# Kāyampaṭṭu, hero-stone, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00469

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00469.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (s)(pa)śri ri

tōkkai-pāṭi ⟨2⟩ Iṟaiyamaṉ makaṉ kattaiya⟨3⟩ṉ (t)ōkkai-pāṭi toṟum
¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu⟨4⟩-p-pa¿p?⟨ṭ⟩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
(īṭṭupaṭṭān[1]) ⟨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.

[1] That is, died.