Cē. Kūṭalūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 38
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Edition
⟨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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