Kāñcipuram, Kailāsanātha temple, lists of birudas on the chapels of the prākāra of the Rājasiṃheśvara temple

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Four lists of birudas engraved of the prākāra of the Rājasiṃheśvara temple, that is, on four tiers of the base of the chapels (also designated as cells or shrines in secondary literature) and of the western entrance. The lists of the first three tiers are the same except for the script (plain Siddhamātr̥kā for the first list, plain Grantha for the second list, ornate Grantha for the third list) and some minor variants. There are four birudas per chapel, except for chapels 20, western entrance and chapel 39. The list on the fourth and lower tier is in ornate Siddhamātr̥kā script (see also inscription Pallava 385 on the base of the prākāra of the Mahendreśvara). It is shorter since its ornate Siddhamātr̥kā requires more space that the scripts of the other lists. Only the chapels nos. 1-3 and 5-21 are inscribed on the fourth tier.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha), Siddhamātr̥kā (siddhamātr̥kā)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00055.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00055.xml.

Version: (693fbf2), last modified (25a5c86).

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⟨Zone 1: 1st chapel⟩

⟨1.1⟩ śrī-rājasiṁhaḥ ∥ śrī-Atyanta-kāmaḥ ∥ śrī-raṇa-jayaḥ ∥ śrī-Abhirāmaḥ ∥

⟨1.2⟩ [śrī-rājasiṁhaḥ ∥ śrī-Atyantakāmaḥ ∥ śrī-raṇa-jayaḥ ∥ śrī-Abhirāmaḥ ∥]

⟨1.3⟩ śrī-rājasiṁhaḥ ∥ Atyantakāmaḥ ∥ raṇa-jayaḥ ∥ Abhirāmaḥ ∥

⟨1.4⟩ […]

⟨Zone 2: 2nd chapel⟩

⟨2.1⟩ śrī-Aparājitaḥ śrī-Amitra-mallaḥ śrī-Akuto-bhayaḥ śrī-Ūrjjitaḥ ∥

⟨2.2⟩ [śrī-Aparājitaḥ śrī-Amitra-mallaḥ śrī-Akuto-bhayaḥ śrī-Ūrjjitaḥ ∥]

⟨2.3⟩ [śrī-Aparājitaḥ śrī-Amitra-mallaḥ] (śrī)-Akuto-bhayaḥ śrī-Ū[r]jj[itaḥ ∥]

⟨2.4⟩ śrī-Atyanta-kāmaḥ śrī-Amitra-mallaḥ

⟨Zone 3: 3rd chapel⟩

⟨3.1⟩ śrī-jaya-paraḥ śrī-Atiraṇa-caṇḍaḥ śrī-bharaḥ śrī-bahu-nayaḥ śrī-Udaya-bhāskaraḥ

⟨3.2⟩ śrī-(jaya-paraḥ) [śrī-Atiraṇa-caṇḍaḥ śrī-bharaḥ śrī-bahu-nayaḥ śrī-Udaya-bhāskaraḥ]

⟨3.3⟩ [śrī-jaya-pa]raḥ śrī-A(ti)[raṇa-caṇḍaḥ śrī-bharaḥ śrī-bahu-nayaḥ śrī-Udaya-bhāskaraḥ]

⟨3.4⟩ śrī-guṇa-vinītaḥ śrī-Aparājitaḥ

⟨Zone 4: 4th chapel⟩

⟨Zone 5: 5th chapel⟩

⟨5.1⟩ śrī-meghaḥ śrī-Abhayaṅ-karaḥ śrī-kula-tilakaḥ śrī-Ari-marddanaḥ ∥

⟨5.2⟩ [śrī-meghaḥ śrī-Abhayaṅ-karaḥ śrī-kula]-(tilakaḥ śrī)-[Ari-marddanaḥ ∥]

⟨5.3⟩ [śrī-meghaḥ śrī-Abhayaṅ-karaḥ śrī-kula-ti]lakaḥ śrī-Ari-ma[r]dda(na)ḥ [∥]

