Toraippāṭi, time of Mahendravarman, year unclear

Toraippāṭi, time of Mahendravarman, year unclear EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00277

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Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero during a fight.

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kō-vicaiya-mayēntira parumaṟku ṟaṇṇu-Āvatu

ka ṅkaraicar-ōṭu pavvatu kaṅ karaicaru makkaḷ poṉ ṉantiyāru peru-mukai eṟinta ñāṉṟu kaṅka raicaru cēvakaru Eṟintu paṭṭāru rārāṟṟū Āṇṭa kuṉṟa-k-kaṇṇiyār kal

ṟaṇṇu-Āvatu Reading difficult to make sense of. This is a year in the twenty according to . This is the first year according to . rārāṟṟū rārāṟṟū rārāṟṟu Reading difficult to make sense of. The reading rārāṟṟu by is apparently a typographical error as he gives Rārāṟṟūr in his summary.

Twenty- ṟaṇṇu year of the victorious king Mayēntiraparumaṉ.Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

This is the stone of Kuṉṟakkaṇṇiyār, who ruled Rārāṟṟūr, he who fell fighting/attacking, as a servant of KaṅkaraicarThat is, the Gaṅga king, when Poṉṉantiyār attacked Perumukai along with Kaṅkaraicar pavvatu and the people of Kaṅkaraicar.

Kaṅkaraicar: rather than a proper name, a generic title?

Edited in (CN 1971/33). Text and summary in (IP 277).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition.

1971/33 664 277 59 40