# Puḷiyaṉūr, time of Siṁhaviṣṇu, year 19

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00407

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00407.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 Pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ
during a cattle-raid.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ciṅkaviṇṇa-parumaṟ⟨2⟩kup patt’ oṉpa¿t?⟨tt⟩-āvatu

mēl-vēṇṇā⟨3⟩ṭṭu-c ciṟuppāḻ āḷum pālāyiriyaru makkaḷ ⟨4⟩ ciṟuppaṭuvāṉāru
karuṅkālippāṭi-t ⟨5⟩ toṟu-k koḷa-p pūcal ceṉṟu puya⟨6⟩nāṭṭu-p
pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ ⟨7⟩ Eṟintu paṭṭāṉ ⟨8⟩ kal

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ parumaṟ⟨2⟩kup ⬦ MK N; [pa]rumaṟ⟨2⟩kup H.

⟨3⟩ ciṟuppāḻ āḷum ⬦ H N; ciṟuppāḻ Āḷum MK. — ⟨3⟩ pālāyiriyaru ⬦ MK N;
pālāciriyaru H.

⟨4⟩ ciṟuppaṭuvāṉāru ⬦ MK N; ci[ṟuppaṭu]vā[ṉ]ṉāru H.

⟨5⟩ koḷap ⬦ MK N; [koḷap] H.

⟨6⟩ pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ ⬦ MK N; pilayā cataṅkaḷ H.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Nineteenth year of the victorious king Ciṅkaviṇṇaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–8⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ stone of Pila[yācata]ṅkaḷ of the Puyanāṭu who went
⟨in⟩ battle (pūcal) ⟨and⟩ fell fighting, while Ciṟuppaṭuvāṉār, a
relative (makkaḷ) ⟨of⟩ Pālāyiriyar, who rules (āḷum) ⟨in⟩ Ciṟuppāl,
seized cattle ⟨at⟩ Karuṅkālippāṭi.

## Commentary

Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl = Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (see
inscription Pallava 406) = Pālāciriru, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ (see
inscription Pallava 409).

## Bibliography

Edited in Hariharan 1974 (8 epigraphical lines). Edited in Mārkciya
Kānti 1974 (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 6 non epigraphical lines) and in Nākacāmi
1975 (no. 87; 8 epigraphical lines). Text in Dayalan 2005 (4
epigraphical lines, by mistake).

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

### Primary

[H] Hariharan, S. 1974. “Simhavishnu.” In: Seminar on hero-stones.
Edited by R. Nagaswamy. Madras: State Department of Archaeology, pp.
65–71. Page 69.

[MK] Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. 1974. “Utaṉpiṟantār mūvar naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Kaḷveṭṭu
3, pp. 11–12. Page 12, item 1972/2.

[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 87, item 1972/2.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1250, item 17.

[1] Sanskrit Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman.