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

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00281

Summary: Records the death of a hero in a fight with a tiger.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1kō-vicaiya mayēntira-
    2parumaṟku mu-p-patt’ iraṇṭ-ā-
    3vatu

    po¡ṉ!⟨ṟ⟩-mōtaṉār cē-
    4vakaṉ viṉṟaṇ (va)ṭukaṉ-
    5puli kutti-p paṭṭāṉ-
    6kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-3Tirthy-second [year] of the victorious king Mahendravarman↓1.

    3-6[This is] the stone [of] Viṉṟaṇ (Va)ṭukaṉ, the servant of Poṟmōtaṉār↓2, he who fell fighting (kutti↓3) with a tiger.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/89); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 281); 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.
    № 1971/89. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 669, № 281. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Mayēntiraparumaṉ in the original Tamil.
    ↑2. Cf. Poṟmōtaṉṉār in DHARMA_INSPallava00280, same findspot, king, and year.
    ↑3. Literally “piercing, striking”.