# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Acyuta Deva Mahārāyar, Śaka
year 1452

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00455

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00455.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha, Tamil], 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⟩ svasti

śrīman·-mahāmaṇṭalīśvaran· A(r)iya-rāyar vibhā⟨ṭa⟩n· bhāṣaikku-t
tappu-v-arāyaru kaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ mūvarāyara kaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaṇṭa nāṭu koṇṭu
koṇṭa nāṭu kuṭātāṉ rājādhirājan·
rāja-parameśvara-pūrvva-dakṣaṇa-paccima-Uttara-catus-samudrādhipati-śrī-vīra-pradāpa-śrīmat·-Accuta-deva-mahā-rāya⟨2⟩r
pr̥dhivi-rājyam· paṇṇi-Aruḷā niṉṟa śakāb⟨·⟩dam· 1000 4 100 5 10 2-ṉ mēl
cellā niṉ[ṟa] vikuṟuti-samvat·sarat=tu Ut=tarāyanat=tu hema-ritu-v-āṉa
makara-nāyiṟu śukla-pakṣat=tu pañcami-y revati nakṣatramu=M
p(u)dha-vāramu=M siddha-yōgamu=M peṟṟa saṁkrama-puṇya-kālat=tu

⟨3⟩ tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t= tiru-k-koṭu(ṅ=-ku)ṉṟam-āṉa dakṣiṇa-kayilāsat=tu
pradicaiyil-k kallāra-maṭat=tu
bhikṣā-maṭha-sa(n=tā)ṉa-māna-lakṣā(ddhyā)yi-san=tāṉat=tu
goḷaki-dham⟨·⟩mat=tu gāyatri-gotrat=tu yaj¿a?⟨u⟩r-vēdat=tu
paripāla-tarāṉa [ca. 6+] li maṇ(ḍ)alādhipati pāṇ=ṭi-nāṭṭu
mutali-y⟨4⟩-(ā)ṉa Īśāna-śivan· dham⟨·⟩ma-śāsana-p-paṭṭaiyaṅ koṭut=ta
pa=ṭi kēraḷa-ci¡ñ!⟨ṅ⟩ka-vaḷanāṭṭu me [ca. 6+]
[ni]rupa-śe¡k!⟨kh⟩ara-ca[turvve]ti-maṁkalat=tu sa(bh)ai
kavucika-gotrat=tu Ā[cuva]lāya⟨na⟩-sūtrat=tu (I) [ca. 1+] nātar
(pu)tran· Ā vācaka-nāraṇa-valaṅkāra-nampi [ca. 5+] kuṭutta Ūr [ca. 4+]
⟨5⟩ kēraḷa-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭu piraiyūr paṟṟu namm uṭai maṭa-p-puram-āṉa
maṭattūr peru nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭṭa nañcai puñ(cai) kuḷamum miḷa [ca.
3+] ṉa peru nāṉ [ca. 6+] kuḷamum vayalu nañcai puñcaiyaḷum nattañ
ceyttalai kuṭā paṭukai viṭṭa Āṟṟukkālūṟṟu [ca. 5+] māvaṭai maravaṭai ⟨6⟩
maṟṟum Uḷḷa n[i]dhi-nikṣepa-jala-pā[ṣ]āṇādyaṣabhoga-tēca-cuvāmiyamu=M
Uḷ-pa=ṭ=ṭa dānādi vinimaya(ṅ)[ka]ḷukku=M yōgyam-āka san=tati
pravēśam-āka Ācandrā⟨r⟩kkasthāyi Āka Aṉubhavi⟨k⟩ka⟨vum⟩

1.

dāna-pālanayo⟨r⟩ m⟨·⟩maddhye
dānāt· ścreyo ’nup¿o?⟨ā⟩(lana=M)
(dā)nāt· sva⟨r⟩gam· ⟨7⟩ v-āpnoti
pālanād ac¿cira?⟨yu⟩taṁ pa[da]ṁ

2.

sva-dattāt· dviguṇa-puṇyam·
para-dattānupāla¿n·?⟨nam·⟩
pa[ra]dattāpahāreṇa
svadattam· niṣphalam· bhavēt·

Evam pāṇ(ḍi)-maṇ(ḍa)lādhipati-Īśāna-ś(i)vasa likhi(ta=M)

śubham astu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ A(r)iya-rāyar ⬦ A[1+]varāyar V.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/193).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 55), 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 55, pages
133–135.

### 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 58, appendix C/1924, item 193.