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

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00017.

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00017.xml.

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Edition

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

⟨3⟩ kku 𑿦 2 10 1/80 tēvakaṉmi kāśyapaṉ kāḻi-kaṟpaka-paṭṭaṟku pūtāṉa-taṇṭ’ iṟaiyilikku 𑿦 2 10 1/80 Āka 𑿦 6 10 𑿣 maṉul 𑿦 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 𑿦 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 1918–19 (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 1918–19. 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 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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