# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Rājarāja, year 12 Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00030 Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00030.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-10-19 18:41 (9ff78b7), last modified 2026-10-08 12:15 (c2c6e85) ## Summary ... ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ (ti)ri-puva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-c-cakkarava⟨r⟩tti[ka]ḷ śrī-rājarāja-devaṟku yāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇṭ-āvatu meṣa-¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣat⟨2⟩[tu] tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum [U]ttirāṭamum peṟṟa Aṉṟu rājādh¿a?⟨i⟩rāja-vaḷa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āṭṭu-t tiru-k-kaḻumala-[¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ā](ṭ)ṭu v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-cōḻa⟨3⟩[¡n!⟨ṉ⟩al]lūr parikkirakattu - [mu]tal aṭaippu cuvāmi san=toṣa-p-pallava-rayaṉum - parākrama-cōḻa-p-pa[lla]va-rayaṉum - ⟨4⟩ c[e]mpiyaṉ pallava-rayaṉum - cempiyaṉ viḻuppa-rayaṉum - kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-p-palla-[va]rayaṉum - ta⟨5⟩[4+]-[pallavarayaṉum] - [Atikāra-ṉāyaka-p]-pallava-r¡ai!⟨a⟩yaṉum - kaṅkai-koṇṭa-cōḻa-p-pallava-rayaṉu⟨6⟩m - Irācaṉārācaṇa-p-pallava-rayaṉum - māṉa […]⟨7⟩-cōḻa-kōṉ pallava-rayaṉum - Irājarāja-p-pallava-rayaṉum - malaiya-rāyaṉum - Ālāla-cuntara-p-pallava-raya⟨8⟩ṉum - c¡i!⟨ī⟩kāḻi-p-pallava-rayaṉum - vikkirama-cōḻa-p-pallava-rayaṉum - kaṭampa-rāyaṉum - caṇpaya-rāyaṉum - kaṅkamāṉu⟨9⟩m - vilaṅkāmoḻi-p-pallava-rayaṉum - vānavaṉ pallava-rayaṉum - cutta-mali-viḻuppa-rayaṉum - kolla⟨10⟩ttaraiyaṉum Uḷḷiṭṭa parikkirakattōm In-nāṭṭu tiru-k-kaḻumalattu Āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār kōyili⟨11⟩l eḻunt-aruḷi-y-irukkum maṅ⟨ka⟩yaṟkaraici-ṉācciyāṟku (Amu)tu c¡e!⟨ey⟩t-aruḷukaikku tiru-maṭai-p-paḷḷi-p-puṟam-āka ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āṅkaḷ ⟨12⟩ viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilam āvatu I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu brahmadeyam tiru-k-kaḻumalattu v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra(-cōḻa)-[nallūr] [8+] Eṅka⟨13⟩[ḷ nilattu cutta-mali-vatikku mēṟku Irācēntira-cōḻa-vāykkālukku-t teṟku Iraṇṭā⟨14⟩ṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattu Āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār tiru-na¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta-vaṉattukku mēṟku] […] ⟨15⟩ [3+] ta-vatikku-k kiḻakku pārattu[vā]ci tivākaraṉ [1+] śva kollai-vatikku-t teṟku pārattu[vāci] [3+] vatti śva⟨16⟩[2+]-y-āṉa kollai ṉilattukku va […] [nā]ṉk’ ellaiyuḷ ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩aṭuvu-paṭṭa kollai 𑿦 ½ 2 ¹⁄₂₀ ³⁄₈₀ ⟨17⟩ I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam Araiyē Iraṇṭu mā mu-k-kāṇiyum mikuti-k kuṟaivu Uḷḷ-aṭaṅka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttu-k koḻ⟨18⟩vat-āṉa Emmil icai¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta vilai-p-poruḷ Aṉṟ-āṭu ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩aṟ-kācu 6 10 4 Ik-kācu Aṟupattu ṉālum I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam kācu ⟨19⟩ koḷḷā Iṟāi-y-ili-y-āka Iṟai-y-iḻicci-k koṇṭa kācu 8 10 6 Āka-k kācu 100 5 10 Ik-kācu nūṟṟ’ aimpatu⟨20⟩m [ā]vaṇakacentiye kāṭa[3+]kkaccila vaṟa-k koṇṭu viṟṟu vilai-y-āvaṇam cai [2+] Ittōm ma ⟨21⟩ ṅkayaṟkaraci-ṉācciyāṟku v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-cōḻa- […] tōm I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilattu mēn⟨22⟩-ṉōkkiṉa maramum k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-ṉōkkina kiṇaṟum maṉaiyum maṉai-p-paṭappaiyum Uḷpaṭa I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam āraiyē ⟨23⟩ Iraṇtu mā mu-k-kāṇiyum kācu koḷḷā Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttu Ik-kācu ṉūṟṟ’ aimpatum ko⟨24⟩ṇṭu I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam cempilum kallilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷa-k kaṭavat-āka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttom vīra-cōḻa-ṉa⟨25⟩llūr parikkirakattōm Ivarkaḷ colla Ip-piṟamāṇam Eḻutiṉāṉ kaḻumalam-uṭaiyāṉ tiru-k-kolakkā⟨26⟩v-uṭaiyāṉ piraḷaiya-viṭaṅkan Eḻuttu parikkirakattāril Eḻutt-iṭṭār - cempiyaṉ pallavaraiyaṉ - cempiyaṉ ⟨27⟩ viḻupparaiyaṉ - kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - tēvarkaḷ [ṉāya]kaṉ pukali-¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āṭṭu veḷāṉ - iraḷaiya⟨28⟩-viṭaṅka-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - poṟ-kōyiṟ-cōḻa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - [2+]ticaivāraṇa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - I ⟨29⟩ rācaṉārācaṇa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - Irājādharāja-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - tiru-ṉāṉa-campanta-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - cu⟨30⟩vāmi-santoṣa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - Atikāra-nāyaka-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - kaṅkai-koṇṭa-cōḻa⟨31⟩-pallavaraiyaṉ - kaṅkaimāṉ - Atikaimāṉ - […] vaḻupparaiyaṉ - cutta-mali-viḻuppa⟨32⟩raiyaṉ - kaṭakāvāṇa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - (vikkirama-cōḻa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ) - (Aḻayāḷuṭaiyā) ⟨33⟩ ṉ tiruvāṟ-uṭaiyaṉ piḷḷai-vēḷāṉ ↝ ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/375). Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 30), 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 Veluppillai, Uthaya. 2013. “Cikāḻi : hymnes, héros, histoire. Rayonnement d’un lieu saint shivaïte au Pays Tamoul.” These de doctorat, Paris 3. Paris. [URL]. Pages 312–316, item 30. ### 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 375.