Katirampaṭṭi, hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman, year 7

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00400

Summary: hero-stone commemorating the death of Ēṟaṉ.

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    1kō-vicaiya-may¿a?⟨e⟩ntira-paruma-
    2ṟku Ēḻ-āvatu

    kōvūr-nāṭṭu-
    3-k kāri-maṅkalaṅ kaṅkati A-
    4raicarōṭu
    5purava(r)
    6peṟṟāṇṭāṇ
    7ṭāṉ ko-
    8m puḷi-
    9kaṇ maka-
    10ṉ Ēṟaṉ-
    11toṟuk ko-
    12ḷuṭ paṭ-
    13ṭāṉ kal

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Seventh year of the victorious king Mahendravarman↓1.

    2-13 [This is] the stone of Ēṟaṉ, son of ... , he who died ... [fighthing] with↓2 Kaṅkati Araicar [at/of] Kārimaṅkalam in the Kōvūrnāṭu.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1975; text in Dayalan 2005; encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s).

    Primary

    Nākacāmi, Irā. 1975. tarumapuri kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvutuṟai veḷiyīṭu eṇ [TNSDA series] 37. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvutuṟai [Tamill Nadu State Department of Archaeology].
    № 1974/82. [siglum IN]
    Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer Application in Indian Epigraphy (Pallava Period). New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan.
    Volume 3, appendix I, page 1243, № 10. [siglum DD]

    Notes

    ↑1. May¿a?ntiraparumaṉ in the original Tamil text.
    ↑2. That is, at the side of or against.