# 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_INSTamilNadu00406

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00406.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

kō-māṟa-paṉmar-āṉa tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ cōṇāṭu
ko[ṇṭ-a]⟨2⟩ruḷiya śrī-cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 3-vatu

tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ⟨3⟩-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉāṟku t [ca. 4+] valil paratēci
A⟨4⟩ṇṭārkaḷil tiru-naṭṭa-p-perumāḷ piḷḷaikaḷil Etir-illā-p perumāḷ [ca.
3+] ceyam-uṭaiya peru⟨5⟩māḷ-āṉa tiru-n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟu pēṇi yaṇivāṉēṉ
cantirātitta-vaṟ celvat’ āka tiru-ṉuntā-viḷakku Oṉ⟨6⟩[ṟuk]ku cāvā
(mūvā)-p pēr-āṭ’ āka-k koṇṭu viṭṭa Āṭu 5 [10]

Inta viḷakk’ eriya (Iṭṭa) [pi]ttaḷai viḷakku Oṉ⟨7⟩ṟināl Iṭai 7 10 2
palamum Iv-āṭu ¿A?⟨Ai⟩m-patum koṇṭu kalveṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm tiru-n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟu
pēṇi Aṇi⟨8⟩[vāṟku]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ nāyaṉāṟku t ⬦ nāya(ṉā)ṟku k SII; nāyaṉāṟku k V.

⟨6⟩ Āṭu 5 [10] ⬦ Āṭu 5 10 SII; Āṭu [4+] V. — ⟨6⟩ Inta viḷakk’ eriya ⬦
[3+] viḷakkeriya SII; Inta viḷak keriya V. — ⟨6⟩ (Iṭṭa) [pi]ttaḷai ⬦
Iṭṭa (pi)ttaḷai SII; Iṭṭa pittaḷai V.

⟨7⟩ Aṇi⟨8⟩[vāṟku] ⬦ Aṇi⟨8⟩vāṟku SII; Aṇi ⟨8⟩ [ca. 4+] V.

## Bibliography

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

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.429); edited in Vijayavenugopal
2022 (Pirāṉmalai 6), 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 429, page
225.

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 6, pages
30–31.

### 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 142a.