Cē. Kūṭalūr hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman, year 38

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00285

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

Hand Description:

Two types of ṉ. Compare occurrences in lines 6 to 8.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1kō-vicai-
    2ya-ma¡I!⟨yi⟩ntira-paru-
    3maṟ·ku (mu)-p-patt’ eṭṭ-ā-
    4vātu

    vāṇa-kō-¡A!⟨v-a⟩raicaru maru-
    5-makkaḷ kan·ta-viṇṇa-
    6(ṉā)r kūṭal toṟu-k koṇṭa
    7(ñ)āṉṟu toṟu Iṭuvittu-p paṭṭā-
    8ṉ poṉ·ṉarampa(ṉā)r kol·laka-c-
    9c(ē)vakaṉ(·) kākkaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ kal


    10kūṭal Iḷa-
    11-makkaḷ naṭuvi-
    12tta kal

    Apparatus

    9 kākkaṇṭi ◇ kākaṇṭi RN

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-4 Tirthy-eight [year] of the victorious king Mahendravarman↓1.

    4-9 [This is] the stone [of] Kākaṇṭi Aṇṇāvaṉ, the servant of Poṉṉarampaṉār, he who fell recapturing (iṭuvittu↓2) cattle when Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew of the royal Bāṇa king seized cattle [in] kūṭal.

    10-12 [This is] stone that the ¿people? (iḷa-makkaḷ↓3) of Kūṭal had planted.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/50); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 285); encoded an re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on photographs (2009).

    Primary

    Nākacāmi, Irā., ed. 1972. Ceṅkam Naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA Publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai.
    № 1971/50. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 676–677, № 285. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. May¡I!⟨yi⟩ntiraparumaṉ the original Tamil.
    ↑2. That is (?), viṭuvittu, literally “liberating”.
    ↑3. Mahalingam 1988 suggests to translate as “soldiers”.