# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Vīrapāṇḍya, year 9 G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00418 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00418.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d) ## Summary Taṭciṇāmūrtti temple, west wall. ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-c-caṭaiya-paṉmar-āṉa tiri-pu⟨va⟩ṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-vīra-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu [ca. 3+] peṟṟa ⟨2⟩ (maka)ttu nāḷ tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār-kōyil Āti-ca [ca. 3+] piḷḷaiyār tiru-nāmattāl tēva-kaṉmi śrī-mākēcura-k ⟨3⟩ [ca. 4+] cī-kāriyañ ceyvārkaḷ kōyiṟ kaṇakkarōm kēraḷa-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭu Aruviyūr-āṉa kulacēkara-paṭṭaṇattu [ca. 3+] ṉa tiru-k-koṭuṅ-ku(ṉṟa)m-uṭaiyāṉ civaṉeṟi kan ⟨4⟩ [ca. 3+] piṭi-pāṭu paṇṇi-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu Ivar Eḻunt-aruḷivitta tiru-⟨ma⟩ñcaṉam peṟṟa piḷḷaiyār nāya [ca. 3+] pattaṟ karuḷ ceyva [ca. 2+] ṉ tiru-maṇṭapattē Eḻun⟨5⟩t-aruḷi y-iruntu pūcai koṇṭ-aruḷuvat’ āka tiru-v-amut’ uḷḷiṭṭa nivantaṅkaḷukku niccayitta paṭiyā [ca. 4+] yilē nāḷ Oṉṟukku-c ceppu nāḻi tiru-nā [ca. 2+]⟨6⟩k-kālē Iru-nāḻi Ariciyum Itukku takka kaṟi-y-amut’ uḷḷiṭṭa vañcaṉaṅkaḷum Ilai-y-amutum Aṭai [ca. 4+] celvat’ ākavum ka [ca. 3+] nāyaṟṟu-k-kiḻamaikaḷ tō⟨7⟩ṟum nāḷ oṉṟukku nāḻi Uri Ariciyum Uḻakku-p paruppum Oru pala-k karuppu-k kaṭṭiyum-āka-k kaṟi-y-amut’ uḷḷiṭṭa viñ [ca. 3+] m Iru-nāḻi pālum Itukku [ca. 3+] va [ca. 3+]⟨8⟩ḷum celvat’ ākavum tiru-nāyaṟṟu-k-kiḻamai tōṟum tēvāram ceyt-aruḷuvat’ ākavu[m] [ca. 3+] y-iraṇṭu tiru-viḷakku Erip [ca. 4+] cantiyāt¡i!⟨ī⟩pam nāḷ Oṉṟu [ca. 4+] kā [ca. 4+]⟨9⟩m tiru-nāḷkaḷ tōṟum Āṟān tiru-nāḷilum tiru-v-eḻucciyilum Eḻunt-aruḷi-vippat’ āka-p pūccu-p paṭiyum kaṭṭupaṭa [ca. 3+] m tiru-p-paricaṭṭamum cāttu-paṭi [ca. 4+] -āka-p [ca. 3+] ⟨10⟩ celuttuvat’ ākavum maṟṟum viṣu Ayaṉa-caṅkirama-kirakaṇaṅkaḷ Uḷḷiṭṭa nivantaṅkaḷukkum pūjai Aṭṭāmal Inta nivan [ca. 3+] c celvat’ ākavum Ip-paṭiyilē ku [ca. 3+] ṅkaḷ ⟨11⟩ celvat’ āka paṇṭā [ca. 1+] ttilē celuttuvat’ āka Alaivi lañcātāṉ tiru-maṇṭapattukku tiru [ca. 3+] ṉai Accu 10 Ivv-accu pattu [ca. 3+] Ivar [ca. 3+] mmuka [ca. 3+] ⟨12⟩ [ca. 4+] cantirā{Ā}titta-varai paṇṭārattilē celuttu [ca. 3+] ka Ip-paṭi cammati [ca. 3+] paṇṇi-k ku [ca. 3+] ⟨13⟩ cammatittu piṭi-pāṭu paṇṇi-k kuṭuttōm māṭam-uṭaiyāṉ tiru- [ca. 3+] ṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiyā [ca. 3+] ṭiṉāṟ [ca. 3+] kaṉ{m}mi śrī-mākēśvara-k-kaṇkā [ca. 4+] ⟨14⟩ [ca. 3+] kōyil kaṇakkarōm - Ip-paṭikku Ivai Irācēntirattu mutaliya [ca. 4+] pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu mutaliyārum [ca. 4+] -c cel [ca. 4+] kku [ca. 3+] tillai-k-kūttaṉ eḻuttu - I [ca. 3+] ⟨15⟩ [ca. 3+] ṭakkum perumāḷ eṉ Eḻuttu - pūmāṅ kaḻalāṇṭār aruḷi-c ceyta paṭikku cēramān tōḻaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Aṇṭā ṉalla-maṅkai-pākaṉ Ālāla [ca. 3+] ⟨16⟩ tu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai Uyya-niṉṟāṭuvāṉ nalla-maṅkai-pākaṉ cuntara-pāṇṭiya-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai kuṉikkum pirāṉ kuṉṟana [ca. 3+] - ⟨17⟩ [ca. 4+] Ivai tēvakaṉmi pēraṇi-maṇṭaka-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ip-paṭikku Ivai tiru-ṉāvukk-aracaṉ Ēkāmpira-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai [ca. 4+] ## Apparatus ⟨2⟩ (maka)ttu ASI ⬦ ttu V. ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/208). Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 18), without photo. This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based on photo (EFEO, 2012) and ASI 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 18, pages 53–54. ### 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 60, appendix C/1924, item 208.