# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkaipākar temple, time of Kṛṣna Deva Mahārāyar, Śaka
year 1440

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00452

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00452.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⟩ śrīmaṉ-ma [ca. 5+] harirāya-vibhāṭaṉ pāṣaikku-t tappuva-rāyara
kaṇṭa(ṉ) kaṇṭa nāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭa nāṭu kuṭātāṉ [ca. 4+] ⟨2⟩
teṣṇa-paccima-Uttara [ca. 5+] ṇṭa[ca. 6+] kruṣṇa-tēva-mahārāyar [ca. 5+]
rācciyam paṇṇi-Aruḷā niṉṟa ⟨3⟩ śakābdam 10 4 [ca. 4+] ya [ca. 9+]
di-varuṣam Uttarāyaṉattu [ca. 2+] tuna-nāya [ca. 5+] caiyum
maṅkala-vāramum [ca. 3+] ruta ⌈⟨4⟩yōkamum peṟṟa Iṟṟai nāḷ
cūriya-kiraṇa-puṇṇiya-kālattu

tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu nayiṉār nalla-maṅkai-pākaṟku
⟨5⟩ yāka-perumāḷ Alaivi lañcāta perumāḷ mukiliṉ [ca. 4+] -t tiriyu miḷa
vaṉṉiyar mīcura kaṇṭa [ca. 3+] kēcavaṉai [ca. 5+] maṅkala-perumāḷ
Eḻu[ca. 4+] nāḷaiyil yīmanti [ca. 4+] kāṇi [ca. 3+]⟨6⟩ḷ cēraṉ parama-kē
[ca. 10+] nta perumāḷ kāñcipura Upāti ⟨7⟩ poṉṉ-ampala-nāta-toṇṭai-māṉār
nayiṉār nalla-maṅkai-pākarkku kaṭṭiṉa ciṟu-kālai-c cantikku
Amutu-paṭikku ⟨8⟩ vēṇṭum nitta-nimantaṅkaḷukku nam pērāl kaṭṭiṉa
poṉṉ-ampala-t-toṇṭai-māṉār canti-y-āka Amutu ceyyum paṭi mutal i⟨9⟩ṭuka
Iṉ-ṉayiṉār [ca. 7+] kā [ca. 6+] nāmattu-k-kāṇi-y-āka cōḻa-pāṇṭiya
vaḻanāṭṭu [ca. 4+] mēlūr peru-nāṉk’ ellaikku [ca. 3+]⟨10⟩tum sa-hiraṇyo
[ca. 4+] ṟuvam-āka [ca. 5+] tukkāṇi Āka candrāditya-vaṟ cella-k kuṭutta
paṭi-Ālē I [ca. 3+] kkuḷ uḷ-paṭṭa ⟨11⟩ nidhi-nikṣe [ca. 5+] ṇa-k kaṭa
Uṟṟa kāryam tampirāṉāṟkē Uritt-āka-k kaṭavat’ ākavum

Ivv-ūṟku varuṅ kaṭamai kā⟨12⟩ṇikkai [ca. 3+] viniyōkam maṟṟum Eṟpēṟpaṭṭa
varu Ubhādiyum kaḻittu-k kuṭutta paṭi-Ālē candrāditya-va⟨13⟩ṟ cella
sapamārōm Āka tiru-nāmattu-k [ca. 5+] kallilum cempilum [ca. 5+]⟨14⟩ṇṭu
tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi-Āka candrādi [ca. 7+] c[e]lla Anupavittuk [ca. 6+]
vum

Inta taṉmattukku Ā [ca. 6+]⟨15⟩ṉavaṉ gaṅgkai-k karaiyil kapilaiyum brā
[ca. 4+] ṉayum mātā-pitāvai [ca. 6+] guruvaiyum koṉṟa pāva [ca.
6+]⟨16⟩ka-k kaṭavāṉ ākavum

mukam Inta no [ca. 4+] ṟuva-māṉiyam-āka p [ca. 5+] Aṉupavittuk koḷ [ca.
5+] ⟨17⟩ tāṅki kaṇakku Aṭiyārkku nallāṉ [ca. 5+] k kāliṅka-rāyaṉ E [ca.
4+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/201).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 52), 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 52, pages
124–128.

### 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 201.