Cāttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 39

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-15 19:40 (7e3925e), last modified 2025-07-31 15:01 (2da3877).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ma¡cī!ntira-paru-
⟨2⟩ maṟku mu-p-patt’ oṉpat-āvatu
⟨3⟩ vāṇa-kō-¡A!raicaru maru-makkaḷ po-
⟨4⟩ ṟṟokkaiyār carukkirunta-Ūr pō-
⟨5⟩ ntai mēṟ cakkaravaru paṭai vanta ñā-
⟨6⟩ ṉṟu nākkaiyār iḷa-makaṉ vattāva-
⟨7⟩ ṉ makaṉ ṉan-
⟨8⟩ (ti Eṟi)ntu paṭṭā-
⟨9⟩ ṉ kal

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Tirthy-ninth [year] of the victorious king Macīntiraparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–9⟩ [This is] the stone [of] Nandin, the son of Vattāvaṉ ¿[and]? ¿the younger son? (iḷa-makaṉ) of Nākkaiyār, he who fell fighting (eṟintu) when Poṟṟokkaiyār ¿[and]? ¿the people? (maru-makkaḷ) [of] the royal Bāṇa king marched (vanta²) ¿[with]? the army [of] Cakkaravar upon Pōntai ¿[in] carukk-irunta-Ūr?.

Commentary

Poṟṟokkaiyār is mentioned in another inscription.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/35). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 286).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/35.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 678, item 286.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. Literally “went”.

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