Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00469
Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the demise of Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi during a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi.
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tōkkai-pāṭi
2Iṟaiyamaṉ makaṉ kattaiya-
3ṉ (t)ōkkai-pāṭi toṟum ¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu-
4-p-pa¿p?⟨ṭ⟩ṭāṉ
1 (spa)śri ri • The word svasti is obviously intended here.
1 Prosperity! Fortune!
2-4 Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi, became weak (īṭṭupaṭṭān↓1) [during] a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi
Probably dated to the Pallava period, on arguments based on paleography.
Quoted (partially) in நாகசாமி 1972.
Edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (EFEO, 2099).
↑1. That is, “died”.