Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00309
Summary: Records the death of a hero.
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Classification: hero memorial
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kō-vicaiya-kampa-
2parumarku yāṇṭu mūṉṟ-āvatu
3vayira-mēka-vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar cēvakaṉ
4mīkuṉṟai-¡ñ!⟨n⟩āṭṭu malaiyaṉūr-uṭaiya cempa-t-
5-toṇṭaṉ makaṉ kāri-p-perumāṉ pācā-
6ṟṟ’ erumai-t toṟu Eyi¡ñ!⟨ṉ⟩āṭṭār koḷḷa-p
7pācāṟṟūr pūcal-iṭa-p pūcal ceṉṟu kōvū-
8r-nāṭṭu-c ciṟṟ-iṭai-y-āṟṟu mutu-koṉṟai
9mūkkiṉ mīmalai Āyaṅkayakkaraiyiṟ ce-
10ṉṟu muṭṭi malaiyaṉūr-uṭaiya cempar ma-
11ka¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa kāri-p-perumāṉ{¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩aṉ} U-
12raiyilampumāḷa Evvip pattira muru-
13vi Etirē ceṉṟu paṭṭāṉ
1 Prosperity! Fortune!
1-2 Third year of the victorious Pallava king Kampavarman.
3-5 Kāri-p-perumāṉ, the son [of] Cempattoṇṭaṉ, the lord (uṭaiya↓1) of Malaiyaṉūr in Mīkuṉṟaināṭu, the servant of the Bāṇa king Vayiramēkaṉ;
5-13 while the Eyiṉāṭṭār-s↓2 seized buffalo cattle ... Kāri-p-perumāṉ, alias the son [of] Cempar, the lord (uṭaiya↓3) of Malaiyaṉūr, having come and fought (muṭṭi) in ... in Ciṟṟiṭaiyāṟu in Kōvuṟnāṭu [and] having come [for] battle, while making great noise (pūcal-iṭa), [in] Pācaṟṟūr ... fell, having come againt (etiṟē vantu) ...
Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/56); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 309); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.