Tāḻaiyūttu, time of Nandivarman, year 2

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-09 12:00 (265f3f1), last modified 2025-01-05 13:52 (333a4a5).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vi¿y?aiya-nanti-paṉṟa-
⟨2⟩ ṟ-araiyarkku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āva-
⟨3⟩ tu Ūṇamiṟaiyār vēṇāṭ-iḷa-veṇ-
⟨4⟩ maṟu-k-kōṭṭu vēṭ(ṭu)var tāḻai¡-Ū!r
⟨5⟩ toṟu-k koṇ-
⟨6⟩ ṭa ñāṉṟu tā-
⟨7⟩ ḻai¡-Ū!r-uṭaiya
⟨8⟩ vaṇṇakka kaṭai-
⟨9⟩ yaṉār toṟu
⟨10⟩ mīṭṭu paṭ-
⟨11⟩ ṭār

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °paṉṟa⟨2⟩ṟ° • Probably to be emended to °paṉmar°.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1–3⟩ Second year of the victorious king, the king Nantipaṉṟaṟ.¹

⟨3–11⟩ Vaṇṇakka Kaṭaiyaṉār, lord (uṭaiya²) of Tāḻaiyūr, fell liberating (mīṭṭu) cattle when Ūṇamiṟaiyār, a hunter (vēṭṭuvar) [of] Iḷavenmaṟukkōṭṭu [in] Vēṇāṭu, seized cattle [at] Tāḷaiyūr.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/74). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 306).

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 1971/74.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 700, item 306.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandivarman?
2. IP simply translate as "of".

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