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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00495

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00495.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

## Summary

Ukkirākirīcuvarar temple. Fragment.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] ya paṭṭiṉa va [ca. 3+] paṭat [ca. 4+] Iṟai [ca. 3+] […] ⟨2⟩ […]
tuk k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-kūṟṟu veṭciyūr-āṉa mu-m-muṭi-c[ō] [ca. 4+] […] ⟨3⟩ […] van
taṅkaḷukku vaṭa-paṟappu-nāṭṭu-p pākkuṭi-p pā [ca. 1+] […] ⟨4⟩ […] m Oṉṟ’
araiyē nālu mā-k-kāṇiyuṅ kola (vi) […] ⟨5⟩ […] (ṟa) y-ēḻu māvuṅ
kollaiyum [ca. 5×] […] ⟨6⟩ […] [ca. 1+] Ip-pākkuṭi-p pāl Aruvi-k-kuṭi
malai-k-kuṭi ka […]

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 95), 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 95, page 199.