Vēṭartaṭṭakkal, hero-stone, time of Mahendravarman, year 5

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00418.

Summary: Hero-stone set up in honour of (Nai)ya Vaṭukaṉ […].

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (e8a670e), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-mayī(n)⟨2⟩ntira-parumaṟki yāṇ⟨3⟩ṇṭ’ Ēḻ-āvatu

perum⟨4⟩-pāṇ-iḷavaraicar ⟨5⟩ cēvakaṉ (nai)ya-va⟨6⟩ṭukaṉ[5+] ⟨7⟩ [5+]⟨8⟩p paṭṭā(ṉ)

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ °pāṇ-iḷavaraicar ⬦ S • Read °pāṇa-Iḷavaraicar?

⟨5⟩ va⟨6⟩ṭukaṉ ⬦ S; va[1+]⟨6⟩ṭukaṉ D • Unduly lost character in D is a typographical mistake.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–3) Seventh year of the victorious king Mayintiraparumaṉ1.

(3–8) (Nai)ya Vaṭukaṉ […], the servant of Perumpāṇa Iḷavaraicar, died […].

Bibliography

Reported in Ramesh 1992 (ARIE/1979-1980/B/1979-1980/232).

Edited in Sampath 1980; text in Dayalan 2005.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis (2022) based 0n Sampath 1980.

Primary

[S] Sampath, M. D. 1980. “Hero-stone inscriptions from Dharmapuri District.” In: South Indian History Congress: Proceedings of the annual conference, February 15-17, 1980, Madurai Kamaraj University. Edited by S. Manickam. Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University, pp. 219–223. Page 223.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1264, item 30.

Secondary

Ramesh, K. V. 1992. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1979-80. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 87, appendixes B/1979-1980, item 232.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.