# Cāṇaṅkuppam, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 30

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00451

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00451.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Cākūḻaṉ Vēḷāḷaṉ and
recording a donation of land in honour of him. Slab exhibited in Vellore
ASI Museum in 2009.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨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 ARIE 1992–93.

⟨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

⟨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 (vāṇarpāṭi[2]) seized cattle ⟨from⟩ this village.

⟨6–7⟩ To him[3], ⟨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 ARIE 1992–93 (ARIE/1992-1993/B/1992-1993/316).

Edited in Tayāḷaṉ 1995 (Āvaṇam no. 3.1). Text in Dayalan 2005. Edited in
Pūṅkuṉṟaṉ 2021 with visual documentation (p. 281).

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.

[P] Pūṅkuṉṟaṉ, Ra. 2021. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XVIII. Vēlūr
māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti I. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 57. Chennai:
Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Item
136/2021, page 161.

### Secondary

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

[1] Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.

[2] That is, the territory of the Bāṇas.

[3] That is, in honour of him.