⟨5.4⟩ śrī-Avani-divākaraḥ śrī-Ūrjitaḥ

⟨Zone 6: 6th chapel⟩

⟨6.1⟩ śrī-Udita-prabhāvaḥ śrī-Udita-kīrttiḥ śrī-ṛṣabha-darppaḥ śrī-ṛṣabha-lāñchanaḥ

⟨6.2⟩ [śrī-Udita-prabhāvaḥ śrī-Udita-kīrttiḥ śrī-ṛṣabha-darppaḥ śrī-ṛṣabha-lāñchanaḥ]

⟨6.3⟩ śrī-Udita-prabhāvaḥ śrī-Udita-kīrttiḥ śrī-ṛṣabha-darppaḥ śrī-ṛṣabha-lāñchanaḥ śrī-Eka-c [**]

⟨6.4⟩ śrī-Udita-prabhāvaḥ śrī-Udita-kīrttiḥ

⟨Zone 7: 7th chapel⟩

⟨7.1⟩ śrī-Ugra-vīryyaḥ śrī-Uditoditaḥ śrī-Unnata-rāmaḥ śrī-Ugra-pratāpaḥ

⟨7.2⟩ [śrī-Ugra-vīryyaḥ śrī-U]ditoditaḥ śrī-[Unna]ta-rāmaḥ [śr]ī-[Ugra-pratāpaḥ]

⟨7.3⟩ śrī-Ugra-v[ī]ryyaḥ śrī-Uditoditaḥ śrī-Unnata-rāmaḥ śrī-Ugra-pratāpa(ḥ)

⟨7.4⟩ śrī-kalaṁka-rahitaḥ śrī-kalā-samudraḥ

⟨Zone 8: 8th chapel⟩

⟨8.1⟩ śrī-Aty¿a?dāraḥ śrī-Anunaya-sāddhyaḥ śrī-Āhava-kesar⟦i⟧⟨⟨ī⟩⟩{ḥ}

⟨8.2⟩ śrī-Aty¿a?dāraḥ śrī-Anunaya-s[āddhyaḥ śrī-Āhava-kesarī]

⟨8.3⟩ śrī-Aty¿a?dāraḥ śrī-Anunaya-sāddhyaḥ śrī-Āhava-ke[sarī]

⟨8.4⟩ śrī-Ugra-(vī)ryyaḥ śrī-Uditoditaḥ

⟨Zone 9: 9th chapel⟩

⟨9.1⟩ śrī-kalaṁka-varjjitaḥ śrī-kāñcī-mahāmaṇiḥ śrī-khara-vikramaḥ śrī-cakravarttī{ḥ}

⟨9.2⟩ [śrī-kalaṁka-varjjitaḥ] śrī-kāñcī-mahāmaṇiḥ śrī-khara-[vikramaḥ śrī-cakravarttī]

⟨9.3⟩ [śrī-kalaṁka-varjjitaḥ śrī-kā](ñc)ī-mahāmaṇiḥ śrī-khara-v(i)kramaḥ śrī-cakra[varttī]

⟨9.4⟩ śrī-Atyudāraḥ śrī-Anunaya-sā(ddhyaḥ)

⟨Zone 10: 10th chapel⟩

⟨10.1⟩ śrī-khinnānukamp⟦iḥ⟧⟨⟨ī⟩⟩ śrī-cāpa-dvitīyaḥ śrī-chinna-saṁśayaḥ śrī-chala-rahitaḥ

⟨10.2⟩ [śrī-khinnānukampī śrī-cāpa-dvitīyaḥ śrī-chinna-saṁśayaḥ śrī-chala-rahitaḥ]

⟨10.3⟩ [śrī-khinnānukampī] (śrī)-cāpa-dvitīya(ḥ) śrī-chinna-saṁśa(ya)[ḥ śrī-chala-rahitaḥ]

⟨10.4⟩ śrī-Unnata-rāmaḥ śrī-Ugra-pratā(paḥ)

⟨Zone 11: 11th chapel⟩

⟨11.1⟩ śrī-Amitrāśaniḥ śrī-Apratimallaḥ śrī-Adbhuta-caritaḥ śrī-Ibha-vidyādharaḥ ∥

