Maṇikkal hero-stone, time of ...varman, year 6

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00305

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1[svasti] śrī

    kō-vicaiya-[?3*]-[pa]-
    2rumaṟku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu

    [?4*]-
    3ṟṟu mēl-vēṇāṭu ṇamī[?4*]-
    4-k (koṟṟōṟuri) kantavāṇaraica[r ?2*]-
    5[?7*] to [?4*]

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 [Prosperity!] Fortune!

    1-2 Sixth year of the glorious king ... varman. 

    2-3 ... Mēlvēṇāṭu ... Kantavāṇaraicar ...

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/120); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 305); 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.
    № 1971/120. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 699, № 305. [siglum IP]