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).

Version: 2025-09-04 15:12 (8878885), last modified 2025-01-05 13:52 (333a4a5).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-narai-
⟨2⟩ ciṅka-parumaṟku yā-
⟨3⟩ ṇṭ’ Ēḻ-āvatu mēr-kōva-
⟨4⟩ lūr mēl vāṇa-kō-mutta-
⟨5⟩ raicar nāṭu pāviya tañ ciṟ-
⟨6⟩ ṟappaṭikaḷ poṉmāntāṉār mēṟ
⟨7⟩ vanta ñāṉṟu poṉmāntāṉārkkāy-p paṭṭā-
⟨8⟩ ṉ kaṭuvantaiyār makaṉ viṟcitai kal vāṇa-
⟨9⟩ kō-k-kaṭa-
⟨10⟩ mar

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

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

⟨3–8⟩ [This is] the stone [of] Viṟcitai, the son [of] Kaṭuvantaiyār, he who fell for [the sake of] Pōṉmāntāṉār (poṉmāntāṉārkku + āy), when the Bāṇa king Muttaraiyar marched (vanta²) against Pōṉmāntāṉār, his (tañ³) uncle (ciṟṟappaṭikaḷ⁴) … (nāṭu pāviya) upon Mēṟkōvalūr.

⟨8–10⟩ …

Commentary

See DHARMA_INSPallava00293, from the same place and of similar content.

Mahalingam 1988, p. 687, n. 1 notes: “The figure of a soldier facing left is engraved on the stone. He is seen holding a bow in his left hand and a short stagger in his right hand. Very near the right leg of the figure are seen sculptured a casket.”

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

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/68). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 294).

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 1971/68.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 687, item 294.

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 "came".
3. That is, taṉ in sandhi.
4. That is, ciṟṟappaṉ + aṭikaḷ.

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