⟨11.2⟩ [śrī-Amitrāśaniḥ śrī-Apratimallaḥ śrī-Adbhuta-caritaḥ śr]ī-[Ibha-v]i[dyādharaḥ ∥]

⟨11.3⟩ [śrī-Amitrāśaniḥ śrī-Apratimallaḥ śrī-Adbhuta-caritaḥ śrī-Ibha-vidyādharaḥ ∥]

⟨11.4⟩ śrī-Āhavadhīraḥ śrī-Āha(vakesarī)

⟨Zone 12: 12th chapel⟩

⟨12.1⟩ śrī-Icchā-pūraḥ śrī-Īśāna-śaraṇaḥ śrī-Udaya-candraḥ śrī-parjjanya-rūpaḥ

⟨12.2⟩ [śrī-Icchā-pūraḥ] ś[r]ī-[Īśāna-śaraṇaḥ śrī-Udaya-candraḥ śrī-parjjanya-rūpaḥ]

⟨12.3⟩ śrī-Icchā-pūraḥ śrī-Īśāna-śaraṇaḥ śrī-Udaya-ca[n]dra[ḥ] ś[rī-parjjanya-rūpaḥ]

⟨12.4⟩ śrī [*****] śrī-kālakopaḥ

⟨Zone 13: 13rd chapel⟩

⟨13.1⟩ śrī-para-cakra-marddanaḥ śrī-narendra-cūlāmaṇiḥ śrī-nitya-varṣaḥ śrī-rāja-rājaḥ

⟨13.2⟩ (śrī)-para-cakra-mardda[naḥ śrī-narendra-cūlāmaṇiḥ śrī-nitya-varṣaḥ śrī-rāja-rājaḥ]

⟨13.3⟩ śrī-para-cakra-marddanaḥ śrī-narendra-cūḷāmaṇiḥ śrī-nitya-varṣaḥ śrī-rāja-rājaḥ

⟨13.4⟩ śrī-khara-vikramaḥ śrī-khinnānukampī{ḥ}

⟨Zone 14: 14th chapel⟩

⟨14.1⟩ śrī-vādya-vidyā-dharaḥ śrī-citra-kārmmukaḥ śrī-vīra-kesariḥ śrī-kāmukaḥ

⟨14.2⟩ śrī-vādya-vidyā-dharaḥ śrī-citra-kārmmukaḥ śrī-vīra-kesariḥ śrī-kāmukaḥ

⟨14.4⟩ śrī-vādya-vidyā-dharaḥ śrī-citra-kārmmukaḥ śrī-vīra-kesariḥ śrī-kāmukaḥ

⟨14.4⟩ śrī-cakravarttī śrī-(cāpa)dvitīya(ḥ)

⟨Zone 15: 15th chapel⟩

⟨15.1⟩ śrī-sarvvato-bhadraḥ śrī-kṣatra-cūlāmaṇiḥ śrī-vilāsaḥ śrī-yuddhārjjunaḥ

⟨15.2⟩ śrī-sarvvato-bhadraḥ śrī-kṣatra-cūlāmaṇiḥ śrī-vilāsaḥ śrī-yuddhārjjunaḥ

⟨15.3⟩ śrī-sarvvato-bhadraḥ śrī-kṣatra-cūlāmaṇiḥ śrī-vilāsaḥ śrī-yuddhārjjunaḥ

⟨15.4⟩ śrī-Amoghabāṇaḥ śrī-Asahyamārggaṇaḥ

⟨Zone 16: 16th chapel⟩

⟨16.1⟩ śrī-vallabhaḥ śrī-saṁgrāma-rāmaḥ śrī-sārvva-bhaumaḥ śrī-kṣatra-vidrāvaṇaḥ

⟨16.2⟩ śrī-vallabhaḥ śrī-saṁgrāma-rāmaḥ śrī-sārvva-bhaumaḥ śrī-kṣatra-vidrāvaṇaḥ

⟨16.3⟩ śrī-vallabhaḥ śrī-saṁgrāma-rāmaḥ śrī-sārvva-bhaumaḥ śrī-kṣatra-vidrāvaṇaḥ

⟨16.4⟩ śrī-Ugrasāyakaḥ śrī-Uddhataviśikhaḥ

⟨Zone 17: 17th chapel⟩

⟨17.1⟩ śrī-Āhava-bhīmaḥ śrī-Amita-prabhāvaḥ śrī-trailokya-nāthaḥ śrī-dāna-varṣaḥ

⟨17.2⟩ [śrī-Āhava-bhīmaḥ śrī-Amita-prabhāvaḥ śrī-trailokya-nāthaḥ śrī-dāna-varṣaḥ]

