Kaṭalāṭi, time of Māntaparumāṉ, year 11

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_INSPallava00291.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00291.xml.

Version: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ mānta-parumaṟku-p patiṉ-o-
⟨2⟩ ṉṟ-āvatu koṅkaṇi-¡A!raicaru
⟨3⟩ paṭai-¡O!ṭu ciri-kaṅkaraicaru
⟨4⟩ caṅka-ma(ṅ)kalatt’ eṟinta ñā-
⟨5⟩ ṉṟu ciri-kaṅkaraicaru cēvaka-
⟨6⟩ ru vicaiya-koṟṟa-
⟨7⟩ ṭaiyā(ru) Eṟin-
⟨8⟩ tu paṭ-
⟨9⟩ ṭa kal

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Eleventh year of Māntaparumaṉ.

⟨2–9⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ stone ⟨erected when⟩ the victorious (vicaiya) Koṟṟaṭaiyā(ru), the servant of the glorious (ciri¹) Kaṅkaraicaru² attacked (eṟintu³) and died, when (ñāṉṟu) the glorious Kaṅkaraicaru made an attack (eṟinta) in Caṅkama(ṅ)kalam along with the army (paṭai-y-oṭu) of Koṅkaṇi-Araicaru.⁴

Bibliography

Reported in IAR 1971-72.

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/124). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 291).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972.

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/124.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 683, item 291.

Secondary

[IAR] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N. Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 59, item 39.

Notes

1. Sanskrit śrī.
2. That is, Kaṅkaraiyar.
3. Literally: having attacked.
4. That is, Koṅkaṇiyaraiyar.

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