# Vēṭartaṭṭakkal, time of Narasiṁavarman, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00419

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00419.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 a hero whose name is
lost.

## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-(na)ra-ciṅka-parumaṟki […]

⟨2⟩ takaṭū[r] [2+] [E]ṟinta ñā[ṉṟu] [3+]

[unknown number of lost lines]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ […] • S does not mark any gap in his edition (p. 223), but notes (p.
231): “The regnal year quoted in the record is not clear and hence could
not be deciphered.” We suspect that the year phrase was in fact given in
epigraphical line 2 and that S’s line 2 is in fact line 3.

⟨2⟩ takaṭū[r] [2+] [E]ṟinta ñā[ṉṟu] [3+] ⬦ takaṭū [4+] ṟinta ñā [5+] S.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ ⟨Xth year⟩ of the victorious king (Na)raciṅkaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨2⟩ […], [who died] at the time (ñāṉṟu) of attacking (eṟinta) Takaṭūr.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1979–80 (ARIE/1979-1980/B/1979-1980/233).

Edited in Sampath 1980. Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Sampath 1980.

### Primary

[S] Sampath, M. D. 1980. “Hero-stone inscriptions from Dharmapuri
District.” In: South Indian History Congress: Proceedings of the annual
conference, February 15-17, 1980, Madurai Kamaraj University. Edited by
S. Manickam. Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University, pp. 219–223. Page 223.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1265, item 31.

### Secondary

ARIE 1979–80. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1979-80. Edited by
K. V. Ramesh. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1992. Page 87,
appendixes B/1979-1980, item 233.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.