# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, no king, no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00436

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00436.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), 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⟩ [ca. 45+] ⟨2⟩ Aruḷi-c ceyal cel¿l?⟨v⟩a-t-tiruvārūr
dakṣiṇa-goḷaki-maṭattil irukkum Ācāryya-(ci)ṣyaṟkaḷil
Ēkām(para)⟨3⟩-tēvaṟku maruṅkūr-nāṭṭu Ūr maṉṉu kuṟicciyil Uṭaiyār
Atiyamaḻ-āki(ya) (Ī)śvaram-uṭaiya nāyanār-kōyil caṉṉa [ca.
1+]⟨4⟩maṭattukku maṭa-p-puṟam-āka maruṅkūr-nāṭṭu nāṭṭavar kuṭutta
Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu tēvi-maṅkalattu piṇari-k kuḷam peru-(nāṉ)⟨5⟩k’ ellaikk’
uḷ-p-paṭṭa naṉ-cey pu(ṉ)-cey nattam maṟṟum Eppēṟpaṭṭaṉavum
śrī-kula-cēkara-tēvaṟku mu-p-patt’ ēḻ-āvatu (mu)⟨6⟩tal kārāṇmai kaṭamai
Antarāyam poṉ-vari viṉiyōkam maṟṟum Epperpaṭṭaṉavum maṭa-p-puṟam
iṟai-y-ili-(y-āka-k) ⟨7⟩ kuṭuttōm

Ip-paṭikku-c cantirātitta-vaṟ celvat’ āka-k kalliluñ cempilu(m) veṭṭi-k
koḷ(ka)

Ip-paṭi nala [ca. 3+] ⟨8⟩ [ca. 5+] la-maṅkai [ca. 6+] tuvarā-pati-vēḷār
eḻuttu

satyaM ௳

## Apparatus

⟨6⟩ satyam· ⬦ sa tuṁ V.

## Commentary

One list lost at the beginning according to Vijayavenugopal 2022, but
this is far from clear.

Time of Kulaśekhara, year 36 According to ARIE.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/233).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 36), 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 36, pages
90–91.

### 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 233.