Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Rājarāja, year 17, day 458

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-06-06Z

Editor:   Uthaya Veluppillai.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCirkali00005

Summary: Lacunose inscription. Seems to record a donation of gold for a drinking plate for the Lord of Tiruttōṇipuram by Dakṣiṇāmūrti Bhaṭṭa.

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Edition

1tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakkara-varttikaḷ śrī-[rājarā]-
2ja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7 Āvatu nāḷ 4
3100 5 10 8-ṉāl

tirāja-vaḷanāṭ-
4ṭu-t tiru-k-kaḻumala[-nāṭṭu-t tiru]-k-kaḻumalat-
5tu Uṭaiyār tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiy-
6ār kōyil [...] taṇṇ¡i!⟨ī⟩r-amu-
7tu ceyta [...] paṭ-
8ṭarkaḷil [... kū-]
9ṟṟattu [...] caruppēti-
10-maṅkalat[tu ...] dakṣinai-mūrtti-pa-
11ṭṭar I [... po]ṉṉiṉ vaṭṭil Oṉṟiṉāl
12Oṉpatē [...] lē Arai-k-kāl māṟi Eḻuttu
13veṭṭupa [...] ṉ Irupatt’ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcē mu-k-kāl

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1-3 17th year of the glorious king Rājarāja, the emperor of the three worlds, day 458.

3-13 [...] the temple of the Lord, the Lord of Tiruttōṇipuram, in [Tiru]kkaḻumalam, in the Tirukkaḵalumala[nāṭu], [itself] in the Rātirājavaḷanāṭu↓1 [...] among the Bhaṭṭas (paṭṭarkaḷil) [...] who made water-offerings (taṇṇīr-amutu) [...] Dakṣiṇāmūrti Bhaṭṭa [... of ...]-caturvedimāṅgala [...] in the [...kū]ṟṟam [...] through one (oṉṟiṉāl) [gol]den plate ([po]ṉṉiṉ vaṭṭil) ... nine [...] one eighth ... (māṟi eḻuttu veṭṭupa) [...] twenty-nine kaḻañcus and three quarters.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1918-1919 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/362).

Edited, with summary, in Veluppillai 2013 (CEC 5), based on ASI transcript (consulted in Mysore).

This edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (2022). Curated by Emmanuel Francis. Translation (2024) by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

Veluppillai, Uthaya. 2013. “Cikāḻi : Hymnes, Héros, Histoire. Rayonnement d’un Lieu Saint Shivaïte Au Pays Tamoul.” These de doctorat, Paris: Paris 3. [https://www.theses.fr/2013PA030051].
Pages 251–252, № 5. [siglum UV]

Secondary

ARIE 1918-1919. Page 31, appendix B/1918, № 362.
Mahalingam, T. V. 1992. A Topographical List of Inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala States. Volume Seven: Thanjavur District. 7. New Delhi: ICHR.
Page 551, № Tj. 2421.

Notes

↑1. That is, Rājadhirājavaḷanāṭu.