⟨17.3⟩ [śrī-Āhava-bhīmaḥ śrī-Amita-prabhāvaḥ śrī-trailokya-nāthaḥ śrī-dāna-varṣaḥ]

⟨17.4⟩ śrī-bhīma-kārmmukaḥ śrī-bhīṣaṇacāpa(ḥ)

⟨Zone 18: 18th chapel⟩

⟨18.1⟩ śrī-tṛṣṇāpūraṇaḥ śrī-daridrānukamp¿iḥ? śrī-Avirata-dānaḥ śrī-dīpta-pauruṣa(ḥ)

⟨18.2⟩ śrī-tṛṣṇāpūraṇaḥ śrī-daridrānukamp¿iḥ? śrī-Avirata-dānaḥ śrī-dīpta-pauruṣa(ḥ)

⟨18.3⟩ śrī-tṛṣṇāpūraṇaḥ śrī-daridrānukamp¿iḥ? śrī-Avirata-dānaḥ śrī-dīpta-pauruṣa(ḥ)

⟨18.4⟩ śrī-Avismitaḥ śrī-Amitrāśaniḥ

⟨Zone 19: 19th chapel⟩

⟨19.1⟩ śrī-dāna-śūraḥ śrī-dharmma-nityaḥ śrī-dhavalāśayaḥ śrī-dharmma-kavacaḥ

⟨19.2⟩ śrī-dāna-śūraḥ śrī-dharmma-nityaḥ śrī-dhavalāśayaḥ śrī-dharmma-kavacaḥ

⟨19.3⟩ śrī-dāna-śūraḥ śrī-dharmma-nityaḥ śrī-dhavalāśayaḥ śrī-dharmma-kavacaḥ

⟨19.4⟩ śrī-Iṣṭavarṣaḥ śrī-Indralīlaḥ

⟨Zone 20: 20th chapel⟩

⟨20.1⟩ śrī-samara-dhanañjayaḥ śrī-bhīṣaṇacāpaḥ śrī-Ajayyaḥ śrī-guṇavinītaḥ śrī-Avanidivākaraḥ śrī-kalaṁkarahitaḥ śrī-kalāsamudraḥ śrī-Āhavadhīraḥ śrī-duṣṭadamanaḥ śrī-pallavādityaḥ

⟨20.2⟩ śrī-samara-dhanañjayaḥ śrī-bhīṣaṇacāpaḥ śrī-Ajayyaḥ śrī-guṇavinītaḥ śrī-Avanidivākaraḥ śrī-kalaṁkarahitaḥ śrī-kalāsamudraḥ śrī-Āhavadhīraḥ śrī-duṣṭadamanaḥ śrī-pallavādityaḥ

⟨20.3⟩ śrī-samara-dhanañjayaḥ śrī-bhīṣaṇacāpaḥ śrī-Ajayyaḥ śrī-guṇavinītaḥ śrī-Avanidivākaraḥ śrī-kalaṁkarahitaḥ śrī-kalāsamudraḥ śrī-Āhavadhīraḥ śrī-duṣṭadamanaḥ śrī-pallavādityaḥ

