# Kōraiyāṟu, time of Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00273

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00273.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ciṅka-vi⟨2⟩ṇṇa-parumaṟku-p patiṉāṉk-āvatu

⟨3⟩perum-pā¡ṇṇ!⟨ṇ⟩araicar makkaḷ cāt⟨4⟩taparāva(ṉā)r cēvakaṉ ⟨5⟩
vaṇṇa-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩r pā⟨6⟩vaṉ pūcal-uṭ pa⟨7⟩ṭṭa kal

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Fourteenth year of Ciṅkaviṇṇaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–7⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ stone ⟨erected when⟩ Pāvaṉ of Vaṇṇa-Ūr[2], the
servant of Cāttaparāva(ṉā)r, a relative of Perumpāṇṇaraicar[3], died in
a fight (pūcal-uḷ).

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/86). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 273).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972.

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/86.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 659,
item 273.

[1] Sanskrit Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman.

[2] That is, Vaṇṇaiyūr.

[3] That is, Perumpāṇaraiyar.