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

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00052

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:09 (9417b16), 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
land boundaries.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [1×] 3/80 [1×] [3+] Itil ti ⟨2⟩ (1/16) [2+] 3 catirattu 𑿦 1/2 ⟨3⟩
ykālukku vaṭakku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catira

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [1×] 3/80 [1×] ⬦ […] UV.

⟨3⟩ ykālukku UV • The lacuna can be restored as [vā]ykālukku. — ⟨3⟩
catira UV • The lacuna can be restored as catira[ttu].

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ [too fragmentary to allow a translation]

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 52), based on autopsy
and photos.

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai. 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 52.