Teṉmuṭiyaṉūr, 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.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00289.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00289.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [*] ṉu [*******] yār
⟨2⟩ kuti(rai) [***] makka-
⟨3⟩ ṇṇamaṭ [**]
⟨4⟩ kutti
⟨5⟩ paṭṭāṉ
⟨6⟩ kal

Translation

⟨1–6⟩ … ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Kutti, he who fell (paṭṭāṉ), … a relative (makkaḷ¹) … horse (kutirai) …

Commentary

There are further lines missing at the beginning.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/67). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 289).

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 1971/67.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 681, item 289.

Notes

1. Alternatively, if the lacuna is to be restored as maru-makkaḷ: the nephew.

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