Cāttaṉūr, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 11
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⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-naraciṅ-
⟨2⟩ ka-parumaṟku patiṉ oṉ-
⟨3⟩ r-āvatu mēṟ-kōvalūr-nāṭṭu Aḷa-
⟨4⟩ ¡I!ṟpāṭi kaṭipakaiyār toṟu koṇṭa (ñā)-
⟨5⟩ ṉṟu ceṉṟu toṟu Iṭuvittu paṭṭāru Uṇaṅka-
⟨6⟩ yār makaṉār kōttaiyār cēvakaṉ Ārōkavaṇka-
⟨7⟩ r makkaḷ
⟨8⟩ kaṇimāta-
⟨9⟩ ṉār kal
Translation
⟨1–3⟩ Eleventh ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.1
⟨3–9⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone ⟨of⟩ Kaṇimātaṉār, the relative (makkaḷ2) ⟨of⟩ Ārōkavaṇkar, [who was] the servant ⟨of⟩ Kōttaiyār, ⟨who was⟩ the son of Uṇaṅkayār, he who fell rescuing (iṭuviṭṭu) cattle, when he went (ceṉṟu) at the time Kaṭipakaiyār ⟨of⟩ Aḷaviṟpāṭi in Mēṟ-Kōvalūr-nātu seized cattle.
Bibliography
Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/36). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 295).
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 1971/36.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 688, item 295.
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.
[N] Nagaswamy, Ramachandran. 1980. Art and culture of Tamil Nadu. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan. Plate 23.
Notes
1. Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.
2. “servant (soldier?)” according to Mahalingam 1988.
Commentary
Mahalingam 1988, p. 688, n. 1 notes: “The figure of a soldier facing left is engraved on the stone. It holds a spear in its left hand and a short sword in its right hand.”
⟨1–2⟩ Naraciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been tentatively identified as Narasiṁhavarman I by Nākacāmi 1972.