# Tāḻaiyūttu, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00300

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00300.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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-paru⟨2⟩maṟku yāṇṭu patt-āvatu

mī⟨3⟩vēṇṇāṭṭu-k kōval-Ūr araica⟨4⟩r perum-pāṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩ti-y-araicar
cēvaka⟨5⟩ṉ ciṟṟupāṭi paṉaiyaṉār maṟi ⟨6⟩ toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu ⟨7⟩
paṭ⟨8⟩ṭāṉ

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ kōval-Ūr ⬦ kōvalū Ūr CN.

⟨4⟩ °pāṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩ti° ⬦ °pāṇati° CN.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Tenth ⟨year⟩ of the victorious king Narasiṁhavarman.

⟨2–8⟩ Paṉaiyaṉār of Ciṟṟupāṭi, the servant ⟨of⟩ Perum-pāṇāti-y-araicar,
the king ⟨of⟩ Kōvalūr in Mīvēṇṇāṭu, fell when seizing sheep (maṟi[1])
⟨and⟩ cattle.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/73). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 300).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1972.

### Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21.
Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/73.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 693,
item 300.

[1] IP considers Maṟi as the second part of the name of the deceased
hero, that is, Paṉaiyaṉār Maṟi.