# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Vīra Prātapa, Śaka year
(13)60

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00443

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00443.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⟩ [ca. 3+] yara kaṇṭaṉ mūva-rāyara-kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭa-nāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭa nāṭu
kuṭātāṉ ⟨2⟩ [ca. 3+] kṣiṇa-paścima-Ut=tara-samudrādhipati
śrī-vīra-pradāpa-devarāya-mahārāyar pr̥thivi-rājyam· paṇṇi-Aruḷā niṉṟa
[ca. 4+] ⟨3⟩ [ca. 2+] (1000 3 100) 6 10-ṉ mēl cellā niṉṟa
Iravut=tiri-sa[m]vaṟsarat=tu kat·kaṭaka-nāyaṟṟu pūrvva-pakṣattu
daśamiyum(·) buddha-vāramum· peṟṟa ⟨4⟩ vicākattu nāḷ

pāṇṭi-maṇṭalattu tirumalai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār
tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya ⟨5⟩ nayiṉār tiru-k-kōyilil caivvāciriyam
ceyvā(r) nalla-maṅkai pākar kuṉṟam-uṭaiyāṟku cōmaṇā vayyaṉ kuṇṭu
I⟨6⟩ṟai-y-ili Āka kuṭutta Ūr i-maṇṭalattu poṉṉamarāpati-nāṭṭu
putu-k-kōṭṭai cīrmaiyil kāṉūr mucuṇṭai Ūr kuḷam ⟨7⟩ nāṉk’ ellaikku
uṭ-paṭṭa nattamum nañ-caiyum puṉ-ceyum kuḷamum pāci-pāṭṭamum mēṉ nōkkiya
maramum kīḻ nōkkiṉa kiṇa⟨8⟩ṟum Ēṟpēṟpaṭṭa Upātikaḷum tārā-pūrvam-āka
taṉta Aḷavukku tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nayiṉāṟkum nalla-maṅkai [ca.
3+] ⟨9⟩ ṉantā viḷakkukkum tiru-mey-pūccukkum māvukku ka(la -e)nallum
varuṣattukku pattu paṇamum kuṭuttu taṇṭ’ iṟai’y’ili māṉiyam Āka
A⟨10⟩ṉupavittu koṇṭu nāṉmuka kallum nāṭṭi peru-nāṉk’ ellaiyum
cūla-t-tāpaṉamum paṇṇi cantirātitta-varai celva [ca. 4+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/204).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 43), 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 43, pages
104–105.

### 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 59, appendix C/1924, item 204.