Piñcūr, time of Danti[…]vikramavarman, year 7

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00308.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00308.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [***][kō-vi]c¡a!ya-pallava-tanti-
⟨2⟩ -[**] ṭuku-vikkirama-paṉmaṟ-
⟨3⟩ [ku yāṇ]ṭu Ēḻ-āvatu Āṭaiyāṟṟu
⟨4⟩ [pal-ku]ṉṟa-k-kōṭṭam nan-peru-mā-
⟨5⟩ puñci-
⟨6⟩ ¡-Ū!r-uṭai-
⟨7⟩ ya kūta-
⟨8⟩ (ṉū)r pā-
⟨9⟩ taṉā-
⟨10⟩ r kāli-
⟨11⟩ -māṟaṉ
⟨12⟩ paṭṭā(r)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [ca. 3+][kō-vi]c¡a!⟨ai⟩ya° ⬦ [5+]caya° CN.

⟨2⟩ °[ca. 2+]ṭuku° ⬦ °[2+]ṭuku° CN • The lacuna is probably mārpi or vi. Thus mārpiṭuku or viṭuku.

⟨3⟩ [ku yāṇ]ṭu ⬦ [4+]ṭu CN.

⟨4⟩ [pal-ku]ṉṟa° ⬦ [ca. 4+]ṉṟa° CN.

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Seventh year of the victorious Pallava king Danti[…]ṭukuvikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨4–12⟩ Pātaṉār Kālimāṟaṉ ⟨of⟩ Kūtaṉūr, lord (uṭaiya²) ⟨of⟩ Nanperumāpuñciyūr ⟨in⟩ the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam in Aṭaiyāṟu³, fell.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/72). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 308).

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 1971/72.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 702, item 308.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Danti … vikramavarman.
2. IP simply translate as "of".
3. The subdivision of district (Aṭaiyāṟu) is unusually stated before the district (Palkuṉṟakōṭṭam).

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