Puḷiyaṉūr Hero-Stone, time of Siṃhaviṣṇu, year 19

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00407

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ during a cattle-raid.

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    Edition

    1kō-vicaiya-ciṅkaviṇṇa-parumaṟ-
    2kup patt’ oṉpa¿t?⟨tt⟩-āvatu

    mēl-vēṇṇā-
    3ṭṭu-c ciṟuppāḻ āḷum pālāyiriyaru makkaḷ
    4ciṟuppaṭuvāṉāru karuṅkālippāṭi-t
    5toṟu-k koḷa-p pūcal ceṉṟu puya-
    6nāṭṭu-p pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ
    7Eṟintu paṭṭāṉ
    8kal

    Apparatus

    1–2 parumaṟ/kup ◇ NMK RN; [pa]rumaṟ/kup SH
    3 ciṟuppāḻ āḷum ◇ SH RN; ciṟuppāḻ Āḷum NMK — 3 pālāyiriyaru ◇ NMK RN; pālāciriyaru SH
    4 ciṟuppaṭuvāṉāru ◇ NMK RN; ci[ṟuppaṭu]vā[ṉ]ṉāru SH
    5 koḷap ◇ NMK RN; [koḷap] SH
    6 pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ ◇ NMK RN; pilayā cataṅkaḷ SH

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Nineteenth year of the victorious king Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman↓1.

    3-8 [This is the] stone of Pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ of the Puyanāṭu who went [in] battle (pūcal) [and] fell fighting, while Ciṟuppaṭuvāṉār, a relative (makkaḷ) [of] Pālāyiriyar, who rules (āḷum) [in] Ciṟuppāl, seized cattle [at] Karuṅkālippāṭi.

    Commentary

    Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl = Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (INSPallava406) = Pālāciriru, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ (INSPallava409).

    Bibliography

    Edited in Hariharan 1974 (8 epigraphical lines); re-edited in Mārkciya Kānti 1974 (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 6 non epigraphical lines) and in Nākacāmi 1975 (no. 87; 8 epigraphical lines); text in Dayalan 2005 (4 epigraphical lines, by mistake).

    Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on Nākacāmi 1975.

    Primary

    Hariharan, S. 1974. “Simhavishnu.” Seminar on hero-stones, edited by R. Nagaswamy, 65–71. Madras: State Department of Archaeology.
    Page 69. [siglum SH]
    Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 1974. “Utaṉpiṟantār Mūvar Naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Kaḷveṭṭu 3: 11–12.
    Page 12, № 1972/2. [siglum NMK]
    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].
    № 87, № 1972/2. [siglum RN]
    Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer Application in Indian Epigraphy (Pallava Period). New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan.
    Volume 3, appendix I, page 1250, № 17. [siglum DD]

    Notes

    ↑1. Ciṅkaviṇṇaparumaṉ in the original Tamil text.