# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, no king, no year

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00033

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00033.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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## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

brahmatēcan tiru-k-kaḻumalattu-t tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇikku pramāṇa-p paṭi

taṭi Uḷvarikku-k kalveṭṭu viḷai nilam (brā)[hmāṇa-p-pa]ṟṟu
talai-c-caṅkāṭṭu-vatikku kiḻakku-t tillai-viṭaṅka-vāykkālukku-t teṟku 1
<kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 * Itil tiṭarum kulai(yu)m 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 * 2
<kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 * Iv-vatikku kiḻakku jananāya-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku-t
teṟku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 * Iṅkē 𑿦 * […] [cutta-mali-va]tikku
mēṟku tillai-viṭaṅka-vāykkālukku-t teṟku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu 𑿦 *
Iv-vatikku mēṟku jananāya-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālu[kku-t teṟku 1] <kaṇṇāṟu> 2
catirattu 𑿦 * Itil kuḷamum kulaiyum 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 *
Eṭuttapāta-vatikku mēṟku rājendra-cōḻa-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku teṟku 1
<kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 * Itaṉ kiḻakku 𑿦 * 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 *
niṉṟāṉa-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1[…] * Itil tiṭar 𑿦 * _ n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 *
cutta-mali-vatikku kiḻakku niṉṟāṉ-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1
catirattu 𑿦 * 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2-n tuṇṭattu 𑿦 * […] āṟpāvaiyil parivattitta
[…] ḻaṉ paṟṟil poṉṉampala-nampikku veḷḷāṉ paṟṟil parivattitta 𑿦 * āka
𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 * veḷḷāṉ paṟṟu talai-caṅkāṭṭu-vatikku kiḻakku
jananāya-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku teṟku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu 𑿦 * 3 <kaṇṇāṟu>
2 catirattu 𑿦 * Eṭuttapāta-vatikku mēṟku rājendra-cōḻa-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku
teṟku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> mutaṟ (tuṇṭat)tu 𑿦 * Itil kuḷa 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 *
niṉṟān-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu 𑿦 * 3 tuṇṭattu
𑿦 * Itil tiṭar 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 * kaṭṭaḷai Eṭuttapāta-vatikku mēṟku ⟨2⟩
ninṟān-vāykkālukku vaṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu 𑿦 * Itil kulamum
kulaiyum 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 * Iṅkē 𑿦 * Iṅkē 𑿦 * Itil kuḷamum tiṭarum 𑿦 *
n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 * Iv-vatikku mēṟku tillai-yāḷi-vāyk[kālukku] vaṭakku 1
<kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 * Eṅkaṭṭaḷai cutta-mali-vatikku kiḻakku
ninṟān-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩āluk[ku va]ṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 tuṇṭattu 𑿦 […]
[tillaiyāḷi]-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu 𑿦 * Itil
tiṭar 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 * Iṅkē 𑿦 * Itil puṉ-cey 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki 𑿦 * 2
tuṇṭattu 𑿦 * [ka]ṭṭaḷai cutta-mali-vatikku mēṟku
rājendra-cōḻa-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku teṟku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu
vācciya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ araiya-tēva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pukali-viṭaṅka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ uḷḷiṭṭār pakkal
koṇṭa […] Itil āḷuṭai_ya-piḷḷaiyār tiru-nāmattu n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkal-āka
n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a 𑿦 * n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki teṟk’ aṭaiya puñ-ce 𑿦 * Itil in-nāyanār
tēva-tāṉam viḷai-[nilam] n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-cey 𑿦 *
tillai-viṭaṅka-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku teṟku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu vatakk’
aṭaiya kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-p 𑿕 iramamārāyar pakkal vilai koṇṭa puṉ-cey 𑿦 * 3
catirattu vaṭakk’ aṭaiya cāvāntiyārkaḷ uḷḷiṭṭār pa(kkal) vilai koṇṭa
puṉ-cey 𑿦 […] 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-cey 𑿦 * 2-n tuṇṭattu
cāvānti-Uyya-niṉṟāṭuvāṉ puṉ-cey 𑿦 * jenanā[ya-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālu]kku teṟku 1
<kaṇṇāṟu> 1 tuṇṭattu caṇṭēśvara-nampi Uḷḷiṭṭār pakkal koṇṭa puṉ-cey 𑿦 *
2-n tuṇṭattu kāṭeṟṟu-k kollai 𑿦 * Eṭuttapāta-vatikku mēṟku
tillai-viṭaṅka-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku teṟku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 tuṇṭattu 𑿦 *
kaṭṭaḷai Eṭuttapāta-vati⟨3⟩kku mēṟku rājendra-cōḻa-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku
teṟku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu teṟk’ aṭainta […] kiḻakk’ aṭaiya 𑿦 * Iṅku
viṭṭu vaṭa-mēṟk’ aṭaiya gaṇanāyaṉ tiruvagniśvaram-uṭaiyāṉ pakkal vilai
koṇṭa 𑿦 * Iṅkē kolamākiniṉṟāṉ uḷḷiṭṭār pakkal vilai koṇṭa 𑿦 * Āka 𑿦 *
Iṅkē vaṭakk’ aṭainta 𑿦 * pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-cey 𑿦 * Iv-vatikku mēṟku
Iv-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu teṟk’ a[ṭ]ai[ya] 𑿦
*-vil kuṇṭilaṉ tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyāṉ 𑿦 * Ulōka-cūḷāmaṇi-vatikku
mēṟku niṉṟāṉ-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2-n tuṇṭattu puṉ-cey
𑿦 * kaṭṭaḷai Eṭuttapāta-vatikku mēṟku niṉṟāṉ-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1
<kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu puṉ-cey 𑿦 * 3-n tuṇṭattu puṉ-cey 𑿦 *
cutta-mali-vatikku mēṟku rājendra-cōḻa-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1
<kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu tillai-k-kūttāṇṭār pakkal vilai koṇṭa 𑿦 *
Ēkaṭṭaḷai cutta-mali-vatikku [kiḻakku][…]ttu puṉ-cey 𑿦 * _

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/382).

Edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 33), 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 320–322, item 33.

### 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 382.