# Paṉaikkuḷam, time of Varman, year 12

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00403

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00403.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 whose name is
lost.

## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō⟨2⟩-viyai⟨3⟩ya-pa⟨4⟩rumaṟki ⟨5⟩ pa¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩i⟨6⟩raṇṭ-āvatu

⟨7⟩ tū [5+] pe [3+] ⟨8⟩ poru(ḷ) eṟin⟨9⟩tu pa(ṭṭā)r (pe)ṟu(ma)⟨10⟩kkū
[5+] ⟨11⟩ ṟak(ki)

## Translation

⟨1–6⟩ Twelfth year of the victorious king Parumaṉ.[1]

⟨7–10⟩ [This is the stone of] […] ⟨of⟩ Peṟumakkū[r],[2] he who died
seizing (eṟintu) wealth (poruḷ) ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1984–85 (ARIE/1984-1985/B/1984-1985/325).

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Dayalan 2005. The
distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and
Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present
digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper
visual documentation.

### Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1246, item 13.

### Secondary

ARIE 1984–85. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1984-85. Edited by
Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1996. Page
75, appendixes B/1984-1985, item 325.

[1] Sanskrit Varman.

[2] See ARIE 1984–85: “Refers to a place called Peṟu[ma]kkū[r]”