Periya Kōḷappāṭi, time of Mahendravarman, year 11

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-09 12:00 (265f3f1), last modified 2025-05-04 10:36 (c535aa0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vi¡y!aiya-mayēntira-parumaṟku
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉ-oṉr-āvatu kīḻ-vēṇāṭ-
⟨3⟩ ṭu-t tuṭari mēl vilakkumiṟai
⟨4⟩ yār vanta ñāṉṟu perum-pō
⟨5⟩ ttaraiyar maru-makkaḷ Amkō
⟨6⟩ ṭṭaiyār cēvakaṉ cākkai pa
⟨7⟩ ṟaiyaṉār Iḷa-makaṉ Ēṟaṉ
⟨8⟩ Eṟintu paṭṭāṉ

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1–2⟩ Eleventh year the victorious king Mayēntiraparumaṉ.¹

⟨2–8⟩ Ēṟaṉ, the younger son (iḷa-makaṉ) of Cākkai Paraiyaṉār, the servant of Amkōṭṭaiyār, the nephew (maru-makkaḷ) of Perumpōttaraiyar, attacked (eṟintu²) and died, when Vilakkumiṟaiyar marched upon [the village of] Tuṭari in Kīḻvēṇāṭu.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/96). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 296).

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 1971/96.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 689, item 296.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. Literally: having attacked.

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