Vañcikkuḻi, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 24

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00498.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00498.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:33 (d9e9623), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (ecb0276).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicai⟨ya⟩-naraiciṅka-paruma-

⟨2⟩ ṟkk¿i? yāṇṭu Irupatt¿i? nāl-Āvatu

⟨3⟩ vañci¡k!uḻi Uṭai¡A!ṉ kalimanta Ati

⟨4⟩ Araicaṉ Aṟa¡Ū!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 (ceṉṟu²) 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.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman, that is, the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman I according to Rāmēṣ 2008.
2. Literally: going.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>Vañcikkuḻi, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 24</title>

<resp key="contributor">EpiDoc encoding</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

<resp key="creator">intellectual authorship of edition</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority><ref target="https://dharmalekha.info">DHARMA</ref></authority>

<pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSPallava00498.xml</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

<summary>Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Kalimanta Ati Araicaṉ.</summary>

</msContents>

<p/>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<p>Encoded in TEI/EpiDoc according to the <ref target="https://hal.science/halshs-02888186">DHARMA Encoding Guide for Documentary Editions, version 2</ref></p>

</encodingDesc>

<change who="part:emfr" when="2022-10-10" status="draft">Creation of the file</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<p>

<lb n="1"/>kō-vicai<supplied reason="omitted">ya</supplied>-naraiciṅka-paruma

<lb n="2" break="no"/>ṟkk<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>u</corr></choice> yāṇṭu Irupatt<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>u</corr></choice> nāl-Āvatu

</p>

<p>

<lb n="3"/>vañci<choice><orig>k</orig><reg>kk</reg></choice>uḻi Uṭai<choice><orig>A</orig><reg>ya</reg></choice>ṉ kalimanta Ati

<lb n="4"/>Araicaṉ Aṟa<choice><orig>Ū</orig><reg>yū</reg></choice>r mēl ceṉṟu paṭṭāṉ

</p>

</div>

<lem>°vicai<supplied reason="omitted">ya</supplied>°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Rāmēṣ2008_01">°vicai°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>vañci-<choice><orig>k</orig><reg>k-k</reg></choice>uḻi</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Rāmēṣ2008_01">vañcikuḻi</rdg>

</app>

</listApp>

</div>

Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman, that is, the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman I according to <bibl><ptr target="bib:Rāmēṣ2008_01"/></bibl>.</note>

</p>

Kalimanta Ati Araicaṉ, the lord of Vañcikkuḻi, died when marching <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceṉṟu</foreign><note>Literally: going.</note></supplied> upon Aṟayūr.

</p>

</div>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Rāmēṣ2008_01"/></bibl> (Āvaṇam 19.2), with a picture.</p>

<p>This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).</p>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

<!--<listBibl type="secondary">

</bibl>

</listBibl>-->

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>