Pōntai hero-stone (1/2), time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 12

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00301

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1kō-vic¡a!⟨ai⟩ya-naraci-
    2ṅka-parumaṟku yāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇ-
    3ṭ-āvatu

    mīkoṉṟai-nāṭṭu pācāṟṟu pakaima-
    4tar cēvakaṉ toṟu Iṭuvittu paṭṭāṉ pa-
    5ṇaya nāttaṉ

    Apparatus

    4 cēvakaṉ • According to RN, cēvakaṉ is corrected from cēvakar by the engraver.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-3 Twelfth year of the victorious king Narasiṁhavarman. 

    3-5 Paṇaya Nāttaṉ, the servant [of] Pakaimatar of Pācāṟu in Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, fell recapturing cattle.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/90); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 301).

    Encoded by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Nākacāmi, Irā., ed. 1972. Ceṅkam Naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA Publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai.
    № 1971/90. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 694, № 301. [siglum IP]