Kuḷitikki, time of Nandīśvaravarman, year 52 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00086

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kō-viceaiya nanti ccura-parumaṟku yāṇṭu Ampattiraṇṭāvatu

perumāṉaṭikaḷ mēl vallavaraiyaṉ paṭai van tu veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai A ḻitta ñāṉṟu vāṇarai yar māmaṭi tirika Eṉa-t tirintu paṭṭār kaṟkāṭ ṭūr-uṭaiya kaṅkatiyarai yar

kaṉ-ṉāṭu peruṅka ṅkar

nanticcura- nanticcura- nantīccura- vallavaraiyaṉ pallavaraiyaṉ vallavaraiyaṉ veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai peṇkuḻikkōṭṭai veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai vāṇaraiyar vāṇaraiyar The alternative reading vāṇareaiyar seems possible. Eṉa-ttirintu Ena-ttirintu Eṉa-ttirintu = probably a typo. kaṟkāṭ ṭūr- kaṟkātṭūr- kaṟkāṭṭūr- = probably a typo. kaṅkatiyaraiyar kaṅkatiyaraiyar kaṅkatiyaṟaiyar = probably a typo.

Prosperity!

Fifty-second year of the victorious king Nanticcuraparumaṉ.That is, Nandīśvaravarman, that is, the Pallava king Nandivarman.

On the day when Vallavaraiyaṉ marched Literally: came. with his army upon mēl Perumāṉaṭikaḷ and destroyed Veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai, while Vāṇaraiyar, his uncle māmaṭi said to him “Let us proceed tirika, that is, "Let us march against him, that is, Vallavaraiyaṉ”, Kaṅkatiyaraiyar, who owns Kaṟkāṭṭūr, having thus poceeded tirintu, fell paṭṭār, that is "died".

Planting of the stone kaṉ-ṉāṭu by Peruṅkaṅkar.

On the identity of the protagonists: Perumāṉaṭikaḷ, Vallavaraiyaṉ, Vāṇaraiyar, Kaṅkatiyaraiyar.

māmaṭi. Alternative translation = father-in-law.

On kaṉ-ṉāṭu, see ...

Reported in (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/154).

Edited in (EI 22.18), with visual documentation and English translation. Edited and translated in . Text and summary in (IP 86).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in .

284-285 86 72 C/1921 154 15 35