# Tā-Veḷūr, time of Kampavarman, year 8

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00202

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00202.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 Kāḷamaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-kampaparumaṟku yāṇṭ’ eṭṭ-āvatu

⟨2⟩ vayiramēka-vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar āḷat ⟨3⟩ takaṭūr-nāṭṭu-p pākāṟṟūr-k
katava-mātēvaṉ makaṉ kāḷama(ṉ) ⟨4⟩ mīykoṉṟai-nāṭṭu mēlvēḷūr
Iruntu-vāḻā-ninra kālattu ⟨5⟩ muruṅkai-cēri nattata [3+] ṉṟamaiyaṉār
makaḷai-k- ⟨6⟩ kaḷḷar piṭik [1+] ttūran [1+] koṇṭey(ya) [1+] ⟨7⟩ Avaḷai
viṭuvittu-t tāṉ paṭṭāṉ kāḷamaṉ

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ āḷat ⬦ āḷt K&T; āḷat IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Eight year of the victorious king Kampaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨2–7⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1933–34 (ARIE/1933-1934/B/1933-1934/68).

Edited in Kācināṭaṉ & Tāmōtaraṉ 1980. Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 202).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[K&T] Kācināṭaṉ, Naṭaṉa. & Ku. Tāmōtaraṉ. 1980. kaḷveṭṭu: ōr aṟimukam.
Madras: TNDSA. Page 84, item 18.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 539,
item 202.

### Secondary

ARIE 1933–34. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1934. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications), 1937. Page 12,
appendixes B/1933-34, item 68.

[1] Sanskrit Kampavarman.