Vīraṇam, hero-stone, time of Kampapōttaraiyar, year 14 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00312

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svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-kampa-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu

vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar vaIyira-mēkaṉār vāṇa-kō-p-pātiyu maḷā ṭu milāṭai-p-pāṭiyuñ cōḻa-nāṭṭu-k kāviri-Iy-iṉ vaṭa-karai Ellām āḷā-niṉṟa kālattu vēṇāṭṭu mu-n-nū ṟum eIy-iṉāṭ' ai -n-nūṟum āṇ ṭa nanti-perumā ṉār makaṉ Akkaḻi mallaṉār mēṟ -kōvalūr-nāṭṭu veṇṇamuñ cā ttaṉūrum āḷā -niṟka-p paṅkaḷa -nāṭṭ-uṭaiya mā-tē var paṭai cātta ṉūr Eṟiya ve- ṉṇṇattu niṉ ru ceṉṟu pi ṉpu ceṉṟu piṇaṅki vē ṇāṭṭ’ ellai -k kārā-c-caṅka- nṉ p-ppaṭṭāṉ kal

Prosperity! Fortune!

Fourteenth year the victorious king Kampapōttaraiyar.

This is the stone erected in honour of Kārāccaṅkaṉ, he who, when kālattuLiterally, "at the time." Vāṇakōvaraiyar Vayiramēkaṉār was currently/continuously ruling over āḷā-niṉṟa the whole ellām of the Vāṇakōppāṭi, Mālāṭu, Milāṭaippāṭi and the northern bank of the Kāvēri kāviri in the Cōḻanāṭu, whereas Akkaḻimallaṉār—the son of Nanti-perumāṉār who was ruling āṇṭa over the Vēṇātu three-hundred and the Eyiṟnāṭu e-Iṉāṭ' five-hundred— was currently/continuously ruling over āḷā-niṉṟa Veṇṇam and Cāttaṉūr in the Mēṟkōvalūrnāṭu, whereas the army of Mātēvar, the Lord, of Paṅkaḷanāṭu, attacked eṟiya Cāttaṉūr, went from niṉṟu ceṉṟu Veṇṇam, went after piṉpu ceṉṟu the enemies, mingled piṅaṅki with them, and died at the border ellai of Vēṇāṭu.

Edited in (CN 1971/46); text and summary in (IP 312).

Encoded here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on and on photos (EFEO, 2009).

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