# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, king’s name lost, year 3

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00036

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00036.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:41 (9ff78b7), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(9417b16)

## Summary

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## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] [yā]ṇṭu mu⟨ṉ⟩ṟ-āvatu kumbha-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu saptamiyum
tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Anilattu nāḷ

uṭaiyār tiru-c-ci[ram]palam-uṭaiyār tēva-tāṉam rājarāja-vaḷanāṭṭu-t
tiru-k-kaḻumala-nāṭṭu Akara […]⟨2⟩narmu-k kirāma-kāriyañ ceykiṟa
kūṭṭa-peru-makkaḷ kaṇṭu tiru-k-kaḻumalattu Āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār tiru- […]
tarāma […] ṇṇa Ūrākayālē Ivv-ūrilē tiru-vicai kaṟpikkum āciriyarkaḷukkum
pa […] ⟨3⟩ […] mur taṉ-accai pirakarattu-k kaṭampantai Ānavi-vatikku
kiḻakku civa-pāta-cēkara-vā⟨y⟩kkālukku vaṭakku 5 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu
tilu(m) 6 <kaṇṇāṟu> ⟨4⟩ […] kāṇi muntirikaiyum natta-maṉai Iraṇṭiṉāl
nilam muntirikai k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ araiyum āka nilam iraṇṭu mā mu-k-kāṇi
Arai-k-kāṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩[ḻ] […] yila vari-mik¡i!⟨u⟩ti Iva⟨r⟩kaḷukku
jivaṉattukku potukut’ illai Eṉṟum in-nilam iṟai-y-ili⟨5⟩r vantu
collukaiyālē In-nilam iraṇṭu mā mu-k-kāṇi Arai-k-kāṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ
araiyiṉul tara-p-paṭi maṭakku nilam arai-k-kā[ṇi] […] [mu]ntirikai
k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ mu-k-kālē Arai-k-kāṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ oru māvukku Oṭṭu-p paṭi nellu
nāṟpat⟨6⟩[…] cantirātitta-varaiyum iṟai-y-ili-y-āka […] nilam iraṇṭu mā
mu[k-kā]ṇi Arai-k-kāṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ arai […] maṭakku nilam arai-k-kāṇi
muntirikai-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ mu-k-kālē Arai-k-kā ⟨7⟩ […] nellu na […] ṉpa […] l
kūṭa […] in-nilattāl uṇṭ-āṉa Antarāyum kuṭimaiyum […]
cantirātitta⟨8⟩-[varaiyum] […] ṉiyōkam eḻuti-k kuṭukka

Ip-paṇiyāl […] māheśvara-p-piyaṉ eḻuttu ௳

Irāyūr co¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉavār aṟivāṉ bhaṭṭasya Ip-paṭikku I[vai] ⟨9⟩ […]
Ip-paṭikku tirunaṭṭamāṭiṭayān bhaṭṭasya Ip-paṭikku Ivai
Ulōkaṭaiyān-bhaṭṭasya Ip-paṭikku Ivai kurava […] ⟨10⟩ […] Ivai satā-civa
[…] [Ip]-paṭikku Ivai ti(ru)-naṭ[…]-bhaṭṭasya Āḷ-uṭaiyān-bhaṭṭasya
caṅkara-bhaṭṭasya civa-lōka-[…]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/387).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 36), based on 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 332–334, item 36.

### 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 387.