Mōttakal, time of Mahendravarman, year 32

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_INSPallava00280.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00280.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya ma[yē]ntira-paruma(ṟku mu)-
⟨2⟩ -p-patt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu [****]yai to-
⟨3⟩ ṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu po¡ṉ!-mōtaṉṉā-
⟨4⟩ r cēvakaṉ Akkantai kōṭaṉ
⟨5⟩ toṟu viṭuvittu-p paṭṭā-
⟨6⟩ ṉ kal

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ma[yē]ntira° ⬦ ma[2+]ntira° CN • Cf. DHARMA_INSPallava00280, same findspot, king, and year.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Tirthy-second ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Ma[yē]ntiraparumaṉ.¹

⟨2–6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Akkantai Kōṭaṉ, the servant of Poṟmōtaṉṉār², he who fell recapturing (viṭuvittu³) cattle when … (yai) seized cattle.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/88). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 280).

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 1971/88.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 668, item 280.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. Cf. Poṟmōtaṉār in DHARMA_INSPallava00281, same findspot, king, and year.
3. Literally "liberating".

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