# Periya Kōḷāppāṭi, time of Īśvaravarman, year 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00297

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00297.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. Lacunose.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [kō-vi]¿(y)?⟨c⟩aiya¡-Ī!⟨-y-ī⟩ccu⟨2⟩[ra-paruma]ṟku yāṇṭu ⟨3⟩
[Iraṇ]ṭ-āvatu

kīḻ ⟨4⟩ [ca. 3+](ṇu)ṭki niṉ⟨5⟩[ca. 3+] (pe)rum pōtta[raiyā]⟨6⟩[r makka]ḷ
maṟuccēn[ca. 2+] ⟨7⟩ [ca. 3+](r) kotti nat[ca. 2+] ⟨8⟩ [ca. 3+] (pa)ḷḷi

## Translation

⟨1⟩ [Fortune!]

⟨1–3⟩ [Second] year of the victorious [king] Īśva[ravarma]ṉ.

⟨3–8⟩

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/97). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 297).

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 1971/97.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 690,
item 297.