# Iḷaṅkuṇṇi, hero-stone, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00313

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00313.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ vēṇāṭṭ’ iḷaṅ-kuṉ⟨2⟩ṟi-y-āṉa vēṇāṭṭu maṇikka⟨3⟩lla kai koṇṭu van(ta)
⟨4⟩ [ca. 2+] 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 koṇṭu[1]) 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.

[1] Literally: seizing, surrounding.