Cīrkāḻi, Brahmapurīśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 27

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Current Version:  draft, 2025-01-09Z

Editor:   Uthaya Veluppillai.

DHARMA Identifier: INSCirkali00034

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1svasti śrī |

tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakravart=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 mr̥garśīṣattu 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 mr̥garśiṣattu maṉṉaṉ kaṭalāṉ-āṉa
2poṉṉampala-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 kārt=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 kaṇaitevati Aṉanta-paṭṭaṉ pēril ānyanāmakiraṇattu dāna-pramāṇam
3Eḻuti 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 2undefined 8 [kaṇṇāṟu 1] catirattu kiḻakk’ aṭaya nilam 4 undefined 4 catirattu mēṟk’ aṭaya nilam 3undefined 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 kaṇai-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
4Ivaṉ 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[]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 undefinedvil 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-kravartti>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 ARIE 1918-1919 (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

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 322–330, № 34. [siglum UV]

Secondary

ARIE 1918-1919. Page 33, appendix B/1918, № 383.