Taṇṭarāmpaṭṭu, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 7 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00293

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kō-vicaiya-narai ciṅka-parumaṟku yā ṇṭ’ Eḻ-āvatu

vāṇa-kō-mut taraicaru nāṭu pāviya mēṟ-kō valūr mēl vantu tañ ciṟṟa-p -paṭikaḷai Eṟinta ñāṉ ṟu paṭṭāṉ cēvarpari Aṭṭuṅ koḷ ḷi turumā vaṉār maka ṉ mārkaṭa laṉ

Seventh year of the victorious king Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ.Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

This is the stone of Mārkaṭalaṉ, the son of Turumāvaṉār cēvarpari Aṭṭuṅ koḷḷi, he who fell at the time the royal Bāṇa Muttaraiyar attacked eṟintaLiterally "destroyed". his tañThat is, taṉ in sandhi. uncle ciṟṟappaṭikaḷThat is, ciṟṟappaṉ + aṭikaḷ., when marching vantuLiterally "coming". upon Mēṟ-Kōvalūr nāṭu pāviya.

See DHARMA_INSPallava00294, from the same place and of similar content.

6851 notes: The figure of a soldier facing left is engraved on the stone. It bears a bow in the left hand and a short stagger in the right hand. There is a festoon over the right hand. To the right of the figure is seen a casket, mirror while on the side of the left leg is seen a spout.

The inscription is described as follows in : An inscription from Tandrampattu, in characters of about the eighth century A.D. and dated in the seventh year of the reign of Narasimhavarman, records the death of Marudakalan, son of Eruma[nda]nar while Merkovalur was auacked by Vanako-Puttaraisar.

Naraiciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been identified as the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman I by .

Edited in (CN 1971/69). Text and summary in (IP 293).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s)

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