Kīraicāttu, time of Nandīśvaravarman, year 37

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Vakkaṭi.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00426.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00426.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:33 (d9e9623), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (ecb0276).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-nanti¡c!ura-parumaṟk-
⟨2⟩ ku yāṇṭu muppattēḻā-
⟨3⟩ vatu vaḷḷipēṭu-nāṭuṭaiya vik-
⟨4⟩ kiramāttiya nāṭu mārikappā-
⟨5⟩ kiḻār makaṉ vakkaṭi paṭṭāṉ

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Tirthy-seventh year of the victorious king Nanti⟨cc⟩uraparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–5⟩ Vakkaṭi, son ⟨of⟩ Mārikappākiḻar² ⟨in/of⟩ the nāṭu of Vikramāditya, lord of Vaḷḷipēṭunātu, fell.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1994–95 (ARIE/1994-1995/B/1994-1995/194).

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 7.3). Text in Dayalan 2005. Edited in Irācavēlu 2022.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

Avanam

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1275, item 40.

[R] Irācavēlu, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXI. Vēlur māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti III. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 60. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page 155, item 529/2022.

Secondary

ARIE 1994–95. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1994-95. Edited by M. D. Sampath. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2001. Page 64, appendixes B/1994-95, item 194.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandīśvaravarman.
2. Mārikappāvakiḻār in Avanam introduction to the inscription.

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