# Koṭṭaiyūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 33

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00282

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00282.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ma⟨2⟩cīntira-parumaṟku ⟨3⟩ mu-p-pattu mūṉṟ-āvatu

⟨4⟩ vāṇa-kō-Araicaru maru-ma⟨5⟩kkaḷ poṉṉarampaṉār ⟨6⟩ mēl
vāṇa-kō-Araicaru maru⟨7⟩makkaḷ kantaviṇṇaṉā⟨8⟩r vēlmaṟutti-c ceṉṟa
ñā⟨9⟩ṉṟu kantaviṇṇaṉā⟨10⟩r ta¡ñ!⟨ṉ⟩ ciṟṟappaṉār po⟨11⟩ṉṉi(taṉ)ṉār
Iḷa-makaṉ ⟨12⟩ poṅkiyār makaṉ kat⟨13⟩ti Eytu paṭṭāṉ kal

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Tirthy-third ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Macīntiraparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–13⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ the son ⟨of⟩ Poṅkiyār, ⟨who was also⟩
the younger son (iḷa-makaṉ) ⟨of⟩ Poṉṉi(taṉ)ṉār, the honourable paternal
uncle ⟨of⟩ Kantaviṇṇaṉār[2], he who fell hit (eytu) ⟨by⟩ a knife, when
Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew ⟨of⟩ the royal Bāṇa king marched (ceṉṟu[3])
¿⟨in⟩ Vēlmaṟutti? against (mēl[4]) Poṉṉarampaṉār, the nephew ⟨of⟩ the
royal Bāṇa king.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/63). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 282).

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 1971/63.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
670–671, item 282.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] Literally: Kantaviṇṇaṉār, of him the paternal uncle.

[3] Literally: went.

[4] Literally: upon.