# Koṭṭaiyūr, time of Cōmacikōtirumāṉ, year 21

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00272

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00272.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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

Records the death of a hero.

## Palaeographic description

Note the epenthetic u for r at the end of words.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉi¿l?⟨ṟ⟩ku ⟨2⟩ Irupatt’ oṉṟ-āvatu

mīkoṉ⟨3⟩ṟai-nāṭṭu per¡u!⟨um⟩-puḷi-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩r tol-(tē)⟨4⟩va¡ru!⟨r⟩ cuṭṭa
ñāṉṟu maṟu-Atiraica⟨5⟩¡ru!⟨r⟩ cēvakaṉ katava-cātta⟨ṉ⟩ paṭṭāṉ

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °tirumāṉ° ⬦ °tirumāṉ° CN; °tirumaraṉ° IAR. — ⟨1⟩ °tirumāṉi¿l?⟨ṟ⟩ku •
That is, tirumāṉ + infix iṉ + dative case ku.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Twenty-first year of Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ[1].

⟨2–5⟩ Katavacāttaṉ, the servant of Maṟu Atiraicar, died, when Tol Tēvar
of Perumpuḷiyūr in Mīkoṉṟai-nāṭu attacked (cuṭṭa[2]) ⟨him⟩.

## Commentary

It is not clear if Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ designates a Pallava king.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/62). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 272).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972.

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/62.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 658,
item 272.

### Secondary

[IAR] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N.
Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 58,
item 37.

[1] Note on the meaning of Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ.

[2] Note on the meaning of this word.