Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, no king, Śaka year 1170

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00416.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00416.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakābdaM 1000 100 7 10 ceṉṟu ⌈-
⟨2⟩ mēṟ kaṉṉi-nāyaṟṟil civa-pādyam-āṉa It-ti-
⟨3⟩ ru-mañcaṉa-c-cuṉai-c ceytu ka¡ll! iṭṭu-k kaṭṭi
⟨4⟩ Ēṟa-p-paṭikaḷum veṭṭi ¿tira?vaṇa⟨m⟩ mēl iṣapa-tēvar-
⟨5⟩ kaḷaiyum camaittu It-taṉma⟨m⟩ muṭiya-c cey-
⟨6⟩ tār Aḷakāpuri-y-āṉa ceḻiya-nārāyaṇa-
⟨7⟩ -purattu maṇakk-uṭaiyāṉ poṟ-pati-
⟨8⟩ kku nāyakar t¿a?ru-vampala-p-perumāḷ-āṉa
⟨9⟩ peruñ-catira-kupēraṉ

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ ¿tira?⟨kā⟩vaṇa⟨m⟩ mēl ⬦ tāvaṇamel ASI; kāvaṇamel V.

Commentary

This is a duplicate of Tamil Nadu 415 in Vijayavenugopal 2022. One wonders if there are really two exact copies of the same inscription or if some confusion occurred.

Bibliography

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 16), 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

[ASI] No name. N.d. “ASI transcript.”

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ. Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 16, page 50.

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 63, appendix C/1924, item 236.

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