṟum vaṭai Oṉṟum aṭaikkā-y-amu[tu] Ilai-y-amutu
Iraṇṭum aramakku vilaikkuṟaviṟ […] ⟨7⟩ koḷḷavum inta […] yum amutu
paṇiyāramum aṭakkāy-ilai-y-amutum cantirātitta-varaiyum aṉupavip ⟨8⟩ […]

⟨9⟩ Ivai […] kūttamutali Eḻuttu

Inta niṉṟayattil cantirātitta-varaiyum aṉupavittu-k koḷḷavum

inta ni⟨10⟩[…]

[i]vai kali-kaṭinta-cōḻa-brahmārāyaṉ eḻuttu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ […] [caṇ]⟨2⟩ṭēcura ⬦ […]⟨2⟩ṭēcura UV.

⟨6⟩ aṭaikkā-y-amu[tu] ⬦ aṭaikkā-y-amu […] UV.

⟨10⟩ […] [i]vai ⬦ […] vai UV.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ In the year Vr̥ṣa (viṣu), current (cellum) in the Vikrama era
(varuṣattil), month of Cittirai, ⟨day⟩ 1 […]

⟨1–2⟩ The document (paṭṭayam) that ... gave ...

⟨2–8⟩ ...

⟨9⟩ This is the signature of […]kūttamutali.

⟨9⟩ Let them enjoy ⟨this⟩ as long as the moon and the sun according
to[1] this decision.

⟨9–10⟩ […] this la[nd] […]

⟨10⟩ This is the signature of Kalikakaṭintacōḻābrahmārāyaṉ.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/399).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 22).

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 290–291, item 22.

### 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 34, appendix B/1918,
item 399.

[1] Literally: "in".