Vañcikkuḻi hero-stone, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 24

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00498

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Kalimanta Ati Araicaṉ.

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    1kō-vicai⟨ya⟩-naraiciṅka-paruma-
    2ṟkk¿i?⟨u⟩ yāṇṭu Irupatt¿i?⟨u⟩ nāl-Āvatu


    3vañci¡k!⟨kk⟩uḻi Uṭai¡A!⟨ya⟩ṉ kalimanta Ati
    4Araicaṉ Aṟa¡Ū!⟨yū⟩r mēl ceṉṟu paṭṭāṉ

    Apparatus

    1 °vicai⟨ya⟩° ◇ °vicai° R
    3 vañci-¡k!⟨k-k⟩uḻi ◇ vañcikuḻi R

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Narasiṁhavarman↓1.

    3-4 Kalimanta Ati Araicaṉ, the lord of Vañcikkuḻi, died when marching (ceṉṟu↓2) upon Aṟayūr.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Rāmēṣ 2008 (Āvaṇam 19, no. 2), with a picture; encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s).

    Primary

    Rāmēṣ, Rā. 2008. “vañcikkuḻi naṭukaḷ.” Āvaṇam 119: 2.
    № 2. [siglum R]

    Notes

    ↑1. Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ in the the original Tamil text, that is, the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman I according to Rāmēṣ 2008.
    ↑2. Literallly, “going”.