Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 4

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

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Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (ef2b2e4), last modified (ef2b2e4).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [tri-bhu]vaṉa-c-cakkrava[⟨r⟩ttikaḷ] śrī-kulōottuṅka-

⟨2⟩ -[co]ḻa-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 4-vatu Irājā-

⟨3⟩ (dhi)rāja-vaḷanā[ṭṭu tiru]-k-kaḻumala-nāṭṭu bra-

⟨4⟩ (h)madecam tiru-k-kaḻumala[m] kaṟkaṭa[ka]-nāyaṟu

⟨5⟩ (mu)tal kirāma kāriyañ cey[ki]ṟa kūṭṭa-[peru]-makka-

⟨6⟩ [ḷōm] […] [āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār tiru]-māḷikai tamiḻ viraka[r]

⟨7⟩ [ka]ṇṭu Ik-koyiṟ tiru-k-kai-kōṭṭiyil eḻunt-aruḷi Irukkiṟa tiru-[muṟaikaḷ tiru-k-kā]-

⟨8⟩ ppu n¡i!kki aḻiv’ uḷḷiṉa eḻunt-aruḷi-vittum maṟṟum putit-āka eḻunt-aruḷi-[vittu]-

⟨9⟩ m tiru-muṟaikaḷ […]-

⟨10⟩ ḷā Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iṭṭa nilam Iv-vūr caṇṭēśvara-vatikku-k kiḻakku niṉṟā-

⟨11⟩ n-vāykkālukku va(ṭa)kku mutaṟ-kaṇṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñ cati[rat]tu k¡i!ḻ Iṟaiyā-

⟨12⟩ ṅ-kuṭṭi pāl pārattūvāci śrī-kāḻināṭ-uṭaiyān tiru-vēṇkāṭ-uṭaiyān nila-

⟨13⟩ ttu viḷai <nilam> 1/10 1/2 1/160 1/320 I¡ṉ-ṉ!ilam Iru-mā-v-arai Arai-k-[kā]ṇi mu[nti]rikai

⟨14⟩ […] [I¡ṉ-ṉ!ilañ cūln=ta kulaiyum tiṭalum kuḷamum kiḻakk’ aṭain=ta cōḻa]- […]

⟨15⟩ [**] meṟk’ aṭaiya kuṭi-[y-iru]ppu-t tiṭar-ṉilamum cutta-mali-vatikku mēṟku ṉiṉṟā-

⟨16⟩ [ṉ-vāykkālu]kku vaṭakku [muta]ṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu 3-¡n! catirattu pālāśrīya¡n! mā-tē

⟨17⟩ [vaṉ] […] ṉilattu vaṭa-mē[ṟ]k’ aṭaiya-p puṉ-cey-nilattu Uṭaiya pun-cey-nilam

⟨18⟩ […] [uḷpaṭa-k kai-k-koṇṭu cantirātitta-varai kācu koḷḷā Iṟai-]

⟨19⟩ y-ili y-ākavum cil-var[i] peru-var[i] veṭṭ[i] [mu]ṭṭaiyāḷ koḷḷātōm āka[vum co]

⟨20⟩ ṉṉōm I¡ṉ-ṉ!ilaṅ kai-k-koṇṭu A[ṉu]pavittu tiru-muṟai tiru-k-kāppu ¡ṉi!kki Ip-paṭiyē

⟨21⟩ tiru-māḷikaiyilē kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷka paṇiyāl uṟ-kaṇakku-p pa

⟨22⟩ [****]-[piri]yaṉ eḻuttu sabhaiyāril [eḻu]tt-iṭṭār pārattuvāci tēvakaṉ ceṉā[pa]-nampi mā-

⟨23⟩ [ṭi]laṉ civa-tēvaṉ tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-u[ṭai]yāṉ pārattuvāci tēvaṉ tillai-nā[ya]kaṉ v[ā]-

⟨24⟩ [jyan kali-kaṭintāṉ] […]

⟨25⟩ maikku paṭṭa-p-piriyaṉ eḻuttu vājyan kumāraṉ ku[**]ṉ-āṉa tiru-vēṇkāṭ-uṭaiyāṉ-āṉa tiru-[m]-

⟨26⟩ [ā]ḷikai nampi pālāśrīya-tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-u[ṭaiy]āṉ tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ sai[jñā]-

⟨27⟩ taṉmaikku-p paṭṭa-p-piriyaṉ vājya¡n! Arukkaṉ [ā]ḷ-uṭaiyāṉ pālāśrīyaṉ kumaraṉ nīla-ka-

⟨28⟩ ṇṭaṉ pālāśrīyaṉ piraḷaya-viṭaṅkaṉ tiru-t-[ō]ṇi-puram-uṭaiyāṉ vājyaṉ tēvaṉ tiru-t-

⟨29⟩ -tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyāṉ saijñātaṉmaikku paṭṭa-(p)-piriyaṉ (cāpānati-cēṉtaṉ) v¡i!ra-pattaraṉ [s]-

⟨30⟩ (aijñā)taṉamaikkum pārattu[vāci mā]-tēvaṉ tiru-v-agniśvaram-uṭaiyāṉ (saijñā)taṉmaikku

⟨31⟩ paṭṭa-p-piriyaṉ piraḷaya-viṭaṅkaṉ tēva[ṉ] [m]āṭilaṉ civa-tēvaṉ pālēntira-mavuli Āstriyaṉ [cū]riya-[t]-

⟨32⟩ [ē]vaṉ kolamākiṉiṉṟāṉ tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ saijñātaṉamaikku ¡ṉ!ā-ṉūṟṟu-

⟨33⟩ [va]-p-piriyaṉ vācciyaṉ kumaraṉ pori [******] nātaṉ kumaraṉ pāratāyaṉ mati-cūtaṉ tiru-(v)-

⟨34⟩ (ēṅkā)ṭ-uṭaiyāṉ pārattuvāci mā-tēvaṉ piraḷaya-viṭaṅkaṉ māṭalaṉ civa-tēvaṉ tiru-vaṉanti [****]

⟨35⟩ [****] nampi saijñātaṉamaikku Aṣṭa-m¡u!⟨r⟩tti nāṟ-patt-eṇṇāyira-ṉampi vācciyaṉ nakkaṉ sai-

⟨36⟩ [jñātaṉamaikku Acukuṭaiyāṉ tiru-v-aiyāṟ-uṭaiyāṉ kāṅ] […]

⟨37⟩ [vūravāpā] […][iṣabha-tēvaṉ] [kavuṇiyaṉ tēvaṉ tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiy

⟨38⟩ āṉ] […] [tirucciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ]

Apparatus

⟨26⟩ sai[jñā]° • That is, Sanskrit saṃjñā. See also following lines.

⟨27⟩ °taṉmaikkup ⬦ °taṉmaikkup UV • Same correction in the following lines.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918-1919 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/381).

Edited and translated in French in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 26), based on autopsy, photos (G. Ravindran, EFEO, 2005), and ASI transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This digital edition by Uthaya Veluppillai and 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 296–301, item 26.

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 33, appendix B/1918, item 381.

Mahalingam, T. V. 1992. A topographical list of inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. Volume Seven: Thanjavur district. New Delhi: ICHR. Page 550, item Tj. 2414.