# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Kulaśekhara, year 38

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00437

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00437.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 tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakra-va⟨r⟩t=tikaḷ Em-maṇṭalamuṅ
koṇṭ-aruḷiya śrī-kula-cē⟨2⟩kara-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 8-vatu Aippaci mātam
Oṉpat-ān tiyati

tiru-malai-nāṭ⟨3⟩ṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār⟨4⟩-kōyiṟ cī-paṇṭārattārōm Uṭaiyār
tiru-vālavā-y-uṭaiya nāyaṉār kō⟨5⟩yil tiru-t-toṇṭarkaḷil mutaliyār
curapi-t-tiru-mēṉikku-p piṭi-pāṭu paṇ⟨6⟩ṇi-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

Iṉ-ṉāyaṉāṟku pāl-amutukku muṉṉāḷ tiru-c-curapi I⌈⟨7⟩ṭaiyar vacam
am¿a?⟨ai⟩ttu vaitta pacu 50-kku Iṟṟai nāḷil kāṭṭi Ivarka⟨8⟩ḷ mutal
iṭuvitta pacu 3 10-kkum pacu Aṟukku-p pāl-amutu nāḻi-y-āka-p pāl-amutu
⟨9⟩ Aiñ-ñāḻiyum Iṉ-ṉāḷ mutal tiru-maṭai-p-paḷḷiyilē Aḷappittu Amutu ⟨10⟩
ceyt-aruḷa-p paṇṇuvōm ākavum

Ip-pāl-amutukku Ip-pacu mu-p-patum cā⟨11⟩kā mūvā-p pacu v-āka-k
kaiy-k-koṇṭu iIp-pāl amutu muṭṭāmal ⟨12⟩ Aḷappippōm ākavum

Ip-paṭi cammatittu-p piṭi-pāṭu paṇṇi-k kuṭuttōm ⟨13⟩ mutaliyār
curapi-t-tiru-mēṉikku

Ivai cakāyama pi[ca. 3+] ⟨14⟩ [ca. 4+] ṉ eḻuttu

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/140).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 37), 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 37, page 92.

### 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
18, appendix A/1903, item 140.