# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, fragment, time of Rājarāja, year 2

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00038

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00038.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Fragment on an stray stone slab. The inscription was engraved on at
least two stone slabs, of which the present one is the first.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩ svasti śrī

tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttika⟨ḷ⟩ śrī-Irāja⟨Block 2⟩[…]⟨2⟩⟨Block 1⟩ku
yāṇṭu 2

Irājādhirāja-vaḷanāṭṭu tiru-k-kaḻumala⟨Block 2⟩[…] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩
brahmadeśam tiru-k-kaḻumalattu-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-piṭākai Anupa⟨Block 2⟩[…] ⟨4⟩
⟨Block 1⟩ […] r uṭaiyār rājarājeśvaram-uṭaiya ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āyanār tē⟨Block
2⟩[…] ⟨5⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩ kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 3 10 5 pariṉa⟨Block
2⟩[…] ⟨6⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩ cimpiyatta-rayanum civālaiya-tēvar
piḷḷai-karai⟨Block 2⟩[…]⟨7⟩⟨Block 1⟩lukku Uḷ irukkum nalluḻāṉ pirā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
āṇṭār[k]ku kai⟨Block 2⟩[…]⟨8⟩⟨Block 1⟩ṟ piḷḷaikaḷal kuḷakk-uṭaiyāṉ
ampalavaṉ uḷḷi⟨Block 2⟩[…]⟨9⟩⟨Block 1⟩k-uṭaiyāṉ kōva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um pāṭu Āṇṭār
akara-tēvar ko⟨Block 2⟩[…]⟨10⟩⟨Block 1⟩ṭuvaṉtu maturai
civa-tavanavāsi-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ uḷḷiṭ⟨Block 2⟩[…]⟨11⟩⟨Block 1⟩lai māṭilaṉ
tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyāṉ civa-⟨Block 2⟩[…]⟨12⟩⟨Block 1⟩r mutukaṇ paṭṭu
piramāṇa-p paṭi talai-c-caṅkāṭṭu ⟨Block 2⟩ […]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/368).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 38), 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 335–338, item 38.

### 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 368.