# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kulaśekhara Pāṇḍya, year [3]6

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00402

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00402.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Ukkirakirīcuvarar temple.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tri-(puvaṉa-cakkara-vatti) kō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ […] ⟨2⟩ […]
nāyaṉār-kōyil tāṉattārkku taṅkaḷ [nā](ya)ṉārkku tiru-p-pāṭṭōtu [ca. 5+]
⟨3⟩ [ca. 4+] yāḷ nalla-maṅkai Ēṟi Aruḷa-p paṇṇiṉa nā[cci]yār pōka mātta
pūmulaiyār [ca. 3+] ⟨4⟩ [ca. 4+] ṭṭa nitta-nimantaṅkaḷukku
Eṟi-paṭai-nal[lūr pa]ṟṟil tuvarāpati-nāṭṭu meṉ [ca. 4+] ⟨5⟩ [ca. 4+]
-y-āṉa kuḷattukkum caṉṉanēri Ēmpalukku kuḷan kuḻikkum nāṭṭu-p piṟiya
[ca. 4+] ⟨6⟩ [ca. 4+] Āṟ-āvatu māci-mātam mutal mutal aṭaṅka
Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-t tantu In⟨ta⟩ v-ūrāl varu ⟨7⟩ [ca. 5+] vaṭai puṉpayir
Āya vaṟkam kāttikai pa [ca. 4+] -āṉa paccai nitta paccai-p piḷḷai⟨8⟩yār
tēvai [ca. 6+] ḻuttu-t tēvai pañcupili cantu-vigraha-p pēṟu vāca[l]
viṉiyōkam Ōlai Eḻuttu viṉi ⟨9⟩ po [ca. 4+] ṉai [ca. 4+] tēvai Āḷ-tēvai
makama-tēvai taṭṭāra-t-tēvai Ilāñciṉai […] ⟨10⟩ [ca. 4+] ṭṭe [ca. 5+]
-p-pāṭam I […]⟨11⟩ṭṭam Uḷḷiṭṭa Aṉaittu Upātiyum Uṭ-paṭa variyilār
kaṇakkilum kaḻikka-c colli[ca. 5+] Iṟai⟨12⟩-y-ili-y-āka-t tantōm

I-ṉā [ca. 1+] nārkku [ca. 4+] ṉakku [ca. 5+] kku-p pa(yi)[r Ēṟṟi]ṉa
nilattu [ca. 4+]⟨13⟩ttāl Oṉṟ’ araip paṇamum mu-k-kala-nellum Ā [ca. 3+]
kuṟuvai [ca. 4+] Oṉṟu kā [ca. 5+] vai[ca. 4+]⟨14⟩kku Itil Oṉṟu pātiyum
Eḷḷukku māttāl Oru paṇamum [ca. 4+] kku māttāl kāl paṇamum [ca. 3+]⟨15⟩m
Ip-paṭikku variyilār kaṇakkilum kaḻikka-c coṉṉōm

Iv-vakai-p paṭi [ca. 4+] mutal [ca. 3+] ⟨16⟩ nācciyār bhokam ātta
pūmulaiyāṟku Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭi y-uḷ-paṭa nitta-nimantaṅka [ca. 3+]
⟨17⟩ [ca. 4+] tu koḷḷavum Ivv-ūr nāṉk’ ellaiyum tiru-c-cūla-t-tāpaṉam
paṇṇi cantirātitta-va [ca. 3+] ⟨18⟩ cella-k kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k
koḷka

Ivai kūkūr uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu yāṇṭu nāḷ ⟨19⟩ 2 100 10 4 Ivai
vīra-pāṇṭiya-vāṇātarāyaṉ Eḻuttu ௳

tu(lyaM) ௳

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/231).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 2), with photos.

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

### Primary

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 2, pages
24–25.

### 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 231.