# Cāttaṉūr, time of Narasiṁhavikramavarman, year 30

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00304

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00304.xml

Language: Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), 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-vi⟨2⟩kkirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu mu⟨3⟩-p-pat-āvatu

mēr-kōvalūr-nā⟨4⟩ṭṭu-c cāttaṉūr Āṉ-toṟu-k koṇ⟨5⟩ṭa ñāṉṟu ⟨6⟩ pakai⟨7⟩mūr
cē⟨8⟩vakar kumā⟨9⟩ra-maṅka⟨10⟩la-v-uṇṭaṉ ⟨11⟩ toṟu I⟨12⟩ṭuvittu ⟨13⟩
paṭ⟨14⟩tāṉ

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Thirtieth year of the victorious king
Naraciṅkavikkiramaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–14⟩ Uṇṭaṉ of ⟨the village of⟩ Kumāramaṅkalam, a servant in/of ⟨the
village of⟩ Pakaimūr, ⟨went⟩ recapturing (iṭuvittu[2]) cattle and died
when seizing female oxes in Cāttaṉūr in the Mērkōvalūrnāṭu.

## Bibliography

Reported in IAR 1971-72.

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/137). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 304).

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 1971/137.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
697–698, item 304.

### Secondary

Rajan, K. 2000. South Indian memorial stones. Thanjavur: Manoo
Pathippakam. Page 179, item 264, plate XVII.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavikramavarman.

[2] Literally: having recaptured.