# Pōntai, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 12

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00302

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00302.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-vic¡a!⟨ai⟩ya-naraciṅka⟨2⟩-parumaṟku yāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇṭ-āvatu

mī⟨3⟩koṉṟai-nāṭṭu pācāṟ’ āḷ pakaimatar cēvakar⟨4⟩toṟu Iṭuvittu paṭṭār
vaṇṇakka cāttaṉār

## Translation

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

⟨3–5⟩ Vaṇṇakka Cāttaṉār, the servant ⟨of⟩ Pakaimatar, the man (āḷ) ⟨of⟩
Pācāṟu in Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, fell recapturing cattle.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/91). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 302).

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 1971/91.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 695,
item 302.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.