Naraciṅkanallūr hero-stone, time of Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman, year 33

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00276

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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    1kō-vicaiya-ciṅka-viṇṇa-parumaṟku mu-p-pattu
    2mūṉṟ-āvatu

    kaṅkati-Araicaru makka¿r?⟨ḷ⟩ mē¿ṉ?⟨l⟩ viṇṇaṉṉā-
    3r cēvaka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ toppuravaru-p-pāṭi Ā(ḷki)ṉṟa pacirap-
    4paṇṇaṉ kuṟaṭṭātaṉ [2*] varamu koṇṭa ñāṉ-
    5ṟ’ eṟin-
    6tu paṭṭā-
    7ṉ kanta-
    8parup’ ēṉ-
    9ṉātiyār
    10makaṉ ka-
    11l

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2Tirthy-third [year] of the victorious king Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman↓1.

    2-11[This is] the stone of the son of the general (ēṉāti) Kantaparupu / of Kantaparupu↓2, he who fell (paṭṭāṉ) fighting (eṟintu) when Pacirappaṇṇaṉ Kuṟaṭṭātaṉ, who was ruling over Toppuravaru-p-pāṭi [and who was] a servant of Viṇṇaṉṉār, took [...] ... (varamu) against (mēl↓3) the people (makkaḷ) of Kaṅkati-Araicaru↓4.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    Kaṅkati-Araicaru: rather than a proper name, a generic title?

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/30); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 276); 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.
    № 1971/30. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 662–663, № 276. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Ciṅkaviṇṇaparumaṉ in the original Tamil.
    ↑2. That is, Kantaparumaṉ, according to IP.
    ↑3. Literally “upon”.
    ↑4. That is, the Gaṅga king.