# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, no king, Śaka year 1517

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00462

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00462.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. 8+] cakāttam 1000 5 100 10 7 mēl cellā niṉṟa viḷampi [ca. 4+]

[ca. 48+] nāṭṭu tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nayiṉār nalla-maṅkai pākaṟku
⟨2⟩ tuvarāpati-nāṭṭu [ca. 4+] kula-tilataṉ tuvarāpati-vēḻār [ca. 5+] ⟨3⟩
kuṭuttu tuvarāpati-nāṭṭil pāṇṭiyar kuṭi Unkiṭai kotta-maṅkalamu [ca. 2+]
tai pullēr vayalum Itaṉ cēnta kuṭikkāṭum ⟨4⟩ [ca. 3+] mēṭum mēl nōkiya
maramum kīḷ nōkkiya kiṇaṟum teru tiṭalum pāci-p-pāṭṭamum niti
nikṣepaṇai-pāṣāṇam ⟨5⟩ [ca. 9+] kaṅkai-(ka)raiyil kā(r-ā)m-pacuvai [ca.
3+]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/206).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 62), 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 62, pages
151–152.

### 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 206.