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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00498

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00498.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Ukkirākirīcuvarar temple.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] tēva-tāṉam paḷḷi-c-cantam n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki Uḷḷa nilamum Iru-patā […]
⟨2⟩ […] tara-c coṉṉōm Ip-paṭi cantirātitta-varai celvit’ āka kalli […]
⟨3⟩ […] [n¡i!⟨ī⟩]kki n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki y-uḷḷa nilamum 2 10-ḷuṉ etir-ām āṇṭu
mutal […] ⟨4⟩ […] rukkuṭi-k kāvalūr kiḻavaṉ Arayaṉ maturai-p-perumāḷ […]
⟨5⟩ […] [ca. 5+] rāyiram-uṭaiyāṉ-āṉa kaliṅkattaraiyaṉ eḻuttu […]

## Bibliography

Reported anddited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 98), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2022). Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis
(2024), based on photos (N. Ramaswamy).

### Primary

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 98, pages
202–203.