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

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00308

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00308.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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⟩ [ca. 3+][kō-vi]c¡a!⟨ai⟩ya-pallava-tanti⟨2⟩-[ca. 2+]
ṭuku-vikkirama-paṉmaṟ⟨3⟩[ku yāṇ]ṭu Ēḻ-āvatu

Āṭaiyāṟṟu ⟨4⟩ [pal-ku]ṉṟa-k-kōṭṭam
nan-peru-mā⟨5⟩puñci⟨6⟩¡-Ū!⟨yū⟩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 (uṭaiya[2]) ⟨of⟩
Nanperumāpuñciyūr ⟨in⟩ the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam in Aṭaiyāṟu[3], 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.

[1] Sanskrit Danti … vikramavarman.

[2] IP simply translate as "of".

[3] The subdivision of district (Aṭaiyāṟu) is unusually stated before
the district (Palkuṉṟakōṭṭam).