Veṇmaṇi, Hero-stone, no king, no year

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00373.

Summary: Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (p. 142): “In characters of the 9th century A.D. Engraved above the figure of a warrior represented with a shield in the left hand and a scimitar in the right. Records the death of Kaṇavayaṉ, the disciple of the preceptor (Ācāṉ) Teṉṉavaṉ, when Veṅmaṇi was destroyed in the time of Valluvik-Kaṅkaraiyar.” Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (p. 272): “An inscription of the 9th century AD. from Veṇmaṇi, North Arcot District, engraved over the figure of a warrior holding a child1 in the left hand and a scimitar in the right, mentions the destruction of the village in the time of Vallivik-Kaṅkaraiyar who was probably a Gaṅga chieftain ruling the region (No. 116 of 1941-42). It may be observed that a verse inscription (13th century A.D.) from Tiruvaṇṇāmalai in the same district (No. 507 of 1902) mentionns the Bāṇa chief Poṉparappiṉāṉ alias Makataipperumāḷ as having had an engagement at Veṇmaṇippāṭi evidently Veṇmaṇi of the above record.”

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (f2f3eaa), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

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Bibliography

Reported in Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1941-1942/116).

Recorded in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 373).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 373, page 772.

Secondary

Krishnamacharlu, C. R. and N. Laksminarayan Rao. 1952. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Delhi: Government of India. Pages 142, 272 (§109), appendixes B/1941-1942, item 116.

Notes

  1. 1. Correct to: shield.