# Pirāṉmalai, Piḷḷaiyār temple, time of Vijayaraṅga Muttu Cokkanātha
Nāyaka, Śaka year 1633

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00500

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00500.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨A01⟩ hariḥ ⟨A02⟩ OM

⟨B01⟩ ௳ svasti śrī

⟨1⟩ śakāt=taM 100 6 100 3 10 3-ṉ ⟨2⟩ mēl cellā niṉṟa nan=ta⟨3⟩ṉa ௵
Aṟpaci ௴ 10 5 ௳

⟨4⟩ rāja-śrī-vijayaraṅka-mut⟨5⟩tu-cokkaṉātaṉāyakkar ⟨6⟩ Ayyaṉ Avarkaḷ
kāriyat⟨7⟩tuk=ku kaṟtar-āṉa (A)tipan-āyi⟨8⟩ṉa nāṟaṇappa-ṉāyakkar
ka(cu?)⟨9⟩mur raṅkā-ceṭṭiyār rāmaṉā⟨10⟩ta-mutaliyār caṅkarayyaṉ ⟨11⟩
y-ivarkaḷ pirāṉmalai nal⟨12⟩la-maṅkai pāka-cuvāmi ⟨13⟩ kōvil
śrī-paṇṭāra-kariya⟨14⟩ttukku kaṟtar-āna paratēci mu⟨15⟩ttirai ma(tu)rai
ṉāyaṉa paṇṭ⟨16⟩ā=ramum tāṉat=tār talat=tārukku ⟨17⟩ kōvil kiṟāmat=tukku
A⟨18⟩ra-maṉai poṟu(ppu) cilla⟨19⟩ṟai tēva y-illai Eṉṟu
caṟu⟨20⟩va-māṉiyam-āka kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭ⟨21⟩ṭōm

An=ta paṭikku cuvāmi k⟨22⟩āriyam tāṭcivarāmal Anupa⟨23⟩vit=tu koḷḷavum

Inta taṟmat⟨24⟩tuk=ku Akitam niṉai¡cc!⟨tt⟩avaṉ ke⟨25⟩ṅkai-karaiyilē
kār=ām-pacu⟨26⟩vai[yu](m) [ca. 12+] ⟨27⟩ m vatai cey [ca. 10+] ⟨28⟩
(ṣa)(t=t)ilē [ca. 8+] vum

## Apparatus

⟨7⟩ (A)tipanāyi⟨8⟩ṉa ⬦ bacivināya⟨8⟩ṉi ASI; Atipanāyi⟨8⟩ṉa V.

⟨18⟩ poṟu(ppu) ⬦ poṟuppu ASI; pōṟum V.

⟨22⟩ tāṭcivarāmal ASI ⬦ tāmatiyāmal V.

⟨24⟩ niṉai¡cc!⟨tt⟩avaṉ ASI ⬦ niṉaiccavaṉ ASI; niṉaittavaṉ V.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923–24 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/235).

Edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 100), with photo.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis, based
on photo (EFEO, 2012) and ASI estampage and transcript available on
BharatSHRI.

### Primary

[ASI] No name. N.d. “ASI transcript.”

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ.
Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 100, pages
210–211.

### Secondary

ARIE 1923–24. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1924. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government
Press, 1925. Page 63, appendix C/1924, item 235.