# Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar temple, time of Vikrama Pāṇḍya, year lost

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00479

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00479.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Ukkirakirīcuvarar temple. Fragment.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 3+] k[o]ṇṭāṉ tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya ⟨2⟩ [ca. 3+]
nivantaṅkaḷukku Añc-āvatu mutal kaṭa[.]e ⟨3⟩ vatāṉa y-iṟai-y-ili-y-āka
Iṭṭu Iṟukkum paṭi ka ⟨4⟩ pilum veṭṭuvittu-k koḷka Ip-paṭi col ⟨5⟩
va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-vikkiṟama-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku yāṇ ⟨6⟩ ñ ceyvārkaḷ
kōyiṟ-k-kaṇakkarōm kēraḷa-ciṅka ⟨7⟩ [ca. 8+] -āṉa mē(kkum) k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāl
kuṭikkā [ca. 1+]

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 79), with photo.

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 79, page 183.