XXXI. Pulimankombai (புலிமான்கோம்பை) - 1

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XXXI. Pulimankombai (புலிமான்கோம்பை) - 1
91.
A.
L. 1  1... a ṉa ū ra a tā ṉa
L. 2  1... ṉa a ṉa kā la
    
B.
L. 1 ... aṉ-ūr2 ataṉ
L. 2  ... ṉ-aṉ3 kal4
    
அ.
வரி. 1     ... அ ன ஊ ர அ தா ன
வரி. 2      ... ன அ ன கா ல
    
ஆ.
வரி. 1    ...அன்ஊர் அதன
வரி. 2    ...ன்அன் கல்
Translation
The (memorial) stone (of) Ataṉ. . . ṉ-aṉ (of). . . aṉ-ūr.
Locus
Engraved along the length of a fragmentary megalithic menhir (memorial stone or herostone) found in an urn-burial field at Pulimankombai village on the southern bank of the Vaigai river in Andipatti taluk, Theni District. Presently in the collections of the Department of Epigraphy, Tamil University, Thanjavur (Rajan et al 2006). Engraved in large-sized letters, but the beginning of both lines of the inscription is lost.
No. of lines
2
Length
Dimensions : About 90 cm. in height and 30 to 45 cm. in width. (Measurements of the extant stone. Rajan et al 2006).
Date
ca. 2nd century B.C.E.
Notes
1. The beginning of the line is lost.
2. An incomplete place-name.
3. An incomplete personal name.
4. kal 'stone'; in the present context, a naṭukal (memorial stone or herostone). See ETE 2, Sections 1.6.3 and 4.23 for discussion for herostones.
Field Notes