Taṇṭarāmpaṭṭu, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 7

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⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-narai-

⟨2⟩ ciṅka-parumaṟku yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭ’ Eḻ-āvatu vāṇa-kō-mut-

⟨4⟩ taraicaru nāṭu pāviya mēṟ-kō-

⟨5⟩ valūr mēl vantu tañ ciṟṟa-p-

⟨6⟩ -paṭikaḷai Eṟinta ñāṉ-

⟨7⟩ ṟu paṭṭāṉ cēvarpari Aṭṭuṅ koḷ-

⟨8⟩ ḷi turumā-

⟨9⟩ vaṉār maka-

⟨10⟩ ṉ mārkaṭa-

⟨11⟩ laṉ

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1–3⟩ Seventh year of the victorious king Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ.1

⟨3–11⟩ [This is] the stone [of] Mārkaṭalaṉ, the son [of] Turumāvaṉār (cēvarpari Aṭṭuṅ koḷḷi), he who fell at the time the royal Bāṇa Muttaraiyar attacked (eṟinta2) his (tañ3) uncle (ciṟṟappaṭikaḷ4), when marching (vantu5) upon Mēṟ-Kōvalūr (nāṭu pāviya).

Commentary

See DHARMA_INSPallava00294, from the same place and of similar content.

Mahalingam 1988, p. 685, n. 1 notes: “The figure of a soldier facing left is engraved on the stone. It bears a bow in the left hand and a short stagger in the right hand. There is a festoon over the right hand. To the right of the figure is seen a casket, mirror while on the side of the left leg is seen a spout.”

The inscription is described as follows in IAR 1971-72: “An inscription from Tandrampattu, in characters of about the eighth century A.D. and dated in the seventh year of the reign of Narasimhavarman, records the death of Marudakalan, son of Eruma[nda]nar while Merkovalur was auacked by Vanako-Puttaraisar.”

⟨1–2⟩ Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been identified as the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman I by Nākacāmi 1972.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/69). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 293).

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

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/69.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 685–686, item 293.

Secondary

[IAR] IAR 1971-72. Indian Archaeology 1971-72: A Review. Edited by M. N. Deshpande. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1975. Page 59, item 40.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

  2. 2. Literally "destroyed".

  3. 3. That is, taṉ in sandhi.

  4. 4. That is, ciṟṟappaṉ + aṭikaḷ.

  5. 5. Literally "coming".