# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, fragment, no king, no year

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00039

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00039.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Fragment on an stray stone slab. The inscription was engraved on at
least two stone slabs.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] yanāṟku I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu tiruvāli-y-āṉa mu-muṭi-cōḻa […] ⟨2⟩ […]
cempaṅ-kuṭi kuḷa-k-kuṭi-y-āna kulōttuṅka-cōḻa […] ⟨3⟩ […] Iṟuttu
varukiṟa nilattukku Ivv-ūril tām peṟā […] ⟨4⟩ […] tu varukiṟa nilattilē
mutal koṇṭu I […] ⟨5⟩ […] tirunāmattu-k-kāṇiyum-āka Ūravar pūjaikkum
tiru […] ⟨6⟩ […] kku kiḻakku tiru-ñāṉa-campanta-vāykkālukku […] ⟨7⟩ […]
catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaiya v-iṭṭa nilam muṉṟu mā […] ⟨8⟩ […] ṟṟili-y-āṉa
Ūr-p-paṭi nilam oru mā ௳

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/369).

Edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 39), based on ASI transcript (consulted
in Mysore).

Edited in Swaminathan 2024 (SII 44.369). 7 line sonly, skipping line 4.

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]. Page 337, item 39.

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2024. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XLIV:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1917-18. South Indian
Inscriptions 44. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director
General). Page 568, item 369.

### 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 369.