# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkaipākar, Śaka year 1452

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00454

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00454.xml

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

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), 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. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ Etat· trailokya-nirm⟨·⟩māṇa-
-trāṇa-saṁ¿k?⟨h⟩āra-kāraṇaṁ·
śāsanam· śā [ca. 4+]
kaṭhoragiri-vāsinam·

śrī-kaṭhoragiri-vāsi[naḥ] Atipatiyāna t[i]ru-⟨m⟩alai-nāṭṭu-t tiru- [ca.
6+] yaṉār nalla-maṅkai pākar nāyaṉār tiru-vāy-malarnt-aru⟨2⟩ḷiṉa
pa=ṭikku Ādi-śaṇdēśvara-pra[m]āṇam· kuṭut=ta pa=ṭi śakāptam· 1000 4 100
5 10 2-ṉ mēl cellā niṉṟa vikuṟuti ௵ māci ௴ 2 10 2-vatu catutēciyum
puta-vāramum· peṟṟa Avuṭṭa nāḷ kāḷa [ca. 5+] ṭi Ūrāṉa
nripa-cēkara-c-caturvēti-maṁkalat=tu=c capai kauvu⟨3⟩cika-kōttirattu
Āśilāyaṉa-sūttirattu Irāmar puttiraṉ Āparcakāyar-āṉa Alaṅkāra nampikku-c
civarātri puṇya-kālattilē cuvaraṇya Udaka tārā pūrvam Āka kuṭu [ca. 2+]
tiru-mukam Iṉṉār tēva-tāṉam Āṉa tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟa-p-paṟṟi⟨4⟩l ceṭṭiyār
Ēntalukku Ellai (Ā)vatu

- kīḻpāṟk’ ellai Iṉā(ya)ṉār tēva-tāṉam Allik kuḷattu nīr koḷḷum ellaikku
  mēṟku

- teṉpāṟk’ ellai siva [ca. 3+] pala[ca. 2+] kku vaṭakkum

- mēlpāṟk’ ellai nalla pākar Ūṟaṇikku kiḻakkum

- vaṭa⟨5⟩pāṟk’ ellai kāttāṉ kōṉ puñcai yāṉa vayalu(kku) vaṭakkup puñcai
  Uṭpaṭavum Āka

Ip-peru-nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uḷ-paṭṭa naṉcai puñcai kāymaraṅ kuḻai maram naṟum
pāciyum maṟṟ’ uṇṭāṉa Āmanam camarttap pirāttikaḷum carva-māṉya kṣetram
Āka Aṉupavi⟨6⟩ttu-k koḷḷavum

maṭa-viḷāka-t-teruvil Oru maṉaiyum

Im-maṉai [ca. 6+] bhoga tēcuvāmiyaṅka [ca. 3+] kala camartta-p
pirāttikaḷukkum Uritt’ ākavum

Iraṇya Utaka tārā pūṟuvam Āka Āta-t cantrātintam catāpi Āka
cantrāti⟨7⟩ta-vaṟ cella Aṉupavittuk koḷḷa-k kaṭavār ākavum

- kuṉṟai nampi Eḻuttu

- civap piṟakāca paṭṭaṉ eḻuttu

- tirumañcaṉamuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

- tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟa-vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai svāmi Ūḻiyam savvaiya nāyakkar Atikāram tāmōtara-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/192).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 54), 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 54, pages
130–132.

### 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 57, appendix C/1924, item 192.