Cē. Kūṭalūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 38 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00285.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

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

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kō-vicai ya-maIyintira-paru maṟ·ku mu-p-patt’ eṭṭ-ā vātu

vāṇa-kō-Av-araicaru maru -makkaḷ kan·ta-viṇṇa ṉār kūṭal toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu toṟu Iṭuvittu-p paṭṭā ṉ poṉ·ṉarampaṉār kol·laka-c cēvakaṉ· kākkaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ kal

kūṭal Iḷa -makkaḷ naṭuvi tta kal

kākkaṇṭi kākaṇṭi

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

This is the stone of Kākaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ, the servant of Poṉṉarampaṉār, he who fell recapturing iṭuvittuThat is (?), viṭuvittu, literally: liberating. cattle when Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew of the royal Bāṇa king seized cattle in kūṭal.

This is stone that the people iḷa-makkaḷ suggests to translate as "soldiers". of Kūṭal had planted.

Edited in (CN 1971/50). Text and summary in (IP 285).

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

1971/50 676-677 285