Olakkūr, time of Kampapperumāḷ, no year
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00234.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Totupatti Mātirakaṉ.
Hand description:
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (6764560), last modified (1187001).
Edition
⟨1⟩ kampa-p-pe⟨2⟩rumāḷ Āṉai-y ā⟨3⟩ṭiṉa kontaḷat⟨4⟩tu Ivv-ūr aḻin⟨5⟩ta nāṭ paṭṭāṉ I⟨6⟩v⟨7⟩v-ūr ⟨8⟩ to⟨9⟩tupa⟨10⟩tti ⟨11⟩ mātira⟨12⟩kaṉ
⟨13⟩ svasti śrī
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1–12) On the day this village was destroyed in the turmoil that the elephant(s) of Kampapperumāḷ1 caused, he who fell [was] Totupatti Mātirakaṉ of this village.
(13) Prosperity! Fortune!
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1909-1910 (ARIE/1909-1910/B/1909/357).
Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.112). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 234).
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).
Primary
[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 53, item 112.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 591, item 234.
Secondary
ARIE 1909-1910. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1910. Page 30, appendix B/1909, item 357.
Notes
- 1. Sanskrit Kampa + Tamil Perumāl. That is, the lord Kampaṉ, that is Kampavarman Pallava.
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On the day this village was destroyed in the turmoil that the elephant(s) of Kampapperumāḷ<note>Sanskrit Kampa + Tamil Perumāl. That is, the lord Kampaṉ, that is Kampavarman Pallava.</note> caused, he who fell <supplied reason="subaudible">was</supplied> Totupatti Mātirakaṉ of this village.
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Prosperity! Fortune!
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The auspicious words <foreign><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi></foreign> are usually found at the beginning of inscriptions. It is possible that this phrase here belongs to another inscription, engraved after the present one on the same slab.</p>
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Commentary
(1–13) Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 suggests that Totupatti Mātirakaṉ was a mahout a and notes that “A figure of this hero advancing with a drawn sword in his right hand is also represented on the stone”. This figure undermines, according to Mahalingam 1988, the identification of Totupatti Mātirakaṉ as a mahout, as he is not represented mounted on a elephant. The fact that Totupatti Mātirakaṉ hailed from the attacked village suggests that he opposed the soldiers of Kampavarman. The absence of regnal year, which can be interpreted as a non allegiance mark to Kampavarman, is also noteworthy.
(14) The auspicious words svasti śrī are usually found at the beginning of inscriptions. It is possible that this phrase here belongs to another inscription, engraved after the present one on the same slab.