Kāṭṭumalaiyaṉūr, time of Nandīśvara, year 6[.] author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00492.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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kō-vicaiya-nanticcuvara-maṟku yāṇṭu Āṟupatt’ oe ṭṭḻṉṟāvatu

ciṅṅkapura-nāṭu milyi-vaḻi malaiyaṉṉṉūur mīṇṭu Ammaṇiyaṉṉār mmmakaṉ Iṭaraāṉ vpiyum paya ceṉṟu pāreḷaṭṭiṟṟattni kku kal

oe ṭṭḻṉṟāvatu Three different readings are possible for the regnal year: 61st (Āṟupatt’ oṉṟāvatu), 67th (Āṟupatt’ ēḻāvatu), and 68th (Āṟupatt’ eṭṭāvatu). In , the reading 69th is suggested, but there is not enough space on the stone to accomodate three characters in the gap and obtain Āṟupatt’ oṉpatāvatu. milyi-vaḻi The reading is mīlvaḻi according to . It is possible that mēl-vaḻi is meant. The upper part of the headdress of the left-hand figure (represented below the inscription on the stele) comes between these two lacunae.

Sixty- year of the victorious king Nanticcuvara.Sanskrit Nandīśvara.

This is the stone of having gone , the son of Ammaṇiyaṉār, of Malaiyāṉūr in Mi(l/y)ivaḻi in the Ciṅkapuranāṭu.

Reported in (ARIE/2018-2019/B/2018-2019/363).

Reported in (ARIE/2018-2019/B/2018-2019/363).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (kindly supplied by Valérie Gillet).

83 B/2018-2019 363