Kīḻ Irāvantavāṭi hero-stone, time of Nandīśvaravikramavarman, year 44

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00307

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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    1kō-vicaiya-nantīccuva-
    2ra-vi¿r?⟨k⟩kirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nārpat-
    3tu nā¿ṟ?⟨ṉ⟩k-āvatu

    malāṭṭu mēr-kōvalūr-nā-
    4ṭṭu Irāmantaivāṭi mēṟ maṅkaḷa-peru-
    5m¡a!⟨ā⟩ṉār paṭai vanta ñāṉṟu vāṇa-perumāṉārkk-ā-
    5y-p paṭṭāṉ vēṇar-
    7-k-kaḷiyaṉ

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-3 Fourty-fourth [year] of the victorious king Nandīśvaravikramavarman. 

    3-7 Vēṇarkkaḷiyaṉ fell for the sake of (āy) the Bāṇa lord when the army [of] the lord of Maṅkalam marched↓1 upon Iṟamantaivāṭi in Mērkōvalūrnāṭu in Malāṭu.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/51); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 307); 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.
    № 1971/51. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 701, № 307. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Literally: “came”.