Mēlpaṭṭi, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 10

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Perunakar koṇṭa Kāviti.

Palaeographic description: The medial vowels i and ī are interchangeable.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: 2025-10-10 12:47 (dbd03d1), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-kampa-vikkirama-parumaṟku (yā)-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭu patt-āvatu paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu mīy¿a?ṟu-nāṭṭu-k kā-
⟨3⟩ vaṉṉūr piruti-kaṅkaraiyar taṇṭu nikka vāṇa-
⟨4⟩ (raiyar) paṭaivar pe(runa)kar-k koṇṭa-k kāv¿a?ti netirttu-
⟨5⟩ (v aniyar)
⟨6⟩ (E)ṟittu
⟨7⟩ paṭṭār

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ kāv¿a?⟨i⟩ti ⬦ kāvati EI.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Tenth year of the victorious king Kampavikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨2–7⟩ When the army of Pirutikaṅkaraiyar was stationed (nikka⁴) [in] Kāvaṉṉūr in the Mīyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, Perunakar koṇṭa Kāviti², a soldier of Vāṇaraiyar³, having ... fell.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1920-21 (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/171).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1935–1936 with visual documentation and English translation (EI 23.22). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 209). Edited in Irācavēlu 2022, with visual documentation (front cover and p. 255).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[EI] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1935–1936. “The Melpatti inscription of Vijaya-Kampavikramavarman.” EI 23.22, pp. 143–147.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 551, item 209.

[R] Irācavēlu, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXI. Vēlur māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti III. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 60. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Pages 40–41, item 439/2022.

Secondary

ARIE 1920-21. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921. Page 74, appendix C/1921, item 171.

Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 46, item 101.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.
2. That is, nīkka?
3. That is, "the Bāṇa king".

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