# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Vīra Pāṇḍya, year 17

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00419

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00419.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Bhairava temple, west wall.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ Īḻamuṅ koṅkum cōḻa-maṇṭalamuṅ koṇṭu
vallāṉai ⟨2⟩ veṉṟu perum-paṟṟa-p-puliyūril vīrāpiṣekamum
vicaiyāpiṣekamum paṇṇi-y-aruḷiya śrī-vīra⟨3⟩-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 10
7-vatu tulā-nāyiṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu saptamiyum putaṉ-kiḻamaiyum peṟ⟨4⟩ṟa
Uttiraṭṭāti nāḷ

tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭai ⟨5⟩ nāyaṉār tiru-k-kōyilil tiru-nāvukkaracu
tiru-maṇṭapattu teṟkil tiru-vācalil puṟavāyil tiruni⟨6⟩laikku-p
pakkaṅkaḷ Eṭṭilum mēl-paṭiyilum mālai viḷakk’ āka Iru-patu viḷakku
vaittā⟨7⟩ṉ nāṭṭukkum maṭṭēkkaḷittāṉ Oṇṇa Akaḷaṅkap pēr-araiyaṉ-āṉa
vīra-pati-p-pēr-araiyaṉ ⟨8⟩ tarmam-āka-c cantirātittavaṟ Eṟiya Ivaṉ
tanta pacu Aimpattaṟu

Ip-pacu (Ai)mpattaṟum cā⟨9⟩vā mūvā Uruva-rāya-nāyaṉār paṇṭāra-nāyakaṟku
Ivai y-iṟṟukku Aḷakka-c ceyta ney⟨10⟩yuṅ koṇṭu Iv-viḷakku Iru-patum
cantiyā kālan tuṭaṅki tiruvatta cāmam-āka viṭṭu ⟨11⟩ nāḷ paṭāmal
Ikkaḷittāṉ Oṇṇa Akaḷaṅka-p-pēraiyaṉ-āṉa vīra-pati-p-pēraiyaṉ ⟨12⟩
taṉmam-āka-c cantirātittavaṟ cellaṟku Itu paṉmākēcurar rakṣai ௳

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ 10 7 ⬦ 10 7 V.

⟨11⟩ Ikkaḷittāṉ ⬦ ¡I!⟨Ī⟩ttaḷittāṉ V.

## Commentary

Year 17 in ARIE.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/216).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 19), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2022). Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis
(2024).

### Primary

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 19, pages
55–56.

### 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 61, appendix C/1924, item 216.