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

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00299

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

Hand Description:

Mahalingam 1988: page 692, note 2 notes: "The script of the inscription is similar to that in the inscription from Tāḷaiyūttu." That is, INSPallava00300 and INSPallava00306.

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Classification: hero memorial

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    Edition

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

    vāṇa-kō(ṉ) Ati⟨ya⟩raicar cēvakar mī-koṉ-
    3ṟai-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 — 1–2 Iraṇṭā/vatu ◇ Ir¿u?⟨a⟩ṇṭā/vatu KDS; Iraṇṭā/vatu RN
    2 vāṇakō(ṉ) ◇ vāṇakōṉ KDS; vāṇakōO RN
    3–4 pa(ṉ/ṟ)aiyamā /(r/ḷ)iyār ◇ paṟaiyamā/ḷiyār KDS; paṉaiyamā/riyār RN

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Second [year] of the victorious king Narasiṁhavarman↓1.

    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: page 692, note 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 1957–1958 (EI 32, n° 12), with a facsimile; re-edited by Nākacāmi 1972 (CN 1971/54); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 299); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Swaminathan, K. D. 1957–1958. “Velur Inscription of Vijaya-Narasimhavarman.” EI 32.12: 110–11.
    [siglum KDS]
    Nākacāmi, Irā., ed. 1972. Ceṅkam Naṭukaṟkaḷ. TNSDA Publication 21. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai.
    № 1971/54. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 692, № 299. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1933-1934. Page 12, appendix B/1933–1934, № 69. [siglum ARIE]

    Notes

    ↑1. Naraciṅkaparumaṉ in the original Tamil.