Vīraṇam, time of Kampapōttaraiyar, year 14

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in battle. See INSPallava00311, same date, of very similar content.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-10 12:47 (e18547c), last modified 2025-01-11 13:35 (374637e).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-kampa-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu
⟨2⟩ vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar va¡I!ra-mēkaṉār vāṇa-kō-p-pātiyu maḷā-
⟨3⟩ ṭu milāṭai-p-pāṭiyuñ cōḻa-nāṭṭu-k kāviri-¡I!ṉ
⟨4⟩ vaṭa-karai Ellām āḷā-niṉṟa kālattu vēṇāṭṭu mu-n-nū-
⟨5⟩ ṟum e¡I!ṉāṭ’ ai-
⟨6⟩ -n-nūṟum āṇ-
⟨7⟩ ṭa nanti-perumā-
⟨8⟩ ṉār makaṉ Akkaḻi-
⟨9⟩ mallaṉār mēṟ-
⟨10⟩ -kōvalūr-nāṭṭu
⟨11⟩ veṇṇamuñ cā-
⟨12⟩ ttaṉūrum āḷā-
⟨13⟩ -niṟka-p paṅkaḷa-
⟨14⟩ -nāṭṭ-uṭaiya mā-tē-
⟨15⟩ var paṭai cātta-
⟨16⟩ ṉūr Eṟiya ve--
⟨17⟩ ¡ṉ!ṇattu niṉ-
⟨18⟩ ru ceṉṟu pi-
⟨19⟩ ṉpu ceṉṟu-
⟨20⟩ piṇaṅki vē-
⟨21⟩ ṇāṭṭ’ ellai-
⟨22⟩ -k kārā-c-caṅka--
⟨23⟩ nṉ ¡p-p!aṭṭāṉ ka(l)

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Fourteenth year the victorious king Kampapōttaraiyar.

⟨2–23⟩ [This is the] stone [erected in honour of] Kārāccaṅkaṉ, he who,

when (kālattu¹) Vāṇakōvaraiyar Vayiramēkaṉār was currently/continuously ruling over (āḷā-niṉṟa) the whole (ellām) of the Vāṇakōppāṭi, Mālāṭu, Milāṭaippāṭi 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 Cāttaṉūr in the Mēṟkōvalūrnāṭu,
whereas the army of Mātēvar, the Lord, of Paṅkaḷanāṭu, attacked (eṟiya) Cāttaṉūr,

went from (niṉṟu ceṉṟu) Veṇṇam, went after (piṉpu ceṉṟu) [the enemies], mingled (piṅaṅki) [with them], and died at the border (ellai) of Vēṇāṭu.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/46). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 312).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972 and on photos (2009, by EFEO).

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/46.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 708–709, item 312.

Secondary

Rajan, K. 2000. South Indian memorial stones. Thanjavur: Manoo Pathippakam. Page 185, item 310.

Notes

1. Literally: at the time.

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