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

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00042

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00042.xml

Language: Tamil [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.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kuṭal-āka tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi-y-āka koṇṭa ⟨2⟩ lattu vēṟu piṟiṉta
Oṇveli Ākkūril vaṭa-matu ⟨3⟩ pakkal koṇṭa maṇali Oṉṟu per-kūva-p-paṭṭa
nila ⟨4⟩ pala-vāykkālukkum pūtaṉūr-uṭaiyāṉ nila ⟨5⟩ ṟa vāyaṉ
kuḷaṅ-karaikkum In-na ⟨6⟩ va […] laikku vaṭakkum me ⟨7⟩ […]
tēva-tānattukku-k ki ⟨8⟩ […] naṭuvu-paṭṭa viriṇi

## Bibliography

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

Edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 42), 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]. Page 338, item 42.

### 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.