Eṭakkal, hero-stone, time of [name lost], year [figure lost]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Palaeographic description: Note the epenthetic u for r at the end of words.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00288.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00288.xml.

Version: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [*******] ti [***]
⟨2⟩ [*] peṇṇai vaṭa-karai mē[ṟ]-ko[ṉṟai]-
⟨3⟩ [nāṭṭu] [****] nika [*] Iruntu [***] tē [***]
⟨4⟩ [*] ṭu [*] makkaḷ kuṉṟakaṭṭi [**] ru paiya [***]-
⟨5⟩ ru toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭāru kal

Translation

⟨1–5⟩ … ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ he who fell (paṭṭāru¹) when Kuṉṟakkaṭṭi, a relative (makkaḷ) ⟨of⟩ …, seized cattle … when being (iruntu) … in Mēṟkoṉṟaināṭu, on the northern bank of the Peṇṇai ⟨river⟩.

Commentary

There are possibly further lines missing at the beginning.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/66). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 288).

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 1971/66.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 680, item 288.

Notes

1. That is, probably Kuṉṟakkaṭṭi.

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