# Eṭuttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 34

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00527

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00527.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Label to a figure represented on a hero-stone. See inscriptionPallava
284 for the hero-stone inscription on the same slab, after which the
date of this label is conjectured.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (kōviva)⟨2⟩¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eṉṉu⟨3⟩n nāy I⟨4⟩ru kaḷḷa⟨5⟩ṉai-k kaṭit⟨6⟩tu-k
kātt’ iru⟨7⟩nta-v āṟu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (kōviva)⟨2⟩¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ • D reads the name as Koravan.

## Translation

⟨1–7⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the way that the dog named Kōvivaṉ has bitten two
thieves and kept guard ⟨against them⟩.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/59). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 284.2).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s)
and the visual documentation in Nagaswamy 1980.

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/59.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
674–675, item 284.

### Secondary

[D] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N.
Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 59,
item 40.

[N] Nagaswamy, Ramachandran. 1980. Art and culture of Tamil Nadu. Delhi:
Sundeep Prakashan. Plate 23.