Mēl Paḷḷippaṭṭu, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 2

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00298.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00298.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kō-vicaiya-para(mēc)cuvara-parumaṟku
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu Oṉpat-āvatu (va)miṟaiyār vē-
⟨3⟩ ṇāṭ-iḷa-k-kōvūr-nāṭṭu kō¡-I!l paṭṭar van-
⟨4⟩ tu toṟu-k koṇṭa nāṉṟu mēṟ-ceṅkai māmm-u-
⟨5⟩ ṭaiya pāra-
⟨6⟩ tāyar maka-
⟨7⟩ ṉ toṟu mī-
⟨8⟩ ṭṭu-p [paṭṭā]-
⟨9⟩ ṉ mukaṉ

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ [paṭṭā]⟨9⟩ṉ ⬦ [ca. 2+]⟨9⟩ṉ CN.

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Fortune!]

⟨1–2⟩ Ninth year of the victorious king Paramēccuvaraparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–8⟩ Mukaṉ, the son ⟨of⟩ Pāratāyar, the lord of Mēṟceṅkai², fell recovering cattle, when [Va]miṟaiyār, a temple dignitary (kōyil paṭṭar) in Iḷakkōvūrnāṭu in Vēṇāṭu, came and seized cattle.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/78). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 298).

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 1971/78.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 691, item 298.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Parameśvaravarman.
2. Alternatively, simply "Pāratāyar of Mēṟceṅkai".

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