# Vēṭartaṭṭakkal, time of Mahendravarman, year 5

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00418

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00418.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of (Nai)ya Vaṭukaṉ […].

## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-mayī(n)⟨2⟩ntira-parumaṟki yāṇ⟨3⟩ṇṭ’ Ēḻ-āvatu

perum⟨4⟩-pāṇ-iḷavaraicar ⟨5⟩ cēvakaṉ (nai)ya-va⟨6⟩ṭukaṉ [5+] ⟨7⟩
[5+]⟨8⟩p paṭṭā(ṉ)

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ °pāṇ-iḷavaraicar ⬦ S • Read °pāṇa-Iḷavaraicar?

⟨5⟩ va⟨6⟩ṭukaṉ ⬦ S; va[1+]⟨6⟩ṭukaṉ D • Unduly lost character in D is a
typographical mistake.

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Seventh year of the victorious king Mayintiraparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–8⟩ (Nai)ya Vaṭukaṉ […], the servant of Perumpāṇa Iḷavaraicar, died
[…].

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1979–80 (ARIE/1979-1980/B/1979-1980/232).

Edited in Sampath 1980. Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Sampath 1980.

### Primary

[S] Sampath, M. D. 1980. “Hero-stone inscriptions from Dharmapuri
District.” In: South Indian History Congress: Proceedings of the annual
conference, February 15-17, 1980, Madurai Kamaraj University. Edited by
S. Manickam. Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University, pp. 219–223. Page 223.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1264, item 30.

### Secondary

ARIE 1979–80. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1979-80. Edited by
K. V. Ramesh. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1992. Page 87,
appendixes B/1979-1980, item 232.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.