Cāttaṉūr hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman, year 39

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00286

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

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    1kō-vicaiya-ma¡cī!⟨yē⟩ntira-paru-
    2maṟku mu-p-patt’ oṉpat-āvatu


    3vāṇa-kō-¡A!⟨v-a⟩raicaru maru-makkaḷ po-
    4ṟṟokkaiyār carukkirunta-Ūr pō-
    5ntai mēṟ cakkaravaru paṭai vanta ñā-
    6ṉṟu nākkaiyār iḷa-makaṉ vattāva-
    6ṉ makaṉ ṉan-
    7(ti Eṟi)ntu paṭṭā-
    9ṉ kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

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

    3-9 [This is] the stone [of] Nandin, the son of Vattāvaṉ ¿[and]? ¿the younger son? (iḷa-makaṉ) of Nākkaiyār, he who fell fighting (eṟintu) when Poṟṟokkaiyār ¿[and]? ¿the people? (maru-makkaḷ) [of] the royal Bāṇa king marched (vanta↓2) ¿[with]? the army [of] Cakkaravar upon Pōntai ¿[in] carukk-irunta-Ūr?.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    Poṟṟokkaiyār is mentioned in another inscription. 

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/35); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 286); 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.
    № 1971/35. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 678, № 286. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Ma¡cī!⟨yē⟩ntiraparumaṉ the original Tamil.
    ↑2. Literally “went”.