# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Vīrarā(jendra), year lost

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00050

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00050.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, of which the present one is the first. Land
donation.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō, i and ī.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩ svasti śrī

v[ī]ra-rā(je)(ntira) [ca. 3+] ⟨Block 2⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩
tiru-k-kaḻumala-¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āṭu v¡(i)!⟨ī⟩ra-cōḻa [ca. 2+] ⟨Block 2⟩ […] ⟨3⟩
⟨Block 1⟩ viṭaṅkana¡l!⟨ll⟩ūr (I)rāj¡i!⟨ī⟩curam-uṭai [ca. 2+] ⟨Block 2⟩
[…] ⟨4⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩ nāṅkal v-iṭṭa nilam

Ivv-ūril ti ⟨Block 2⟩ […] ⟨5⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩ ca-vāy⟨k⟩kālu¿k?⟨kk⟩u teṟku
mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ ⟨Block 2⟩ […] ⟨6⟩ ⟨Block 1⟩ [I](ru)-mā v-araiyum
cantirātitta-varai ce(l) ⟨Block 2⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ v[ī]rarā(je)(ntira)[ca. 2+] ⬦ v[ī]rarā[…] UV.

⟨5⟩ cavāy⟨k⟩kāluku ⬦ cavāykāṟku UV.

⟨6⟩ [I](ru)mā varaiyum ⬦ [5+]yum UV.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ [Emptieth year of] […] Vīrarājendra […] in the Tirukkaḻumalanāṭu,
Vīracōḻa […] […] Viṭaṅkanallūr, the Lord of the Rājeśvara […] the land
that we have given ⟨is as follows⟩.

⟨4–6⟩ In this village […] south of the […] canal (vāykkāl), in the first
canal (kaṇṇāru) […] up to (two) mās, [this should] proceed as long as
the moon and the sun […]

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 50), based on autopsy
and photos (G. Ravindran, EFEO, 2005).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2024). Curated by Emmanuel Francis.
Translation (2024) 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 342, item 50.