Mēl Paḷḷippaṭṭu hero-stone, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 2

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00298

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1 śrī

    kō-vicaiya-para(mēc)cuvara-parumaṟku
    2yāṇṭu Oṉpat-āvatu

    (va)miṟaiyār vē-
    3ṇāṭ-iḷa-k-kōvūr-nāṭṭu kō¡-I!⟨yi⟩l paṭṭar van-
    4tu toṟu-k koṇṭa nāṉṟu mēṟ-ceṅkai māmm-u-
    5ṭaiya pāra-
    6tāyar maka-
    7ṉ toṟu mī-
    8ṭṭu-p [paṭṭā]-
    9ṉ mukaṉ

    Apparatus

    8–9 [paṭṭā]/ṉ ◇ [?2*]/ṉ RN

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 [Fortune!]

    1-2 Ninth year of the victorious king Para[me]śvaravarmaṉ.

    3-8 Mukaṉ , the son [of] Pāratāyar, the lord of Mēṟceṅkai↓1 , fell recovering cattle, when [Va]miṟaiyār , a temple dignitary (kōyil paṭṭar) in Iḷakkōvūrnāṭu in Vēṇāṭu, came and seized cattle.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/78); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 298); 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.
    № 1971/78. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 691, № 298. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Alternatively, simply “Pāratāyar of Mēṟceṅkai”.