Puḷiyaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 20

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00406.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Vīravar during a cattle-raid.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ma¡cī!⟨yē⟩ntira-paru⟨2⟩maṟk’ irupa¿t?⟨tt⟩-āvatu

mīvēṇ⟨3⟩ṇāṭṭu ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩⟨5⟩ṟ ṟoṟu ⟨6⟩ koṇṭa ñā ⟨7⟩ [ṉ]ṟu ciṟu¡p!⟨pp⟩āḻ ā⟨8⟩ḷum pālā⟨9⟩cirika⟨10⟩ru makaṉ ⟨11⟩ vīrava[ru] ⟨12⟩ kal

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °paru⟨2⟩maṟk’ irupa¿t?⟨tt⟩-āvatu ⬦ °paru⟨2⟩maṟ kirupatāvatu N; °parumaṟku Irupatāvatu MK.

⟨3⟩ ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩ ⬦ ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai Ūṟ N; ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai Ūr MK.

⟨5⟩ ṟoṟu ⬦ N; toṟu MK •

⟨6⟩ ñā ⟨7⟩ [ṉ]ṟu ⬦ N; ñāṉṟu MK •

⟨11⟩ vīrava[ru] ⬦ N; vīravaru MK •

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–2) Twentieth year of the victorious king Macīntiraparumaṉ.¹

(2–12) [This is the] stone of Vīravar,² the son [of] Pālācirikar, who rules (āḷum) [in] Ciṟuppāl, [who fell] at the time of seizing cattle [in] Kaṭṭaiyūr in Mīvēṇāṭu.

Commentary

Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl = Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (see inscription Pallava 407). = Pālāciriru, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ (see inscription Pallava 409).

Bibliography

Edited in Mārkciya Kānti 1974 (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 5 non epigraphical lines). Edited in Nākacāmi 1975 (no. 88; 12 epigraphical lines). Text in Dayalan 2005 (3 epigraphical lines, by mistake).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1975.

Primary

[MK] Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 1974. “Utaṉpiṟantār mūvar naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Kaḷveṭṭu 3, pp. 11–12. Page 12, item 1972/3.

[N] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1975. tarumapuri kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvutuṟai veḷiyīṭu eṇ [TNSDA series] 37. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvutuṟai [Tamill Nadu State Department of Archaeology]. Item 88, item 1972/3.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1249, item 16.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. That is, the heroic one.

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