# Veppūrcekkaṭi, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00423

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00423.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 Vaṇṇakka Cāttaṉār.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-parumaṟk¡i!⟨u⟩ yāṇṭu ⟨2⟩ patt-āvatu

mīkoṉṟai-nāṭṭu pālaikōṭṭu toṟu ⟨3⟩ koṇṭa ñāṉṟu vāṇakō-Araicar cēvakar
⟨4⟩ pālaikōṭuṭaiya vaṇṇakka cāttaṉār ⟨5⟩ toṟu Iṭuvittu nāyavaṉōṭu paṭṭār

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Tenth year of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨2–5⟩ Vaṇṇakka Cāttaṉār, landlord of Pālaikōṭu, servant of
Vāṇakōvaraiyar, fell, rescuing cattle along with Nāyavaṉ, at the time of
seizing cattle in Pālaikōṭu in the Mīkoṉṟaināṭu.

## Commentary

Line beginnings not indicated by Kasinathan 1974, here after Dayalan
2005.

## Bibliography

Edited in Kasinathan 1974. Text in Dayalan 2005.

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

### Primary

[K] Kasinathan, Natana. 1974. “Hero-stone inscriptions of Narasimha I &
II.” In: Seminar on hero-stones. Edited by R. Nagaswamy. Madras: State
Department of Archaeology, pp. 33–37. Page 36, item 3.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1270, item 35.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman, that is, Narasiṁhavarman II Pallava,
according to Kasinathan 1974.