Ciṉṉayyāṉ Pēṭṭai, time of Kampavarman (?), year 6 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00528

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DHARMAbase Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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kō-vicaiya-kampōtaArki yā ṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu

mīyīkoṉṟai-nāṭṭu-p puḷiyūr iruntu vāḻuñ cākāṭa -c-ciṟṟaṉ puḷiyūr Erumai koṇṭa ñāṉṟu pūcal ōṭi mē maṇikkala

Sixth year of Kampavarman.kampōtaArki in the original text, that is, Kampavarman according to .

Cākāṭacciṟṟaṉ, who lives vāḻumOr rather, “who you used to live,” if Cākāṭacciṟṟaṉ is indeed the commemorated dead hero. in iruntuLiterally: being. Puḷiyūr in Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, having run battle at the time enemiesCākāṭacciṟṟaṉ could also grammaticaly be the subject of koṇṭa, but it does make much sense that he seized buffaloes from his village of residence. Alternatively, on could consider that Cākāṭacciṟṟaṉ is the one who attacked Puḷiyūr and that a hero, whose name is lost in the lacuna, living in Puḷiyūr, died on this occasion. In that cas vāḻum would not qualify Cākāṭacciṟṟaṉ. seized buffaloes of/in Puḷiyūr mē maṇikkala died.

Edited in (CN 1971/58). Not included in .

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and visual documentation from Kumaravel Ramasamy's Facebook (2021-02-27 post) pointed out to me by Centamiḻ Celvaṉ.

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