# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ, year 6 G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00408 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00408.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiru-puvaṉa-c-cakkiṟava⟨r⟩tti kōṉēri¿m?⟨ṉ⟩⟨2⟩mai-koṇṭāṉ Uṭaiyār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-u⌈⟨3⟩ṭaiya nāyiṉār-kōyil tāṉattāṟku-c cōḻa-pāṇṭiya-vaḷa⟨4⟩-nāṭṭu nilai-p-puṟam cōḻa-pāṇṭiya-nilai-p paṟṟil muṉaiyatarai⟨5⟩yar kāṇi-y-āṉa kaṇṇa-maṅkalam-āṉa tiru-veṇkāvuṭaiyā na⟨6⟩llūrum cūrai-k-kuṭi-p paṟṟil Amarta-maṅkalamāṉa mutali nāyaka nal⟨7⟩lūrum Ivai y-iraṇṭūrilum nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭṭa puravil paḻan ⌈⟨8⟩tēva-tāṉaṅkaḷum nāṭṭu Iṟai-y-ili-y-āṉa paṇi-makkaḷ viruttikaḷum ⟨9⟩ mutali-nāyaka-nallūr vayalil cūrai-k-kuṭiyil Uṭaiyār ⟨10⟩ cuntara-cōḷīcuram-uṭaiya nāyiṉāṟku-k kaṭaimai-p paṟṟ-āṉa ⟨11⟩ nilaṅkaḷum tiru-veṇkāvuṭaiya nallū [ca. 3+] lil muḷḷi vāya⟨12⟩l mutaliyār Uyya-niṉṟ’ āṭuvā [ca. 6+] kāṇi-y-ā⟨13⟩ṉa niṅkaḷum nīkki Uḷḷa puravukku naccayipp’āṉa Ac⟨14⟩cum Ittāl varum kaṭaimai kuṭimai poṉ-vari Anta⟨15⟩rāyam cantu-vikkiṟamam vācal viṉi¿v?⟨y⟩ōkam Eḻuttukku E⟨16⟩ṇṇai pantam taṟi-Iṟai taṭṭoli-taṭṭār-p-pāṭ⟨17⟩ṭam māṉ-vari Iṉa-vari Ēri-vari cekk-iṟai maṟṟum ⟨18⟩ Eppēṟpaṭṭa pala vari Upātikaḷum 6 ௵ tai-m mātam ⟨19⟩ mutal nam variyilār kaṇakkilum kaḻittu nāṭṭi⟨20⟩l niccayippilum kaḻikka coṉṉōm Iṉ-ṉāḷ mutal ⟨21⟩ Uṭaiyān kuṉṟ’ āṇṭa nāyaṉāṟku tāḻvu ceyyātāṉ ⟨22⟩ cantiyāṉa tiru-votta-cāma-c canti-k kuṭal-āka muṉ coṉ⟨23⟩ṉa puravukaḷ nīṅkal-āṉa varavum payir pāttu payir niṉṟa nila⟨24⟩ttukku cuntara-pāṇṭiyaṉ kōlāl Oru māvāl ⟨25⟩ kuḷa varicai nāli¡ll!⟨l⟩ oṉṟu kaḻittu nīkki niṉṟa nilattukku ⟨26⟩ Ūrāṭu kālāl Eṇ-kala-nellum kāl paḻa⟨27⟩ṅ kācum koḷvat’ ākavum Ik-kaṭaimaiyil ⟨28⟩ Āṭi-k kuṟuvai mūṉṟu loṉṟum varaku pātiyum ⟨29⟩ Eḷḷu-t tiṉai nāli¡ll!⟨l⟩ oṉṟum Aiṟpaci-k kuṟu⌈ ⟨30⟩ vai pātiyum karumam y-iraṭṭiyum koḷvat’ ākavu⟨31⟩m tantōm Ip-paṭi cantirātitta-vaṟ cella⟨32⟩-k kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷ⟨33⟩ka ௳ Ivai tuñcalūr uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ⟨34⟩ Ivai cuntara-pāṇṭiya-pallava-rā [ca. 4+] ⟨35⟩ Eḻuttu yāṇṭu 6 ௵ nāḷ [ca. 4+] ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/202). Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 8), 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 8, pages 34–35. ### 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 59, appendix C/1924, item 202.