# Vañcikkuḻi, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 24

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00498

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00498.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Kalimanta Ati Araicaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicai⟨ya⟩-naraiciṅka-paruma⟨2⟩ṟkk¿i?⟨u⟩ yāṇṭu Irupatt¿i?⟨u⟩
nāl-Āvatu

⟨3⟩ vañci¡k!⟨kk⟩uḻi Uṭai¡A!⟨ya⟩ṉ kalimanta Ati ⟨4⟩ Araicaṉ Aṟa¡Ū!⟨yū⟩r
mēl ceṉṟu paṭṭāṉ

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °vicai⟨ya⟩° ⬦ °vicai° R.

⟨3⟩ vañci-¡k!⟨k-k⟩uḻi ⬦ vañcikuḻi R.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–4⟩ Kalimanta Ati Araicaṉ, the lord of Vañcikkuḻi, died when marching
(ceṉṟu[2]) upon Aṟayūr.

## Bibliography

Edited in Rāmēṣ 2008 (Āvaṇam 19.2), with a picture.

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

### Primary

[R] Rāmēṣ, Rā. 2008. “vañcikkuḻi naṭukaḷ.” Āvaṇam 119, p. 2. Item 2.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman, that is, the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman
I according to Rāmēṣ 2008.

[2] Literally: going.