# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Vīra Prātapa, Śaka year 1360

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00442

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00442.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti

śrīmaṉ-mahā-maṇḍalīśvaran· pāṣaik=ku-t tappu-v-arāyara kaṇṭaṉ
mū-v-arāyara kaṇṭa⟨2⟩ṉ kaṇṭa nāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭa nāṭu koṭātāṉ
pūṟuva-dekṣaṇa-¡v!⟨p⟩aścimottara⟨3⟩-samudrādhipati-śrī-vīra-pra¿d?⟨t⟩āpa-devarāya-mahārāyar
pridhivi-rājyam· paṇṇi-Aruḷā niṉ⟨4⟩ṟa śakābdam· 1000 3 100 6 10-ṉ mēl
cellā niṉṟa kāla-yukti-saṁvaṟsarat=tu kat·kaṭaka-nāya⟨ṟ⟩ṟu
pūrvva-pa⟨5⟩kṣat=tu daśamiyum· (bu)dha-vāramum· peṟṟa vicākattu nāḷ

pāṇṭi-maṇṭalattu tiru-malai-nāṭ⟨6⟩ṭu tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāyinārkkum nalla-ma⟨7⟩ṅkai-pākarkkum
śrīmaṉ-mahā-pradhāṉaṉ
dakṣiṇa-samudrādhipati-lakṣaṇa-dhaṇṇāyakka⟨8⟩-Uṭaiyar tampiyār Uṭaiyar
mātaṇa-Uṭaiyar Upaiyam-āka nāḷ tōṟum Amutu ⟨9⟩ ce[yya] (vā)ram· Oṉṟukku
tiru-mañcaṉa⟨t⟩tukkum cāttu-p-paṭikkum tiru-p-parivaṭṭa⟨t⟩tukkum
A⟨10⟩mutu-paṭi kaṟi-Amutu-paṭi veñcaṉa⟨t⟩tukkum Āka Iv-vakai-p paṭikku
vēṇṭuṅ ka⟨11⟩ṭṭaḷai-p paṭikku kuṭutta Im-maṇṭalattu curapi-nāṭṭu
Aṟu-nūṟṟuvaṉ Ē⟨12⟩ri Uḷḷat(u Iṉta Ūr O)ṉṟukku nāṉk’ ellaikku Uṭ-paṭṭa
nattamum nañ-c(ai) ⟨13⟩ puñ-caiyum kuḷamu(m) pācipāṭṭam maṟṟum
E¿ṟ?⟨p⟩pēṟpaṭṭa Upātikaḷum tārā⟨14⟩pūrvvam· Āka taṉta Aḷavukku Inta Ūr
canti(ṟā)titta-varaiyum cel(vat)’ āka nattatt(i)⟨15⟩lum nāṉk’ ellaiyilum
tiru-c-cūla-k-kallu⟨m⟩ nāṭṭi-k kallilum (ce)mpilum ⟨16⟩ veṭṭi-k ko⟨ḷ⟩ḷa

śubha(m a)stu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ svasti ⬦ svasti śrī SII V.

⟨2⟩ °¡v!⟨p⟩aścimottara° ⬦ °paccimottara° SII; °paścimottara° V.

⟨4⟩ °saṁvaṟsarat=tu ⬦ SII; °samvaṟsarattu V. — ⟨4⟩ kat·kaṭaka° ⬦ SII;
kaṟpaṭaka° V.

⟨8⟩ tampiyār ⬦ SII; tampiyar V.

⟨10⟩ veñcaṉa⟨t⟩tukkum ⬦ veñjaṉa⟨t⟩tukkum SII V.

⟨14⟩ canti(ṟā)titta° ⬦ cantiṟātitta° SII V.

⟨16⟩ śubha(m a)stu ⬦ śubha(m a)stu SII V.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/141).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937(SII 8.428), in Vijayavenugopal 2022
(Pirāṉmalai 42), with photos.

This digital edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel
Francis, based on photos (N. Ramaswamy).

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Item 428,
pages 224–225.

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 42, page 103.

### 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 141.