Mēl Paḷḷippaṭṭu, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 2

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00298.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-01-17 18:23 (350e545), last modified 2025-01-11 12:43 (ee4d0a2).

⟨1⟩ śrī

kō-vicaiya-para(mēc)cuvara-parumaṟku ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu Oṉpat-āvatu

(va)miṟaiyār vē⟨3⟩ṇāṭ-iḷa-k-kōvūr-nāṭṭu kō¡-I!⟨yi⟩l paṭṭar van⟨4⟩tu toṟu-k koṇṭa nāṉṟu mēṟ-ceṅkai māmm-u⟨5⟩ṭaiya pāra⟨6⟩tāyar maka⟨7⟩ṉ toṟu mī⟨8⟩ṭṭu-p [paṭṭā]⟨9⟩ṉ mukaṉ

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ [paṭṭā]⟨9⟩ṉ ⬦[ca. 2+]⟨9⟩ṉ CN.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) [Fortune!]

(1–2) Ninth year of the victorious king Paramēccuvaraparumaṉ.¹

(3–8) Mukaṉ, the son [of] Pāratāyar, the lord of Mēṟceṅkai², fell recovering cattle, when [Va]miṟaiyār, a temple dignitary (kōyil paṭṭar) in Iḷakkōvūrnāṭu in Vēṇāṭu, came and seized cattle.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/78). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 298).

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 1971/78.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 691, item 298.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Parameśvaravarman.
2. Alternatively, simply "Pāratāyar of Mēṟceṅkai".

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