# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, no king, no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00420

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00420.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-30 16:47
(65e61a6)

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

svasti śrī

⟨1⟩ śrīmān⟨·⟩ viprakṛita pratikṣiti patiprātas samāpta prato bhuloke
bhuvanaika v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra⟨2⟩Iti yaḥ prakhyāta-k¿i?⟨ī⟩rttiM yyau
śrī-cāṇḍyādripatau pura-traya-ripos so yaṁ sva-nāmnākarōT ⟨3⟩ sālaṁ
gopuramunta tantu vipula śrī-rājanārāyaṇaḥ ௳

⟨4⟩ cīrmaṉṉu cel(vi)ttiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟar tikaḻ varai cūḻ-k kāmaṉṉu
cāralaruvarai kaṭṭi Aḻa⟨5⟩ku kaṇṭāṉ pār[ma]ṉṉar maṉṉaṉ viratamuṭittavaṉ
pañcavar kōṉ pormaṉṉiya veṟpuva⟨6⟩ṉ ēkav¿i?⟨ī⟩raṉ puyalvaṇṇaṉ-ēṉ ௳

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/218).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 20), 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 20, pages
57–58.

### 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 218.