# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, no king, year Viḷampi

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00459

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00459.xml

Language: Tamil [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⟩ [ca. 30+] ⟨2⟩ viḷampi-varuṣam puraṭṭāci ௴ 10 2 ௳ [ca. 8+] yūr
pākkam-uṭaiya ⟨3⟩ Avuṭaiyār-āṉa periya [ca. 10+] ṭi [ca. 6+] ku [ca. 5+]
Irā [ca. 5+] nāyakka [ca. 3+] ⟨4⟩ [ca. 4+] ṉa kuṭutta paṭṭaiya [ca. 15+]
maṅkai ⟨5⟩ pākar nāyaṉār tiru-k-kai vaḻakkam [ca. 7+] Āka [ca. 10+] ḷḷam
[ca. 4+] ⟨6⟩ Aruḷiṉa maṭṭiyūr Ēntal [ca. 11+] yam Oru [ca. 4+] ⟨7⟩ [ca.
10+] yum Ivar pēril [ca. 11+] pavi [ca. 6+] ⟨8⟩ [ca. 7+] m Āka viṭṭa yā
[ca. 5+] rāti [ca. 6+] āṇi [ca. 6+] ⟨9⟩ [ca. 11+] Aaṉupavikka kaṭavar
āka [ca. 9+] m-āka [ca. 6+] ⟨10⟩ Eḻuttu [ca. 8+] yar Eḻuttu [ca. 8+]
ruviyūr [ca. 10+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/223).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 59), 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 59, pages
143–144.

### 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 61, appendix C/1924, item 223.