# Mōttakal, time of Mahendravarman, year 32

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00280

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00280.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), 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⟩ kō-vicaiya ma[yē]ntira-paruma(ṟku mu)⟨2⟩-p-patt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu

[4+]yai to⟨3⟩ṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu po¡ṉ!⟨ṟ⟩-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
Poṟmōtaṉṉār[2], he who fell recapturing (viṭuvittu[3]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] Cf. Poṟmōtaṉār in DHARMA_INSPallava00281, same findspot, king, and
year.

[3] Literally "liberating".