Puḷiyaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 20

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Vīravar during a cattle-raid.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00406.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00406.xml.

Version: 2026-03-03 16:08 (a5be19c), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ma¡cī!ntira-paru-
⟨2⟩ maṟk' irupa¿t?-āvatu mīvēṇ-
⟨3⟩ ṇāṭṭu ka-
⟨4⟩ ṭṭai-¡Ū!-
⟨5⟩ ṟ ṟoṟu
⟨6⟩ koṇṭa ñā
⟨7⟩ [ṉ]ṟu ciṟu¡p!āḻ ā-
⟨8⟩ ḷum pālā-
⟨9⟩ cirika-
⟨10⟩ ru makaṉ
⟨11⟩ vīrava[ru]
⟨12⟩ kal

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °paru⟨2⟩maṟk' irupa¿t?⟨tt⟩-āvatu ⬦ °paru⟨2⟩maṟ kirupatāvatu N; °parumaṟku Irupatāvatu MK.

⟨3⟩ ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩ ⬦ ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai Ūṟ N; ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai Ūr MK.

⟨5⟩ ṟoṟu ⬦ N; toṟu MK •

⟨6⟩ ñā ⟨7⟩ [ṉ]ṟu ⬦ N; ñāṉṟu MK •

⟨11⟩ vīrava[ru] ⬦ N; vīravaru MK •

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Twentieth year of the victorious king Macīntiraparumaṉ.¹

⟨2–12⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ stone of Vīravar,² the son ⟨of⟩ Pālācirikar, who rules (āḷum) ⟨in⟩ Ciṟuppāl, ⟨who fell⟩ at the time of seizing cattle ⟨in⟩ Kaṭṭaiyūr in Mīvēṇāṭu.

Commentary

Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl = Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (see inscription Pallava 407). = Pālāciriru, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ (see inscription Pallava 409).

Bibliography

Edited in Mārkciya Kānti 1974 (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 5 non epigraphical lines). Edited in Nākacāmi 1975 (no. 88; 12 epigraphical lines). Text in Dayalan 2005 (3 epigraphical lines, by mistake).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nākacāmi 1975.

Primary

[MK] Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 1974. “Utaṉpiṟantār mūvar naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Kaḷveṭṭu 3, pp. 11–12. Page 12, item 1972/3.

[N] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1975. Tarumapuri kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvutuṟai veḷiyīṭu eṇ [TNSDA series] 37. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvutuṟai [Tamill Nadu State Department of Archaeology]. Item 88, item 1972/3.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1249, item 16.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Mahendravarman.
2. That is, the heroic one.

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