# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of [name lost], year 1[5]23

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00463

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00463.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⟩ […] [ca. 4×] ṉ-makā-maṇṭalīcuraṉ Ari ⟨2⟩ […] ṉ pāṣaikku
tappuva-rāyira-ka ⟨3⟩ […] [ca. 2×] kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭa ṉāṭu ko⟨4⟩[…] [ca. 4×]
ṭu kuṭātāṉ mētiṉi mīcura ka⟨5⟩[…] [ca. 1×] cca nāyakar tiru-v-irācciyam
paṇṇi ⟨6⟩ […] [ca. 2×] 1000 [ca. 1+] 100 2 10 3-l mēl cellā niṉṟa ⟨7⟩
[…] [ca. 4×] ṉṉāḷ Āṉanta ௵ māci ௴ 2 10 4-l

ku [ca. 4+] ⟨8⟩ […] [ca. 4×] tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār ti [ca. 4+]
⟨9⟩ […] [ca. 4×] nayiṉār tiru-k-kōyil ciri-paṇṭāra [ca. 3+] ⟨10⟩ […]
[ca. 4×] lē tiru-k-kōyil kaikkōḷa muta [ca. 2+]⟨11⟩[…] [ca. 4×] raṅkōttu
cōmaṇa nā [ca. 2+] t tēvan [ca. 4+] ⟨12⟩ […] [ca. 4×] villi [ca. 9+]
ñca-rayaṉ [ca. 4+]⟨13⟩[…] [ca. 4×] ṉ Āka Ivarkaḷukku [ca. 4+] ṇi Āṭ [ca.
3+] ⟨14⟩ […] [ca. 4×] rāvatu

Iṉ-ṉāyiṉār tiru-nāmattu-k kā[ca. 4+] ⟨15⟩ […] [ca. 6×] nāṉ¿t?⟨k⟩’
ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭṭa nañcai [ca. 4+]⟨16⟩[…] [ca. 4×] l nōkkiya maram
pāci-p-pāṭṭam maṟṟum [ca. 4+] ⟨17⟩ […] [ca. 5×] niyatam mūṉṟu [ca. 4+]
ṣa Ātavaṉai y-i [ca. 4+] ⟨18⟩ […] [ca. 4×] cantirātitta-varai cel [ca.
4+] ta kaṭava [ca. 4+] ⟨19⟩ […] [ca. 1×] maṭat [ca. 4+] lattu-c
cuvar-āṉa pēr [ca. 4+] kku mā [ca. 5+]

## Commentary

The beginning of each line is covered by a later building.

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 63), 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 63, pages
153–156.