Taṇṭarāmpaṭṭu, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 7 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00294.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

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kō-vicaiya-narai ciṅka-parumaṟku yā ṇṭ’ Ēḻ-āvatu

mēr-kōva lūr mēl vāṇa-kō-mutta raicar nāṭu pāviya tañ ciṟ ṟappaṭikaḷ poṉmāntāṉār mēṟ vanta ñāṉṟu poṉmāntāṉārkkāy-p paṭṭā ṉ kaṭuvantaiyār makaṉ viṟcitai kal

vāṇa kō-k-kaṭa mar

Seventh year of the victorious king Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ.Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

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 vantaLiterally "came". against Pōṉmāntāṉār, his tañThat is, taṉ in sandhi. uncle ciṟṟappaṭikaḷThat is, ciṟṟappaṉ + aṭikaḷ. nāṭu pāviya upon Mēṟkōvalūr.

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

6871 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.

Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been identified as the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman I by .

Edited in (CN 1971/68). Text and summary in (IP 294).

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

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