Makēntiraravāṭi, time of Mahendra author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00024.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata A Sanskrit verse recording the foundation of the cave-temple named Mahendraviṣṇugr̥ha by the Guṇabhara (Mahendravarman I Pallava) around 600/625 CE.

The stone engraving of Grantha script is not yet fully mastered. This inscription was engraved by a beginner or was one of the early attempts to engrave Grantha script on stone.

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mahitatamaṁ satām upa mahendra-taṭākam idaM sthiram uru kāritaṁ guṇabhareṇa vidāryya śilāM jana-nayanābhirāma-guṇa-dhāma mahendrapure mahati mahendra-viṣṇu-gr̥ha-nāma murāri-gr̥haṁ
upa upa idaM idaMṁ The final M is written between lines 1 and 2, below the character da. śilāM The final M is written between lines 2 and 3, below the character lā. mahati mahati murāri-gr̥haṁ murāri-gr̥haṁ

Objet des plus chauds éloges auprès des gens de bien, solide et spacieuse, Guṇabhara fit construire au bord de l'étang de Mahendra-taṭāka, en creusant la roche, En la grande cité de Mahendrapura, cette demeure de vertus qui charment les yeux des hommes : la maison de Murāri, nommée Mahendra-Viṣṇugr̥ha.

Reported in (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/13), in (ARIE/1943-1945/B/1943-1944/83).

Edited and translated in , with visual documentation (EI 4.19). Text and summary in (IP 24). Text and translation in 104-105, in (B 20). See (IR 24).

This revised edition Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos (2004).

104-105 112 24 472-473 20 9 B/1896 13 17 B/1943-1944 83 64 273 512