Ciṉṉayyāṉ Pēṭṭai hero-stone, time of Kampavarman, year 6

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00310

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    1kō-vicaiya-kampa-parmaṟku
    2yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu

    koṅka-
    3tt’ eḻumāttūr Iruntu
    4vāḻuñ cākāṭa-c ciṟṟaṉ
    5mīkoṉṟai-nāṭṭu-
    6-p puḷiyūr Eru-
    7mai koṇ¿ṟ?⟨ṭ⟩a ñā-
    8ṉṟu pūca¡ll!⟨l⟩ ōṭi
    9mēl-vēṉāṭṭu maṇi-
    10-k-kala-vaṭa-v-ūril muṭṭi E-
    11rumai-t toṟu mīṭṭu ¿m?⟨p⟩aṭṭā-
    12ṉ cākāṭā-c ciṟṟaṉ

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Sixth year of the victorious king Kampavarman. 

    2-12 When Cākāṭāc Ciṟṟaṉ, who resides (irunta vāḷum) [in] Eḻumāttūr in Koṅkam↓1 seized buffaloes [in] Puḷiyūr in Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, Cākāṭāc Ciṟṟaṉ fell [when] running [for] battle, fighting in Maṇikkalavaṭavūr in Mēlvēṇāṭu [and] liberating buffalo cattle.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    The record is not clear about the connexion of both actions of Cākāṭac Ciṟṟaṉ, the first in Puḷiyūr in Mīkoṉṟaināṭu and the second in Maṇikkalavaṭavūr in Mēlvēṇāṭu. Mahalingam 1988 understands that he first fought at Maṇikkalavaṭavūr and then died at Puḷiyūr.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/57); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 310); 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.
    № 1971/57. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 705, № 310. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, Koṅkanāṭu.