Kāyampaṭṭu, hero-stone

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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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    1(spa)śri ri

    tōkkai-pāṭi
    2Iṟaiyamaṉ makaṉ kattaiya-
    3ṉ (t)ōkkai-pāṭi toṟum ¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu-
    4-p-pa¿p?⟨ṭ⟩ṭāṉ

    Apparatus

    1 (spa)śri ri • The word svasti is obviously intended here.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-4 Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi, became weak (īṭṭupaṭṭān↓1) [during] a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi

    Commentary

    Probably dated to the Pallava period, on arguments based on paleography.

    Bibliography

    Quoted (partially) in நாகசாமி 1972.

    Edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (EFEO, 2099).

    Secondary

    நாகசாமிஇரா. 1972. “நடுகள்.” கல்வெட்டியல்: தொல்லெழுத்தியலும், கல்வெட்டியலும், edited by நாகசாமிஇரா., 119–34. Madras: State Department of Archaeology.
    Page 124.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, “died”.