SII 12.112: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “KAMPAVARMAN. No. 112. (A.R. No. 357 of 1909). OLAKKŪR, TINDIVANAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP NEAR THE VILLAGE CHĀVAḌI.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records the death of a hero named Todupatti Mātiragaṉ (probably a mahout),¹ on the day when the village (i.e. Olakkūr) was destroyed in the confusion caused by Kampapperumāḷ with his elephants. A figure of this hero advancing with a drawn sword in his right hand is also represented on the stone.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ kampappe-
⟨2⟩ rumāḷ Āṉaiyā-
⟨3⟩ ṭiṉa kontaḷat-
⟨4⟩ tu Ivvūraḻin-
⟨5⟩ ta nāṭ paṭṭāṉ I-
⟨6⟩ v-
⟨7⟩ vūr
⟨8⟩ to-
⟨9⟩ tupa-
⟨10⟩ tti
⟨11⟩ mātira
⟨12⟩ kaṉ [|]
⟨13⟩ svasti śrī [||]

Commentary

In the same village is found an inscription (No. 356 of 1909) attributable to the 6th century A.D., engraved below a seated image of a goddess flanked by a lamp and canopied by an umbrella. It reads: 1. piritivi viṭapā- 2. ṅkurati arai- 3. can ceyvitta[tu] [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.112 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 53, item 112.

Notes

1. See S.I.I. Vol. VIII, No. 739.

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