Ciṉṉayyāṉ Pēṭṭai, time of Kampavarman, year 3

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00309.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00309.xml.

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

Edition

⟨Zone 1⟩
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-kampa-
⟨2⟩ -parumarku yāṇṭu mūṉṟ-āvatu
⟨3⟩ vayira-mēka-vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar cēvakaṉ
⟨4⟩ mīkuṉṟai-¡ñ!āṭṭu malaiyaṉūr-uṭaiya cempa-t-
⟨5⟩ -toṇṭaṉ makaṉ kāri-p-perumāṉ pācā-
⟨6⟩ ṟṟ’ erumai-t toṟu Eyiṉāṭṭār koḷḷa-p
⟨7⟩ pācāṟṟūr pūcal-iṭa-p pūcal ceṉṟu kōvū-

⟨Zone 2⟩
⟨8⟩ r-nāṭṭu-c ciṟṟ-iṭai-y-āṟṟu mutu-koṉṟai
⟨9⟩ mūkkiṉ mīmalai Āyaṅkayakkaraiyiṟ ce-
⟨10⟩ ṉṟu muṭṭi malaiyaṉūr-uṭaiya cempar ma-
⟨11⟩ ka¡ṉṉ!-āṉa kāri-p-perumāṉ{¿ṇ?aṉ} U-
⟨12⟩ raiyilampumāḷa Evvip pattira muru-
⟨13⟩ vi Etirē ceṉṟu paṭṭāṉ

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Third year of the victorious Pallava king Kampaparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–5⟩ Kāri-p-perumāṉ, the son ⟨of⟩ Cempattoṇṭaṉ, the lord (uṭaiya²) of Malaiyaṉūr in Mīkuṉṟaināṭu, the servant of the Bāṇa king Vayiramēkaṉ;

⟨5–13⟩ while the Eyiṉāṭṭār-s³ seized buffalo cattle … Kāri-p-perumāṉ, alias the son ⟨of⟩ Cempar, the lord (uṭaiya⁴) of Malaiyaṉūr, having come and fought (muṭṭi) in … in Ciṟṟiṭaiyāṟu in Kōvūrnāṭu ⟨and⟩ having come ⟨for⟩ battle, while making great noise (pūcal-iṭa), ⟨in⟩ Pācaṟṟūr … having come in front (etiṟē vantu), fell (pattāṉ).

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/56). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 309).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and visual documentation from Kumaravel Ramasamy’s Facebook (2021-02-27 post) pointed out to me by Centamiḻ Celvaṉ.

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/56.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 703–704, item 309.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavarman.
2. IP simply translate as "of".
3. That is, the people from Eyil-nāṭu.
4. IP simply translate as "of".

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Third year of the victorious Pallava king Kampaparumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Kampavarman.</note>

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