# Kōraiyāṟu, time of Perumpāṇaraicar, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00274

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00274.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ perum-pāṇaraicaru mēk⟨2⟩kaṭaliṟaiyaru cēvakaṉ ⟨3⟩ kākka-nīlaṉ pūcal
ce⟨4⟩ṉṟu paṭṭa kal

## Translation

⟨1–4⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ stone ⟨erected when⟩ Kākka Nīlaṉ, the servant of
Perumpāṇaraicaru[1] Mēkkaṭaliṟaiyaru, went (ceṉṟu[2]) in a fight (pūcal)
and died.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/87). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 274).

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 1971/87.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 660,
item 274.

[1] That is, Perumpāṇaraiyar.

[2] Literally: having gone.