Vīraṇam hero-stone (1/2), time of Kampavarman, year 14

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00311

Summary: Records the death of a hero.

Hand Description:

The puḷḷi is occasionally used. Medial i and ī interchangeable. ṉ (with long right stroke) similar to ḷ.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    Edition

    Zone A 1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-kam·pa-p·-pōttarai-
    2yarkku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu

    vāṇa-kō-v-araiya-
    3r va¿I?⟨yi⟩ra-mēkaṉār vāṇa-kō-p-pāṭiyum(·) Ilāṭai-p-pā-
    4ṭiyum milāṭuñ cōḻa-nāṭṭu-k kāviri¡-I!⟨yi⟩ṉ va-
    5ṭa-karai Ellām āḷā-niṉṟa kālattu vēṇāṭu mu¿ṉ?⟨n⟩-nū-
    6ṟu¡mm!⟨m⟩ e¿I?⟨yi⟩ṉāṭ’ ain-nūṟu Āṇṭa nan(·)ti pe Zone B -
    7ru-māṉār
    8makaṉār A-
    9kkaḻi-malla-
    10ṉār ve¿ṉ?⟨ṇ⟩ṇa-
    11mum i-cātta(ṉū)-
    12ru¡m(m)!⟨m⟩ āḷā-niṟka
    13maṅkaḷa-nā-
    14ṭ-uṭaiya mā-
    15-tēvar paṭai-
    16cāttaṉūrai
    17Eṟiya Zone 1
    18ve¡ṉ!⟨ṇ⟩ṇa-
    19m-uṭaiya
    20maḻa-nāṭa(r)
    21moṭappa-
    22ṉ piṉpu ce-
    23ṉṟu piṇa-
    24ṅki vēṇā-
    25ṭṭ’ ellai-
    26yiṟ kārā-
    27-c-caṅkaṉ
    28{p-}paṭṭār


    29maḻa-nā-
    30(ṭar) kal

    Apparatus

    1 °kam·pa-p·° ◇ °kampa° RN
    4 milāṭuñ • The final character ñ looks like ṉā.
    10–11 ve¿ṉ?⟨ṇ⟩ṇa/mum ◇ veṇṇa/mum RN
    11–12 i-cātta(ṉū)/ru¡m(m)!⟨m⟩ āḷā° ◇ i-cātta(ṉū)/rumm āḷā RN

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Fourteenth year of the victorious king Kampapōttaraiyar.

    2-28

    29-30 Stone [planted by] the Maḻanāṭar-s↓1.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/47); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 311); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions and partial photographic coverage .

    Primary

    Nākacāmi, Irā., ed. 1972. Ceṅkam Naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA Publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai.
    № 1971/47. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 706–707, № 311. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, the inhabitants of the Maḻanāṭu.