Kāyampaṭṭu, hero-stone, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi during a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-15 19:40 (7e3925e), last modified 2025-07-31 15:01 (2da3877).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (s)(pa)śri ri tōkkai-pāṭi

⟨2⟩ Iṟaiyamaṉ makaṉ kattaiya-

⟨3⟩ ṉ (t)ōkkai-pāṭi toṟum ¡i!ṭṭu-

⟨4⟩ -p-pa¿p?ṭāṉ

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (s)(pa)śri ri • The phrase svasti śrī appears to be intended here.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–4⟩ Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi, became weak (īṭṭupaṭṭān¹) [during] a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi.

Commentary

Probably dated to the Pallava period, on arguments based on paleography.

Bibliography

Quoted (partially) in நாகசாமி 1972.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (EFEO, 2099).

Secondary

நாகசாமி, இரா. 1972. “நடுகள்.” In: கல்வெட்டியல்: தொல்லெழுத்தியலும், கல்வெட்டியலும். Edited by இரா. நாகசாமி. Madras: State Department of Archaeology, pp. 119–134. Page 124.

Notes

1. That is, died.

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