Mēlpaṭṭi, hero-stone, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 10

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00209

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Perunakar koṇṭa Kāviti.

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The medial vowels i and ī are interchangeable.

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    Edition

    1kō-vicaiya-kampa-vikkirama-parumaṟku (yā)-
    2ṇṭu patt-āvatu

    paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu mīy¿a?⟨ā⟩ṟu-nāṭṭu-k kā-
    3vaṉṉūr piruti-kaṅkaraiyar taṇṭu nikka vāṇa-
    4(raiyar) paṭaivar pe(runa)kar-k koṇṭa-k kāv¿a?⟨i⟩ti netirttu-
    5(v aniyar)
    6(E)ṟittu
    7paṭṭār

    Apparatus

    4 kāv¿a?⟨i⟩ti ◇ kāvati VVA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Tenth year of the victorious king Kampavikramavarman. 

    2-7 When the army of Pirutikaṅkaraiyar was stationed (nikka↓1) [in] Kāvaṉṉūr in the Mīyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, Perunakar koṇṭa Kāviti↓2, a soldier of Vāṇaraiyar↓3, having ... fell.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1935–1936 with facsimile and English translation (EI 23, no. 22); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 209); revised here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions and published facsimile.

    Primary

    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1935–1936. “The Melpatti Inscription of Vijaya-Kampavikramavarman.” EI 23.22: 143–47.
    [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 551, № 209. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1920-1921. Page 74, appendix C/1921, № 171.
    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Page 46, № 101.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, nīkka?
    ↑2. That is, “the minister who took Perunakar”.
    ↑3. That is, “the Bāṇa king”.