Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, fragment, no king, no year

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai (utve), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00041.

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00041.xml.

Version: 2026-05-06 08:33 (379f6ba), last modified 2026-05-06 08:33 (379f6ba).

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⟨1⟩ tu tiru-v-ēkampam-uṭaiya nāyan
⟨2⟩ ṭal-āka Ivv-ūr piṭākai cātta-maṅka
⟨3⟩ mā mu-k-kāṇi Arai-k-kāṇiyum nā
⟨4⟩ m Āka Ūr-paṭi nilam Iru-pattu
⟨5⟩ rilē Eṟṟi taram iṭṭu koṇṭu I
⟨6⟩ ṭi nilam nāl mā [**] Ivv-ūril
⟨7⟩ ṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñ catirattu Uḷ
⟨8⟩ ṉaḷā [****] ṉajakkum tiru-ma

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ ṇāṟṟu ⬦ UV • The lacuna can be restored as [ka]ṇāṟṟu.

Bibliography

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

Edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 41), 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 337–338, item 41.

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.

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ṭal-āka Ivv-ūr piṭākai cātta-maṅka

mā mu-k-kāṇi Arai-k-kāṇiyum nā

m Āka Ūr-paṭi nilam Iru-pattu

rilē Eṟṟi taram iṭṭu koṇṭu I

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ṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñ catirattu Uḷ

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