# Mōttakal, time of Mahendravarman, year 32

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00281

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00281.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 in a fight with
a tiger.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya mayēntira⟨2⟩parumaṟku mu-p-patt’ iraṇṭ-ā⟨3⟩vatu

po¡ṉ!⟨ṟ⟩-mōtaṉār cē⟨4⟩vakaṉ viṉṟaṇ (va)ṭukaṉ⟨5⟩puli kutti-p paṭṭāṉ⟨6⟩kal

## Translation

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

⟨3–6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Viṉṟaṇ (Va)ṭukaṉ, the servant of
Poṟmōtaṉār[2], he who fell fighting (kutti[3]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] Cf. Poṟmōtaṉṉār in DHARMA_INSPallava00280, same findspot, king, and
year.

[3] Literally: piercing, striking.