Puḷiyaṉūr, time of Siṁhaviṣṇu, year 19

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ during a cattle-raid.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00407.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00407.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ciṅkaviṇṇa-parumaṟ-
⟨2⟩ kup patt’ oṉpa¿t?-āvatu mēl-vēṇṇā-
⟨3⟩ ṭṭu-c ciṟuppāḻ āḷum pālāyiriyaru makkaḷ
⟨4⟩ ciṟuppaṭuvāṉāru karuṅkālippāṭi-t
⟨5⟩ toṟu-k koḷa-p pūcal ceṉṟu puya-
⟨6⟩ nāṭṭu-p pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ
⟨7⟩ Eṟintu paṭṭāṉ
⟨8⟩ kal

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ parumaṟ⟨2⟩kup ⬦ MK N; [pa]rumaṟ⟨2⟩kup H.

⟨3⟩ ciṟuppāḻ āḷum ⬦ H N; ciṟuppāḻ Āḷum MK. — ⟨3⟩ pālāyiriyaru ⬦ MK N; pālāciriyaru H.

⟨4⟩ ciṟuppaṭuvāṉāru ⬦ MK N; ci[ṟuppaṭu]vā[ṉ]ṉāru H.

⟨5⟩ koḷap ⬦ MK N; [koḷap] H.

⟨6⟩ pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ ⬦ MK N; pilayā cataṅkaḷ H.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Nineteenth year of the victorious king Ciṅkaviṇṇaparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–8⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ stone of Pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ of the Puyanāṭu who went ⟨in⟩ battle (pūcal) ⟨and⟩ fell fighting, while Ciṟuppaṭuvāṉār, a relative (makkaḷ) ⟨of⟩ Pālāyiriyar, who rules (āḷum) ⟨in⟩ Ciṟuppāl, seized cattle ⟨at⟩ Karuṅkālippāṭi.

Commentary

Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl = Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (see inscription Pallava 406) = Pālāciriru, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ (see inscription Pallava 409).

Bibliography

Edited in Hariharan 1974 (8 epigraphical lines). Edited in Mārkciya Kānti 1974 (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 6 non epigraphical lines) and in Nākacāmi 1975 (no. 87; 8 epigraphical lines). Text in Dayalan 2005 (4 epigraphical lines, by mistake).

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

Primary

[H] Hariharan, S. 1974. “Simhavishnu.” In: Seminar on hero-stones. Edited by R. Nagaswamy. Madras: State Department of Archaeology, pp. 65–71. Page 69.

[MK] Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 1974. “Utaṉpiṟantār mūvar naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Kaḷveṭṭu 3, pp. 11–12. Page 12, item 1972/2.

[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 87, item 1972/2.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1250, item 17.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman.

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