Cīyamaṅkalam, time of Lalitāṅkura author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00029.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata A Sanskrit verse recording the foundation the cave-temple named Avanibhājana-Pallaveśvara by Lalitāṅkura (Mahendravarman I Pallava) around 600/625 CE.

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lalitāṁkurena rājñāva ni-bhājana-pallaveśvaran nāma kāritam etat svedhā-karaṇḍa m iva puṇya-ratnānām
lalitāṁkurena lalitāṁkurena The anusvāra seems to be above the character tā. °bhājana° °bhājana° svedhā° svedhcchā° This correction by Hultzsch might be unnecessary, as we can somehow make sense of the original text.

Le roi Lalitāṁkura a fait construire cet édifice nommé Avanibhājana-PallaveśvaraIl s’agit là d'un biruda de Mahendravarman, signifiant :« possesseur de la Terre »., Telle une corbeille faite à sa volonté, pour recueillir les joyaux de ses bonnes actions.

Lalitāṅkura and Avanibhājana are birudas of the Pallava Mahendravarman I.

Avanibhājanapallaveśvara means "the temple of the Lord that is, Śiva of the Pallava Avanibhājana that is, Mahendravarman I Pallava", that is, alternatively "the temple of Śiva founded by the Pallava Avanibhājana".

Reported in (ARIE/1899-1900/B/1900/67). See (IR 25).

Edited in (EI 6.32A). Text and summary in (IP 29). Text and translation in and in (B 24). Edited in , with visual documentation (p. 299).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos (2019).

320 A 106 120 29 480-481 24 202 305/2018 3, 52 B/1900 67 91 276 513