Ceṉṉivāyakkāl, time of Nantippōtairayar, year 21 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSPallava00141

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DHARMAbase Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a Brahmin during a raid on a maṭha.

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svasti śrī

teḷ ḷāṟṟ’ eṟintu rājyamuṅ ko ṇṭa nanti-p -pōttaraiyark ku yāṇṭu Iru patt-oṉṟ-āvatu

parāntakapurat tu Aṟinti kai-Īśvaragṛ haṁ śāsana t=tāl uṭaiyo rum taḷi yilāt’ āki niṉṟa bhaṭṭar-ēṉ māvali-y-ani yasthānam-āḷvāṉ cēvaṇaṟ kuṇṭu ko ṇṭu vantu maṭamuñ cuṭṭu-k kātta śi-gura varaiyum eṟintu Ivar śiṣyan Oru brā hmaṇaṉ cattimuṟṟa-t-tēvan ṟuṇṭu pa ṭṭāṉ valluva-ṉāṭṭāṉ

Prosperity! Fortune!

Twenty-first year of NantippōttaraiyarSanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin. who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu and took the kingdom/assumed sovereignty.

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This appears to be a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as indicated by Cōḻa-period placenames (updated to the time of the copy).

Reported in (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/144).

Edited in (SII 12.56). Text and summary in (IP 141).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

23 56 415-416 141 18 B/1928-1929 144