Pāppampāṭi, hero-stone no. 1

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00529.

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Viṇṇappērēṉati.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ vāṇaparuma⟨2⟩-¡A!⟨y-a⟩raicaru cē⟨3⟩vakaṉ Uḻa⟨4⟩mu(ṇu)kaṇ maka⟨5⟩ṉ vicaiya-ma⟨6⟩ṅkalam āṇ⟨7⟩(a) viṇṇa-⟨p⟩-pē⟨8⟩r-ēṉāti kal

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vāṇaparuma° ⬦ vāṇavaruma° N; vāṇaparuma° K.

⟨3⟩ Uḻa⟨4⟩mu(ṇu)kaṇ ⬦ Uḻa⟨4⟩muṇukaṇ N; Uḻa⟨4⟩mu(ṇu)kaṇ K.

⟨5⟩ vicaiyama⟨6⟩ṅkalam ⬦ vicayama⟨6⟩ṅkalamm N; vicaiyama⟨6⟩ṅkalam K.

⟨6⟩ āṇ⟨7⟩(a)āṇ-⟨7⟩ṭa N; āṇ-⟨7⟩¿u?⟨a⟩ K. — ⟨6⟩ viṇṇa⟨p⟩⟨8⟩rēṉāti ⬦ viṇṇappē⟨8⟩rēṉāti N; viṇṇapē⟨8⟩rēṉāti K.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–8) [This is] the stone of Viṇṇappērēṉati who ruled Vicaiyamaṅkalam, son of Uḷamuṇukaṉ, servant of Vāṇaparumayaraicar.

Commentary

On the same slab, two heroes (Viṇṇapērēṉāti and Koṟṟantai Kōṭaṉ, servant of Viṇṇapērēṉāti), each with his own representation and with his own inscription. See DHARMA_INSPallava00530.

Bibliography

Edited in Nagaswamy 1970, with photo of the estampage; re-edited in Krishnan 1985 (EI 39, no. 33A.I), with photo of the estampage; text in Dayalan 2005; encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. “Two hero stone from irulappatti.” Damilica 1, pp. 92–96. Pages 213–214.

[K] Krishnan, K.G. 1985. “Two hero-stone inscriptions from Irulappati.” EI 39, part 6, pp. 211–214. Pages 213–214.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1238, item 5.I.

Secondary

Gai, G. S. 1979. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1967-68. Delhi: Manager of Publications. Page 42, appendix B, item 243.