# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00423

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00423.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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti

samasta-jagadādhāra-somakula-t¿a?⟨i⟩la⟨⟨ka⟩⟩-madhurāpura-mādhava-keraḷa-vaṁśa-nirmmalan
laṁkā-dvīpaluṇḍana-dvitīya-rāma-cōḷa-kula-śaila-kuliśa-karṇāṭa-rājavidrāvaṇa-karikkarikūṭapākala-vivida-ripu-durgga-marddhana-vīra-gaṇṭagopāla-vipina-dāvada-hana
kāñcīpura-varādīśvara-gaṇapat(i) hariṇa śā⟨r⟩dūḷa-nellūr
pura-viracita-vīrābhiṣeka-praṇata-rājādhirāja-paramēśvara-tri-[bhuva](ṉa)-c-cakra-va⟨r⟩tti-śrī-sundara-pāṇḍya-devar
tiru-malai-nāṭṭu tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār-kōyil tāṉa [ca. 6+] cuntara-pāṇṭi
[ca. 4+] ṭataṟkum Amutu-paṭi cāttu-paṭi Uḷḷuṭṭu ⟨2⟩ vēṇṭum
nitta-nimantaṅkaḷukkum tirunāḷ Eḻunt-aruḷa vēṇṭuvaṉavukkum kōṉāṭ-āṉa
kaṭal-aṭaiyātu-Ilaṅkai-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu teṉkō-nāṭṭu Iṭaiyāṟṟūr ṉāṉk’
ellaikk’ uṭ-p-paṭṭa nīr-nilamum nañ-cey puṉ-ceyum nattamum natta-pāḻum
kuḷamum kuḷa-p-parippum Uṭ-p-paṭṭa nilattil paḻan tēva-tāṉamum
paḷḷi-c-cantamum brāhmaṇa-Iṟai-y-iliyum nīkki Uḷḷa nilattukku Iṟukkum
kaṭamaiyum Antarāyamum taruvatāṉa Accum kāriya-v-ārāṭcciyum
veṭṭi-pāṭṭamum pañcu-piliyu [ca. 4+] ṭṭamum Iṭai-y-variyum Iṉa-variyum
poṉ-variyum Uṭ-paṭa maṟṟu⟨3⟩m Eppēṟpaṭṭa Iṟaikaḷum Aṇṇāḻvikkup
patiṉ-āṟ-āvatu mutal tavirttu tēvar tāṉa Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka- tantu
Iṉ-ṉāṭṭil puravilum variyilum kaḻippat’ āka coṉṉōm

Ivv-ōlai piṭi-pāṭ-āka koṇṭu candrāditya-vaṟ celvat-āka-k kallilum
cempilum veṭṭi Ivv-ūr ṉāṉk’ ellaiyilum tiru-c-cūla-stāpanam paṇṇi-k
kai-y-koṇṭ’ aṉupavikka Ippaṭikku muttūṟṟu-kūṟṟa-ṉāṭṭu Antaṉūrā [ca. 4+]
-āka [ca. 4+] mpūr-uṭaiyāṉ vaṇṭuvarāpati vīṟṟ-iruṉta peru [ca. 5+] nāḷ

## Commentary

Year 16 according to ARIE.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/148).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 23), 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 23, pages
63–66.

### Secondary

ARIE 1903–04. G.O., etc., Nos. 678, 679, 12th August 1904. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1903-1904. Copy to the
Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. Edited by V.
Venkayya. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1904. Page
19, appendix A/1903, item 148.