# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kulaśekhara, year 36

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00435

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00435.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)

kō-māṟa-paṉmar-āṉa tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ Emmaṇṭala⟨2⟩[ca.
4+] ṇṭ-aruḷiya śrī-kula-cēkara-tēvakku yāṇṭu 3 10 6-vatu
vruścika-nāyaṟ⟨3⟩ṟu pūrva-pakṣattu daśamiyum cevvāy-k-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa
Uttaraṭṭāti nāḷ

maruṅkūr⟨4⟩nāṭṭu nāṭṭavarōm tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu
[ca. 4+] tiraṭṭa-p perun [ca. 4+] ⟨5⟩ teruvil virata muṭittāṉ
tiru-maṭattu vattikkum tiruvārūr tekṣiṇa-goḷagi-maṭattu ne⟨6⟩kkum
ācāriyar [ca. 3+] ḷil śrī-kaliyāraḷai-k-kāmi-devaṟku Udaka-pramāṇam
paṇṇi-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu Ū [ca. 1+] ⟨7⟩ maṉṉukuṟicciyil Ivar Eḻuṉt-aruḷivitta Uṭaiyār
Atikamaḻakīśvaram-uṭaiya nāyaṉār santadhiyil ⟨8⟩ (nā)ṅkaḷ camaittu
kuṭutta maṭam maruṅkūr-nāṭṭu-t tiru-maṭam eṉṟu pēriṭukaiyil Iṉta
maṭattukku ⟨9⟩ maṭa-puṟam-āka nāṅkaḷ kuṭutta Iṉ-nāṭṭu tēvi-maṅkalattu
maruṅkūr-nāṭṭu-p pēr-ēri vayalukku-p peru nā⟨10⟩ṉk’ ellai y-āvatu

- kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai kollaṉ kuḻikku mēṟkum

- teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai kaḷavūraṉ kālukku ⟨11⟩ vaṭakkum

- mēlpāṟk’ ellai [ca. 5+] kūr nāṭṭu-p pēr-ēriyil nīr-kōvaikku kiḻakkum

- vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai Ūrma ⟨12⟩ ṉṉu kuṟicciyil niṉṟu [ca. 5+] kkut teṟku

Āka Icainta peru nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ kuḷa⟨13⟩-paruppum
naṉ-cey puṉ-cey [ca. 4+] tōṭṭamuṅ kīḻ-nōkkiya kiṇaṟum mēl-nōkkiya
maramum maṟṟum Eppē(rp)⟨14⟩paṭṭa samasta- prāptikaḷum Ivarkku
maṭa-p-puṟam-āka Udaka-pramāṇam paṇṇi nāṭṭ’ iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-k kuṭuttōm

Ik-kuḷa ⟨15⟩ ttukku mu [ca. 3+] raṇṭu kuḷa nīr varuṅ kālukkum nīr
pāyvat’ ākavum

Ip-paṭi sammadittu nāṉk’ ellaikkun tiru-c-cūla-stā⟨16⟩panam paṇṇi-k
kuṭuttōm

Ip-paṭi Ik-kuḷamum [ca. 3+] pramāṇam [ca. 3+] la-perumāṉ kōṉum
mu⟨17⟩ṉaintalaik kōṉum uḷḷiṭṭārkkum peru nāṉ [ca. 4+] ṭaiya-k-kuṭi nīṅkā
maṭa⟨18⟩-puṟa-māka [ca. 4+] nallūr kīḻu Ūrppaccai mā⟨19⟩ttāl iraṇṭu
paṇamum [ca. 6+] ⟨20⟩ kavum tiru-malaiyi [.]e [ca. 4+]⟨21⟩ttōm mutalil
[ca. 4+]⟨22⟩ṇṭiya vēḷārum ma [ca. 4+]⟨23⟩kkirama- pāṇṭiya vē [ca. 4+]
⟨24⟩ [ca. 20+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/234).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 35), 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 35, pages
87–89.

### 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 62, appendix C/1924, item 234.