Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 27

Editors: Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00034.

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No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Version: (3ebdd62), last modified (711acd2).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ௳

tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakrava⟨r⟩t=tikaḷ maturaiyum ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻamuṅ karuvūrum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭi-t-talaiyum koṇṭ-aruḷiṉa śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-devaṟku y[ā]ṇṭu 2 10 7 vatu

rājādharā[ja]-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiru-k-kaḻumalattu Āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiy[ā]ṟku I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu-t tiru-vāli-y-āṉa Etirili-cōḻa-c-caturvveti-maṅkalattu-p piṭākai tiru-mullai-vāyil kaṭṭaḷaiyil palar pakkalum tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi-y-āka vilai koṇṭa nilaṅkaḷukku pram[ā]ṇa-p paṭi

vr̥ścika-nāyaṟṟu pūrvva-pakṣattu pra[thamaiyum budhaṉ-kiḻamai]yum peṟṟa mulattu nāḷ mullai-vāyil-uṭaiyāṉ (ciṅka-p)-pirāṉ periyā[2+]ṉ pakkal pautra-māṇikka-vati[k]ku kiḻakku kaṇa-pura-tēva-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku va[ṭa]-kku muṉṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu 4 catirattu kiḻaikk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 1 <undefined>-kku kācu 1000 3 100-ḷatu mullai-vāyil-uṭaiyāṉ cī-rāma-tēvaṉ āvimutt-iśvaram-uṭaiyāṉ pakkal iv-vatikku-k kiḻakku Iv-[v]āy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> 1 <undefined> Iṅkē <nilam> <undefined> Āka <nilam> <undefined>-kku kācu 1000 3 100

taṉu-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu [pañca]miyum nāyaṟṟu-k-[ki]ḻamaiyum peṟṟa makattu nāḷ maṉṉaṉ vēṇkāṭaṉ pakkal pautra-māṇikka-vatikku-k kiḻakku kaṇapura-tēva-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 3 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> <undefined>-kku kā[cu 2] 100 5 10ḷatu mullai-vāyal-uṭaiyāṉayyampukkāṉ r̥ṣapa-tē[va]ṉum ivaṉ tampi civatavaṉp peru-makaṉum pakkal kali-kaṉṟi-vatikku-k kiḻakku Iv-v[ā]y¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 3 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu <nilam> 6 <undefined>-vil mēṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 1 <undefined>-kku kācu […]

[…] ṟu purvva-pakṣattu daśamiyum tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa mr̥ga⟨r⟩śīṣattu ṉāḷ kaṭalaṉ peṟṟāṉ-āṉa kāḻikkaṟ-pakanāṭāḻvāṉ pakkal pautra-māṇikka-vatikku-k kiḻakku kaṇa-pura-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu teṟk’ aṭaiya kāveri-y-āṟṟaṅkarai cūḻnta Iṭattu <nilam> 2 100 kācu 2 100

miṉa-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattu A[ṣṭa]miyum tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa mr̥ga⟨r⟩śiṣattu maṉṉaṉ kaṭalāṉ-āṉa ⟨2⟩ poṉṉampala-k-[kū]tta-nāṭāḻvāṉum ivan tampi ma[ruta]ṉ-āṉa vētavaṉaṉāṭāḻvāṉum ivan tampi tiru-k-kaḻi-p-pālai Uṭaiyā[ṉu]m ivaṉ tampi Aḻakaṉum pakkal koṇṭa Ik-kaṇṇāṟṟu Ic-catirattu <nilam> 1 <undefined> kācu 8 100

r̥ṣapa-ṉāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu caturddhiyum kā⟨r⟩t=tikai nāḷ ceṭṭa-pō[ca]-kōvinta-paṭṭan pakkal kāṟkiyāṉ-vatikku kiḻakku mu-m-muṭi[c]ōḻa-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu kaḻiyuṅkaḻi-k-koppum <nilam> 1 <undefined> 3 catirattu <nilam> 2 <undefined> 3 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 [catirattu <nilam> 2 <undefined> Ic-cati]rattu <nilam> 3 <undefined> 4 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu <nilam> 2 <undefined> 3 catirattu <nilam> 1 <undefined> 4 catirattu <nilam> [1 <undefined>] 3 catirattu <nilam> [1 <undefined>] 6 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu <nilam> 1 <undefined> 7 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu <nilam> 1 <undefined> 8 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu <nilam> 1 <undefined> Āka <nilam> 16 <undefined> pauttira-māṇikka-vatikku kiḻakku Iv-vāy[k]kālukku vaṭakku 5 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu <nilam> 3 <undefined> 2 catirattu <nilam> 1/2 <undefined> 6 <kaṇṇāṟu> 1 catirattu <nilam> 1 <undefined> 2 catirattu <nilam> 3 <undefined> 7 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu <nilam> 4 1/2 <undefined> Āka <nilam> 12 <undefined> Āka <nilam> 2 10 8 <undefined> Āka kācu 7 100 ௳

