# Kīḻmuṭṭukūr hero-stone, time of Parakesarivarman, year 32

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00161

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00161.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Edition

⟨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!⟨ṉ⟩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 ARIE 1895–96 (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

ARIE 1895–96. 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. Edited by Eugen
Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1896. 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).