Koṭṭaiyūr hero-stone, time of Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ, year 21

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00272

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Note the epenthetic u for r at the end of words.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    Edition

    1cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉi¿l?⟨ṟ⟩ku
    2Irupatt’ oṉṟ-āvatu

    mīkoṉ-
    3ṟai-nāṭṭu per¡u!⟨um⟩-puḷi-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩r tol-(tē)-
    4va¡ru!⟨r⟩ cuṭṭa ñāṉṟu maṟu-Atiraica-
    5¡ru!⟨r⟩ cēvakaṉ katava-cātta⟨ṉ⟩ paṭṭāṉ

    Apparatus

    1 °tirumāṉ° ◇ °tirumāṉ° RN; °tirumaraṉ° D — 1 °tirumāṉi¿l?⟨ṟ⟩ku • That is, tirumāṉ + infix iṉ + dative case ku.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2Twenty-first year of Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ↓1.

    2-5Katavacāttaṉ, the servant of Maṟu Atiraicar, died, when Tol Tēvar of Perumpuḷiyūr in Mīkoṉṟai-nāṭu attacked (cuṭṭa↓2) [him].

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    It is not clear if Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ designates a Pallava king.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/62); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 272); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Nākacāmi, Irā., ed. 1972. Ceṅkam Naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA Publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai.
    № 1971/62. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 658, № 272. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    Deshpande, M. N., ed. 1975. Indian Archaeology 1971-72, A Review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
    Page 58, № 37. [siglum D]

    Notes

    ↑1. Note on the meaning of Cōmaci-kō-tirumāṉ.
    ↑2. Note on the meaning of this word.