Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00313
Summary: Records the death of a hero.
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Classification: hero memorial
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1vēṇāṭṭ’ iḷaṅ-kuṉ-
2ṟi-y-āṉa vēṇāṭṭu maṇikka-
3lla kai koṇṭu van(ta)
4[?2*] ṭaikka kōtaṉ mēṭṭiṇa-
5[ṉ ē]ṉāti makaṉ vāṇaṉ paṭṭā-
6ṉ
[Akka]ḻimallaṉ naṭu-vitta kal
2–3 maṇikka/lla ◇ maṇikka/lla RN • RN has maṇikkallai in his summary, that is the Accusative form.
4–5 mēṭṭiṇa/[ṉ ē]ṉāti ◇ mēṭṭiṇa/[2*]ṉāti RN • mēṭṭiṇaṉ ēṉāti is restored following the summary in RN.
6 [Akka]ḻimallaṉ ◇ [2*]ḻimallaṉ RN • Akkaḻimallaṉ is restored following the summary in IP.
1-6 Vāṇaṉ, the son of the general Kōṭaṉ Mēṭṭiṇaṉ, fell ... [when] he came to besiege (kai koṇṭu↓1) Maṇikkal in Vēṇāṭu, alias Iḷaṅkuṉṟi in Vēṇāṭu.
6 [This is] the stone that Akkaḵimallāṉ has had planted.
Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/118); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 313); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.
↑1. Literally: “seizing, surrounding”.