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

Editors: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00005.

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

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Version: (6319caa), last modified (711acd2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakkara-varttikaḷ śrī-[rājarā]⟨2⟩ja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7 Āvatu nāḷ 4 ⟨3⟩ 100 5 10 8-ṉāl

tirāja-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!⟨ī⟩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 by Emmanuel Francis

(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 Rātirājavaḷanāṭu1 […] 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. 1. That is, Rājadhirājavaḷanāṭu.