# Naraciṅkanallūr, time of Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman, year 33

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00276

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00276.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-viṇṇa-parumaṟku mu-p-pattu ⟨2⟩ mūṉṟ-āvatu

kaṅkati-Araicaru makka¿r?⟨ḷ⟩ mē¿ṉ?⟨l⟩ viṇṇaṉṉā⟨3⟩r cēvaka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
toppuravaru-p-pāṭi Ā(ḷki)ṉṟa pacirap⟨4⟩paṇṇaṉ kuṟaṭṭātaṉ [2+] varamu
koṇṭa ñāṉ⟨5⟩ṟ’ eṟin⟨6⟩tu paṭṭā⟨7⟩ṉ kanta⟨8⟩parup’ ēṉ⟨9⟩ṉātiyār ⟨10⟩
makaṉ ka⟨11⟩l

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Tirthy-third ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Ciṅkaviṇṇaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨2–11⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone of the son of the general (ēṉāti) Kantaparupu
/ of Kantaparupu[2], he who fell (paṭṭāṉ) fighting (eṟintu) when
Pacirappaṇṇaṉ Kuṟaṭṭātaṉ, who was ruling over Toppuravaru-p-pāṭi ⟨and
who was⟩ a servant of Viṇṇaṉṉār, took […] … (varamu) against (mēl[3])
the people (makkaḷ) of Kaṅkati-Araicaru.[4]

## Commentary

Kaṅkati-Araicaru: rather than a proper name, a generic title?

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/30). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 276).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/30.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
662–663, item 276.

[1] Sanskrit Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman.

[2] That is, Kantaparumaṉ, according to IP.

[3] Literally: upon.

[4] That is, the Gaṅga king.