Vīraṇam, hero-stone, time of Kampappōttaraiyar, year 14 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00311

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svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-kam·pa-p·-pōttarai yarkku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu

vāṇa-kō-v-araiya r vaIyira-mēkaṉār vāṇa-kō-p-pāṭiyum· Ilāṭai-p-pā ṭiyum milāṭuñ cōḻa-nāṭṭu-k kāviri-Iyiṉ va ṭa-karai Ellām āḷā-niṉṟa kālattu vēṇāṭu muṉn-nū ṟummm eIyiṉāṭ’ ain-nūṟu Āṇṭa nan·ti pe ru-māṉār makaṉār A kkaḻi-malla ṉār veṉṇṇa mum i-cāttaṉū rummm āḷā-niṟka maṅkaḷa-nā ṭ-uṭaiya mā -tēvar paṭai cāttaṉūrai Eṟiya veṉṇṇa m-uṭaiya maḻa-nāṭar moṭappa ṉ piṉpu ce ṉṟu piṇa ṅki vēṇā ṭṭ’ ellai yiṟ kārā -c-caṅkaṉ p-paṭṭār

maḻa-nā ṭar kal

°kam·pa-p·° °kampa° milāṭuñ The final character ñ looks like ṉā. veṉṇṇamum veṇṇamum i-cāttaṉūrummm āḷā° i-cāttaṉūrumm āḷā

Fourteenth year of the victorious king Kampapōttaraiyar.

When kālattuLiterally, "at the time." Vāṇakōvaraiyar Vayiramēkaṉār was currently/continuously ruling over āḷā-niṉṟa the whole ellām of the Vāṇakōppāṭi, Ilāṭaippāṭi Milāṭu, 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 this Cāttaṉūr in the Mēṟkōvalūrnāṭu, whereas the army of Mātēvar, the Lord, of Maṅkaḷanāṭu, attacked eṟiya Cāttaṉūr, Moṭappaṉ, a man from Maḻanāṭu, the Lord of Veṇṇam, went after piṉpu ceṉṟu the enemies, mingled piṅaṅki with them, and died at the border ellai of Vēṇāṭu, along with Kārāccaṅkaṉ.

Stone planted by the Maḻanāṭar-sThat is, the inhabitants of the Maḻanāṭu..

Edited in (CN 1971/47); text and summary in (IP 311).

Encoded here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on and partial photographic coverage.

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