Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, no king, no year

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

Summary: Records land boundaries.

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Cīrkāḻi (tfa-cirkali-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCirkali00053.

File path: DHARMA_INSCirkali00053.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:30 (3e2c13a), last modified 2026-08-26 06:30 (3e2c13a).

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⟨1⟩ (ti)ru-k-kaḻumalattu Ūr māviyan=ti-
⟨2⟩ ki y-iṟuttu Iṟai-mikuti koṇ
⟨3⟩ […]-
⟨4⟩ ṭaiyāṉ Āṭko [***]
⟨5⟩ [*] yiti [**] ṅka [***] ti-
⟨6⟩ vaḷakaṭa [****] kapāra
⟨7⟩ [************] pakkal
⟨8⟩ koṇṭu v-iṭṭa Āṟāṅ kaṭṭaḷai Eṭut
⟨9⟩ [tapā]ta-vatikku mēṟku niṉṟāṉ vāykālu-
⟨10⟩ kellai ṉi [****] ta 𑿦 3/4 ↝

Translation

⟨1–10⟩ [too fragmentary to allow a translation]

Bibliography

First reported and edited in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 53), based on autopsy and photos (G. Ravindran, EFEO, 2005).

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]. Page 343, item 53.

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