# Mēlpaṭṭi, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00209

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00209.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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

## Palaeographic description

The medial vowels i and ī are interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-kampa-vikkirama-parumaṟku (yā)⟨2⟩ṇṭu patt-āvatu

paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu mīy¿a?⟨ā⟩ṟu-nāṭṭu-k kā⟨3⟩vaṉṉūr piruti-kaṅkaraiyar
taṇṭu nikka vāṇa⟨4⟩(raiyar) paṭaivar pe(runa)kar-k koṇṭa-k kāv¿a?⟨i⟩ti
netirttu⟨5⟩(v aniyar) ⟨6⟩ (E)ṟittu ⟨7⟩ paṭṭār

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ kāv¿a?⟨i⟩ti ⬦ kāvati EI.

## Translation

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

⟨2–7⟩ When the army of Pirutikaṅkaraiyar was stationed (nikka[2]) ⟨in⟩
Kāvaṉṉūr in the Mīyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, Perunakar koṇṭa
Kāviti[3], a soldier of Vāṇaraiyar[4], having ... fell.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1920–21 (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). Edited in Irācavēlu 2022, with visual documentation (front cover
and p. 255).

This revised edition 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.

[R] Irācavēlu, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXI. Vēlur
māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti III. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 60. Chennai:
Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Pages 40–41,
item 439/2022.

### Secondary

ARIE 1920–21. 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. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
46, item 101.

[1] Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.

[2] That is, nīkka?

[3] That is, "the minister who took Perunakar".

[4] That is, "the Bāṇa king".