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

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00048

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00048.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.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār pacāna-t tiruppu putiyutu tiru-p-pāvā ⟨2⟩ ṭay-āka
Amutu ceyt-aruḷi śrī-māheśvarkkum tāṉattārkkum [li] ⟨3⟩
rumuṉappukkam-āka Āyiram maṭakkil Iṭṭu prasātikka pōṉaka-p ⟨4⟩ paḻa
Arici paṉṉ-iru-kalattukkum Itukku vēṇṭuṅ kaṟi-y-amu[tu] ⟨5⟩
[vi]ñcaṉattukkum tēvai ce¡vv!⟨yv⟩ārkku vēṇṭuvaṉa vayi[ṟṟu] ⟨6⟩ koṇṭu
celutta tiru-nāmattu-kāṇi-y-āka kollikuṟump-uṭai[ya] ⟨7⟩ [ā]ṇṭār
celvamalku pakal pōlum pēr-oḷi-y-āka kācu tantu [n] ⟨8⟩ [ē] c[e]mpiyan
paṇa-maṅkalattu piṟinta vikkirama-cōḻa-k-kollai ⟨9⟩ [āraiyil
i]ṟai-mikuti [koṇṭu Ip-paṭi cantirātitta-val]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918–19 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/384).

Edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 48), based on autopsy, photos (U.
Veluppillai) and 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 340–341, item 48.

### 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 33, appendix B/1918,
item 384.