# Kalciṟunākalūr, hero-stone, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00416

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00416.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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 Kumarar […].

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō(ca)rum maḻuvarum vaṭamā taṇṭattōṭu ⟨2⟩ Ūraṉ Irukkai Ēṟi (va)ṇakō
caruku ⟨3⟩ Utti(p) paṭṭār kōvalūr-k ⟨4⟩ kumara(r) ⟨5⟩ […] kal

## Translation

⟨1–6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the stone of Kumarar […], he who died …

## Bibliography

Edited in Vīrarākavaṉ & Vīrarākavaṉ 1999 (Āvaṇam 10.3.2). Text in
Dayalan 2005.

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

### Primary

[V] Vīrarākavaṉ, Ci. & Maṅkaiyarkkaraci Vīrarākavaṉ. 1999. “viḻuppuram
māvaṭṭattil putiya naṭukaṟkaḷ.” Āvaṇam 10, pp. 6–7. Item 3.2.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1262, item 28.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 2000–01. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2000-01.
Edited by T. S. Ravishankar. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India,
2015. Page 104, appendixes B/2000-2001, item 519.