Āmpūr, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 26
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⟨1⟩ śrī kō-vicaiya-⟨niru⟩-
⟨2⟩ (pa)t¡o!ṅka-vikkirama-(pa)[ru]-
⟨3⟩ (ma)[r](k)ku yāṇṭ’ iru-patt’ ā[rāva]-
⟨4⟩ tu paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu (m)ē-
⟨5⟩ l-aṭaiy¿a?ṟu-nāṭṭu Āmaiyūr
⟨6⟩ mēl nuḷampaṉ paṭai-y
⟨7⟩ vantu toṟu-k koḷḷa piru-
⟨8⟩ ti-kaṅkaraiyar cēvakar peruna-
⟨9⟩ (ka)r-akara-k koṇṭa-k kāviti Akalaṅkat-
⟨10⟩ tuvarāyar (ma)kaṉ caṉaṉ taḷarā vīḻnt(u) paṭṭāṉ
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
⟨1⟩ Prosperity! !
⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-sixth year of the victorious king (Nirupa)toṅkavikkirama(parumar).1
⟨4–10⟩ When the Nuḷampaṉ came [with] his army upon Āmaiyūr, in the Mēlaṭaiyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, and seized cattle, Caṉaṉ, the son of Akalaṅkattuvarāyar, a kāviti of …, a servant of Pirutikaṅkaraiyar, [fought] relentlessly (taḷarā), fell and died.
Bibliography
Reported in Hultzsch 1896 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/7).
Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.23A). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 188).
This revised edition Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous editions.
Primary
[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Two Tamil inscriptions at Ambur.” EI 4, pp. 180–183. Pages 182–183.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 519, item 188.
Secondary
[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy. Reviewing the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96 and directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 9, appendix B/1896, item 7.
Notes
1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.
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Commentary
⟨9⟩ Note on kāviti.
⟨10⟩ Note on paṭṭāṉ. EI: “This word is written below the line.”