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

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00051

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00051.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, of which the present one is the last. Mentions
lands.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ṟukkum Iṟai y-iṟuttu mikuti ⟨2⟩ ṉ pakkal vilai-koṇṭa nilattu […] ⟨3⟩
k[o]ṇṭu v-iṭṭa tiru-k-kaḻumala-nāṭṭu pātir(a/i)-k-kuṭi-y ⟨4⟩
vikuṟumpūril tiṭar cey nilam Arai In-nila ⟨5⟩ […]

## Translation

⟨1–5⟩ [too fragmentary to allow a translation]

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 53), based on autopsy
and photos (G. Ravindran, EFEO, 2005).

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 343, item 53.