# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ, year [32]

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00401

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00401.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-10-01 13:12
(ef96502)

## Summary

Ukkirakirīcuvarar temple, Murukaṉ shrine, Ardhamaṇḍapa, south wall.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] kō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ Uṭaiyār ti[ru-k]-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya
nāya⟨2⟩ṉār-kōyil tā [ca. 4+] nāyaṉārkku Aḻakiyāṉ Irāca-nārāyaṇa [ca. 3+]
cāttuvikkum tirumē-ṟ-pūc⟨3⟩cukku tiru-(mēṟ-pūccu) puṟam-āka viṭṭa Eṟi
paṭai-nallūr paṟṟil curapi-nāṭṭu nārayaṇa-tēvar vetti muṭi⟨4⟩-t-talai
veṭṭum perumāḷ I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-nāṭṭil veḷḷāḷaril ciṟu-pattaṉ pakkal koṇṭ-uṭaiya
Otiyaṉū [ca. 3+]⟨5⟩ṭ-āvatu Ā [ca. 4+] ta [ca. 3+] tal I-nāyaṉārkku
tēva-tāṉam ākavum

muṭi-t-talai [ve]ṭṭum perumāḷukku-k [ca. 2+] ṇa [ca. 1+]⟨6⟩m kāṇiya [ca.
7+] Avv-otiyaṉūr nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭṭa na[ṉ-ceyum] puṉ-ceyum kuḷamum
kuḷa-p-para⟨7⟩-p-pum [ca. 3+] tōṭṭamum tōṭṭa [ca. 4+] m Āṟum kālum mara
[ca. 2+] kiṇaṟum maṟṟum Ep_pēṟpaṭ ⟨8⟩ samasta-prā[pti](ka)ḷil paḻan
tēva-tāṉamum paḷḷi-[c-cantamu]m maṉattā Iṟai-y-[ili]yum nīkki nīkki
niṉṟa nilattukku ⟨9⟩ […] ⟨10⟩ ya viṉiyōkam Ilāñciṉai viṉiyōkam vācal
viṉiyōkam taviṟtu [ca. 4+] Aḷakkum Aracāṇam Āṉaic [ca. 3+] ⟨11⟩ [ca. 6+]
kiṟai tēvai-vari Ēri-vari Āḷ [ca. 5+] mā-vari [ca. 4+] taṟi-y-iṟai
cekk-iṟai taṭṭoli [ca. 3+] ⟨12⟩ [ca. 7+] Uṭ-paṭṭa Aṉait [ca. 3+] kaḷum
Uṭ-p-paṭa [ca. 1+] mutal variyilār kaṇakkilum kaḻit [ca. 3+] ⟨13⟩ pra
[ca. 4+] ḻan tēva-tāṉam tiru-v-uṭaiyāṭṭam Uṭ-paṭṭa Iṟai-y-ili sva [ca.
4+] ma [ca. 6+] vit’ āka ⟨14⟩ [ca. 5+] rāṇmai-k kāṇi y-ākavum

[ca. 5+] āyaṉārkku Āṉi-mātam mutal tiru-mēṟ-pūccu puṟam-āka kuṭut [ca.
3+] ⟨15⟩ [ca. 5+] rumpu ceṅ-kaḻu-nīr vā(ḻai) Uḷḷiṭṭa vāṉpayir ceyta
nilattukku cuntara-pāṇṭiya⟨16⟩[…] ⟨17⟩ l [ca. 19+] kku [ca. 25+]⟨18⟩ṟu
I-kāṇi [ca. 3+] pōkam varaku Uḷḷiṭṭa vāṉpayir ceyta nilattukku māttāl
Eḻu [ca. 5+]⟨19⟩tilum [ca. 5+] kkum natta-varikkum Ēri-vari Āḷ-vari
maṉai-vari ciṟṟ-āyam pēr-āyam taṟi-k-kaṭa […]⟨20⟩ḷḷiṭṭa Ivai [ca. 5+]
ṟukku Āṇṭ’ oṉṟukku Arai Accukku taṇṭal mēṉi patiṉ mūṉṟ’ arai [ca. 4+] m
Iṟāmalu[ca. 6+]⟨21⟩kākavum

colli Ip-paṭikku variyilār kaṇakkilum niṟutta-c coṉṉōm

Ip-paṭi Ivv-ō[lai pi]ṭipāṭ’ āka ⌈⟨22⟩koṇṭu tiru-mēṟ-pūccu puṟam-āka
cantirātitta-vaṟ cella tiru-c-cūla-t-tāpaṉam paṇṇi-k kalli[lu]m
cempilu⟨23⟩m veṭṭi-k koḷka ௳

Ivai kūkūr uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu yāṇṭu nāḷ 2 100 10 4 Ivai vīra-pāṇṭiya-vāṇādhi
[ca. 4+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/230).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 1), with photos.

This digital edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel
Francis, based on photos (EFEO, 2012).

### Secondary

ARIE 1923–24. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1924. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government
Press, 1925. Page 62, appendix C/1924, item 230.