Tā. Vēḷūr, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 2 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00299.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

6922 notes: The script of the inscription is similar to that in the inscription from Tāḷaiyūttu. That is, INSPallava00300 and INSPallava00306.

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kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-parumaṟku Iraṇṭ-ā vatu

vāṇa-kōṉ Atiyaraicar cēvakar mī-koṉ ṟai-nāṭṭu mēl-vēḷūr Āḷum paṉṟaiyamā rḷiyār Ivv-ūr-t toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭār

°parumaṟku °parumaṟku yāṇṭu °parumaṟku Iraṇṭāvatu Iruaṇṭā vatu Iraṇṭāvatu vāṇakōṉ vāṇakōṉ vāṇakōO paṉṟaiyamārḷiyār paṟaiyamā ḷiyār paṉaiyamā riyār

Second year of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

PaṟaiyamāḷiyārPaṉaiyamāriyār, who rules Mēlvēḷūr in the Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, a servant of Vāṇakōṉ Atiyaraicar, fell at the time one took the cattle of this village.

6921 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.

Naraciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been identified as the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman II by .

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

Edited in (EI 32.12), with visual documentation. Edited in (CN 1971/54). Text and summary in (IP 299).

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

1971/54 692 299 12 B/1933-1934 69