Puḷiyaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 20

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Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ma¡cī!ntira-paru-

⟨2⟩ maṟk’ irupa¿t?-āvatu mīvēṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṇāṭṭu ka-

⟨4⟩ ṭṭai-¡Ū!-

⟨5⟩ ṟ ṟoṟu

⟨6⟩ koṇṭa ñā

⟨7⟩ [ṉ]ṟu ciṟu¡p!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

⟨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. 1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

  2. 2. That is, the heroic one.