Cē. Kūṭalūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 38
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⟨1⟩ kō-vicai-
⟨2⟩ ya-ma¡I!ntira-paru-
⟨3⟩ maṟ·ku (mu)-p-patt’ eṭṭ-ā-
⟨4⟩ vātu vāṇa-kō-¡A!raicaru maru-
⟨5⟩ -makkaḷ kan·ta-viṇṇa-
⟨6⟩ (ṉā)r kūṭal toṟu-k koṇṭa
⟨7⟩ (ñ)āṉṟu toṟu Iṭuvittu-p paṭṭā-
⟨8⟩ ṉ poṉ·ṉarampa(ṉā)r kol·laka-c-
⟨9⟩ c(ē)vakaṉ(·) kākkaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ kal
⟨10⟩ kūṭal Iḷa-
⟨11⟩ -makkaḷ naṭuvi-
⟨12⟩ tta kal
Apparatus
⟨9⟩ kākkaṇṭi ⬦ kākaṇṭi CN.
Translation
⟨1–4⟩ Tirthy-eight ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Mayintiraparumaṉ.1
⟨4–9⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Kākaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ, the servant of Poṉṉarampaṉār, he who fell recapturing (iṭuvittu2) cattle when Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew of the royal Bāṇa king seized cattle ⟨in⟩ kūṭal.
⟨10–12⟩ ⟨This is⟩ stone that the ¿people? (iḷa-makkaḷ3) of Kūṭal had planted.
Bibliography
Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/50). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 285).
This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009).
Primary
[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/50.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 676–677, item 285.
Notes
1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. That is (?), viṭuvittu, literally: liberating.
3. Mahalingam 1988 suggests to translate as "soldiers".
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