Tāḻaiyūttu hero-stone, time of Nandivarman, year 2

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00306

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1kō-vi¿y?⟨c⟩aiya-nanti-paṉṟa-
    2ṟ-araiyarkku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āva-
    3tu

    Ūṇamiṟaiyār vēṇāṭ-iḷa-veṇ-
    4maṟu-k-kōṭṭu vēṭ(ṭu)var tāḻai¡-Ū!⟨-y-ū⟩r
    5toṟu-k koṇ-
    6ṭa ñāṉṟu tā-
    7ḻai¡-Ū!⟨-y-ū⟩r-uṭaiya
    8vaṇṇakka kaṭai-
    9yaṉār toṟu
    10mīṭṭu paṭ-
    11ṭār

    Apparatus

    1–2 °paṉṟa/ṟ° • Probably to be emended to °paṉmar°.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-3 Second year of the victorious king, the king Nandivarman. 

    3-11 Vaṇṇakka Kaṭaiyaṉār, lord (uṭaiya↓1) of Tāḻaiyūr, fell liberating (mīṭṭu) cattle when Ūṇamiṟaiyār, a hunter (vēṭṭuvar) [of] Iḷavenmaṟukkōṭṭu [in] Vēṇāṭu, seized cattle [at] Tāḷaiyūr.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/74); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 306); 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.
    № 1971/74. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 700, № 306. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. IP simply translate as “of”.