# Kaṭalāṭi, time of Māntaparumāṉ, year 11

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00291

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00291.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ mānta-parumaṟku-p patiṉ-o⟨2⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

koṅkaṇi-¡A!⟨y-a⟩raicaru ⟨3⟩ paṭai-¡O!⟨y-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 (ciri[1]) Kaṅkaraicaru[2]
attacked (eṟintu[3]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit śrī.

[2] That is, Kaṅkaraiyar.

[3] Literally: having attacked.

[4] That is, Koṅkaṇiyaraiyar.