Tā. Vēḷūr hero-stone, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 2

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00299.

Summary: Records the death of a hero in a fight.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-parumaṟku Iraṇṭ-ā⟨2⟩vatu

vāṇa-kō(ṉ) Ati⟨ya⟩raicar cēvakar mī-koṉ⟨3⟩ṟai-nāṭṭu mēl-vēḷūr Āḷum pa(ṉ/ṟ)aiyamā⟨4⟩(r/ḷ)iyār Ivv-ūr-t toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭā(r)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °parumaṟku ⬦ °parumaṟku ⟨yāṇṭu⟩ KDS; °parumaṟku RN. — ⟨1⟩ Iraṇṭā⟨2⟩vatu ⬦ Ir¿u?⟨a⟩ṇṭā⟨2⟩vatu KDS; Iraṇṭā⟨2⟩vatu RN.

⟨2⟩ vāṇakō(ṉ)vāṇakōṉ KDS; vāṇakōO RN.

⟨3⟩ pa(ṉ/ṟ)aiyamā⟨4⟩(r/ḷ)iyār ⬦ paṟaiyamā⟨4⟩ḷiyār KDS; paṉaiyamā⟨4⟩riyār RN.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–2) Second [year] of the victorious king Narasiṁhavarman1.

(2–4) (Paṟaiyamāḷiyār/Paṉaiyamāriyār), who rules Mēlvēḷūr in the Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, a servant of Vāṇakōṉ Ati⟨ya⟩raicar, fell at the time [one] took the cattle [of] this village.

Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

Commentary

Mahalingam 1988, p. 692, n. 1 notes: “The figure of a soldier facing left with a bow in the left hand and a stagger in the right hand is engraved on the stone. Above the right hand is seen a festoon engraved. To the right of the figure is the representation of a casket and a mirror while by the side of the left leg is seen a spout. The body and forehead of the soldier are found to be pierced by arrows.”

(1–2) Naraciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been identified as the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman II by Nākacāmi 1972.

Bibliography

Edited in Swaminathan [1962] 1957–1958 (EI 32, n° 12), with a facsimile; re-edited by Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/54); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 299); encoded here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

Primary

[KDS] Swaminathan, K. D. [1962] 1957–1958. “Velur inscription of Vijaya-Narasimhavarman.” EI 32.12, pp. 110–111.

[RN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/54.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 692, item 299.

Secondary

[ARIE] Krishnamacharlu, C. R. 1937. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1934. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 12, appendixes B/1933-1934, item 69.

Notes

  1. 1. Naraciṅkaparumaṉ in the original Tamil.