# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Kulottuṅga, year 3

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00025

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00025.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⟩ * tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakkrava[tti](ka)ḷ [śrī]-(ku)lōttuṅka-coḻa-tēvaṟkku
yāṇṭu 3-vatu siṅha-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu navamiyum ⟨2⟩
tiṅkaṭ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa p[ur]āṭa[t]tu nāḷ

Irājātirāja-vaḷanāṭṭu tiru-kaḻumala-nāṭṭu brahmadeyam tiru-k-kaḻumalattu
sapaikku-c camainta ⟨3⟩ peruṅ-kuṟi-p peru-makkaḷil (parattu)vāci-tēvaṉ
kumāra¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um māṭalaṉ civa-tēvaṉ tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyāṉum
pālāśrī⟨4⟩yaṉ tēvaṉ vaṭukaṉum [pira]ḷaiya-viṭaṅkaṉ cītaraṉum vācciyaṉ
nātaṉ kumāra¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um vācciyaṉ [nā]taṉ tiru-t-toṇipuram-uṭaiyā⟨5⟩ṉum
vācciyaṉ civa-tēvaṉ ci[2+]vaṉum pārattuvāci kātil veṇkuḻaiyaṉ
tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-u(ṭ)ai(y)āṉum vācciyaṉ cātta-kumaraṉ ⟨6⟩ […] [ṭaiyāṉ
civatēvaṉum uḷḷiṭṭa peruṅ] […]⟨7⟩m Āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyāṟkku-t
tiru-p-pāṟ-pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩akam amutu ceyt-aruḷa naṟ{ṭ}puṉaikāvāṉ
U¿n=t?⟨tt⟩a[ma]-cōḻa-nallūril Ūrkkiḻ iṟai-y-i⟨8⟩[.]i santirātittaval
cella v-iṭṭa 𑿦 2 ¹⁄₈₀ in-[nila]m i¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-𑿦 I⟨ra⟩ṇṭu mā[vum kai-k]-koṇṭu
Iḻavupaṭṭa [4+] In-nilattukku talai-māṟu Āḷu⟨9⟩ṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār
tēvarkaṉmika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku viṟṟu-k ku[ṭut]ta nila-vilai-y-āvaṇam

[Eṅka]ḷukku sapai-p potu-[v-āy-k kiṭa]¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta naṟpuṉaikāvāṉ
Uttama-cōḻa⟨10⟩-[nallūril] [ca]ṇṭēcura-vatikku kiḻakku [6+]-vatikku
teṟkku teṟ [19+] In-nilam Iraṇṭu [3+] māvum
tiru-p-pāṟ-pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩aka⟨11⟩-puṟam-āka santirātitta-varai

## Apparatus

⟨line⟩ Uttama-cōḻa⟨10⟩[nallūril] ⬦ Uttama-cōḻa⟨10⟩[5+] UV.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/380).

Edited and translated in French in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 25), based on
autopsy and photos (G. Ravindran, EFEO, 2005).

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 294–296, item 25.

### 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 33, appendix B/1918,
item 380.