# Periya Kōḷappāṭi, time of Mahendravarman, year 11

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00296

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00296.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⟩ kō-vi¡y!⟨c⟩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

⟨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 (eṟintu[2]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] Literally: having attacked.