# Kāṇāṅkāṭu, time of Indravarman, year 15

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00431

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00431.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 Ātaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-v-inti⟨2⟩ramarumakaṉki pati⟨3⟩¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩ aintāvatu

⟨4⟩ mī-koṉ⟨5⟩ṟai-nāṭṭ’ a⟨6⟩raicarai⟨7⟩-¡yy!⟨y⟩ ōṭi⟨8⟩ṉa pūca¡l⟨9⟩l!⟨l⟩il
paṭṭāṉ ⟨10⟩ mēlūr Ātaṉ

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °vinti⟨2⟩ramarumakaṉki ⬦ vinti⟨2⟩ramarumakaṉki V •
vinti⟨2⟩raparumarkku or vinti⟨2⟩raparumaṟku is expected here.

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Fifteenth ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Intiraparumaṉ.[1]

⟨4–10⟩ Ātaṉ of Mēlūr ⟨is⟩ he who died in a battle (pūcal) which occurred
(ōṭiṉa) with the king (aracarai[2]) of Mīkoṉṟaināṭu.

## Commentary

The Indravarman of the regnal year is probably one among the Pallava
kings named Mahendravarman.

## Bibliography

Edited in Vīrarākavaṉ & Vīrarākavaṉ 1996 (Āvaṇam 7.10.1), with an
estampage. Text in Dayalan 2005.

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

### Primary

[V] Vīrarākavaṉ, Ci. & Maṅkaiyarkkaraci Vīrarākavaṉ. 1996. “viḻuppuram
irāmacāmi paṭaiyāṭciyār māvaṭṭattil cila putiya kalveṭṭukkaḷ (1).”
Āvaṇam 7, pp. 25–28. Item 10.1.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1281, item 46.

[1] Sanskrit Indravarman.

[2] Note the accusative, governed by ōṭiṉa.