2 10 8-[vatu] kaṟkaṭaka-nāyaṟṟu pūrvva-pakṣattu daśamiyum tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa viśākattu nāḷ kommai-pākkam-uṭaiyāṉ kākkuṉāyakkaṉ viti-viṭaṅkaṉ pakkal kāṟkiyāṉ-vatikku kiḻakku kaṇa-pura-tēva-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 7 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu kiḻaikk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 1 <undefined> Iv-vatikku kiḻakku tillai-yāḷi-vāykkālukku vaṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 1 <undefined> n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki Itaṉ kiḻakku <nilam> 2 1/2 <undefined> 3 <kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu <nilam> 6 <undefined> Itil mēṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 2 <undefined> kiḻakk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 2 <undefined> Āka <nilam> 8 <undefined>-kku […]

[…]-[nā]yaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu caturdaśiyum budha¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Uttirāṭattu nāḷ kiḻak-uṭaiyāṉ āṇṭa nampi Uyya-k-koṇṭāṉ pakkal gautavaṉ tiru-k-kaḻi-p-pālai Uṭaiyāṉ kēcava[1+]ṉ maturāntaka-brahma-mārāyarum gautavaṉ tiru-k-kaḻi-p-pālai Uṭaiyāṉ āṇṭār-āṉa villavaṉ brahma-mārāyarum gautavaṉ tiru-k-kaḻi-p-pālai Uṭaiyāṉ tiru-c-ciṟṟampala-nampiyum uḷḷiṭṭār pakkal sākaṇaitevati Aṉanta-paṭṭaṉ pēril ānyanāmakiraṇattu dāna-pramāṇam ⟨3⟩ Eḻuti vittu-k koṇṭu Eṉṉutāy nāṉ aṉupavittu varukiṟa <nilam>-m-āy nāṉ viṟṟu kuṭutta <nilam>-m iv-vatikku kiḻakku Iv-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 3 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> 6 <undefined>-m 4 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> [6] <undefined> 5 <kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaya <nilam> 4 <undefined>-m 4 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaya <nilam> 3 <undefined> 6 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> 6 <undefined> 7 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 2<undefined> 8 [<kaṇṇāṟu> 1] catirattu kiḻakk’ aṭaya <nilam> 4 <undefined> 4 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaya <nilam> 3<undefined> Āka <nilam> 3 10 4 <undefined>-kku kā(cu) 5 1000 ⟨௳⟩

2 10 9-vatu siṃha-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu saptamiyum caṉi-k-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa rōśaṇi-[nāḷ to] [7+] śrī-kr̥ṣṇa-paṭṭaṉ pakkal mullai-vāyal-uṭaiyāṉ c¡i!⟨ī⟩-rāma-tēvaṉ utayañ_ceytāṉ-āna tiru-ñāṉa-campanta Aḷakai-k-koṉ pēril vilai koṇṭa Iv-vatikku kiḻakku Iv-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu meṟkaṭaiya <nilam> 3 <undefined> Itil mēṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> [1 <undefined>]-kku (kācu 2 100)

[mina-ṉāyaṟṟu A]para-pakṣattu tritiyaiyum viyāḻa-[k]-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa makattu nāḷ sākaṇai-tevati Aṉanta-paṭṭaṉ pakkal iv-vatikku kiḻakku Iv-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 3 <kaṇṇāṟu> 3 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaiya Āḷuṭaiya-piḷḷaiyār tiru-nanta-vaṉam <nilam> 2 <undefined> n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki Itaṉ kiḻakku veḷḷāṉ paṟṟu <nilam> 1 <undefined> Itil vaṭakk’ aṭaiya kollai <nilam> 5 <undefined>-kku kācu 100

