Mōttakal, time of Mahendravarman, year 32

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight with a tiger.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-06 11:45 (c74dfdd), last modified 2025-01-05 13:52 (333a4a5).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya mayēntira-
⟨2⟩ parumaṟku mu-p-patt’ iraṇṭ-ā-
⟨3⟩ vatu po¡ṉ!-mōtaṉār cē-
⟨4⟩ vakaṉ viṉṟaṇ (va)ṭukaṉ-
⟨5⟩ puli kutti-p paṭṭāṉ-
⟨6⟩ kal

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1–3⟩ Tirthy-second [year] of the victorious king Mayēntiraparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–6⟩ [This is] the stone [of] Viṉṟaṇ (Va)ṭukaṉ, the servant of Poṟmōtaṉār², he who fell fighting (kutti³) with a tiger.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/89). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 281).

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 1971/89.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 669, item 281.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. Cf. Poṟmōtaṉṉār in DHARMA_INSPallava00280, same findspot, king, and year.
3. Literally: piercing, striking.

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