Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Rājarāja, year 17, day 458

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

Summary: Lacunose inscription. Seems to record a donation of gold for a drinking plate for the Lord of Tiruttōṇipuram by Dakṣiṇāmūrti Bhaṭṭa.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakkara-varttikaḷ śrī-[rājarā]-
⟨2⟩ ja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7 Āvatu nāḷ 4
⟨3⟩ 100 5 10 8-ṉāl rājātirāja-vaḷanāṭ-
⟨4⟩ ṭu-t tiru-k-kaḻumala[-nāṭṭu-t tiru]-k-kaḻumalat-
⟨5⟩ tu Uṭaiyār tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiy-
⟨6⟩ ār kōyil […] taṇṇ¡i!r-amu-
⟨7⟩ tu ceyta […] paṭ-
⟨8⟩ ṭarkaḷil […] [kū]-
⟨9⟩ ṟṟattu […] caruppēti-
⟨10⟩ -maṅkalat[tu] […] dakṣinai-mūrtti-pa-
⟨11⟩ ṭṭar I […] [po]ṉṉiṉ vaṭṭil Oṉṟiṉāl
⟨12⟩ Oṉpatē […] lē Arai-k-kāl māṟi Eḻuttu
⟨13⟩ veṭṭupa […] ṉ Irupatt’ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcē mu-k-kāl

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ 17th year of the glorious king Rājarāja, the emperor of the three worlds, day 458.

⟨3–13⟩ […] the temple of the Lord, the Lord of Tiruttōṇipuram, in [Tiru]kkaḻumalam, in the Tirukkaḵalumala[nāṭu], [itself] in the Rājātirājavaḷanāṭu¹ […] among the Bhaṭṭas (paṭṭarkaḷil) […] who made water-offerings (taṇṇīr-amutu) […] Dakṣiṇāmūrti Bhaṭṭa […] [of] […]-caturvedimāṅgala […] in the […][kū]ṟṟam […] through one (oṉṟiṉāl) [gol]den plate ([po]ṉṉiṉ vaṭṭil) … nine […] one eighth … (māṟi eḻuttu veṭṭupa) […] twenty-nine kaḻañcus and three quarters.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918-1919 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/362).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 5), based on ASI transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2022). 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]. Pages 251–252, item 5.

Secondary

ARIE 1918-1919. G.O. No. 1003, 16th August 1919. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1918-1919. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1919. Page 31, appendix B/1918, item 362.

Mahalingam, T. V. 1992. A topographical list of inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. Volume Seven: Thanjavur district. New Delhi: ICHR. Page 551, item Tj. 2421.

Notes

1. That is, Rājadhirājavaḷanāṭu.

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