# Tāḻaiyūttu, time of Nandivarman, year 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00306

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00306.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-vi¿y?⟨c⟩aiya-nanti-paṉṟa⟨2⟩ṟ-araiyarkku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āva⟨3⟩tu

Ūṇamiṟaiyār vēṇāṭ-iḷa-veṇ⟨4⟩maṟu-k-kōṭṭu vēṭ(ṭu)var tāḻai¡-Ū!⟨-y-ū⟩r ⟨5⟩
toṟu-k koṇ⟨6⟩ṭa ñāṉṟu tā⟨7⟩ḻai¡-Ū!⟨-y-ū⟩r-uṭaiya ⟨8⟩ vaṇṇakka
kaṭai⟨9⟩yaṉār toṟu ⟨10⟩ mīṭṭu paṭ⟨11⟩ṭār

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °paṉṟa⟨2⟩ṟ° • Probably to be emended to °paṉmar°.

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Second year of the victorious king, the king Nantipaṉṟaṟ.[1]

⟨3–11⟩ Vaṇṇakka Kaṭaiyaṉār, lord (uṭaiya[2]) of Tāḻaiyūr, fell
liberating (mīṭṭu) cattle when Ūṇamiṟaiyār, a hunter (vēṭṭuvar) ⟨of⟩
Iḷavenmaṟukkōṭṭu ⟨in⟩ Vēṇāṭu, seized cattle ⟨at⟩ Tāḷaiyūr.

## Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/74). Text and summary in Mahalingam
1988 (IP 306).

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 1971/74.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 700,
item 306.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivarman?

[2] IP simply translate as "of".