Pāppampāṭi, hero-stone no. 2

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00530.

Summary: Hero-stone commemorating the death of Koṟṟantai Kōṭaṉ.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ viṇṇa-p-pēr-ē⟨2⟩ṉāti cēvakaṉ ⟨3⟩ koṟṟantai kōṭa ⟨4⟩ ṉ kal

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–4) [This is] the stone of Koṟṟantai Kōṭaṉ, the servant of Viṇṇappērēṉati.

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_INSPallava00529.

Bibliography

Edited in Nagaswamy 1970, with photo of the estampage; re-edited in Krishnan 1985 (EI 39, no. 33A.II); 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. Page 213.

[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.