# Ciṉṉayyāṉ Pēṭṭai, time of Kampavarman, year 3

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00309

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00309.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## 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!⟨n⟩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!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa kāri-p-perumāṉ{¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩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 (uṭaiya[2]) of
Malaiyaṉūr in Mīkuṉṟaināṭu, the servant of the Bāṇa king Vayiramēkaṉ;

⟨5–13⟩ while the Eyiṉāṭṭār-s[3] seized buffalo cattle … Kāri-p-perumāṉ,
alias the son ⟨of⟩ Cempar, the lord (uṭaiya[4]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit Kampavarman.

[2] IP simply translate as "of".

[3] That is, the people from Eyil-nāṭu.

[4] IP simply translate as "of".