Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, fragment, no king, no year

Authors of digital edition: Uthaya Veluppillai (utve), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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 Śivabrāhmaṇas.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00055.

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00055.xml.

Version: 2026-07-28 15:44 (2172d1e), last modified 2026-07-28 15:44 (2172d1e).

Edition

[unknown number of lost lines]
⟨1⟩ [.]ya-tēva¡n!u-
⟨2⟩ kku kama Ivū-
⟨3⟩ [*] rā [*] camupaya-
⟨4⟩ ku śiva-brā-
⟨5⟩ yānupaya
⟨6⟩ ↝

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [.]yatēvanu ⬦ [1+]kevatu UV.

⟨4⟩ śivabrā • Probably to be restored as śivabrā[hmaṇar]

Translation

⟨1–6⟩ [too fragmentary to allow a translation]

Bibliography

First reported and edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 55), based on autopsy and photos.

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 344, item 55.

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