SII 12.112: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – KAMPAVARMAN. No. 112. (A.R. No. 357 of 1909). OLAKKŪR, TINDIVANAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP NEAR THE VILLAGE CHĀVAḌI.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0112.

Summary: This inscription records the death of a hero named Todupatti Mātiragaṉ (probably a mahout),1 on the day when the village (i.e. Olakkūr) was destroyed in the confusion caused by Kampapperumāḷ with his elephants. A figure of this hero advancing with a drawn sword in his right hand is also represented on the stone.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (e64779b), last modified (c48514a).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kampappe⟨2⟩rumāḷ Āṉaiyā⟨3⟩ṭiṉa kontaḷat⟨4⟩tu Ivvūraḻin⟨5⟩ta nāṭ paṭṭāṉ I⟨6⟩v⟨7⟩vūr ⟨8⟩ to⟨9⟩tupa⟨10⟩tti ⟨11⟩ mātira ⟨12⟩ kaṉ [|] ⟨13⟩ svasti śrī [||]

Apparatus

Commentary

In the same village is found an inscription (No. 356 of 1909) attributable to the 6th century A.D., engraved below a seated image of a goddess flanked by a lamp and canopied by an umbrella. It reads: 1. piritivi viṭapā- 2. ṅkurati arai- 3. can ceyvitta[tu] [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.112 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 53, item 112.

Notes

  1. 1. See S.I.I. Vol. VIII, No. 739.