Koṭṭaiyūr hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman, year 33 (1/2)

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00282

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

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    1kō-vicaiya-ma-
    2cīntira-parumaṟku
    3mu-p-pattu mūṉṟ-āvatu


    4vāṇa-kō-Araicaru maru-ma-
    5kkaḷ poṉṉarampaṉār
    6mēl vāṇa-kō-Araicaru maru-
    7makkaḷ kantaviṇṇaṉā-
    8r vēlmaṟutti-c ceṉṟa ñā-
    9ṉṟu kantaviṇṇaṉā-
    10r ta¡ñ!⟨ṉ⟩ ciṟṟappaṉār po-
    11ṉṉi(taṉ)ṉār Iḷa-makaṉ
    12poṅkiyār makaṉ kat-
    13ti Eytu paṭṭāṉ kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

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

    3-13[This is] the stone [of] the son [of] Poṅkiyār, [who was also] the younger son (iḷa-makaṉ) [of] Poṉṉi(taṉ)ṉār, the honourable paternal uncle [of] Kantaviṇṇaṉār↓2, he who fell hit (eytu) [by] a knife, when Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew [of] the royal Bāṇa king marched (ceṉṟu↓3) ¿[in] Vēlmaṟutti? against (mēl↓4) Poṉṉarampaṉār, the nephew [of] the royal Bāṇa king .

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/63); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 282); 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.
    № 1971/63. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 670–671, № 282. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Macīntiraparumaṉ in the original Tamil.
    ↑2. Literally “Kantaviṇṇaṉār, of him the paternal uncle”.
    ↑3. Literally “went”.
    ↑4. Literally “upon”.