Mēl Puñcai, time of Māntavarman, year 19
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00292.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.
Hand description:
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (350e545), last modified (ee4d0a2).
Edition
⟨1⟩ (mā)nta-parumaṟku pati⟨2⟩oṉṟ-āvatu
koṅka⟨3⟩ṇi Araicaru paṭai-Ōṭu ciri⟨4⟩-kaṅkaraicaru caṅka-maṅkalat⟨5⟩t’ eṟinta ñāṉṟu ciri-kaṅkaraicaru ⟨6⟩ cēvakar-Ōṭu [ca. 1+] kaṉāya⟨7⟩r Eṟintu paṭṭa kal
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
Bibliography
Reported in IAR 1971-72.
Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/100). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 292).
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).
Primary
[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/100.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 684, item 292.
Secondary
[IAR] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N. Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 59, item 39.
Notes
- 1. Sanskrit Māntavarman.
- 2. Alternatively [ca. 1+]kaṉāyar, taking into account the missing character as part of the name of the deceased hero.
- 3. Note the phrase paṭṭa kal, attested also in IP 291, instead of the usual paṭṭāṉ/paṭṭār kal.
- 4. Mahalingam 1988 takes -ōṭu as part of the name of the deceased hero, that is, Ōṭu-kaṉāyār.
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Nineteenth <supplied reason="subaudible">year</supplied> of Māntaparumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Māntavarman.</note>
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<p>The identity of the king Māntaparumaṉ is unclear.</p>
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Commentary
The identity of the king Māntaparumaṉ is unclear.