# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kulaśekhara, year 34

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00433

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00433.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 16:54
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## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yāṇṭu 3 10 4-vatu nāḷ 2 100 2 10 8-k kula-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-tāvaḷattil
Eḻuṉt-aruḷ(i)-[y-i]rukka niṉaippu Uṭaiyār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya
ṉāyanāṟku tu(va)rāpati vēḷār kaṭṭiṉa pūpāla puraṉtaraṉ caṉtikku
Amutu-pa⟨2⟩ṭi cāttu-paṭi Uḷḷiṭṭa nitta-nimaṉtaṅkaḷukku Uṭalāka viṭṭa
curapi-ṉāṭṭu taru-k-kāy-kuṭi paṟṟil koṟṟa-maṅkalamum I-ṉāṭṭu
Aṟu-nūṟṟuvaṉ ēri paṟṟil pāricuramum Ik-kuḷaṅkaḷil ṉāṉ-k’ ellaikk’
uḷ-paṭṭa na⟨3⟩ttamum naṉ-cey puṉ-ceyum kuḷamum kuḷa-parippum
pala-vr̥kṣaṅkaḷum Uḷ-paṭa paṇṭ-uṭaiyaraiyum paḻaṅkāṇiyāḷaraiyum tavuttu
muṉṉṉāḷ Ivar tēva-tāṉam-āka kuṭutta paṭiyilē Aṉai-t tāyaṅkaḷu⟨4⟩m
tēvaikaḷum Upātikaḷum tavittu tēva-tāṉa-Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka taṉtōm
I-paṭikku ca¡ṉ!⟨n⟩drātitya-vaṟ celvat’ āka-k kallilum cempilum veṭṭi
koḷka eṉṟu tiru-vāy-moḻiṉt-aruḷiṉa paṭikku I⟨5⟩vai veṇṇiyūr Uṭaiyāṉ
cōmaṉ paḻam patikku ṉāyakaṉ Eḻuttu ௳

## Commentary

The king’s name us not explicitly stated.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/147).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 33), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based
on photo (EFEO, 2012).

### Primary

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 33, pages
83–84.

### 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 147.