Eṭuttaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 34

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Label to a figure represented on a hero-stone. See inscriptionPallava 284 for the hero-stone inscription on the same slab, after which the date of this label is conjectured.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ (kōviva)-
⟨2⟩ ¡ṉṉ! eṉṉu-
⟨3⟩ n nāy I-
⟨4⟩ ru kaḷḷa-
⟨5⟩ ṉai-k kaṭit-
⟨6⟩ tu-k kātt’ iru-
⟨7⟩ nta-v āṟu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (kōviva)⟨2⟩¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ • D reads the name as Koravan.

Translation

⟨1–7⟩ [This is] the way that the dog named Kōvivaṉ has bitten two thieves and kept guard [against them].

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/59). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 284.2).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and the visual documentation in Nagaswamy 1980.

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/59.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 674–675, item 284.

Secondary

[D] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N. Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 59, item 40.

[N] Nagaswamy, Ramachandran. 1980. Art and culture of Tamil Nadu. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan. Plate 23.

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