Eṭuttaṉūr label on hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman, year 34

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00527

Summary: Records the fight of a dog during a cattle-raid.

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    1(kōviva)-
    2¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eṉṉu-
    3n nāy I-
    4ru kaḷḷa-
    5ṉai-k kaṭit-
    6tu-k kātt’ iru-
    7nta-v āṟu

    Apparatus

    1–2 (kōviva) /¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ • D reads the name as Koravan.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-7[This is] the way that the dog named Kōvivaṉ has bitten two thieves and kept guard [against them].

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    See DHARMA_INSPallava00284 for the hero-stone inscription on the same slab, after which the date of this label is conjectured.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/59); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 284.2); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions and the facsimile in Nagaswamy 1980.

    Primary

    Nākacāmi, Irā., ed. 1972. Ceṅkam Naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA Publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai.
    № 1971/59. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 674–675, № 284. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    Deshpande, M. N., ed. 1975. Indian Archaeology 1971-72, A Review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
    Page 59, № 40. [siglum D]
    Nagaswamy, Ramachandran. 1980. Art and Culture of Tamil Nadu. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan.
    Plate 23. [siglum RN]