Puḷiyaṉūr Hero-Stone, time of Siṃhavarman or Mahendravarman, year 20

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00409.

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Mārāṉ during a cattle-raid.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-10-29 23:21 (731357b), last modified 2024-06-06 16:22 (18e0138).

⟨1⟩ kō-vicai⟨ya⟩-ceyaviru⟨2⟩parkē Irupa¿t?⟨tt⟩u

⟨3⟩ [Āḷu] mīvēṇ¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āṭu ⟨4⟩ ci¡r!⟨ṟ⟩u¡p!⟨pp⟩pāḻ Āḷ⟨5⟩vār pālāciriru mak⟨6⟩kaḷ māṟaṉ ka[pe]⟨7⟩ūru toṟu koṇ⟨8⟩[ṭa] ñāṉṟu paṭṭā⟨9⟩ṉ kal

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °vicai⟨ya⟩° ⬦ °vicai° NMK RN. — ⟨1⟩ °ceyaviru⟨2⟩parkē ⬦ RN; ma¿Ī?⟨ē⟩ntira-paruku NMK • RN notes that, since another hero-stone (INSPallava407) found nearby, dated to the reign of Siṃhaviṣṇu, mentions also the relatives of Pālāciriyar, the corrupted form ciyavirumar (that is, ceyavirupar, as he reads it) might be emended to cimmavarmaṉ.

⟨3⟩ [Āḷu] ⬦ RN; Aṇṭa NMK • Read yāṇṭu?

⟨4⟩ ci¡r!⟨ṟ⟩u¡p!⟨pp⟩pāḻ ⬦ ciṟupāḻ NMK; cirupāḻ RN.

⟨6⟩ ka[pe]⟨7⟩ūru ⬦ RN; kaṅkalūru NMK.

⟨7⟩ koṇ⟨8⟩[ṭa] ⬦ RN; koḷ NMK.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–2) (Year ?) twenty of the victorious king …¹.

(2–3) [This is the] stone [of/for] Mārāṉ, a relative (makkaḷ) [of] Pālācirir, the ruler (āḷvār) of Ciṟuppāḻ in the Mīvēṇṇāṭu, he who fell at the time of seizing cattle [at] …².

Commentary

Pālācirir, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ = Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (INSPallava406) = Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (INSPallava407).

Bibliography

Edited in Mārkciya Kānti 1974 (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 5 non epigraphical lines); re-edited, with substantial variant readings, in Nākacāmi 1975 (no. 89; 9 epigraphical lines); text in Dayalan 2005 (3 epigraphical lines, by mistake).

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on Nākacāmi 1975.

Primary

[NMK] Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 1974. “Utaṉpiṟantār mūvar naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Kaḷveṭṭu 3, pp. 11–12. Page 12, item 1972/4.

[RN] 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 89, item 1972/4.

[DD] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1252, item 19.

Notes

1. The name of the king is unclear: Mahendravarman for Mārkciya Kānti 1974, Siṃhavarman for Nākacāmi 1975.
2. The name of this place is unclear: Kaṅkalūr for Mārkciya Kānti 1974, Ka[pe]yūr for Nākacāmi 1975.

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