Mahābalipuram, Dharmarājaratha, birudas and temple’s name

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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First storey, north side

⟨A1⟩ śrī-narasiṁhaḥ

First storey, east side

⟨B1⟩ p¿ri?¿dh?iv¿i?-sāraḥ śrī-bharaḥ

⟨B2⟩ bhuvana-bhājanaḥ

First storey, south side

⟨C1⟩ (śr)ī-meghaḥ trailokya-varddhanaḥ vidhiḥ

⟨C2⟩ Atyanta-kāmaḥ Aneko¿bh?āyaḥ

Second storey, north side

⟨D1.1⟩ sthira-bhaktiḥ madanābhirāmaḥ
⟨D1.2⟩ vidhi⟨ḥ⟩
⟨D2.1⟩ śrī-narasiṁhaḥ bhuvana-bhājanaḥ śrī-meghaḥ
⟨D2.2⟩ Apratihata-śāsana⟨ḥ⟩
⟨D3.1⟩ kāma-laḷitaḥ Ameyamāyaḥ
⟨D3.2⟩ sakala-kalyāṇaḥ
⟨D4.1⟩ nayana-manoharaḥ vāmaḥ
⟨D4.2⟩ Atimānaḥ

Second storey, east side

⟨E1.1⟩ vāmaḥ
⟨E1.2⟩ parā¿bh?araḥ
⟨E2.1⟩ Anupamaḥ
⟨E2.2⟩ nayā(ṅku)ra⟨ḥ⟩

Second storey, south side

⟨F1⟩ laḷitaḥ
⟨F2.1⟩ nayana-manoharaḥ
⟨F2.2⟩ sarvvato-bhadraḥ
⟨F3.1⟩ śrī-nidhiḥ
⟨F3.2⟩ niruttaraḥ
⟨F4.1⟩ vidhiḥ
⟨F4.2⟩ vibhrāntaḥ

Second storey, west side

⟨G1⟩ satya-parākramaḥ

⟨G2⟩ parāvaraḥ

Third storey, east side

⟨H1⟩ śrī-Atyanta-kāma-pallaveśvara-gṛhaM ∥

⟨H2⟩ raṇa-jayaḥ

Apparatus

⟨H1⟩ gṛhaM ⬦ gṛha⟨m·⟩ SII.

Commentary

See also the inscriptions Pallava 47 and Pallava 317.

Bibliography

Edited in Hultzsch 1890 (SII 1.1-17), in Hultzsch 1909–1910 (EI 10.1.A.1-17).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 2–4, items 1-17.

[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1909–1910. “The Pallava inscriptions of the Seven Pagodas.” EI 10, pp. 1–14. Pages 5–8, items A.1-17.

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<lb n="D3.2"/>sakala-kalyāṇaḥ

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<lb n="D4.1"/>nayana-manoharaḥ vāmaḥ

<lb n="D4.2"/>Atimānaḥ

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<lb n="F3.1"/>śrī-nidhiḥ

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<lb n="G2"/>parāvaraḥ

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<p>See also the inscriptions <ref target="DHARMA_INSPallava00047.xml">Pallava 47</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSPallava00317.xml">Pallava 317</ref>.</p>

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<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1890_01"/></bibl> (SII 1.1-17), in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1909-1910_01"/></bibl> (EI 10.1.A.1-17).</p>

<p>This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

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