# Mūkkanahaḷḷi, time of Mahendravarman, year 4

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00410

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00410.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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 whose name is
lost.

## Palaeographic description

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## 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 [6+] pe [3+]⟨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.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.