# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkaipākar, Śaka year 1565

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00464

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00464.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. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ Etat· trailokya-nir(mm)āṇa-
-(tr)āṇa-saṁhāra-k¿a?⟨ā⟩raṇaṁ·
śā(sa)nam· cāśvatam śa[mbhoḥ]
(ka)ṭhoragiri-vāsina(ḥ)

svasti

⟨2⟩ sakābtam 1000 5 100 6 10 5 Itaṉ mel cellā niṉṟa piramātita ௵ vaikāci

tiru-malai-nāṭṭu tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟat(tu)⟨3⟩-p paṇṭārattārom Aruviyūr
nakark kaṭṭaḷaikku pūcai Aapiṣeka nevettiyam kāttu [ca. 3+] tirumpaṇa
naṭatti It⟨4⟩-taṉma-cātaṉa-p-paṭṭaiyam kuṭuttu koṭaikkarai-k kuḷamum
Atuṭaṉ cēnta [ca. 3+] utta Ellai

- kīḻpāṟke⟨5⟩llai kallal pañcaikku mēṟku

- teṉpāṟkellai nāyakkan kuḷattu nīrkōvaikku vaṭakkum

- mēlpāṟke⟨6⟩llai coy kaṇakku Iṟai-y-ili-puñcaikku kiḻakku

- vaṭapāṟkellai mēṟpaṭi kuḷattu nīr kōvaikku(m) ceykkum ⟨7⟩ teṟku

Āka Icainta peru nāṉk’ ellai⟨8⟩k’ uḷ-paṭṭa nañcai puñcai
cakala-camutāyamum ⟨9⟩ cantirātitta-varai cella Āṇṭu Aṉupa⟨10⟩vittu-k
koṇṭum

Inta taṉmattukku A⟨11⟩kitam paṇṇiṉavarkaḷ keṅkai-k karai⟨12⟩yilē
kār-ām-pacu-vatai paṇṇiṉa t(ō)ṣatti⟨13⟩lē pōkavum

- Ip-paṭikku civa-piṟakāca-paṭṭa [ca. 1+]

- ⟨14⟩ Ip-paṭikku kōviṟ-kaṇakku Irāma-cantir⟨15⟩āyaṉ maṅkaipākar eḻuttu

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/205).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 64), 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
157–158.

### 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 62, appendix C/1924, item 205.