# Karuṅkālippāṭipaṭṭi, time of Mahendravarman, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00278

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00278.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.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-macīntira⟨2⟩{m}-parumaṟku patiṉ ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āṉ⟨3⟩k-āvatu

mī⟨4⟩-vēṇṇā⟨5⟩ṭtu karuṅ⟨6⟩-kāli-pāṭi ⟨7⟩ Āḷ koṟṟa⟨8⟩vāciṟ
karucā⟨9⟩ttaṉāru maka⟨10⟩ṉ kaṭṭaṅka⟨11⟩ṉṉāru p(o)ṟ⟨12⟩-kāṭāṉṉāru
cē⟨13⟩vakaru naripaḷ⟨14⟩ḷi vīra-vāṇṇa⟨15⟩raiyaru makkaḷ ⟨16⟩
po¡ṉ!⟨ṟ⟩-pāṉaṉ⟨17⟩ṉār-ōṭ’ eṟintu ⟨18⟩ paṭṭāru kal

## Apparatus

⟨11⟩ p(o)ṟ° • Only the kāl of o is unclear.

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Fourteenth ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Macīntiraparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–18⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Kaṭṭaṅkaṉṉār ― the son of Koṟṟavāciṟ[2]
Karucāttaṉār, who rules over Karuṅkālipāṭi in Mīvēṇāṭu[3] ―, he who fell
(paṭṭār) fighting (eṟintu) with Poṟpāṉaṉṉār, one of the people / the son
(makkaḷ) of Naripaḷḷi Vīravāṇṇaraiyar, the servant of Poṟkāṭāṉṉār[4].[5]

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/113). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 278).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/113.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
665–666, item 278.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] Probably a placename.

[3] That is, Mēlvēnāṭu according to IP.

[4] It is not clear who is the servant of Poṟkāṭāṉṉār: Poṟpāṉaṉṉār,
following IP and according to the names similarity, or Naripaḷḷi
Vīravāṇṇaraiyar, according to straightforward syntax?

[5] Alternative translation: "Kaṭṭaṅkaṉṉār … fell. ⟨This is his⟩ stone.