# Tā. Vēḷūr, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00299

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00299.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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

## Palaeographic description

Mahalingam 1988, p. 692, n. 2 notes: “The script of the inscription is
similar to that in the inscription from Tāḷaiyūttu.” That is,
INSPallava00300 and INSPallava00306.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-parumaṟku Iraṇṭ-ā⟨2⟩vatu

vāṇa-kō(ṉ) Ati⟨ya⟩raicar cēvakar mī-koṉ⟨3⟩ṟai-nāṭṭu mēl-vēḷūr Āḷum
pa(ṉ/ṟ)aiyamā⟨4⟩(r/ḷ)iyār Ivv-ūr-t toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭā(r)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °parumaṟku ⬦ °parumaṟku ⟨yāṇṭu⟩ EI; °parumaṟku CN. — ⟨1⟩
Iraṇṭā⟨2⟩vatu ⬦ Ir¿u?⟨a⟩ṇṭā⟨2⟩vatu EI; Iraṇṭā⟨2⟩vatu CN.

⟨2⟩ vāṇakō(ṉ) ⬦ vāṇakōṉ EI; vāṇakōO CN.

⟨3⟩ pa(ṉ/ṟ)aiyamā⟨4⟩(r/ḷ)iyār ⬦ paṟaiyamā⟨4⟩ḷiyār EI; paṉaiyamā⟨4⟩riyār
CN.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Second ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨2–4⟩ (Paṟaiyamāḷiyār/Paṉaiyamāriyār), who rules Mēlvēḷūr in the
Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, a servant of Vāṇakōṉ Ati⟨ya⟩raicar, fell at the time ⟨one⟩
took the cattle ⟨of⟩ this village.

## Commentary

Mahalingam 1988, p. 692, n. 1 notes: “The figure of a soldier facing
left with a bow in the left hand and a stagger in the right hand is
engraved on the stone. Above the right hand is seen a festoon engraved.
To the right of the figure is the representation of a casket and a
mirror while by the side of the left leg is seen a spout. The body and
forehead of the soldier are found to be pierced by arrows.”

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

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1933–34 (ARIE/1933-1934/B/1933-1934/69).

Edited in Swaminathan [1962] 1957–1958 (EI 32.12), with visual
documentation. Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/54). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 299).

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

### Primary

[EI] Swaminathan, K. D. [1962] 1957–1958. “Velur inscription of
Vijaya-Narasimhavarman.” EI 32.12, pp. 110–111.

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/54.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 692,
item 299.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1933–34. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the
year ending 31st March 1934. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications), 1937. Page 12,
appendixes B/1933-1934, item 69.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.