Kōraiyāṟu, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00275.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00275.xml.

Version: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kōraikōṭṭu-p poruṇaṉ ṅāka(ṅkatturai)
⟨2⟩ ciṭu-p poṉ-mut-u-
⟨3⟩ ṭ-puḷḷi (poṉ)-
⟨4⟩ -mut-uṭ-k-kāṭṭi pūca-
⟨5⟩ l-uṭ
⟨6⟩ paṭṭa
⟨7⟩ kal

Translation

⟨1–4⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ stone ⟨erected when⟩ Poṉ Mutuṭpuḷḷi¹ (and) (Poṉ) Mutuṭkkāṭṭi died in a fight (pūcal-uḷ) ... in Kōraikōṭu.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/85). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 275).

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 1971/85.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 661, item 275.

Notes

1. Poṉ, literally “gold,” is an honourific prefix, that could be translated as “excellent.”

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