# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 3

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00405

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00405.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ cōṇāṭu koṇṭ-aruḷiya
cun⟨2⟩tara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu (3)-vatu tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-ku⟨3⟩ṉṟat(tu) Uṭai(yār tiru-k)-koṭu(ṅ)-ku(ṉṟam-uṭaiya)
nāyaṉār śrī-kōyili⟨4⟩l śrī-[rud]ra-śrī-māhecurarōm śrī-maturaiyil
(ti)[ru-nāvukk-ara](cu?) tiru-maṭattil ⟨5⟩ Ammai Aṟa-p-peruñ-celviyār
I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āyaṉāṟku vaicca tiru-ṉuntā-viḷak⟨6⟩ku 1-kku koṇṭu viṭṭa Āṭu 5
10

(Iv)-āṭu ¿A?⟨Ai⟩m-patu cāvā mūvā-p pēr-āṭ-āy ⟨7⟩ It-tiru-ṉuntā-viḷakku
Oṉṟum can¡t!⟨d⟩rātitta-val celvat’ āka kalveṭṭi-k kuṭuttō⟨8⟩m Ammai
Aṟa-p-peruñ-celviyāṟku śrī-Uruttira-śrī-māheśvararōm

Itu pa⟨9⟩ṉmāheśvara-ra(kṣ)ai

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ śrī[rud]ra ⬦ śrī(rudra) SII; śrī [4+] V. — ⟨4⟩
(ti)[ru-nāvukk-ara](cu?) ⬦ [3+] SII; tiru-nāvukk-aracu V.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/142b).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.430); edited in Vijayavenugopal
2022 (Pirāṉmalai 5), with photo.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based
on previous editions and photo (EFEO, 2012).

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Item 430, page
225.

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 5, page 28.

### Secondary

ARIE 1903–04. G.O., etc., Nos. 678, 679, 12th August 1904. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1903-1904. Copy to the
Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. Edited by V.
Venkayya. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1904. Page
18, appendix A/1903, item 142b.