Cāttaṉūr, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 11

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-17 23:13 (7b44a5e), last modified 2025-07-31 15:01 (2da3877).

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⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-naraciṅ-
⟨2⟩ ka-parumaṟku patiṉ oṉ-
⟨3⟩ r-āvatu mēṟ-kōvalūr-nāṭṭu Aḷa-
⟨4⟩ ¡I!ṟpāṭi kaṭipakaiyār toṟu koṇṭa (ñā)-
⟨5⟩ ṉṟu ceṉṟu toṟu Iṭuvittu paṭṭāru Uṇaṅka-
⟨6⟩ yār makaṉār kōttaiyār cēvakaṉ Ārōkavaṇka-
⟨7⟩ r makkaḷ
⟨8⟩ kaṇimāta-
⟨9⟩ ṉār kal

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Eleventh [year] of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–9⟩ [This is] the stone [of] Kaṇimātaṉār, the relative (makkaḷ²) [of] Ārōkavaṇkar, [who was] the servant [of] Kōttaiyār, [who was] the son of Uṇaṅkayār, he who fell rescuing (iṭuviṭṭu) cattle, when he went (ceṉṟu) at the time Kaṭipakaiyār [of] Aḷaviṟpāṭi in Mēṟ-Kōvalūr-nātu seized cattle.

Commentary

Mahalingam 1988, p. 688, n. 1 notes: “The figure of a soldier facing left is engraved on the stone. It holds a spear in its left hand and a short sword in its right hand.”

⟨1–2⟩ Naraciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been tentatively identified as Narasiṁhavarman I by Nākacāmi 1972.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/36). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 295).

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 1971/36.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 688, item 295.

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.

[N] Nagaswamy, Ramachandran. 1980. Art and culture of Tamil Nadu. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan. Plate 23.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.
2. “servant (soldier?)” according to Mahalingam 1988.

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