Kīraicāttu Hero-Stone, time of Nandīśvaravarman, year 37

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00426

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Vakkaṭi.

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    1kō-vicaiya-nanti¡c!⟨cc⟩ura-parumaṟk-
    2ku yāṇṭu muppattēḻā-
    3vatu

    vaḷḷipēṭu-nāṭuṭaiya vik-
    4kiramāttiya nāṭu mārikappā-
    5kiḻār makaṉ vakkaṭi paṭṭāṉ

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-3Tirthy-seventh year of the victorious king Nandīśvaravarman.

    3-5 Vakkaṭi, son [of] Mārikappākiḻar↓1 [in/of] the nāṭu of Vikramāditya, lord of Vaḷḷipēṭunātu, fell.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Āvaṇam 1991–2019 (Āvaṇam 7, no. 3); text in Dayalan 2005; encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Āvaṇam. 1991–2019. Tanjore: Archaeological Society.
    Volume 7 (1997), № 3. [siglum Āvaṇam]
    Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer Application in Indian Epigraphy (Pallava Period). New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan.
    Volume 3, appendix I, page 1275, № 40. [siglum DD]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1994-1995. Page 64, appendix B/1994–95, № 194.

    Notes

    ↑1. Mārikappāvakiḻār in Āvaṇam 1991–2019 introduction to the inscription.