Eṭuttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 34 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00284.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-vicaiya mayiēntira-parumaṟku mu-p-pattu naṅk-āvatu

vāṇa-kō -Araicaru maru-makkaḷ poṟṟokkai -Āyār Iḷa-makaṉ karun-tēva-k-katti taṉ ṉṉ erumai-p -puṟattē vā ṭi-p paṭṭā ṉ kal

mu-p-pattu naṅk-āvatu reads "fifty-fourth". vāṭi-p paṭṭāṉ vāṭi paṭṭāṉ

Tirthy-fourth year of the victorious king Mayintiraparumaṉ.Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

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 erumaippuṟamSee for this meaning.

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

Edited in (CN 1971/59). Text and summary in (IP 284.1).

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

1971/59 674-675 284 59 40 23