# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year lost

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00404

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00404.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ௳ kō-māṟ¿u?⟨a⟩-paṉmarāṉa-āṉa tiri-puvaṉa-cak⟨2⟩kkarava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ
c¡i!⟨ī⟩-cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēva⟨3⟩⟨r⟩kku [yāṇṭu] [ca. 2+]-vatu tu mārkaḻi ௴
2 10 7 ௳

tiru⟨4⟩[ca. 6+] tiru-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭai⟨5⟩[…] -k kuṉṟam-uṭaiya
nāya⟨6⟩[…] ārattārōm veṇ-kāṭṭu ⟨7⟩ […] ttu cuntaraṉ ceḻiya-ta(r)ai⟨8⟩[…]
ṇam paṇṇi kuṭutta [ca. 1+] ⟨9⟩ […] yinar-kōyil puvaṉē⟨10⟩[…] l mēl [ca.
3+] pātti [ca. 2+] ⟨11⟩ […] kku 2-kku Upaiyam-ā [ca. 2+] ⟨12⟩ […] vet’
ākavum

Upayata [ca. 2+] ⟨13⟩ […] niccayitta Irācippār a [ca. 2+] ⟨14⟩ […] mai
[ca. 6+] āṉ kuḷa [ca. 1+] ⟨15⟩ […] [ca. 15+] ār [ca. 2+] ⟨16⟩ […] [ca.
19+] tukku [ca. 3+]

## Apparatus

⟨9⟩ yinar-kōyil ⬦ yi nā kōyil V.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/226).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 4), with photo.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based
on photo (EFEO, 2012) and ASI estampage and transcript available on
BharatSHRI.

### Primary

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 4, page 27.

### 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 226.