Cāṇaṅkuppam, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 30

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00451.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Cākūḻaṉ Vēḷāḷaṉ and recording a donation of land in honour of him.

Hand description:

Medial u and ū not distinguished and interchangeable. The letter ṭu has a peculiar form.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-01-17 18:23 (350e545), last modified 2025-01-07 12:43 (ea8d156).

⟨1⟩ [svast]i śrī

kō-vicaiya-kampa-vikkir¿i?⟨a⟩ma-paru⟨2⟩maṟku yāṇṭu muppa(tt-ā)vatu

paṭuvūr-k- kō⟨3⟩ṭṭattu mēl-aṭaiy¡a!⟨ā⟩ṟu-nāṭṭu-k kaṭaikaḷāṭṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r (p)i⟨4⟩(ṉ/ṉa)[1+](m/ma) n(ā)yakaṉ cākūḻaṉ vēḷā¡l!⟨ḷ⟩aṉ vāṇar-pā⟨5⟩ṭikkaḷḷar Iv-v¡u!⟨ū⟩r (toṟu)k koḷḷap paṭṭ(ā)ṉ

⟨6⟩ Ivaṉukku Ū(ru)ṅ koḷ nāṉṟu Aracañ ce⟨7⟩(ṟu) nettal paṭṭi Aṭṭittu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vikkir¿i?⟨a⟩maparu⟨2⟩maṟku ⬦ vikkimaparuma⟨2⟩ṟku T; vikkiraparuma⟨2⟩ṟku D.

⟨2⟩ muppa(ttā)vatu ⬦ muppatāvatu T D • The regnal year of Kampavikramavarman is 36th according to Katti 1998.

⟨3⟩ mēlaṭaiy¡a!⟨ā⟩ṟunāṭṭuk ⬦ mēlaṭaiyaṟunāṭu puk° T D • We follow here the summary in ARIE. — ⟨3⟩ kaṭaikaḷāṭṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r ⬦ kaṭaikaḷāṭa pā° T D • We follow here the summary in ARIE. — ⟨3⟩ (p)i⟨4⟩(ṉ/ṉa)[1+](m/ma) ⬦ li ṉa [1+] ma T D • ARIE reads teṉṉama.

⟨4⟩ vēḷā¡l!⟨ḷ⟩aṉ ⬦ vēḷāḷaṉ T D. — ⟨4⟩ vāṇarpā⟨5⟩ṭikkaḷḷar ⬦ viṇṭa pā⟨5⟩ṭik kaḷḷar T; viṇṭa⟨5⟩pāṭik kaḷḷar D • We follow here the summary in ARIE.

⟨6⟩ Ū(ru)ṅ ⬦ (Ūruṅ) T D. — ⟨6⟩ koḷ ⬦ kōvu T D.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Tirthieth year of the victorious king Kampavikkirmaparumaṉ.¹

(2–5) Cākūḻaṉ Vēḷāḷaṉ, … chief (nāyakaṉ) [of] Kaṭaikaḷāṭṭūr in the Mēlaṭaiyāṟunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, died, when thieves (kaḷḷar) from Vāṇarpāṭi (vāṇarpāṭi²) seized cattle [from] this village.

(6–7) To him³, [there is] a field (ceṟu) that which the king has given, at the time of taking the village, as … (nettal paṭṭi).

Commentary

The findspot is Mēlcāṇaṅkuppam in Dayalan 2005.

Bibliography

Reported in Katti 1998 (ARIE/1992-1993/B/1992-1993/316).

Edited in Tayāḷaṉ 1995 (Āvaṇam no. 3.1). Text in Dayalan 2005.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009).

Primary

[T] Tayāḷaṉ, Tu. 1995. “cāṇaṅkuppam maṟṟum tārācuram pallavar kāla naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Āvaṇam 6, pp. 13–14. Item 3.1.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1308, item 71.

Secondary

[ARIE] Katti, Madhav N. 1998. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1992-93. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 53, appendixes B/1992-93, item 316.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.
2. That is, the territory of the Bāṇas.
3. That is, in honour of him.

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