Āmpūr, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 26

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00189

Summary: Hero-stone in honour of Kaliyirāmaṉ.

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    1kō-vicaiya-niru-
    2patoṅka-vikkirama-pa-
    3ruma[r]kku yāṇṭ’ iru-pa-
    4tt’ āṟ-āvatu

    paṭuvū-
    5r-k-kōṭṭattu mēl-a-
    6ṭaiy(ā)ṟu-nāṭṭu Āmai(y)[ūr]
    7mēl nuḷampaṉ (pa)[ṭai-y]
    8vantu toṟu-k koḷḷa (p)i(ruti-ka)-
    9ṅkaraiyar cēvakar Akala[ṅkattu-]
    10varāyar marukaṉ mā(c)i(ḻu) [3+]-
    11(ṉ)i vētaṉ kaliyirāma[ṉ paṭṭāṉ]

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-4Twenty-sixth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

    4-11When the Nuḷampaṉ came [with] his army upon Āmaiyūr, in the Mēlaṭaiyārunāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, and seized cattle, Kaliyirāṁaṉ, a hunter ... , the nephew of Akalaṅkattuvarāyar, a servant of Pirutikaṅkaraiyar, died.

    Bibliography

    Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4, no. 23B); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 188); re-edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on the previous editions.

    Primary

    Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Two Tamil Inscriptions at Ambur.” EI 4: 180–83.
    Page 183. [siglum H]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 520, № 189. [siglum IP]