Pōntai hero-stone

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00290

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1[?6*]-
    2[?1* cē]vakaṉ narippaḷi [?2*]
    3[?1*] paṭṭā-
    4ṉ kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-4 [This is] the stone [of] ... Narippaḷi, the servant [of] ... , he who fell ...

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    There are further lines missing at the beginning.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/92); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 290); 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.
    № 1971/92. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 682, № 290. [siglum IP]