Eṭuttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 34 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00527.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata 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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kōviva ṉṉṉ eṉṉu n nāy I ru kaḷḷa ṉai-k kaṭit tu-k kātt’ iru nta-v āṟu

kōviva ṉṉṉ reads the name as Koravan.

This is the way that the dog named Kōvivaṉ has bitten two thieves and kept guard against them.

Edited in (CN 1971/59). Text and summary in (IP 284.2).

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

1971/59 674-675 284 59 40 23