Pōntai, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 12

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00301.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00301.xml.

Version: 2026-03-03 16:08 (a5be19c), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vic¡a!ya-naraci-
⟨2⟩ ṅka-parumaṟku yāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇ-
⟨3⟩ ṭ-āvatu mīkoṉṟai-nāṭṭu pācāṟṟu pakaima-
⟨4⟩ tar cēvakaṉ toṟu Iṭuvittu paṭṭāṉ pa-
⟨5⟩ ṇaya nāttaṉ

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ cēvakaṉ • According to CN, cēvakaṉ is corrected from cēvakar by the engraver.

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Twelfth year of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–5⟩ Paṇaya Nāttaṉ, the servant ⟨of⟩ Pakaimatar of Pācāṟu in Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, fell recapturing cattle.

Bibliography

Edited in Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/90). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 301).

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

Primary

[CN] Nākacāmi, Irā. 1972. Ceṅkam naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 1971/90.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 694, item 301.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

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