# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ, year 28

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00427

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00427.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⟩ s[vasti śrī]

[tribhuvana]-c-ca[kka]⟨2⟩ra-va⟨r⟩tti kō(ṉēr)[iṉmaikoṇṭā]⟨3⟩ṉ Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-ku⟨4⟩ṉṟam-uṭaiya ṉāyaṉār-kōyil ⟨5⟩ tāṉattārkku Ik-kōyil
mā⟨6⟩ṭāpattiyam tiru-malai Uṭaiyā⟨7⟩(ṉum) tiru-mañcaṉam Uṭaiyāṉum ⟨8⟩
kāṇi-y-āy varuva-c ceytu pō⟨9⟩tukiṟa paṭiyālē Irupatt’ eṭṭā⟨10⟩vatu
mutal Ivarkaḷukku cantirā⟨11⟩titta-vaṟ cellum paṭi ka⟨l⟩lilum ⟨12⟩
cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷ⟨13⟩vat’ āka-c coṉṉōm

Ip-paṭik⟨14⟩ku kallilum cempilum ve[ṭ]⟨15⟩ṭi-k kuṭukka Ivai
caṟukampūr-uṭai⟨16⟩yāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

yāṇṭu 2 10 8-vatu ⟨17⟩ nāḷ 100 2 10 Ivai vāṇātarāyaṉ E⟨18⟩ḻuttu ௳

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [tribhuvana] ⬦ […] V • Alternatively: tirupuvaṉa.

⟨17⟩ 100 2 10 ASI ⬦ 2 100 2 10 V.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/214).

Edited twice in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 27 = 69), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based
on photo (EFEO, 2012) and ASI estampage an 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 27 and 69,
pages 22–23 and 169–170.

### 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 214.