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

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00288

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00288.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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

## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

## Palaeographic description

Note the epenthetic u for r at the end of words.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 7+] ti [ca. 3+] ⟨2⟩ [ca. 1+] peṇṇai vaṭa-karai
mē[ṟ]-ko[ṉṟai]⟨3⟩[nāṭṭu] [ca. 4+] nika [ca. 1+] Iruntu [ca. 3+] tē [ca.
3+] ⟨4⟩ [ca. 1+] ṭu [ca. 1+] makkaḷ kuṉṟakaṭṭi [ca. 2+] ru paiya [ca.
3+]⟨5⟩ru toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭāru kal

## Translation

⟨1–5⟩ … ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ he who fell (paṭṭāru[1]) 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.

[1] That is, probably Kuṉṟakkaṭṭi.