Kīḻmuṭṭukūr hero-stone, time of Parakesarivarman, year 32

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00161.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-10-01 16:08 (8a79c5d), last modified 2024-09-12 16:26 (2652798).

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⟨1⟩ śrī

⟨2⟩ matirai ko⟨3⟩ṇṭa kō-p-para⟨4⟩-kēcari-va(n)maṟku y(ā)⟨5⟩ṇṭu muppattu Ira(ṇ)⟨6⟩ṭ-āvatu

vaṭa-karai ⟨7⟩ mukkuṭṭūr ku⟨8⟩māra-(na)ntai puḻa⟨9⟩(la)ppaṉ pu⟨10⟩li kutti⟨11⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a karai-ṉā⟨12⟩ṭu

Translation by Hultzsch 1896–1897

(1) Prosperity! In the thirty-second year [of the reign] of king Parakēsarivarman who conquered Madirai. [This is] the spot on the embankment, at which a tiger was stabbed by Kumāra-(Na)ndai Puḻa(la)ppaṉ of Mukkuṭṭūr, a village on the northern bank [of the Pālāṟu river].

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity!

(2–6) Thirty-second year of the king Parakesarivarman who took Maturai.

(4–12) [This is] the enbankment (karai) place (nāṭu) where Kumāra Nantai Puḻalappaṉ [of] Mukkuṭṭūr, (on) the northern bank, pierced/stabbed (kuttiṉa) a tiger.

Bibliography

Reported in Hultzsch 1896 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/2).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.22C).

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. Page 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 2.

Sivaramamurti, C. 1948. Indian epigraphy and South Indian scripts. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum New Series, General Section, 3.4. Madras: Government Museum. Plate VII (b).

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