Taṇṭampaṭṭu, time of Mahendravarman, year 18

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Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-mayīntira-paru-

⟨2⟩ maṟku patiṉ Eṭṭ-āvatu mī-

⟨3⟩ -vēṇāṭṭu Āntai-pāṭi Īcai

⟨4⟩ perum-pāṇaraicaru maru-makkaḷ

⟨5⟩ poṟ-cēntiyāñ cēvakaru toṟu-

⟨6⟩ -k-koṇṭa ñāṉṟu mīṭṭu paṭṭā-

⟨7⟩ (vē)ṇāṭ(ṭu) nanti-

⟨8⟩ (yār) kal ka[**]

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ ka[2+]IP suggests these are to be read in continuation with line 7.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1–2⟩ Seventeenth [year] of the victorious king Mayīntiraparumaṉ.1

⟨2–8⟩ [This is] the stone [of] Nantiyār of Vēṇāṭu, he who fell rescuing (mīṭṭu) [cattle] when the servant of Poṟcēntiyāṉ, the nephew of Īcai Perumpāṇaraicar [of] Āntaipāṭi in Mīvēṇāṭu, seized cattle.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/77). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 279).

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 1971/77.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 667, item 279.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.