Kīḻmuṭṭukūr hero-stone, time of Parakesarivarman, year 29
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00160.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
Version: (12f3008), last modified (bd2a27d).
Edition
⟨1⟩ śr(ī)
matirai ko⟨2⟩ṭa kō-p-para-kēcari-paṉ⟨3⟩maṟr’ iyāṇṭ’ iru-patt’ o⟨4⟩ṅpa(t)-āvatu
perumāna⟨5⟩ṭikaḷāṉ mukku⟨6⟩(ṭ)ṭūr toṟu-k ⟨7⟩ (koḷ)ḷa mī(ṭ)⟨8⟩(ṭu-p) paṭṭ(ā)⟨9⟩(ṉ) vatuna⟨10⟩(v)āraṉ ⟨11⟩ (va)ratan t(ā)⟨12⟩(ṇ)ṭaṉ
Translation by Hultzsch 1896–1897
(1) Prosperity! In the twenty-ninth year [of the reign] of king Parakēsarivarman who conquered Madirai,―when cattle were lifted1 [at] Mukkuṭṭūr by the Perumānaḍigal―Vadu(nav)āraṉ (Va)ratan T(āṇ)ṭaṉ, having recovered [them], fell.
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1) Prosperity!
(1–4) Twenty-ninth year of the king Parakesarivarman who took Maturai.
(4–12) When Perumāṉaṭikaḷ seized cattle [in] Mukkuṭṭūr, He who fell recovering [it] is Vatunavāraṉ Varataṉ Tāṇṭaṉ.
Bibliography
Reported in Hultzsch 1896 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/1).
Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.22B).
This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Hultzsch 1896–1897 and photos (E. Francis 2024).
Primary
[EH] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Three Tamil inscriptions at Kil-Muttugur.” EI 4, pp. 177–179. Pages 178–179.
Secondary
Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy. Reviewing the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96 and directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 8, appendix B/1896, item 1.
Notes
- 1. [p. 179, fn. 2] The expression toṟu=kkoḷḷa, ‘to lift cattle,’ is used also in the two Ambūr inscriptions, No. 23 [EI 22.23] below.
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Twenty-ninth year of the king Parakesarivarman who took Maturai.
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