# Eṭutta Vāynattam, hero-stone, no king, no date

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00402

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00402.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Cāmi.

## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kaṭai-veṇ⟨2⟩-ma(lai)-k-kōṭ⟨3⟩[ṭu] vēṭṭuvaru I⟨4⟩ruvāy to(ṟu)-k
ko⟨5⟩ḷuṭ paṭṭāṉ kampā⟨6⟩ṭaru makaṉ cāmi kal

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ °ma(lai)° ⬦ D. — ⟨2⟩ °kōṭ⟨3⟩[ṭu] ⬦ °kōṭ⟨3⟩(ṭu) D.

⟨4⟩ to(ṟu)k ⬦ D.

## Translation

⟨1–6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Cāmi, son of Kampāṭaru, he who ...

## Bibliography

Reported in IAR 2000-01, with visual documentation.

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on the visual
documentation in IAR 2000-01.

### Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1245, item 12.

### Secondary

IAR 2000-01. Indian Archaeology 2000-01: A Review. New Delhi:
Archaeological Survey of India, 2006. Page 169, plate 111.