# Toṇṭamanūr, time of Ciṅkaviṇṇaparumaṉ, year 30

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00413

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00413.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 Poṉṉirevar.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-ciṅ⟨2⟩ka-viṇṇa-parumaṟku muppat-āvatu

nī⟨3⟩lakaṇṭarai [5+] kal poṉṉumū⟨4⟩taṉ(ṉā) [3+] koṭiyaṉ⟨5⟩ṉūru Eṟinta
(ñā)ṉṟu ⟨6⟩ kaṅkaru makkaḷ po⟨7⟩ṉṉakkaṉāru cēvaka⟨8⟩ṉ
vāṇakō-¡A!⟨y-a⟩tiraicaru ⟨9⟩ makkaḷ poṉ(ṉi)revaru ⟨10⟩ Eṟintu paṭṭāṉ

Iru⟨11⟩-(p)-perum maṟaiya [2+] maka⟨12⟩ṉ putaṉ kal

## Translation

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

⟨2–10⟩ At the time … destroyed/attacked (eṟinta) Kotiyaṉṉuṟ, Poṉṉirevar,
⟨one among⟩ the men of Vāṇakoyatiraicar, a servant of Poṉṉakkaṉār, ⟨one
among⟩ the men of the Gaṅga ⟨king⟩, died fighting (eṟintu).

⟨10–12⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone …

## Commentary

Summary in Hariharan 1974, p. 70: “The inscription bearing the 30th
regnal year from Thoṇḍamānūr records the death of Ponnireveru sons of
Vanako Atiraisar, a vassal under Gaṅga Ponnakkanār in a battle against
Ponnumudannār sons of Nilakandarai ....... when the latter invaded
Kodiyannur.”

## Bibliography

Edited in Hariharan 1974 (Āvaṇam 11.7.5). Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[H] Hariharan, S. 1974. “Simhavishnu.” In: Seminar on hero-stones.
Edited by R. Nagaswamy. Madras: State Department of Archaeology, pp.
65–71. Page 70.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1257, item 24.

[1] Sanskrit Siṁhaviṣṇuvarman.