Puḷiyaṉūr Hero-Stone, time of Siṃhavarman or Mahendravarman, year 20

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00409

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Mārāṉ during a cattle-raid.

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    1kō-vicai⟨ya⟩-ceyaviru-
    2parkē Irupa¿t?⟨tt⟩u


    3[Āḷu] mīvēṇ¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āṭu
    4ci¡r!⟨ṟ⟩u¡p!⟨pp⟩pāḻ Āḷ-
    5vār pālāciriru mak-
    6kaḷ māṟaṉ ka[pe]-
    7ūru toṟu koṇ-
    8[ṭa] ñāṉṟu paṭṭā-
    9ṉ kal

    Apparatus

    1 °vicai⟨ya⟩° ◇ °vicai° NMK RN — 1–2 °ceyaviru/parkē ◇ RN; ma¿Ī?⟨ē⟩ntira-paruku NMK • RN notes that, since another hero-stone (INSPallava407) found nearby, dated to the reign of Siṃhaviṣṇu, mentions also the relatives of Pālāciriyar, the corrupted form ciyavirumar (that is, ceyavirupar, as he reads it) might be emended to cimmavarmaṉ.
    3 [Āḷu] ◇ RN; Aṇṭa NMK • Read yāṇṭu?
    4 ci¡r!⟨ṟ⟩u¡p!⟨pp⟩pāḻ ◇ ciṟupāḻ NMK; cirupāḻ RN
    6–7 ka[pe]/ūru ◇ RN; kaṅkalūru NMK
    7–8 koṇ/[ṭa] ◇ RN; koḷ NMK

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 (Year?) twenty of the victorious king ... ↓1.

    2-3 [This is the] stone [of/for] Mārāṉ, a relative (makkaḷ) [of] Pālācirir, the ruler (āḷvār) of Ciṟuppāḻ in the Mīvēṇṇāṭu, he who fell at the time of seizing cattle [at] ... ↓2.

    Commentary

    Pālācirir, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ = Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (INSPallava406) = Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (INSPallava407).

    Bibliography

    Edited in Mārkciya Kānti 1974 (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 5 non epigraphical lines); re-edited, with substantial variant readings, in Nākacāmi 1975 (no. 89; 9 epigraphical lines); text in Dayalan 2005 (3 epigraphical lines, by mistake).

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

    Primary

    Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 1974. “Utaṉpiṟantār Mūvar Naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Kaḷveṭṭu 3: 11–12.
    Page 12, № 1972/4. [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].
    № 89, № 1972/4. [siglum RN]
    Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer Application in Indian Epigraphy (Pallava Period). New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan.
    Volume 3, appendix I, page 1252, № 19. [siglum DD]

    Notes

    ↑1. The name of the king is unclear: Mahendravarman for Mārkciya Kānti 1974, Siṃhavarman for Nākacāmi 1975.
    ↑2. The name of this place is unclear: Kaṅkalūr for Mārkciya Kānti 1974, Ka[pe]yūr for Nākacāmi 1975.