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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00473

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00473.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

Label of a sculpture.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ௳ Ēmūr-uṭaiyā⟨2⟩r neṭu-vayal peri⟨3⟩ya kuppāṉ ceṭ=ṭi⟨4⟩yār makaṉ
cevan⟨5⟩ti-ṉāta-ceṭ=ṭiyār

⟨6⟩ ௳ Ivaḷ Aṭaik⟨7⟩kāttāḷ ௳

## Translation

⟨1–5⟩ ⟨This is⟩ Cevantiṉāta Ceṭṭiyār, the son of Periya Kuppāṉ Ceṭṭiyār
of Neṟuvayal, Lord of Ēmūr.

⟨6–7⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 73), with
photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based
on photo (EFEO, 2012).

### Primary

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 73, page 176.