Kaṇṇakantal hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman (?)

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00287

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

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    [ca. 4 lines lost] 5[?3*] maru-mak-
    6[kaḷ poṉ]ṉarampaṉā-
    7[ṉār vā]ṇa-kō-Araicaru
    8[maru-mak]kaḷ kantaviṇṇa-
    9[ṉār ?1*](ṟa)la-p-puñci-c ceṉṟa
    10(ñā)ṉṟu poṉṉarampaṉār cē-
    11vakaṉ vaḷiya-p-pūṟār maka-
    12ṉ tā-
    13ḷa-c-cā-
    14mi kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-14 [ca. 4 lines lost This is] the stone [of] Tāḷaccāmi, the son [of] Vaḷiyappūṟār, the servant [of] Poṉṉarampaṉār, [he who fell] when Poṉṉarampaṉār, the nephew [of the royal Bāṇa king], went (ceṉṟu) ... (* (ṟa)la-p-puñci↓1) ¿[against]? Kantaviṇṇaṉār, the nephew of the royal Bāṇa king.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    Poṉṉarampaṉār and Kantaviṇṇaṉār are mentioned in several other inscriptions (IP 282, 283, 285 ), on the basis of which the present inscription is interpreted and its missing text supplied.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/48); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 287); 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.
    № 1971/48. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 679, № 287. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. This phrase designates either the place of the fight or a complement to the action expressed by ceṉṟu (puñci, “having gathered”) or both.