Kīḻmuṭṭukūr hero-stone, time of Parakesarivarman, year 32
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⟨1⟩ śrī
⟨2⟩ matirai ko-
⟨3⟩ ṇṭa kō-p-para-
⟨4⟩ -kēcari-va(n)maṟku y(ā)-
⟨5⟩ ṇṭu muppattu Ira(ṇ)-
⟨6⟩ ṭ-āvatu vaṭa-karai
⟨7⟩ mukkuṭṭūr ku-
⟨8⟩ māra-(na)ntai puḻa-
⟨9⟩ (la)ppaṉ pu-
⟨10⟩ li kutti-
⟨11⟩ ¡n!a karai-ṉā-
⟨12⟩ ṭu
Translation by Hultzsch 1896–1897
⟨1⟩ Prosperity! In the thirty-second year [of the reign] of king Parakēsarivarman who conquered Madirai. [This is] the spot on the embankment, at which a tiger was stabbed by Kumāra-(Na)ndai Puḻa(la)ppaṉ of Mukkuṭṭūr, a village on the northern bank [of the Pālāṟu river].
Translation
⟨1⟩ Prosperity!
⟨2–6⟩ Thirty-second year of the king Parakesarivarman who took Maturai.
⟨4–12⟩ [This is] the enbankment (karai) place (nāṭu) where Kumāra Nantai Puḻalappaṉ [of] Mukkuṭṭūr, (on) the northern bank, pierced/stabbed (kuttiṉa) a tiger.
Bibliography
Reported in Hultzsch 1896 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/2).
Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.22C).
This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Hultzsch 1896–1897 and photos (E. Francis 2024).
Primary
[EH] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Three Tamil inscriptions at Kil-Muttugur.” EI 4, pp. 177–179. Page 179.
Secondary
Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy. Reviewing the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96 and directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 8, appendix B/1896, item 2.
Sivaramamurti, C. 1948. Indian epigraphy and South Indian scripts. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum New Series, General Section, 3.4. Madras: Government Museum. Plate VII (b).
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Prosperity!
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Thirty-second year of the king Parakesarivarman who took Maturai.
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