Kīḻ Irāvantavāṭi, time of Nandīśvaravikramavarman, year 44

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00307.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00307.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-nantīccuva-
⟨2⟩ ra-vi¿r?kirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nārpat-
⟨3⟩ tu nā¿ṟ?k-āvatu malāṭṭu mēr-kōvalūr-nā-
⟨4⟩ ṭṭu Irāmantaivāṭi mēṟ maṅkaḷa-peru-
⟨5⟩ m¡a!ṉār paṭai vanta ñāṉṟu vāṇa-perumāṉārkk-ā-
⟨6⟩ y-p paṭṭāṉ vēṇar-
⟨7⟩ -k-kaḷiyaṉ

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Fourty-fourth ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Nantīccuvaravikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–7⟩ Vēṇarkkaḷiyaṉ fell for the sake of (āy) the Bāṇa lord when the army ⟨of⟩ the lord of Maṅkalam marched(vanta²) upon Iṟamantaivāṭi in Mērkōvalūrnāṭu in Malāṭu.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/51). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 307).

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 1971/51.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 701, item 307.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandīśvaravikramavarman.
2. Literally: came.

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