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) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00005.

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00005.xml.

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Edition

⟨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 1918–19 (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 1918–19. 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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