Koṭṭaiyūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 33 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00283.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

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kō-viycaiya-mayēntira-parumaṟku mu-p-pattu mūṉṟ-āvatu

vānā-kō-Araicaru maru-makkaḷ-uṭ poṇaimaṇaiṉṉār makaṉ ṉār poṉṉarampaṉār mēl Iṇṇapantar makaṉṉār kantaviṇṇaṉār vēlaṭṭuṇ mēl-c ceṉṟ’ eṟinta ñāṉṟu nalla ṉāy ti rintu pa ṭṭāṉ kantaviṇṇa ṉār cēvaka ṉ puta ṇaṭi makka ḷ taṉeta ma nātaṉ

Tirthy-third year of the victorious king Mayēntiraparumaṉ.Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

This is the stone of , the honourable son of Putaṇaṭi and the servant of the honourable KantaviṇṇaṉIt is not clear if the servant is the son, whose name is lost, or his father., he who fell nallaṉāy tirintu, when the honourable Kantaviṇṇaṉ, the son of Iṇṇapantar attacked eṟinta marching ceṉṟa upon mēl Vēlaṭṭuṇ against mēl the honourable Poṉṉarampaṉ, the son of poṇaimaṇaiṉṉār, one among the nephews of the royal Bāṇa king.

Edited in (CN 1971/64). Text and summary in (IP 283).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

1971/64 672-673 283