Eṭakkal hero-stone

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00288

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Note the epenthetic u for r at the end of words.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1[?7*] ti [?3*]
    2[?1*] peṇṇai vaṭa-karai mē[ṟ]-ko[ṉṟai]-
    3[nāṭṭu ?4*] nika [?1*] Iruntu [?3*] tē [?3*]
    4[?1*] ṭu [?1*] makkaḷ kuṉṟakaṭṭi [?2*] ru paiya [?3*]-
    5ru toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭāru kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-5 ... [This is] the stone [of] he who fell (paṭṭāru↓1) when Kuṉṟakkaṭṭi, a relative (makkaḷ) [of] ... , seized cattle ... when being (iruntu) ... in Mēṟkoṉṟaināṭu, on the northern bank of the Peṇṇai [river].

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    There are possibly further lines missing at the beginning.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/66); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 288); 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.
    № 1971/66. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 680, № 288. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, probably Kuṉṟakkaṭṭi.