Teṉmuṭiyaṉūr hero-stone

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00289

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1[?1*] ṉu [?7*] yār
    2kuti(rai) [?3*] makka-
    3ṇṇamaṭ [?2*]
    4kutti
    5paṭṭāṉ
    6kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-6 ... [This is] the stone [of] Kutti, he who fell (paṭṭāṉ), ... a relative (makkaḷ↓1) ... horse (kutirai) ...

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    There are further lines missing at the beginning.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/67); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 289); 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.
    № 1971/67. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 681, № 289. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Alternatively, “the nephew”, if the lacuna is to be restored as maru-makkaḷ.