# 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_INSTamilNadu00446

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00446.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha, Tamil], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), 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⟩ (śu)bham astu

svasti

śrīmaṉ-mahā-maṇṭalīcuraṉ Ariya-rāya-vipāṭan
mētiṉi-mīcara-kaṇṭa-kaṭṭāri⟨2⟩-cāḷuva-Immaṭi-nara-ciṅka-rāya-taṉma-rāya(r)
piṟutuvi-rācciyam paṇṇi-Aruḷā niṉṟa cakāttam ⟨3⟩ 1000 4 100 2 10 2-ṉ mēl
cellā niṉṟa Iravuttira-saṁsamsarattu dakṣiṇ(ā)yanat=tu dhanu(r)-māsattu
pavurṇa(mi)⟨4⟩yum br̥haspati-vāramum peṟṟa kā⟨r⟩ttikai nāḷ
cōma-k-kirāṇa-puṇya-(kā)lat=tu

Ayyaṉ ⟨5⟩ tipparaca-Ayyaṉ taṉmam-āka Ēppuli-nāyakkar vaiytta
viruppa-rāya-kiri-y-āṉa y-irāy-ampala-p-paṟṟil ⟨6⟩ pūlāṅ kuḷam-āṉa
tipparaca-puram cōma-k-kirāṇa-puṇya-kālattu Ēppuli-nāyakkar cakiraṇya
Udaka-dhārā-pūṟu⟨7⟩va-dham⟨·⟩ma-dāṉam-āka koṭutta kīḻ-maṅkala-nāṭṭu
cunta(ra)-pāṇ(ṭiya)-c-catu⟨r⟩v⟨·⟩vēti-maṅkalattu ⟨8⟩
(kā)ttiyāyaṉa-gotrattu Āculāyaṉa-sūtrattu peruṅ-ka [ca. 3+] nallūr
Aruḷ-uṭai-p⟨9⟩-perumāḷ pēr-aruḷāḷa-p-paṭṭaṉukku pākam-āka Ivaṉ-uṭaiya
kaṉuṭṭā [ca. 4+] tārā⟨10⟩-paṭṭa(ṉukku) pākam I-Uṟu [ca. 4+] tāḻaiyūr
nāṭṭu v(ē)ppaṅ kuḷam-āṉa māḷuva-tuṅka-caturvēti⟨11⟩-ma(ṅkalat)tu
mā(ṭa)la-kōttiṟat=tu Aculāyaṉa-sūttiṟattu kūmūr Eṭuttakai Aḻakiyār
cavari-rāca⟨12⟩-paṭṭaṉukku pākam-āka Ivar puttiṟaṉ tiru-māliruñ-cōlai
paṭṭaṉukku pākam I varu pā⟨13⟩kam [ca. 4+] k koṭutta pūlāṅ kuḷam-āṉa
tipparaca-purattukku Ellai

- pūvaṉ ciṟumpi [ca. 3+]⟨14⟩kuḷattu [ca. 6+] laikku mēṟku

- teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai tiru-c-cūla-kallukku vaṭakku

- mēl-pāṟ ⟨15⟩ kk’ ellai cūriyaṉ vayalukku kiḻakku

- vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai maṭṭiyūr kuḷattukku (vel)⟨16⟩[ca. 6+] varukiṟa
  kālukku teṟkum

Icainta peru-nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭ⟨17⟩ṭa nañcai puñcai kuḷam
kuḷa-p-parappu nattam natta-p-parappu kīḷ nōkkiya kiṇaṟu⟨m⟩ ⟨18⟩ mēl
nōkkiya maramum niti-nikṣepa-pāṣāṇa maṟṟum uḷḷa samatta-piṟāttikaḷum
canta⟨19⟩ti-pira(v)ē(camē) cantirātittiya-vaṟ cella tāṉā tamaṉa
[vini]maya vik(ki)ṟaiyaṅkaḷum yōkki⟨20⟩yam-āka koḷḷavum

Itukku patinta ku(ṭi) caṟuva-māni(yam-ā)ka Aṉupavittu-k koḷḷavum

⟨21⟩ Inta-t taṉmattukku A(hi)(ta)m ceyta(vaṉ) keṅkai-k karaiyilē kuruvum
mātā-pitāvaiyum vatai ⟨22⟩ ceytavāḷ pāpattilē pōka ka(ṭavar ā)kavum

1. Anuṣṭubh

dāna-pālaṉaiyo mattiyē
dāṉā cēyo ⟨’⟩nupāla⟨23⟩nam
dānā(t·) svaṟkam āppunōti
pālanātaccutam padam·

2. Anuṣṭubh

s¿t?⟨v⟩a-dattā⟨t⟩ tuvikuṇam puṇyam
paradatt⟨24⟩ā(nu)pālanam
paradattāpahāreṇa
(s)¿(t)?⟨v⟩(a)-dat=ta(n) ni(ś)¿(v)?⟨ph⟩(a)la(m·) bhavet·

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śrīmaṉ° ⬦ V; śrīman· SII.

## Commentary

The final two formulaic stanzas are examples of Sanskrit Stanzas written
in both alternating Grantha and Tamil scripts, with, as a result, some
metrical irregularity in respect of Sanskrit prosody, like for instance
mattiyē for madhye, tuvikuṇam for dviguṇam. Note also dāṉā cēyo for
dānāc chreyo and niśvalam for niṣphalaṁ.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/151).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.439), in Vijayavenugopal 2022
(Pirāṉmalai 46), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2022). Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis
(2024), 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 439,
pages 229–230.

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 46, pages
109–110.

### 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
19, appendix A/1903, item 151.