# Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, no king, no year

Uthaya Veluppillai and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00053

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00053.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:41 (9ff78b7), last modified 2026-10-19 18:41
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## Summary

Records land boundaries.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

[unknown number of lost lines]

⟨1⟩ (ti)ru-k-kaḻumalattu Ūr māviyan=ti⟨2⟩ki y-iṟuttu Iṟai-mikuti koṇ ⟨3⟩
[…]⟨4⟩ṭaiyāṉ Āṭko [3+] ⟨5⟩ [1+] yiti [2+] ṅka [3+] ti⟨6⟩vaḷakaṭa [4+]
kapāra ⟨7⟩ [ca. 12+] pakkal ⟨8⟩ koṇṭu v-iṭṭa Āṟāṅ kaṭṭaḷai Eṭut ⟨9⟩
[tapā]ta-vatikku mēṟku niṉṟāṉ vāykālu⟨10⟩kellai ṉi [4+] ta 𑿦 ¾ ↝

## Translation

⟨1–10⟩ [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.