Bādāmi, time of Narasiṁha Mahāmalla

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Eulogy of Narasiṁha Mahāmalla (Narāsiṁhavarman I Pallava).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00037.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00037.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [**********] [saṁ]vatsare Ātmano rājya-varṣe ca varddhamāne tra(yodaśe)
⟨2⟩ [***] [narasiṁ]hena mahāmallena vidviṣāM vātāpir atimā(n)e(na) [******]
⟨3⟩ [bhāra](dvājam alaṁkar)iṣṇur atulaṁ gotraṁ guṇair ātma(n)(o/e) [**********]
⟨4⟩ [***] [.]t[.] [**] tayaḥ kṣiti-bhujām agresaraḥ palla[va] [**********]
⟨5⟩ [******] (s)iṁha-viṣṇu(r ap)i (ya)ḥ stambhañ jaya [*] (i/ī) [**********]
⟨6⟩ [*****] [maṇḍa](pai)r bbahu-mate prakhyāta [*] [CḍV] [**********]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [saṁ]vatsare ⬦ (saṁ)vatsare SII F. — ⟨1⟩ tra(yodaśe) ⬦ SII F • SII notes: “The letter śe has been read from the stone.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1928–29 (ARIE/1928-1929/E/1928-1929/100).

Edited in Fleet 1880 (SOCI 73), with visual documentation; in Krishnamacharlu et al. 1940 (SII 11.1), with visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 37). Text and translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 29). See Francis 2013 (IR 33).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[F] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1880. “Sanskrit and Old Canarese inscriptions, nos. LXV–LXXV.” IA 9, pp. 96–103. Pages 99–100, item 73.

[SII] Krishnamacharlu, C. R., R. S. Panchamukhi, N. Lakshminaraya Rao & H. K. Narasimhaswami. 1940. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XI: Bombay-Karnatak inscriptions: Volume I, Part I. With introductory notes in English. South Indian Inscriptions 11, Part 1. Madras: Government Press. Page 1, item 1.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 135–136, item 37.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Page TBC, item 29.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1928–29. Annual report on epigraphy for the year 1928-1929. Edited by S. V. Viswanatha. Madras: Government Press, 1930. Page 48, appendixes E/1928-1929, item 100.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Page 276.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2017. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome II : Mythes dynastiques et panégyriques. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Pages 569–571.

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