# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Immaṭi Narasiṁha, Śaka year
1422

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00445

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00445.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-30 16:47
(65e61a6)

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 4+] ya-vibhāṭaṉ bhāṣaikku tappu[-v-arāyara]-kaṇṭaṉ kaṭṭāri
sāḷuva Immaṭi narasi[ṁ]harāyar pridhvi-rājyam paṇṇi Aruḷā niṉṟa
śakābtam· 1000 4 100 2 10 2-ṉ mēl cellā niṉṟa rau[dri]-samvaṟsarattu
Uttarāyaṇattu hēmanta-[rutuvin] pūrva-pakṣattu

⟨2⟩ [ca. 2+] [ca. 1+]yyaṉ tipparacar Ayyaṉ taṉmamm-āka Ēppuli-nāyakkar
kēraḷa-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭu Akaṇṭya-b(rah)madeyam
Ampalattāṭi-c-caturvvēdhi-maṅkalattu kaucika-kōttirattu
Āpastambha-cūttirattu Ara[va] [ca. 4+] -p perum[āḷ] paṭṭaṉ
cuntira-Irāca-paṭṭaṟku ⟨3⟩ [ca. 3+] viruvaṟkum pirāmalai-c cīrmaiyil teṉ
varampi yāna tipparāca puram Ēmpal Oṉṟum makara-caṅkaṟānti
puṇya-kālattil sa-hiraṇyodaka-dhārā-pūrvam-āka Ayyaṉ taṉmam-āka [ca. 3+]
nta Ēmpalukku nāṉk’ e⟨4⟩[ca. 2+]

- [ca. 2+] [m]ai nattattukku mēṟku

- teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai kūṭalūr kuḷattukku vaṭakku

- mēl-pāṟk’ ellai Aṇṇa-kuḷa-k-karaikku kiḻakku

- vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai vaṭa-varampi-vayalukku teṟku Āka

y-i[cai]nta nāṉk’ ellaiyuḷ aka-p-paṭṭa nañcai puñ [ca. 3+]⟨5⟩ṟam kuḷamum
kuḷa-p-parappu maṟṟu Inta nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭṭa samasta-piṟāttikaḷum
Ācantirārttam cantati pravēcamē dhānādhi viṉimaya vikkiṟaiyaṅkaḷukku
yōgyam-āka sarvva-mānyam-āka A [ca. 4+] ril Eṟi [ca. 5+] ⟨6⟩ ḷḷaṭa [ca.
6+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/139).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 45), 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 45, pages
107–108.

### 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 139.