# Puḷiyaṉūr, time of Mahendravarman, year 20

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00406

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00406.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 Vīravar during a
cattle-raid.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ma¡cī!⟨yē⟩ntira-paru⟨2⟩maṟk’ irupa¿t?⟨tt⟩-āvatu

mīvēṇ⟨3⟩ṇāṭṭu ka⟨4⟩ṭṭai-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩⟨5⟩ṟ ṟoṟu ⟨6⟩ koṇṭa ñā ⟨7⟩ [ṉ]ṟu
ciṟu¡p!⟨pp⟩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.

[1] Sanskrit Mahendravarman.

[2] That is, the heroic one.