# Vīraṇam, time of Kampappōttaraiyar, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00311

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00311.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in battle. See
INSPallava00312, same date, of very similar content.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi is occasionally used. Medial i and ī interchangeable. ṉ (with
long right stroke) similar to ḷ.

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## Edition

⟨Zone A: Above the warrior figure⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-kam·pa-p·-pōttarai⟨2⟩yarkku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu

vāṇa-kō-v-araiya⟨3⟩r va¿I?⟨yi⟩ra-mēkaṉār vāṇa-kō-p-pāṭiyum(·)
Ilāṭai-p-pā⟨4⟩ṭiyum milāṭuñ cōḻa-nāṭṭu-k kāviri¡-I!⟨yi⟩ṉ va⟨5⟩ṭa-karai
Ellām āḷā-niṉṟa kālattu vēṇāṭu mu¿ṉ?⟨n⟩-nū⟨6⟩ṟu¡mm!⟨m⟩ e¿I?⟨yi⟩ṉāṭ’
ain-nūṟu Āṇṭa nan(·)ti pe⟨Zone B: Left of the warrior figure⟩⟨7⟩ru-māṉār
⟨8⟩ makaṉār A⟨9⟩kkaḻi-malla⟨10⟩ṉār ve¿ṉ?⟨ṇ⟩ṇa⟨11⟩mum
i-cātta(ṉū)⟨12⟩ru¡m(m)!⟨m⟩ āḷā-niṟka ⟨13⟩ maṅkaḷa-nā⟨14⟩ṭ-uṭaiya
mā⟨15⟩-tēvar paṭai ⟨16⟩ cāttaṉūrai ⟨17⟩ Eṟiya ⟨Zone 1: Left of the
warrior figure⟩ ⟨18⟩ ve¡ṉ!⟨ṇ⟩ṇa⟨19⟩m-uṭaiya ⟨20⟩ maḻa-nāṭa(r) ⟨21⟩
moṭappa⟨22⟩ṉ piṉpu ce⟨23⟩ṉṟu piṇa⟨24⟩ṅki vēṇā⟨25⟩ṭṭ’ ellai⟨26⟩yiṟ
kārā⟨27⟩-c-caṅkaṉ ⟨28⟩ {p-}paṭṭār

⟨29⟩ maḻa-nā⟨30⟩(ṭar) kal

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °kam·pa-p·° ⬦ °kampa° CN.

⟨4⟩ milāṭuñ • The final character ñ looks like ṉā.

⟨10⟩ ve¿ṉ?⟨ṇ⟩ṇa⟨11⟩mum ⬦ veṇṇa⟨11⟩mum CN.

⟨11⟩ i-cātta(ṉū)⟨12⟩ru¡m(m)!⟨m⟩ āḷā° ⬦ i-cātta(ṉū)⟨12⟩rumm āḷā CN.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Fourteenth year of the victorious king Kampapōttaraiyar.[1]

⟨2–28⟩

- When (kālattu[2]) Vāṇakōvaraiyar Vayiramēkaṉār was
  currently/continuously ruling over (āḷā-niṉṟa) the whole (ellām) of
  the Vāṇakōppāṭi, Ilāṭaippāṭi Milāṭu, and the northern bank of the
  Kāvēri (kāviri) in the Cōḻanāṭu,

- whereas Akkaḻimallaṉār—the son of Nanti-perumāṉār who was ruling
  (āṇṭa) over the Vēṇātu three-hundred and the Eyiṟnāṭu (e-Iṉāṭ’)
  five-hundred— was currently/continuously ruling over (āḷā-niṉṟa)
  Veṇṇam and this Cāttaṉūr in the Mēṟkōvalūrnāṭu,

- whereas the army of Mātēvar, the Lord, of Maṅkaḷanāṭu, attacked
  (eṟiya) Cāttaṉūr,

Moṭappaṉ, a man from Maḻanāṭu, the Lord of Veṇṇam, went after (piṉpu
ceṉṟu) ⟨the enemies⟩, mingled (piṅaṅki) ⟨with them⟩, and died at the
border (ellai) of Vēṇāṭu, ⟨along with⟩ Kārāccaṅkaṉ.

⟨29–30⟩ Stone ⟨planted by⟩ the Maḻanāṭar-s[3].

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/47). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 311).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972 and
partial photographic coverage.

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/47.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
706–707, item 311.

### Secondary

Rajan, K. 2000. South Indian memorial stones. Thanjavur: Manoo
Pathippakam. Page 185, item 311.

[1] Sanskrit Kampa + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Kampa.

[2] Literally: at the time.

[3] That is, the inhabitants of the Maḻanāṭu.