# Cē. Kūṭalūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 38

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00285

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00285.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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

## Palaeographic description

Two types of ṉ. Compare occurrences in lines 6 to 8.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicai⟨2⟩ya-ma¡I!⟨yi⟩ntira-paru⟨3⟩maṟ·ku (mu)-p-patt’ eṭṭ-ā⟨4⟩vātu

vāṇa-kō-¡A!⟨v-a⟩raicaru maru⟨5⟩-makkaḷ kan·ta-viṇṇa⟨6⟩(ṉā)r kūṭal toṟu-k
koṇṭa ⟨7⟩ (ñ)āṉṟu toṟu Iṭuvittu-p paṭṭā⟨8⟩ṉ poṉ·ṉarampa(ṉā)r
kol·laka-c⟨9⟩c(ē)vakaṉ(·) kākkaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ kal

⟨10⟩ kūṭal Iḷa⟨11⟩-makkaḷ naṭuvi⟨12⟩tta kal

## Apparatus

⟨9⟩ kākkaṇṭi ⬦ kākaṇṭi CN.

## Translation

⟨1–4⟩ Tirthy-eight ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Mayintiraparumaṉ.[1]

⟨4–9⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Kākaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ, the servant of
Poṉṉarampaṉār, he who fell recapturing (iṭuvittu[2]) cattle when
Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew of the royal Bāṇa king seized cattle ⟨in⟩
kūṭal.

⟨10–12⟩ ⟨This is⟩ stone that the ¿people? (iḷa-makkaḷ[3]) of Kūṭal had
planted.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/50). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 285).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009).

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/50.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
676–677, item 285.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] That is (?), viṭuvittu, literally: liberating.

[3] Mahalingam 1988 suggests to translate as "soldiers".