Koṭṭaiyūr, time of Cōmacikōtirumāṉ, year 21

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

Palaeographic description: Note the epenthetic u for r at the end of words.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00272.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00272.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉi¿l?ku
⟨2⟩ Irupatt’ oṉṟ-āvatu mīkoṉ-
⟨3⟩ ṟai-nāṭṭu per¡u!-puḷi-¡Ū!r tol-(tē)-
⟨4⟩ va¡ru! cuṭṭa ñāṉṟu maṟu-Atiraica-
⟨5⟩ ¡ru! cēvakaṉ katava-cātta⟨ṉ⟩ paṭṭāṉ

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °tirumāṉ° ⬦ °tirumāṉ° CN; °tirumaraṉ° IAR. — ⟨1⟩ °tirumāṉi¿l?⟨ṟ⟩ku • That is, tirumāṉ + infix iṉ + dative case ku.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Twenty-first year of Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ¹.

⟨2–5⟩ Katavacāttaṉ, the servant of Maṟu Atiraicar, died, when Tol Tēvar of Perumpuḷiyūr in Mīkoṉṟai-nāṭu attacked (cuṭṭa²) ⟨him⟩.

Commentary

It is not clear if Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ designates a Pallava king.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/62). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 272).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972.

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/62.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 658, item 272.

Secondary

[IAR] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N. Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 58, item 37.

Notes

1. Note on the meaning of Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ.
2. Note on the meaning of this word.

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