Eṭuttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 34

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00284.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00284.xml.

Version: 2026-02-16 14:11 (e5c1a58), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-
⟨2⟩ may¡i!ntira-parumaṟku
⟨3⟩ mu-p-pattu naṅk-āvatu vāṇa-kō-
⟨4⟩ -Araicaru maru-makkaḷ poṟṟokkai-
⟨5⟩ -¡Ā!r Iḷa-makaṉ karun-tēva-k-katti ta¡ṉ ⟨6⟩ ṉ! erumai-p-
⟨7⟩ -puṟattē vā-
⟨8⟩ ṭi-p paṭṭā-
⟨9⟩ ṉ kal

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ mu-p-pattu naṅk-āvatu • IAR reads "fifty-fourth".

⟨7⟩ vā⟨8⟩ṭi-p paṭṭā⟨9⟩ṉ ⬦ vā⟨8⟩ṭi paṭṭā⟨9⟩ṉ CN.

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Tirthy-fourth ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Mayintiraparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–9⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Karuntēvakkatti, the younger son ⟨of⟩ Poṟṟokkaiyār, the nephew of the royal Bāṇa king, he who fell and died (vāṭi) in the buffalo shed (erumaippuṟam²)

Commentary

See DHARMA_INSPallava00527 for the label of the dog represented on the same slab.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/59). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 284.1).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and the visual documentation in Nagaswamy 1980.

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/59.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 674–675, item 284.

Secondary

[IAR] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N. Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 59, item 40.

[N] Nagaswamy, Ramachandran. 1980. Art and culture of Tamil Nadu. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan. Plate 23.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. See IAR for this meaning.

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