# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kulaśekhara, year 16 G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00426 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00426.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-māṟapaṉmar-āṉa tri-bhuvaṉacakra-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ Emmaṇṭalamuṅ koṇṭ-aruḷiya śrī-kulacēkara⟨2⟩-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 6-vatu taim mātam 10 4 ti tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟatt’ uṭaiyār tiru-k⟨3⟩-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār-kōyil tēvarkaṉmi śrī-maheśvara-k-kaṇkāṇi cevvār ci-kāriyañ cevvār ⟨4⟩ kōyiṟ-kaṇakkarōm kēraḷa-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭ’ aruviyūr-āṉa kula-cēkara-paṭṭiṉattu-k kōva⟨5⟩lūr-uṭaiyāṉ uyya-niṉṟāṭuvāṉ mayil ēṟum perumāḷ-āṉa nayapālaṟku-p piṭipāṭu paṇṇi-k ku⟨6⟩ṭutta paric’ āvatu Ik-kōyilukku ti(ru)-vītiyil eḻunt-aruḷa Iḷaiya-piḷḷaiyār i⟨7⟩llāmaiyāl piḷḷaiyāraiyum nāccimāraiyum Eḻunt-aruḷuvittu-t tārum Amutu ⟨8⟩ paṭi cāttu-p-paṭi tiru-nāḷ tēvai y-uḷḷiṭṭaṉavum ciri-paṇṭārattilē ce⟨9⟩luttukiṟōm eṉṟu Ivaṟku piṭipāṭu muṉpē kuṭuttu Ivarum Iḷaiya-piḷḷai⟨10⟩yār Aḻakiya perumāḷaiyum nāccimārai Eḻunt-aruḷuvittu-k koṇṭu ⟨11⟩ [ca. 5+] ṭayum paṇṇuvikkaiyil Amutu-paṭiyum muṉpu [ca. 2+] taḷa ⟨12⟩ [ca. 5+] tum paṭi cī-paṇṭārattukku tiru [ca. 6+] taravēṇumeṉṟu co[ca. 3+] ⟨13⟩ [ca. 3+] pakkalil cī-paṇṭārattukku Iru-nūṟu paṇam Oṭukkuvittu-k [ca. 4+] ⟨14⟩ [ca. 5+] ṭu In-nāḷ mutal tiru-nāvukk-aracu nāḻiyāl nāḷ Oṉṟukku nā [ca. 4+] ⟨15⟩ [ca. 5+] ciyuṅ kaṟi-y-amutu viñcaṉamum tiru-viḷakkum cāttu-p-paṭiyum ta [ca. 3+] ⟨16⟩ [ca. 5+] tāmamum tiru-vītiyil Eḻunt-aruḷumm iṭattu Āṟān tiru-nāḷu [ca. 3+] ⟨17⟩ [ca. 5+] ḻicciyum Eḻunt-aruḷuvikkavum Ip-paṭi In-nāḷ mutal can [ca. 4+] ⟨18⟩ [ca. 4+] tavaṟ celuttuvōm āka Ip-paṭikku Iḷaiya-piḷḷaiyār kō⟨19⟩(yili)lē kalveṭṭi-k koḷvār āka Ip-paṭi cammatittu-p piṭipāṭu ⟨20⟩ (paṇ)ṇi-k kuṭuttōm kōvalūr-uṭaiyāṉ uyya-niṉṟāṭuvāṉ mayi⟨21⟩l ēṟum perumāḷ-āṉa nayapālaṟku Uṭaiyār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-u⟨22⟩ṭaiya nāyaṉār-kōyil tēva-kaṉmi cī-mākēcura-k-kaṇkāṇi cī-kāriyañ ⟨23⟩ ceyvār kōyil-k-kaṇakkarōm - Ip-paṭikku śrī-mākēśvara-k-kaṇ - ⟨24⟩kāṇi kūtta-p-perumāḷ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku periya tiru-k-kūṭṭa-piram⟨25⟩ātarāyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku cī-kāriyam tiru-c-ciṟṟ-ampala-p-pallava-tarai⟨26⟩yaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku māṭā-pattiyam tiru-malaiy-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - ⟨27⟩ Ip-paṇam Iru-nūṟu Oṭukkuvittu koṇṭamaikku kōyiṟ-kaṇakku ⟨28⟩ Āṇṭa piḷḷai Eḻuttu ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/152). Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 26), 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 26, pages 70–71. ### 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 152.