# Mahābalipuram, Dharmarājaratha, birudas and temple’s name

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00039

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00039.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Edition

### First storey, north side

⟨A1⟩ śrī-narasiṁhaḥ

### First storey, east side

⟨B1⟩ p¿ri?⟨r⟩¿dh?⟨th⟩iv¿i?⟨ī⟩-sāraḥ śrī-bharaḥ ⟨B2⟩ bhuvana-bhājanaḥ

### First storey, south side

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

⟨C2⟩ Atyanta-kāmaḥ Aneko¿bh?⟨p⟩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?⟨p⟩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-gr̥haM ∥ ⟨H2⟩ raṇa-jayaḥ

## Apparatus

⟨H1⟩ gr̥haM ⬦ gr̥ha⟨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.