XXI.  Mamandur (மாமண்டுர்)

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XXI.  Mamandur (மாமண்டுர்)
73.
A.
L. 1    ka1 ṇi mā1 ṉa2
L. 2    te3 ṉū ra ta na ta ko ṉa ku ṉa ṟu4 ā5 ci
L. 3    ce6 yi tā ṉa ta ca ṉa ci ṟu
L. 4    . . .7 va ṉa
    
B.
L. 1    kaṇimāṉ
L. 2    tēṉūr tanta kōṉ kuṉṟu [|*] āci
L. 3    ceyitāṉ tacaṉ ciṟu-
L. 4   . . . vaṉ
    
அ.
வரி 1   க ணி மா ன
வரி 2    தெ னூ ர த ந த கொ ன கு ன று ஆ சி
வரி 3    செ யி தா ன த ச ன சி று
வரி 4    . . . வ ன
    
ஆ.
வரி 1    கணிமான்
வரி 2    தேனூர்தந்த கோன் குன்று [|*]ஆசி
வரி 3    செயிதான் தசன் சிறு
வரி 4   . . . வன்
Translation
The hill of Kaṇimāṉ, 10 the chieftain, who took Tēṉūr. Ciṟu . . . vaṉ,  the carpenter (taccaṉ), made the props (āci)11.
Locus
Below one of the two square post holes cut on the brow of the cave on the hill to north of the Pallava rock-cut shrines. L. 1 is engraved at a higher level. The beginning of L. 4 is damaged.
No. of lines
4
Length
39 cm. L. 2 : 116 cm. L. 3 : 83 cm. L. 4 : approximately 17 cm. (extant).
Date
ca. 3rd century C.E.
Notes
1. The Southern Brāhmī characters of ca. 3rd century C.E. for k and m occur in L.1.
2. The vertical part of the letter has a pronounced curve. It is cut across in the middle by a cleft in the rock. TVM reads ṭo.
3. The vertical of the letter is cut across diagonally by a cleft in the rock.
4. There is a gap of about 15 cm. after this letter. There is a deep cleft here; the two letters after the cleft were covered by thick moss.
5. TVM reads ma.
6. The letter is engraved twice, one below the other, but the upper one is erased.
7. Some letters may be lost here.
8. cf. LT ācu 'prop, support'. See ETE 2, Commentary (73.6) on etymology.
9. taccaṉ 'carpenter'. See ETE 2, Commentary (73.8) on etymology.
10. See ETE 2, Commentary (73.1) and Section 4.5.3.
11. 'for the canopy' is understood.
Field Notes