ta[ṉu]-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu trayodaśiyum budhan-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa viśākattu nāḷ śrī-kuntava-c-cēri Umiyūr vāma-paiṭṭaṉum ivaṉ tampi keśa-paṭṭaṉum umiyūr tāmotā-paṭṭaṉ makaṉ āḷa-p-piṟantāṉ-paṭṭaṉum pakkal iv-vatikku kiḻakku kaṇa-pura-tēva-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 7 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catira […] mēṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 3 <undefined> n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki Itaṉ kiḻakku Eṅkaḷ pitākkaḷ apāvattu Eṅkaḷut-āy viṟṟu kuṭutta <nilam> <undefined>-kku kācu 100 2 10

r̥ṣapa-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattu pañca-daśi(yum tiṅ)[kaḷ-kiḻamaiyu]m peṟṟa mulattu nāḷ iv-vatikku kiḻakku tillai-yā[ḷi]-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> 6 <undefined>-kku kācu 3 10-lu ⟨4⟩ Ivaṉ makaṉ tiru-vēṇkāṭu-tēvaṉum iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tampi Ātaṉūr-uṭaiyāṉ tillai-vēntaṉ taṉi-nāyakaṇai mutukaṇṇākkakoṇṭu pautra-māṇikka-vatikku kiḻakku kaṇa-pura-tēva-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku vaṭakku 1 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaiya Uṭaiyār tiru-mullai-vāyil-uṭaiyār ūṟkiḻ iṟaiyilum vilai koṇṭu Aṉupa[vi]ttu varukiṟa <nilam> 1 <undefined>-kku kācu 1000 5 100

si[ṃ]ha-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu Ēkādaśiyum tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa puṇar-pūcattu nāḷ peruṅ-komaṅkalaṅ-kiḻāṉ [nārāyaṇa-tēvaṉ-āṉa] [ku]lōttuṅka-cōḻa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ pakkal iv-vatikku kiḻakku mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-vāykkālukku vaṭakku 8 <kaṇṇāṟu> 2 catirattu kiḻaikk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 2 <undefined> vil teṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 1 <undefined>-m 8 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> 6 <undefined>vil teṟk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 4 <undefined>-m ā[ka] <nilam> 5 <undefined>-kku kācu 1000

kanṉi-nāyaṟṟu [pūrva]-pakṣattu [8+]-[ki]ḻamaiyum p[e]ṟṟa Aviṭṭattu nāḷ ilakkam-uṭaiyāṉ am-palavaṉ pakkal tiru-ñāṉa-campanta-Aḷakaiy-kōṉ pēril koṇṭa kāṟkiyāṉ-vatikku-k kiḻakku tillai-yāḷi-vāy¡k!⟨kk⟩ālukku [va]ṭakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu kiḻakk’ aṭaiya <nilam> 6 <undefined>-kku kācu 1000 7 100 ௳

3 10 1-vatu kaṉṉi-ṉāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattu Ēkādaśiyum śani-k-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Aviṭṭattu ṉāḷ peruṅ-komaṅkalaṅ-kiḻāṉ ṉārāyaṇa-tēvaṉ-āṉa kulottuṅka-cōḻa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ pakkal uṭaiyār tiru-mullai-vāyi[l-u]ṭaiyār kōyilil ivaṉ vilai koṇṭa nilam-āy-k koṇṭa pautra-māṇikka-vatikku kiḻakku kaṇa-pura-tēva-vāykkālukku vaṭakku 4 <kaṇṇāṟu> 4 catirattu <nilam> […] 1000 ௳

tri-bhuvaṉa-c-ca-krava⟨r⟩tti>kaḷ śrī-rāja-rāja-devaṟku yāṇṭu 3-vatu kumpa-ṉāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu dvādaśiyum putaṉ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Uttirāṭattu nāḷ [maturānta]ka-c-cēri-k kuṇṭūr vīṟṟ-iruntāṉ paṭṭa

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ paṭṭa ⬦ UV • The inscription stops short after this word.

Translation into French by Veluppillai 2013

Commentary

Lines 3 and 4 are shorter than lines 1-2, which go up to the end of the last block. Line 4 is shorter than line 3. The inscription stops short at the end of line 4.

Bibliography

Reported in Krishna Sastri 1919 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/383).

Edited and translated in French in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 34), based on autopsy, photos (U. Veluppillai, 2005), and ASI transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2024). Curated 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 322–330, item 34.

Secondary

Krishna Sastri, H. 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. No place. Page 33, appendix B/1918, item 383.