# Kōraiyāṟu, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00275

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00275.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## 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 Mutuṭpuḷḷi[1] (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.

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