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) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00044.

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00044.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ ḻa-caturvēti-ma[ṅkalattu] veḷḷāṉ paṟṟil
⟨2⟩ kkum uṭal-āka Ivūr piṭākai tiru-k-kuru
⟨3⟩ ṉṟu Iṟukka niccayitta nilattu Ūr-k
⟨4⟩ Ip-paṭi nellukku Ivv-ūril taram ili
⟨5⟩ l koṇṭu nāṅkūr vatikku kiḻakku kaṇ
⟨6⟩ ṇāṟṟ’ iraṇṭāñ catirattu kiḻakk’ aṭaiya
⟨7⟩ ḻakk’ aṭaiyavum v-iṭṭa Ūr-paṭi nilam nālu mā

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ ṇāṟṟiraṇṭāñ ⬦ UV • The lacuna can be restored as [ka]ṇāṟṟiraṇṭāñ

⟨7⟩ ḻakkaṭaiyavum ⬦ UV • The lacuna can be restored as [ki]ḻakkaṭaiyavum

Bibliography

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

Edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 44), 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 339, item 44.

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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kkum uṭal-āka Ivūr piṭākai tiru-k-kuru

ṉṟu Iṟukka niccayitta nilattu Ūr-k

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ṇāṟṟ' iraṇṭāñ catirattu kiḻakk' aṭaiya

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