Iḷaṅkuṇṇi, hero-stone, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00313.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00313.xml.

Version: 2026-02-16 14:11 (e5c1a58), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ vēṇāṭṭ’ iḷaṅ-kuṉ-
⟨2⟩ ṟi-y-āṉa vēṇāṭṭu maṇikka-
⟨3⟩ lla kai koṇṭu van(ta)
⟨4⟩ [**] ṭaikka kōtaṉ mēṭṭiṇa-
⟨5⟩ [ṉ ē]ṉāti makaṉ vāṇaṉ paṭṭā-
⟨6⟩ ṉ [Akka]ḻimallaṉ naṭu-vitta kal

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ maṇikka⟨3⟩lla ⬦ maṇikka⟨3⟩lla CN • CN has maṇikkallai in his summary, that is the Accusative form.

⟨4⟩ mēṭṭiṇa⟨5⟩[ṉ ē]ṉāti ⬦ mēṭṭiṇa⟨5⟩[2+]ṉāti CN • mēṭṭiṇaṉ ēṉāti is restored following the summary in CN.

⟨6⟩ [Akka]ḻimallaṉ ⬦ [2+]ḻimallaṉ CN • Akkaḻimallaṉ is restored following the summary in IP.

Translation

⟨1–6⟩ Vāṇaṉ, the son of the general Kōṭaṉ Mēṭṭiṇaṉ, fell … ⟨when⟩ he came to besiege (kai koṇṭu¹) Maṇikkal in Vēṇāṭu, alias Iḷaṅkuṉṟi in Vēṇāṭu.

⟨6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone that Akkaḵimallāṉ has had planted.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/118). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 313).

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 1971/118.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 710, item 313.

Notes

1. Literally: seizing, surrounding.

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