# Veppūrcekkaṭi, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00424

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00424.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 Tācamāriyār.

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## Edition

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

⟨2⟩ mīkoṉṟai-nāṭṭu pālaikōṭṭut toṟuk koṇṭa ñāṉṟu ⟨3⟩ toṟu Ituvittu
tācamāriyār ⟨4⟩ paṭṭār

## Translation

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

⟨2–4⟩ Tācamāriyār fell, rescuing cattle, at the time of seizing the
cattle at 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 2.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1271, item 36.

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