# Pōntai, hero-stone, time of [name lost], year [figure lost]

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00290

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00290.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 6+]⟨2⟩[ca. 1+] [cē]vakaṉ narippaḷi [ca. 2+] ⟨3⟩ [ca. 1+]
paṭṭā⟨4⟩ṉ kal

## Translation

⟨1–4⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ …Narippaḷi, the servant ⟨of⟩ …, he who
fell …

## Commentary

There are further lines missing at the beginning.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/92). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 290).

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 1971/92.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 682,
item 290.