Pōntai, hero-stone, time of [name lost], year [figure lost]

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00290.

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

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (a90ca73), last modified (374637e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 6+]⟨2⟩[ca. 1+] [cē]vakaṉ narippaḷi [ca. 2+] ⟨3⟩ [ca. 1+] paṭṭā⟨4⟩ṉ kal

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–4) [This is] the stone [of] Narippaḷi, the servant [of] , he who fell

Commentary

There are further lines missing at the beginning.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/92). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 290).

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 1971/92.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 682, item 290.