Maṇikkal, time of […][…]varman, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Version: 2025-10-10 12:47 (dbd03d1), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī kō-vicaiya-[***][ca. 3+]-[pa]-
⟨2⟩ rumaṟku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu [****][ca. 4+]-
⟨3⟩ ṟṟu mēl-vēṇāṭu ṇamī[****][ca. 4+]-
⟨4⟩ -k (koṟṟōṟuri) kantavāṇaraica[r] [**][ca. 2+]-
⟨5⟩ [*******][ca. 7+] to [****][ca. 4+]

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Prosperity!] Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Sixth year of the glorious king […][…]parumaṉ.¹

⟨2–3⟩ … Mēlvēṇāṭu … Kantavāṇaraicar …

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/120). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 305).

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 1971/120.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 699, item 305.

Notes

1. Sanskrit […][…]varman

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