# SII 12.125: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar Emmanuel Francis Alternative title: No. 125. (A.R. No. 296 of 1912). ATTI, CHEYYAR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE AGASTĪŚVARA TEMPLE Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0125 Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions) File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0125.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-09 23:45 (242ff60), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53) ## Summary This is a set of six verses in Tamil in the Kaṭṭaḷaikkalittuṟai metre praising the greatness of Pallavāṇḍār alias Kāḍavarāyar ‘who conquered Toṇḍai-maṇḍalam’ and who was the son of Kūḍal Āḷappiṟandāṉ alias Kāḍavarāyar. He is called Pallavaṉ, Kāḍavar-kōṉ, Kūḍal-maṉṉavar and one of the verses alludes to the battle at Śēvūr, probably identical with Mēl-Śēvūr in the Tindivanam taluk of the South Arcot district, where he slew a large number of his enemies and ‘created mountains of dead bodies and swelling rivers of blood’. His opponent on the battle-field at Śēvūr is not specified, but the result was the conquest of Toṇḍai-nāḍu which included Peṇṇai-nāḍu, Vaḍa-Vēṅgaḍam and Kachchi ‘surrounded by the sea’. That Pallavāṇḍār also defeated the northern powers is indicated by a verse stating that the ‘northern kings who did not come and make obeisance to the Kāḍava, could not find even a hill or a forest to which they could flee for refuge’. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kūṭal Āḷappiṟantāṉāṉa kāṭavarāyar makaṉār toṇṭaimaṇṭalaṅ ⟨2⟩ koṇṭa pallavāṇṭārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kalveṭṭu [∥] 1. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai taṅko nakarpeṟat tampulitāmpeṟat tāḷ ⟨3⟩ vaṇaṅkiya ceṅkol vaḷaikkai yarivaiyaroṭum (A)ṭiyuṅ kaiyum paṅkeruka maṉṉa pallavaṉ kāṭava⟨4⟩ṉ pārmuḻutā ḷeṅkoṉṉu(m) tan toḷiliṭa maṉṉarem maṉṉare ∥⁓ ⟨1⟩ 2. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai porutikki luñ ceṉṟu por⟨5⟩veṉṟa pallavaṉ kāṭavarkoṉ karutip (p)orc ceṉṟu cevūriṉiṟ tirukkaṇ civakkap parutikku melu muyar piṇakkuṉ⟨6⟩ṟiṟ parantiḻinta kurutip puṉaltoṇṭai naṉṉāṭṭaṅkaluṅ koṇṭatuve ∥⁓ ⟨2⟩ 3. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai kūrāḻi yentiya pallavaṟkuk ⟨7⟩ kūṭal maṉṉavaṟkup pārāḻi cūḻnticaiparikku(p) panti paṇṭaṭaitta nirāḻi veḻaṅkaṇīrāṭu māmaṭuniṉṟa ⟨8⟩ k(oṟṟap) perāḻi veṟpivaṉ ceṅkol naṭakkum peruvaḻiye ∥⁓ ⟨3⟩ 4. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai toḻu(ti)yalā maṉṉar ⟨9⟩ toṇṭait tirunāṭu koṇṭavarur kaḻutiyalakkaṇṭa kāṭavaṉ pallavaṉ kāciṉi⟨10⟩meṟ paḻutiyalāt taṉicceṅkol naṭāttip parākramañ ceṉ- ṟeḻutiya tūṇa⟨11⟩ṅka ḷeṇṭicai cūḻnta veḻakiriye ∥⁓ ⟨4⟩ 5. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai kaimmalai veḷḷak kaṭaṟpaṭaip pallava⟨12⟩ṉ kāṭavar tañ cemmalai vantu paṇiyā vaṭamaṉṉar ceṉaiviṭṭut- tammalai viṭṭup puṟama⟨13⟩lai velittalattuḷañcā temmalaiyeccurattup pukuvār pukkiruppataṟke ∥⁓ ⟨5⟩ 6. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai vaṇṭaṟ puṉaṟ ⟨14⟩ peṇṇaināṭuṭaiyāṉ vaṭaveṅkaṭaveṟpa(ṉ) toṇṭaittirunāṭu toḷvaliyāṟ koṇ⟨15⟩ṭa toṇṭai maṉṉaṉ kaṇṭaṟa kaṭaṟkaccip pallavaṉ kāṭa⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩ṉ kāriruḷiṟ paṇṭappiramavark kaṉpilā⟨p⟩ po⟨16⟩¡(ṉ)!⟨ṟ⟩patāmpuyaṉe ∥⁓ ⟨6⟩ Ik kalveṭ ṭaḻippāṉ taṉ vaṅśattut taṉ pitāvukkup piṟavātāṉ [∥] ## Apparatus ⟨15⟩ kāṭa⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩ṉ • The letter va is engraved below the line. ## Bibliography Digital edition of SII 12.125 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis. ### Primary [SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 62, item 125.