Vīraṇam, time of Kampapōttaraiyar, year 14

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in battle. See INSPallava00311, same date, of very similar content.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00312.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00312.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-kampa-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu
⟨2⟩ vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar va¡I!ra-mēkaṉār vāṇa-kō-p-pātiyu maḷā-
⟨3⟩ ṭu milāṭai-p-pāṭiyuñ cōḻa-nāṭṭu-k kāviri-¡I!ṉ
⟨4⟩ vaṭa-karai Ellām āḷā-niṉṟa kālattu vēṇāṭṭu mu-n-nū-
⟨5⟩ ṟum e¡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!ṇattu niṉ-
⟨18⟩ ru ceṉṟu pi-
⟨19⟩ ṉpu ceṉṟu-
⟨20⟩ piṇaṅki vē-
⟨21⟩ ṇāṭṭ’ ellai-
⟨22⟩ -k kārā-c-caṅka--
⟨23⟩ nṉ ¡p-p!aṭṭāṉ ka(l)

Translation

⟨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).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972 and on photos (2009, by EFEO).

Primary

[CN] 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. Literally: at the time.

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