# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, year Raudra G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00465 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00465.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ śubham astu raudr(i)-varuṣam⟨·⟩ mārka [ca. 2+] 2 10 6 ௳ tiru-malai-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-koṭu⟨2⟩ṅ-kuṉṟattu Uṭaiyār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nayiṉār-tiru-k-kōyi⟨3⟩lil ciṟi-paṇṭāra-k-kāriyattukku-k kaṭavār kāciya⟨pa⟩-gotrattu Āpasta⟨4⟩m⟨·⟩ba-⟨sū⟩trattu Irāyūr śabari-rāja-bhaṭṭaṟku-k kuṭutta Iṟai-y-ili-p paṭ⟨5⟩ṭaiyam nayiṉār tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nayiṉār nalla-maṅkai⟨6⟩-pākar kōyilukku Adyayanāṅkam-āka muṉṉāḷ Uṭaiyavar tiru-v-u⟨ḷ⟩ḷa⟨7⟩m paṟṟi Aruḷiṉa tiru-muka-p paṭi nayiṉār tēva-tāṉam-āṉa ⟨8⟩ kollaṉ kuṇṭu Āṉa Ēmpal Oṉṟum maṉai Oṉṟu⟨9⟩m nittiya-tāṉamum Inta Ēmpalukku nāṉk’ ellai y-āvatu - ⟨10⟩ kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai kaṭampaṅ-kuḷattukkum ceṭṭi kuḷattukku ⟨11⟩ mēṟkum - teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai cūla-k-kallukku vaṭakkum - mēl-(pāṟ)⟨12⟩k’ ellai vaṭivaḷampi Ēmpalukku vaṭa-kiḻakkum - vaṭa-pā⟨13⟩ṟk’ ellai ciṟṟāṟṟukku teṟkum Āka Inta nāṉk’ ellaikk’ u⟨14⟩ṭ-paṭṭa nañ-cey puñ-cey kīḻ nōkkiya kiṇaṟum mēl ⟨15⟩ nōkkiya maramum pāci-p-pāṭṭa maṟṟum nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ⟨16⟩-p-paṭṭa samasta-prāpt(i)kaḷum Ācandrārkkam⟨·⟩ santati ⟨17⟩ pra [.]e mēdhā Āyi viṉimaya vikkiyaṅkaḷukku U⟨18⟩ritt-āka sarvva-mānyam-āka kāṇi-y-āṭci-y-āka Aṉupavit⟨19⟩tu-k koḷḷavum - Ip-paṭikku kuṉṟa-nampi Eḻuttu - Ip-pa⟨20⟩ṭikku puṟpavaṉa-pa[ṭ]ṭaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku kōyiṟ-kaṇakku tiru-k⟨21⟩-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟa-vēḷāṉ Araṅkaṉ perumāḷ Eḻuttu ## Apparatus ⟨1⟩ raudr(i)° ⬦ raudra V. — ⟨1⟩ mārka [ca. 2+] 2 10 6 ௳ ⬦ mār [ca. 5+] 26 ௳ V • Possibly mārka¿l?⟨ḻ⟩i ௴ 10 6 ௳ ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/197). Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 65), with photos. This digital edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (N. Ramaswamy). ### Primary [V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ. Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 65, pages 159–160. ### 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 197.