Akaḷūr Hero-Stone

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00430

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Kampaiyaṉār.


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    1śrī

    vicaiyā-
    2tittiya-
    3ṉ paṇippa
    4toṇṭūr
    5Aḻittu pa-
    6ṭṭār kampaiya-
    7ṉār

    Apparatus

    1 śrīśrī MDS IP; śri DD
    5–6 pa/ṭṭārpa/ṭṭār MDS DD; pa/¿ta?⟨ṭ⟩ṭār IP

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1Fortune!

    1-6When Vicaiyātittiyaṉ↓1 ordered [it], Kampaiyaṉār destroyed Toṇṭūr and died [on the battle-field].

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    1Fortune !

    1-6Quand Vicaiyātittiyaṉ↓2 lui en donna l’ordre, Kampaiyaṉār détruisit Toṇṭūr et mourut↓3.

    Commentary

    1 śrī: auspicious beginning or honorific?

    See DHARMA_INSPallava00084 .

    It is not clear which edition is to be taken as reference. Sampath or Dayalan? It is not clear if Dayalan had a fresh reading of the inscription or simply edited the previous editions.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Sampath 1968; text and translation in Mahalingam 1988: page 282, note 1 (footnote at IP no. 84); re-edited by Dayalan 2005; encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Sampath, M. D. 1968. “Jaina Inscriptions of Sattamangalam.” SOI.
    Page 162. [siglum MDS]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 282, note 1. [siglum IP]
    Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer Application in Indian Epigraphy (Pallava Period). New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan.
    Page 1280, № 45. [siglum DD]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1968-1969. Page 50, appendix B/1968–1969, № 258. [siglum ARIE]

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, Skt. Vijayāditya.
    ↑2. C’est-à-dire Skt. Vijayāditya.
    ↑3. Comprendre : durant la prise de la ville.