# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Māḷava Cakravartin

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00428

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00428.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 śrī

māḷava-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩tti Ōlai tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār-kōyil tāṉattār⟨2⟩kku iṟai-y-ili
tēva-tāṉam-āka-k kuṭutta pōḻakāra-nāṭṭu Ātiyārkuṭi-y-āṉa
muṭi-tāṅki-nallūril viṭṭa nīr-nilam nāṟpatu māvum puṉcey nūṟu mā⟨3⟩vum
puṉcey nūṟṟu māvukkum Āmpal Ūruṇikkum villiyār Ēmpalukkum Ellai y-āvatu
kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai teṟku nōkki-p pōṉa nāṭṭāṟṟu E [ca. 3+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/149).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 28), 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 28, page 74.

### 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 149.