Mūkkanahaḷḷi, time of Mahendravarman, year 4

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero whose name is lost.

Palaeographic description: ...

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00410.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00410.xml.

Version: 2026-08-17 11:27 (08f8cb5), last modified 2026-08-17 11:27 (08f8cb5).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-mayēntira-parumaṟki yā-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭu nālk-āvatu perum-pāṇa-Ati-A-
⟨3⟩ raicarum ciṅka-perum-Ati-Araicarum
⟨4⟩ (Eṟinta) ñāṉṟu ciṅka-perum-ati-Araicaru cē-
⟨5⟩ vakar Accura [******] pe [***]-
⟨6⟩ ru vāḷāl
⟨7⟩ paṭṭā

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Fourth year of the victorious king Mayēntiraparumaṉ.¹

⟨2–7⟩ [This is the stone of] […], he who died ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1984–85 (ARIE/1984-1985/B/1984-1985/330).

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Dayalan 2005. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1253, item 20.

Secondary

ARIE 1984–85. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1984-85. Edited by Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1996. Page 75, appendixes B/1984-1985, item 330.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

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