# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Vēṅkaṭa Deva Rāya, Śaka year 1520

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00023

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00023.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⟩ […] mahā-maṇḍalēcuran· hariharar=āya-vipāṭaN pāṣaikku-t
tappu-v-arāya⟨r⟩ kaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaṇṭan· kaṇṭaṉāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āṭu
koṭātān· pūṟuva-tekṣiṇa-paccima-Uttira-catu-samu[…] ti
śrī-vēṅkaṭa-devasyarāyar piritivi⟨2⟩-[…]llā niṉṟa cakāptam 1000 5 100 2
10 cellā niṉṟa viḷumbi-saṅvaṟsarattu siṅha-nāyaṟṟu pūruva-pakṣattu
saptamiyum soma-vāramum peṟṟa Anurātā-nakṣatrattu nāḷ

[…] miyāṟ Āpaduddhāraṇaṟku ⟨3⟩ […] tiru-p-paṇi vēlaikkārarkku svāmiyār
āpatuddhāraṇa-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-prasāti-y-āna
rāca-riṣi-viṭṭalēśvara-c-cōḻa-kōṉār dhammam-āka svāmiyār āpadu[…]ṟku
mahā-bhiṣekam naṭṭa-k kave ⟨4⟩ […] ṭuṣaka-t tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i gomiya
Apiṭa-snapanam paṇṇina paṭiyālē bhutāṉattukku ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āyaṉār
tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiya ṉāyaṉār tiru-ṉāmattu-k-kāṇi-y-āna ci […]
nāyaṉār kōyil (-k/ka)⟨5⟩[…] ⟨6⟩ candrārkkam-āka candrādititta-varaiyum
sarva-māṉiyam-āka putra-pautra-paramparai-y-āka Aṉupavittu koḷḷa-k
kaṭavar ākavum

Inta pratiṣṭaikku Āka pirama-p-pura-nāyaka […]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ āpadu[ddhāraṇa]ṟku ⬦ āpadu[…]ṟku UV.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/398).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 23), with the help of Dr.
G. Vijayavenugopal (EFEO, Pondicherry) and Prof. Y. Subbarayalu (IFP,
Pondicherry), based on autopsy, photos (G. Ravindran, EFEO, 2005), and
ASI transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2024). Curated 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 291–292, item 23.

### 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 398.