# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, Ukkirakirīcuvarar, time of
Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ, year 4

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00407

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00407.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-09-30 00:05 (6e4ac9f), 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⟩ śrī

tri-bhuvaṉa-cakkara-va⟨r⟩tti kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ tiru-malai-nāṭṭu
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār-kōyil
pati pāta mū⟨2⟩la-p-paṭṭ-uṭai pañcācārya tēvakaṉmikaḷukku
tirumalai-nāṭṭu tiru-k-kāma-k-kōṭṭattu nācciyār nalla-maṅkaiyāṟku
tiru-p-paṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum enṟu nā [ca. 4+]⟨3⟩ḷavaḻi-nāṭṭu
pullūṟṟi-y-āṉa cī-mallava-nallūr nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭṭa nīr-nilamum
karuñ-cey [ca. 3+] puñ-ceyum nattamum tōṭṭamum kuḷamum kuḷa-p-parappum
Uṭ-paṭṭa nilattu[ca. 3+] [pa]⟨4⟩ḷḷi-c-cantam nīkki nīkki Uḷḷa nilam
nāl-āvatu mutal tēva-tāṉa-Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iṭuvat’ āka Iṭa-p peṟa vēṇum
eṉṟu Iṟukkum iṭat [ca. 4+] Iru-pattu nāla [ca. 4+] -āṉa cuntara-pāṇṭiyaṉ
[.]e [ca. 3+]⟨5⟩yāṭṭattu viḷainta nilattukku kaṭamaiyum Antarāyam
viṉiyōkamum taruvatāṉa-Accum kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi pāṭṭamum
pañcupili cantu-vikkiraka-p pēṟum vācal pēṟum I⟨6⟩ṟai-y cekk-iṟaiyum
taṭṭoli-pāṭṭamum Iṭaiyar-variyum [ca. 4+] -variyum poṉ-variyum maṟṟum
Eppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭ-paṭa māttāl paḻaṅ kācu kālum vaḷaiyiṟ [ca. 3+]
kaṭōrakiri⟨7⟩kkamum māṟu [ca. 4+] ḷai na [ca. 4+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/229).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 7), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2022). Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis
(2024), based on photos (N. Ramaswamy).

### Primary

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 7, pages
32–33.

### 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 229.