Taṇṭarāmpaṭṭu, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 7

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00293.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00293.xml.

Version: 2026-03-03 16:08 (a5be19c), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-narai-
⟨2⟩ ciṅka-parumaṟku yā-
⟨3⟩ ṇṭ’ Eḻ-āvatu vāṇa-kō-mut-
⟨4⟩ taraicaru nāṭu pāviya mēṟ-kō-
⟨5⟩ valūr mēl vantu tañ ciṟṟa-p-
⟨6⟩ -paṭikaḷai Eṟinta ñāṉ-
⟨7⟩ ṟu paṭṭāṉ cēvarpari Aṭṭuṅ koḷ-
⟨8⟩ ḷi turumā-
⟨9⟩ vaṉār maka-
⟨10⟩ ṉ mārkaṭa-
⟨11⟩ laṉ

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Seventh year of the victorious king Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–11⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Mārkaṭalaṉ, the son ⟨of⟩ Turumāvaṉār … (cēvarpari Aṭṭuṅ koḷḷi), he who fell at the time the royal Bāṇa Muttaraiyar attacked (eṟinta²) his (tañ³) uncle (ciṟṟappaṭikaḷ⁴), when marching (vantu⁵) upon Mēṟ-Kōvalūr … (nāṭu pāviya).

Commentary

See DHARMA_INSPallava00294, from the same place and of similar content.

Mahalingam 1988, p. 685, n. 1 notes: “The figure of a soldier facing left is engraved on the stone. It bears a bow in the left hand and a short stagger in the right hand. There is a festoon over the right hand. To the right of the figure is seen a casket, mirror while on the side of the left leg is seen a spout.”

The inscription is described as follows in IAR 1971-72: “An inscription from Tandrampattu, in characters of about the eighth century A.D. and dated in the seventh year of the reign of Narasimhavarman, records the death of Marudakalan, son of Eruma[nda]nar while Merkovalur was auacked by Vanako-Puttaraisar.”

⟨1–2⟩ Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been identified as the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman I by Nākacāmi 1972.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/69). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 293).

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 1971/69.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 685–686, item 293.

Secondary

[IAR] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N. Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 59, item 40.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.
2. Literally "destroyed".
3. That is, taṉ in sandhi.
4. That is, ciṟṟappaṉ + aṭikaḷ.
5. Literally "coming".

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