Mōttakal hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman, year 32 (1/2)

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00280

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1kō-vicaiya ma[yē]ntira-paruma(ṟku mu)-
    2-p-patt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu

    [4*]yai to-
    3ṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu po¡ṉ!⟨ṟ⟩-mōtaṉṉā-
    4r cēvakaṉ Akkantai kōṭaṉ
    5toṟu viṭuvittu-p paṭṭā-
    6ṉ kal

    Apparatus

    1 ma[yē]ntira° ◇ ma[2*]ntira° RN • Cf. DHARMA_INSPallava00280, same findspot, king, and year.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2Tirthy-second [year] of the victorious king Mahendravarman↓1.

    2-6[This is] the stone [of] Akkantai Kōṭaṉ, the servant of Poṟmōtaṉṉār↓2, he who fell recapturing (viṭuvittu↓3) cattle when ... ( yai) seized cattle.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/88); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 280); 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.
    № 1971/88. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 668, № 280. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Ma[yē]ntiraparumaṉ in the original Tamil.
    ↑2. Cf. Poṟmōtaṉār in DHARMA_INSPallava00281, same findspot, king, and year.
    ↑3. Literally “liberating”.