# Mēl Paḷḷippaṭṭu, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00298

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00298.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, 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⟩ śrī

kō-vicaiya-para(mēc)cuvara-parumaṟku ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu Oṉpat-āvatu

(va)miṟaiyār vē⟨3⟩ṇāṭ-iḷa-k-kōvūr-nāṭṭu kō¡-I!⟨yi⟩l paṭṭar van⟨4⟩tu
toṟu-k koṇṭa nāṉṟu mēṟ-ceṅkai māmm-u⟨5⟩ṭaiya pāra⟨6⟩tāyar maka⟨7⟩ṉ toṟu
mī⟨8⟩ṭṭu-p [paṭṭā]⟨9⟩ṉ mukaṉ

## Apparatus

⟨8⟩ [paṭṭā]⟨9⟩ṉ ⬦ [ca. 2+]⟨9⟩ṉ CN.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ [Fortune!]

⟨1–2⟩ Ninth year of the victorious king Paramēccuvaraparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–8⟩ Mukaṉ, the son ⟨of⟩ Pāratāyar, the lord of Mēṟceṅkai[2], fell
recovering cattle, when [Va]miṟaiyār, a temple dignitary (kōyil paṭṭar)
in Iḷakkōvūrnāṭu in Vēṇāṭu, came and seized cattle.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/78). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 298).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/78.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 691,
item 298.

[1] Sanskrit Parameśvaravarman.

[2] Alternatively, simply "Pāratāyar of Mēṟceṅkai".