Kāyampaṭṭu, hero-stone, no king, no year author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00469.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi during a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi.

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spaśri ri

tōkkai-pāṭi Iṟaiyamaṉ makaṉ kattaiya ṉ tōkkai-pāṭi toṟum iīṭṭu -p-papṭṭāṉ

spaśri ri The phrase svasti śrī appears to be intended here.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi, became weak īṭṭupaṭṭānThat is, died. during a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi.

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

Quoted (partially) in .

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

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