# Kaṇṇakantal, time of Mahendravarman (?)

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00287

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00287.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.

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## Edition

[ca. 4 lost lines] ⟨5⟩ [ca. 3+] maru-mak⟨6⟩[kaḷ poṉ]ṉarampaṉā⟨7⟩[ṉār
vā]ṇa-kō-Araicaru ⟨8⟩ [maru-mak]kaḷ kantaviṇṇa⟨9⟩[ṉār] [ca.
1+](ṟa)la-p-puñci-c ceṉṟa ⟨10⟩ (ñā)ṉṟu poṉṉarampaṉār cē⟨11⟩vakaṉ
vaḷiya-p-pūṟār maka⟨12⟩ṉ tā⟨13⟩ḷa-c-cā⟨14⟩mi kal

## Translation

⟨1–14⟩ [ca. 4 lost lines] ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Tāḷaccāmi, the son
⟨of⟩ Vaḷiyappūṟār, the servant ⟨of⟩ Poṉṉarampaṉār, ⟨he who fell⟩ when
Poṉṉarampaṉār, the nephew [of the royal Bāṇa king], went (ceṉṟu) …
(*(ṟa)la-p-puñci[1]) ¿⟨against⟩? Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew of the royal
Bāṇa king.

## Commentary

Poṉṉarampaṉār and Kantaviṇṇaṉār are mentioned in several other
inscriptions (IP 282, 283, 285), on the basis of which the present
inscription is interpreted and its missing text supplied.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/48). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 287).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/48.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 679,
item 287.

[1] This phrase designates either the place of the fight or a complement
to the action expressed by ceṉṟu (puñci, "having gathered") or both.