# Maṇikkal, time of […]varman, year 6

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00305

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00305.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⟩ [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.

[1] Sanskrit […]varman