# Eṭuttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 34

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00284

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00284.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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya⟨2⟩may¡i!⟨ē⟩ntira-parumaṟku ⟨3⟩ mu-p-pattu naṅk-āvatu

vāṇa-kō⟨4⟩-Araicaru maru-makkaḷ poṟṟokkai⟨5⟩-¡Ā!⟨yā⟩r Iḷa-makaṉ
karun-tēva-k-katti ta¡ṉ⟨6⟩ṉ!⟨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 (erumaippuṟam[2])

## 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.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] See IAR for this meaning.