Tā. Vēḷūr hero-stone, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 2 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00299

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6922 notes: The script of the inscription is similar to that in the inscription from Tāḷaiyūttu. That is, INSPallava00300 and INSPallava00306.

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kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-parumaṟku Iraṇṭ-ā vatu

vāṇa-kōṉ Atiyaraicar cēvakar mī-koṉ ṟai-nāṭṭu mēl-vēḷūr Āḷum paṉṟaiyamā rḷiyār Ivv-ūr-t toṟu-k koṇṭa ñāṉṟu paṭṭār

°parumaṟku °parumaṟku yāṇṭu °parumaṟku Iraṇṭāvatu Iruaṇṭā vatu Iraṇṭāvatu vāṇakōṉ vāṇakōṉ vāṇakōO paṉṟaiyamārḷiyār paṟaiyamā ḷiyār paṉaiyamā riyār

Second year of the victorious king NarasiṁhavarmanNaraciṅkaparumaṉ in the original Tamil..

PaṟaiyamāḷiyārPaṉaiyamāriyār, who rules Mēlvēḷūr in the Mīkoṉṟaināṭu, a servant of Vāṇakōṉ Atiyaraicar, fell at the time one took the cattle of this village.

6921 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.

Naraciṅkaparumaṉ (Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman) has been identified as the Pallava king Narasiṁhavarman II by .

Edited in (EI 32, n° 12), with a facsimile; re-edited by (CN 1971/54); text and summary in (IP 299); encoded here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

1971/54 692 299 12 B/1933-1934 69