Kāyampaṭṭu, hero-stone EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00469

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Hero-stone commemorating the demise of Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi during a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi.

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spaśri ri

tōkkai-pāṭi Iṟaiyamaṉ makaṉ kattaiya ṉ tōkkai-pāṭi toṟum iīṭṭu -p-papṭṭāṉ

spaśri ri The word svasti is obviously intended here.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Kattaiyaṉ, son of Iṟaiyamaṉ of Tōkkaipāṭi, became weak īṭṭupaṭṭānThat is, "died". during a cattle-raid in Tōkkaipāṭi

Probably dated to the Pallava period, on arguments based on paleography.

Quoted (partially) in .

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (EFEO, 2099).

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