Mēlpaṭṭi, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 10

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Perunakar koṇṭa Kāviti.

Palaeographic description: The medial vowels i and ī are interchangeable.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-06 11:45 (c74dfdd), last modified 2025-01-10 18:40 (a0ca2ab).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-kampa-vikkirama-parumaṟku (yā)-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭu patt-āvatu paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu mīy¿a?ṟu-nāṭṭu-k kā-
⟨3⟩ vaṉṉūr piruti-kaṅkaraiyar taṇṭu nikka vāṇa-
⟨4⟩ (raiyar) paṭaivar pe(runa)kar-k koṇṭa-k kāv¿a?ti netirttu-
⟨5⟩ (v aniyar)
⟨6⟩ (E)ṟittu
⟨7⟩ paṭṭār

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ kāv¿a?⟨i⟩ti ⬦ kāvati EI.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1–2⟩ Tenth year of the victorious king Kampavikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨2–7⟩ When the army of Pirutikaṅkaraiyar was stationed (nikka⁴) [in] Kāvaṉṉūr in the Mīyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, Perunakar koṇṭa Kāviti², a soldier of Vāṇaraiyar³, having ... fell.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1920-1921 (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/171).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1935–1936 with visual documentation and English translation (EI 23.22). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 209); revised here by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[EI] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1935–1936. “The Melpatti inscription of Vijaya-Kampavikramavarman.” EI 23.22, pp. 143–147.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 551, item 209.

Secondary

ARIE 1920-1921. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921. Page 74, appendix C/1921, item 171.

Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 46, item 101.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.
2. That is, nīkka?
3. That is, "the Bāṇa king".

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