Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Viruppaṇa, Śaka year 1315

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

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Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmaṉ-mahā-maṇṭal¡i!śvaran pūrva-dakṣiṇa-Uttara-samuttirātipati-śrī-v¡i!ra-harihara-rāyaṉ kumaraṉ śrī-v¡i!ra-viruppaṇa-Uṭaiyāṟku pr̥thivi-rājyam cellā niṉṟa śakāptam 1000 3 100 10 5 ṉ mēl śrī-mukhavarṣam mārggaśira-śuddha-pancamiyum śu […] kā⟨r⟩ttikai-mātam 2 10 5 […] […] cōḻa-maṇṭalattu kāvēri[kkum] koḷḷiṭattukkum naṭu-p-paṭṭa paṟṟu rājādhirāca-vaḷanāṭṭu kiḻakku vaṭa-kālaṉu […] -t tillai-viṭaṅka-nallūr aṭaippiṉ paṭi

⟨2⟩ <nilam> 6 10 <vēli>kku <nilam> 2 100 4 10 1/80 nāyaṉār āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyāṟku <nilam> 10 <vēli>kku <nilam> 4 10 1/80 bhāradvāj¿i?-gotrattu Apastambha-sūtrattu kamukai Aruṇagiri-śivaṟku Ivv-ūr nattam uṭpaṭa maṭa-p-puṟam <nilam> 2 10 <vēli>kku <nilam> 8 10 1/80 Inta gotrattu Inta sutrattu rāmanā¡dh!a-bhaṭṭaṟku bhū-¡d!āna-taṇṭ’ i […] […] ṇiśraṟku <nilam> 5 <vēli>kku <nilam> 2 10 1/80 c¡i!kāḻi-tiru-neṟi-māḷikai-maṭattu mutaliyāṟku maṭa-p-puṟam <nilam> 2 10 1/80 pūja-kālaśvāmi tiru-ñāna-campanta-paṇṭitaṟku pūtāṉa-taṇṭ’ iṟaiyil-

⟨3⟩ kku <nilam> 2 10 1/80 tēvakaṉmi kāśyapaṉ kāḻi-kaṟpaka-paṭṭaṟku pūtāṉa-taṇṭ’ iṟaiyilikku <nilam> 2 10 1/80 Āka <nilam> 6 10 <vēli> maṉul <nilam> 2 100 4 10 1/80 I¡ṉ-ṉ!ilam iru-nūṟṟu nāṟ-patu māvum sarva-dāṉyam-āka candrāditya-varaiyum naṭatti-k koḷḷa Itukku virōtañ-ceytāruṇ […] cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷa Ip-paṭikku dharmma-cātaṉa-p-paṭṭaiya-kuṭuttamaikku [1 possibly lost line]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śu[…] ⬦ UV • The lacuna can be restored as śukla-pakṣattu or a variant of it.

⟨2⟩ bhū-¡d!⟨t⟩āna-taṇṭ’ i[…] ⬦ UV • The lacuna can be restored as bhū-¡d!⟨t⟩āna-taṇṭ’ iṟaiyilikku <nilam> 4 10 1/80. There are indeed 40 mās missing to make the total of 240 mās.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1⟩ [Date/Day] 25, of the month of Kārttikai, [bright fortnight], ... when the glorious ... the glorious heroic Lord Viruppaṇa¹ was currently ruling the earth.

⟨1–3⟩ So that there be (āka) ... a land of 240 mās, [as follows]:

a land of 40 mās ...,
a land of 80 mās ...,
[a land of 40 mās] ...,
a land of 20 mās ...,
a land of 20 mās ...,
a land of 20 mās ...,
a land of 20 mās ...,

[there is] a land of 240 mās.

⟨3⟩ This land of two hundred fourty (240) mās, ... for the donation ... […]²

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918-1919 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/373).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 17), based on ASI transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2024). 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 282–283, item 17.

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 32, appendix B/1918, item 373.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Virūpākṣa.
2. We miss apparently the signatories. It is not clear if the record is lacunose or incomplete.

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