# Āmpūr, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman, year 26

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00188

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00188.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Caṉaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

kō-vicaiya-⟨niru⟩⟨2⟩(pa)t¡o!⟨u⟩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?⟨ā⟩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

⟨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.

## Commentary

⟨9⟩ Note on kāviti.

⟨10⟩ Note on paṭṭāṉ. EI: “This word is written below the line.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1895–96 (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] ARIE 1895–96. 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. Edited by
Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1896. Page 9, appendix B/1896, item 7.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.