# Kīḻ Irāvantavāṭi, time of Nandīśvaravikramavarman, year 44

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00307

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00307.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-nantīccuva⟨2⟩ra-vi¿r?⟨k⟩kirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu
nārpat⟨3⟩tu nā¿ṟ?⟨ṉ⟩k-āvatu

malāṭṭu mēr-kōvalūr-nā⟨4⟩ṭṭu Irāmantaivāṭi mēṟ maṅkaḷa-peru⟨5⟩m¡a!⟨ā⟩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(vanta[2]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit Nandīśvaravikramavarman.

[2] Literally: came.