Vīraṇam, hero-stone, time of Kampapōttaraiyar, year 14

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00312.

Summary: Records the death of a hero in battle. See INSPallava00311, same date, of very similar content.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-kampa-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu

⟨2⟩ vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar va¡I!⟨yi⟩ra-mēkaṉār vāṇa-kō-p-pātiyu maḷā⟨3⟩ṭu milāṭai-p-pāṭiyuñ cōḻa-nāṭṭu-k kāviri-¡I!⟨y-i⟩⟨4⟩ vaṭa-karai Ellām āḷā-niṉṟa kālattu vēṇāṭṭu mu-n-nū⟨5⟩ṟum e¡I!⟨y-i⟩ṉāṭ’ ai⟨6⟩ -n-nūṟum āṇ⟨7⟩ṭa nanti-perumā⟨8⟩ṉār makaṉ Akkaḻi⟨9⟩mallaṉār mēṟ⟨10⟩-kōvalūr-nāṭṭu ⟨11⟩ veṇṇamuñ cā⟨12⟩ttaṉūrum āḷā⟨13⟩-niṟka-p paṅkaḷa⟨14⟩-nāṭṭ-uṭaiya mā-tē⟨15⟩var paṭai cātta⟨16⟩ṉūr Eṟiya ve-⟨17⟩¡ṉ!⟨ṇ⟩ṇattu niṉ⟨18⟩ru ceṉṟu pi⟨19⟩ṉpu ceṉṟu⟨20⟩piṇaṅki vē⟨21⟩ṇāṭṭ’ ellai⟨22⟩-k kārā-c-caṅka-⟨23⟩nṉ ¡p-p!⟨p⟩aṭṭāṉ ka(l)

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1) Fourteenth year the victorious king Kampapōttaraiyar.

(2–23) [This is the] stone [erected in honour of] Kārāccaṅkaṉ, he who,

  • when (kālattu1) Vāṇakōvaraiyar Vayiramēkaṉār was currently/continuously ruling over (āḷā-niṉṟa) the whole (ellām) of the Vāṇakōppāṭi, Mālāṭu, Milāṭaippāṭi and the northern bank of the Kāvēri (kāviri) in the Cōḻanāṭu,
  • whereas Akkaḻimallaṉār—the son of Nanti-perumāṉār who was ruling (āṇṭa) over the Vēṇātu three-hundred and the Eyiṟnāṭu (e-Iṉāṭ’) five-hundred— was currently/continuously ruling over (āḷā-niṉṟa) Veṇṇam and Cāttaṉūr in the Mēṟkōvalūrnāṭu,
  • whereas the army of Mātēvar, the Lord, of Paṅkaḷanāṭu, attacked (eṟiya) Cāttaṉūr,
went from (niṉṟu ceṉṟu) Veṇṇam, went after (piṉpu ceṉṟu) [the enemies], mingled (piṅaṅki) [with them], and died at the border (ellai) of Vēṇāṭu.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/46); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 312).

Encoded here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Nākacāmi 1972 and on photos (EFEO, 2009).

Primary

[N] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/46.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 708–709, item 312.

Secondary

Rajan, K. 2000. South Indian memorial stones. Thanjavur: Manoo Pathippakam. Page 185, item 310.

Notes

  1. 1. Literally, "at the time."