# Cāttaṉūr, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 11

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00295

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00295.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-naraciṅ⟨2⟩ka-parumaṟku patiṉ oṉ⟨3⟩r-āvatu

mēṟ-kōvalūr-nāṭṭu Aḷa⟨4⟩¡I!⟨vi⟩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 (makkaḷ[2])
⟨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.

## 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.

## 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.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

[2] “servant (soldier?)” according to Mahalingam 1988.