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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00497

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00497.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

On a rock.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Āti viṉṉa [ca. 3+] ⟨2⟩ maturai civa-vaṟata⟨3⟩paṇṭāram (ci?)ṣar ⟨4⟩
vāma-tēvaraṉāvar ⟨5⟩ nalla-maṅkai-pāka(ṟ?) ⟨6⟩ (A?)mutu kāppūm [ca. 3+]
⟨7⟩ A [ca. 10+] ṉ ⟨8⟩ [ca. 10+]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ (ci?)ṣar ⬦ cīr V.

⟨4⟩ tēvaraṉāvar ⬦ tēvarāṉāvar V.

## Bibliography

Reported and edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 97), 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 97, page 201.