# Taṇṭarāmpaṭṭu, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 7

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00294

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00294.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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## 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

⟨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 (vanta[2]) against Pōṉmāntāṉār, his
(tañ[3]) uncle (ciṟṟappaṭikaḷ[4]) … (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.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

[2] Literally "came".

[3] That is, taṉ in sandhi.

[4] That is, ciṟṟappaṉ + aṭikaḷ.