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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00439

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00439.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Fragment.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] [ca. 40+] […] ⟨2⟩ […] taṅkaḷukku vi-p-paṟappu-ṉāṭṭu pāṟkku [ca.
6+] Aruvi-k-kuṭi-malai āṭ-k-kōlāl nilam Iraṇ […]⟨3⟩[…] ṉṟu mā-k-kāṇi
Arai-k kāṇiyum kāṉāṭṭu-k karuṅ-kāli-k kuricci-k kuḷam nilam Oṉṟē
mu-k-kālē [ca. 3+] […]⟨4⟩[…] m patiṉ oṉṟāvatiṉ etir-āmm āṇṭu mutal
kārāṇmai mīyāṭciyum Antarāyamum viṉiyōkamum […] ⟨5⟩ […] nāṭṭāri ṉalam
kāṇi y-arai-k kāṇiyum Uṭaiyār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiyārkku paḻa-vāṟṟil
pe […]⟨6⟩[…] [ca. 22+] mūṉṟ’ arai muntirikai nīkki nīkkiya nilam Oṉṟ’
arai-k [ca. 4+] […]

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 39), 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 39, pages
22–23.

### 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 230.