Kuḷitikki hero-stone, time of Nandivarman II, year 52

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00086

Summary: Hero-stone erected by Peruṅkankar for Kaṅkatiyaraiyar who died at (or near) Veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai.

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¹śrī

kō-vic¡e!⟨ai⟩ya nanti-
²ccura-parumaṟku yāṇṭu
³Ampattiraṇṭāvatu

⁴perumāṉaṭikaḷ mēl
⁵vallavaraiyaṉ paṭai van-
⁶tu veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai A-
⁷ḻitta ñāṉṟu vāṇarai-
⁸yar māmaṭi tirika Eṉa-t
⁹ti(ri)ntu paṭṭār kaṟkāṭ-
¹⁰ṭūr-uṭaiya kaṅkatiyarai-
¹¹yar

kaṉ-ṉāṭu peruṅka-
¹²ṅkar

Apparatus

^1–2 nanti/ccura- ◇ nanti/ccura- EI_22.18 IP_86; nantī/ccura- IP
⁵ vallavaraiyaṉ ◇ pallavaraiyaṉ EI_22.18; vallavaraiyaṉ IP IP_86
⁶ veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai ◇ peṇkuḻikkōṭṭai EI_22.18; veṇkuḻikkōṭṭai IP IP_86
^7–8 vāṇarai/yar ◇ vāṇarai/yar EI_22.18 IP IP_86 • The alternative reading vāṇar¡e!⟨ai⟩/yar seems possible.
^8–9 Eṉa-t / ti(ri)ntu ◇ Ena-t / ti(ri)ntu EI_22.18; Eṉa-t / ti(ri)ntu IP IP_86 • Venkatasubba Ayyar 1933–1934 = probably a typo.
^9–10 kaṟkāṭ/ṭūr- ◇ kaṟkāt/ṭūr- EI_22.18; kaṟkāṭ/ṭūr- IP IP_86 • Venkatasubba Ayyar 1933–1934 = probably a typo.
^10–11 kaṅkatiyarai/yar ◇ kaṅkatiyarai/yar EI_22.18 IP; kaṅkatiyaṟai/yar IP_86 • Mahalingam 1988 = probably a typo.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹ Prosperity!

^1-3 Fifty-second year of the victorious king Nandīśvaravarman. 

^4-11 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”).

^11-12 Planting of the stone (kaṉ-ṉāṭu) [by] Peruṅkaṅkar.

Commentary

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

⁸ māmaṭi. Alternative translation = father-in-law.

¹¹ On kaṉ-ṉāṭu, see ...

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1933–1934 (EI 22, no. 18), with facsimile and English translation; re-edited and re-translated by Mahalingam 1959; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 86); re-edited here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on the facsimile published in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1933–1934.

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