Pirāṉmalai, Maṅkai Pākar, time of Naraciṅkarāya, Śaka year 1422

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⟨1⟩ (śu)bham astu svasti śrīmaṉ-mahā-maṇṭalīcuraṉ Ariya-rāya-vipāṭan mētiṉi-mīcara-kaṇṭa-kaṭṭāri-

⟨2⟩ -cāḷuva-Immaṭi-nara-ciṅka-rāya-taṉma-rāya(r) piṟutuvi-rācciyam paṇṇi-Aruḷā niṉṟa cakāttam

⟨3⟩ 1000 4 100 2 10 2-ṉ mēl cellā niṉṟa Iravuttira-saṃsamsarattu dakṣi(ā)yanat=tu dhanu(r)-māsattu pavurṇa(mi)-

⟨4⟩ yum bṛhaspati-vāramum peṟṟa kā⟨r⟩ttikai nāḷ cōma-k-kirāṇa-puṇya-(kā)lat=tu Ayyaṉ

⟨5⟩ tipparaca-Ayyaṉ taṉmam-āka Ēppuli-nāyakkar vaiytta viruppa-rāya-kiri-y-āṉa y-irāy-ampala-p-paṟṟil

⟨6⟩ pūlāṅ kuḷam-āṉa tipparaca-puram cōma-k-kirāṇa-puṇya-kālattu Ēppuli-nāyakkar cakiraṇya Udaka-dhārā-pūṟu-

⟨7⟩ va-dham⟨·⟩ma-dāṉam-āka koṭutta kīḻ-maṅkala-nāṭṭu cunta(ra)-pāṇ(ṭiya)-c-catu⟨r⟩v⟨·⟩vēti-maṅkalattu

⟨8⟩ (kā)ttiyāyaṉa-gotrattu Āculāyaṉa-sūtrattu peruṅ-ka [***] nallūr Aruḷ-uṭai-p-

⟨9⟩ -perumāḷ pēr-aruḷāḷa-p-paṭṭaṉukku pākam-āka Ivaṉ-uṭaiya kaṉuṭṭā [****] tārā-

⟨10⟩ -paṭṭa(ṉukku) pākam I-Uṟu [****] tāḻaiyūr nāṭṭu v(ē)ppaṅ kuḷam-āṉa māḷuva-tuṅka-caturvēti-

⟨11⟩ -ma(ṅkalat)tu mā(ṭa)la-kōttiṟat=tu Aculāyaṉa-ttiṟattu kūmūr Eṭuttakai Aḻakiyār cavari-rāca-

⟨12⟩ -paṭṭaṉukku pākam-āka Ivar puttiṟaṉ tiru-māliruñ-cōlai paṭṭaṉukku pākam I varu pā-

⟨13⟩ kam [****] k koṭutta pūlāṅ kuḷam-āṉa tipparaca-purattukku Ellai pūvaṉ ciṟumpi [***]-

⟨14⟩ kuḷattu [******] laikku mēṟku teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai tiru-c-cūla-kallukku vaṭakku mēl-pāṟ

⟨15⟩ kk’ ellai cūriyaṉ vayalukku kiḻakku vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai maṭṭiyūr kuḷattukku (vel)-

⟨16⟩ [******] varukiṟa kālukku teṟkum Icainta peru-nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭ-

⟨17⟩ ṭa nañcai puñcai kuḷam kuḷa-p-parappu nattam natta-p-parappu kīḷ nōkkiya kiṇaṟu⟨m⟩

⟨18⟩ mēl nōkkiya maramum niti-nikṣepa-pāṣāṇa maṟṟum uḷḷa samatta-piṟāttikaḷum canta-

⟨19⟩ ti-pira(v)ē(camē) cantirātittiya-vaṟ cella tāṉā tamaṉa [vini]maya vik(ki)ṟaiyaṅkaḷum yōkki-

⟨20⟩ yam-āka koḷḷavum Itukku patinta ku(ṭi) caṟuva-māni(yam-ā)ka Aṉupavittu-k koḷḷavum

⟨21⟩ Inta-t taṉmattukku A(hi)(ta)m ceyta(vaṉ) keṅkai-k karaiyilē kuruvum mātā-pitāvaiyum vatai

⟨22⟩ ceytavāḷ pāpattilē pōka ka(ṭavar ā)kavum na-pālaṉaiyo mattiyē ṉā cēyo ⟨’⟩nupāla-

⟨23⟩ nam (t·) svaṟkam āppunōti pālanātaccutam padam· s¿t?a-dattā⟨t⟩ tuvikuṇam puṇyam paradatt-

⟨24⟩ ā(nu)pālanam paradattāpahāreṇa (s)¿(t)?(a)-dat=ta(n) ni(ś)¿(v)?(a)la(m·) bhave

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śrīmaṉ° ⬦ V; śrīman· SII.

Commentary

The final two formulaic stanzas are examples of Sanskrit Stanzas written in both alternating Grantha and Tamil scripts, with, as a result, some metrical irregularity in respect of Sanskrit prosody, like for instance mattiyē for madhye, tuvikuṇam for dviguṇam. Note also dāṉā cēyo for dānāc chreyo and niśvalam for niṣphalaṁ.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903-1904 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/151).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.439), in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 46), with photos.

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

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Item 439, pages 229–230.

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ. Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 46, pages 109–110.

Secondary

ARIE 1903-1904. G.O., etc., Nos. 678, 679, 12th August 1904. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1903-1904. Copy to the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. Edited by V. Venkayya. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1904. Page 19, appendix A/1903, item 151.