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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00481

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00481.xml

Language: Tamil [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⟩ yar Aṟuṅku [ca. 5+] tāka ⟨2⟩ āka kaṭavat’ āka-c coṉṉōm ⟨3⟩ lum
veṭṭi-k koḷka v-eṉṟu tē ⟨4⟩ (vi)kkirama-pāṇṭiya-Uttama-mana

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 81), 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 81, page 185.