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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00438

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00438.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-09-30 00:05 (6e4ac9f), 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. 5+] r-āṉa [ca. 6+] ⟨2⟩ [ca. 7+] koṇṭ-aruḷiya śrī-kula ⟨3⟩ [ca.
6+] kākkum [ca. 6+] ⟨4⟩ [ca. 8+] naḷ tiru [ca. 3+] ⟨5⟩ [ca. 4+]
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār ⟨6⟩ tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya
nāyaṉār-kōyil śrī-pa [ca. 3+] ⟨7⟩ [ca. 5+] koṇṭāṉ kaṭalaṭaiyā tilaṅkai
⟨8⟩ koṇṭa vaḷanāṭṭu teluṅka-kula-kāla-purattu [ca. 3+] ⟨9⟩ [ca. 9+]
Āti-ṉāyakaṟ kuṭi [ca. 7+] ⟨10⟩ ṇi-k kuṭutta [ca. 3+] Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār [ca.
5+]⟨11⟩yōka-vīraṉ tirurvācalukku kīḻ Ivar ceyvitta tiru⟨12⟩-p-paṭikku
Ivar Iṭuvatāka niccayitta viḷakku I⟨13⟩raṇṭukku nāḷ Oṉṟukku Aḷakkum mara
Eṇ⟨14⟩ṇai Uḻakkukku Ivar śrī-paṇṭārattukku O⟨15⟩ṭukkiṉa paṇam 2 100

Ip-paṇam Iru-nūṟṟukku⟨16⟩m Inta Eṇṇai Uḻakkum cantirātitya-vaṟ A [ca.
5+]⟨17⟩tu viḷakku Iṭuvōm ākavum

Ip-paṭi cammatittu pi⟨18⟩ṭi-pāṭu paṇṇi-k kuṭuttōm śrī-paṇṭārat ⟨19⟩
tarōm Āti-ṉāyakaṟku [ca. 8+] ⟨20⟩ kāriyam piṟavāmaṟ kāttāṉ Eḻuttu [ca.
3+]⟨21⟩mam periya tiru-k-kūṭṭa-brahmādhirājaṉ Eḻut [ca. 5+] ⟨22⟩
Ip-paṭikku Ivai māṭāpattiyam tiru-malai U [ca. 4+]⟨23⟩yāṉEeḻuttu
Ip-paṭikku kōyiṟ-kaṇa [ca. 4+]⟨24⟩ṭaikkalaṅ kāttāṉ eḻuttu U⟨25⟩m
pacuvaiyum pirāmaṇa⟨26⟩ṉaiyum vatai ceyta ⟨27⟩ vaṉ pōṟa tō [ca.
5+]⟨28⟩ttilē pō [ca. 4+]⟨29⟩-k kaṭavāṉ ākavu [ca. 4+] ⟨30⟩ Ip-paṭikku
kōvi [ca. 3+] ⟨31⟩ kaṇakku kōnē [ca. 3+]⟨32⟩ṉa patran Āmacan [ca. 4+]
⟨33⟩ vayira vayyāci ⟨34⟩ tiru-v-ampalam ⟨35⟩ maṅkai pāka

## Commentary

Year 40 according to ARIE.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/228).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 38), 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 38, pages
94–95.

### 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 228.