Puḷiyaṉūr, time of Siṁhavarman or Mahendravarman, year 20 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00409.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Mārāṉ during a cattle-raid.

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kō-vicaiya-ceyaviru parkē Irupatttu

Āḷu mīvēṇnṇāṭu cirṟuppppāḻ Āḷ vār pālāciriru mak kaḷ māṟaṉ kape ūru toṟu koṇ ṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭā ṉ kal

°vicaiya° °vicai° °ceyaviruparkē maĪēntira-paruku notes that, since another hero-stone inscription (Pallava 407) found nearby, dated to the reign of Siṁhaviṣṇu, mentions also the relatives of Pālāciriyar, the corrupted form ciyavirumar (that is, ceyavirupar, as he reads it) might be emended to cimmavarmaṉ. Āḷu Aṇṭa Read yāṇṭu? cirṟuppppāḻ ciṟupāḻ cirupāḻ kape ūru kaṅkalūru koṇṭa koḷ

Year ? twenty of the victorious king The name of the king is unclear: Mahendravarman for , Siṁhavarman for ..

This is the stone of/for Mārāṉ, a relative makkaḷ of Pālācirir, the ruler āḷvār of Ciṟuppāḻ in the Mīvēṇṇāṭu, he who fell at the time of seizing cattle at The name of this place is unclear: Kaṅkalūr for , Kapeyūr for ..

Pālācirir, the ruler of Ciṟuppāḻ = Pālācirikar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (see inscription Pallava 406) = Pālāyiriyar, ruler of Ciṟuppāl (see inscription Pallava 407).

Edited in (Kalveṭṭu no. 3; 5 non epigraphical lines). Edited, with substantial variant readings, in (no. 89; 9 epigraphical lines). Text in (3 epigraphical lines, by mistake).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on .

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