⟨20.4⟩ śrī-Amitra(-marddanaḥ śrī)-Ājimarddanaḥ

⟨Zone 21: 21st chapel⟩

⟨21.1⟩ śrī-parāparaḥ śrī-parahitaḥ śrī-nityotsāhaḥ śrī-puruṣa-siṁhaḥ

⟨21.2⟩ śrī-parāparaḥ śrī-parahitaḥ śrī-nityotsāhaḥ śrī-puruṣa-siṁhaḥ

⟨21.3⟩ śrī-parāparaḥ śrī-parahitaḥ śrī-nityotsāhaḥ śrī-puruṣa-siṁhaḥ

⟨21.4⟩ śrī-duṣṭadamanaḥ śrī-durutsahaḥ

⟨Zone 22: 22nd chapel⟩

⟨22.1⟩ śrī-puṇyaślokaḥ śrī-pārtyavikramaḥ śrī-bhīmakāntaḥ śrī-bahudakṣiṇaḥ

⟨Zone 23: 23rd chapel⟩

⟨23.1⟩ śrī-bhayarahitaḥ śrī-mahāmallaḥ śrī-mattapramattaḥ śrī-mattavikāraḥ

⟨Zone 24: 24th chapel⟩

⟨24.1⟩ śrī-bhuvan¿i?bhājanaḥ śrī-mahendraparākramaḥ śrī-mahāprabhāvaḥ śrī-manucaritaḥ

⟨Zone 25: 25th chapel⟩

⟨Zone 26: 26th chapel⟩

⟨26.1⟩ śrī-māyācāraḥ śrī-pativallabhaḥ śrī-raṇavīraḥ śrī-yugāntādityaḥ

⟨Zone 27: 27th chapel⟩

⟨27.1⟩ śrī-raṇadhīraḥ śrī-rakṣāmaṇiḥ śrī-raṇacaṇḍaḥ śrī-raṇavikramaḥ

⟨Zone 28: 28th chapel⟩

⟨28.1⟩ śrī-Atulabalaḥ śrī-Ahitāntakaḥ śrī-Apāravikramaḥ śrī-Aśvapriyaḥ

⟨Zone 29: 29th chapel⟩

⟨29.1⟩ śrī-Apratimaḥ śrī-Aravaṇḍaśāsanaḥ śrī-Akāṇḍāśaniḥ śrī-Amoghavikramaḥ

⟨Zone 30: western entrance⟩

⟨30.1⟩ śrī-Ānatamaṇḍalaḥ śrī-Apratihataḥ śrī-Adbhutaśaktiḥ śrī-Ājñārasaḥ śrī-Āścaryyavīryyaḥ

⟨Zone 31: 30th chapel⟩

⟨31.1⟩ śrī-Āpātadurddharaḥ śrī-Āśāviyiḥ śrī-Āhavoddhuraḥ śrī-Ibhavatsarājaḥ ∥

⟨Zone 32: 31st chapel⟩

⟨32.1⟩ śrī-Iddhaśāsanaḥ śrī-Ilāparameśvaraḥ śrī-Ugradaṇḍaḥ śrī-Unnatamānaḥ

⟨Zone 33: 32nd chapel⟩

⟨33.1⟩ śrī-Ucchritavīryyaḥ śrī-Udayatuṅgaḥ śrī-Uttarottaraḥ śrī-Ugraśāsanaḥ

⟨Zone 34: 33th chapel⟩

⟨Zone 35: 34th chapel⟩

⟨35.1⟩ śrī-guṇālayaḥ śrī-Udayavasantaḥ śrī-Ekasundaraḥ śrī-mahānubhāvaḥ

⟨Zone 36: 35th chapel⟩

⟨36.1⟩ śrī-Upendravik¿ṛ?maḥ śrī-Āśāpūraḥ śrī-kuladhvajaḥ śrī-guṇonnataḥ

⟨Zone 37: 36th chapel⟩

⟨37.1⟩ śrī-Unnatecchaḥ śrī-Utkhātakaṇṭakaḥ śrī-Ekadhanurddharaḥ śrī-Udārakīrttiḥ

⟨Zone 38: 37th chapel⟩

⟨38.1⟩ śrī-Ācāraparaḥ śrī-Ārttāyanaḥ śrī-Āśrī-tavatsalaḥ śrī-Ītiśātanaḥ

⟨Zone 39: 38th chapel⟩

⟨39.1⟩ śrī-Ātodyatumburuḥ śrī-Āgamapramāṇaḥ śrī-Ājñālaṅkṛtaḥ śrī-Itihāsapriyaḥ

⟨Zone 40: 39th chapel⟩

⟨39.1⟩ śrī-Atisāhasaḥ śrī-Anavagrahaḥ śrī-Āgamānusār¿iḥ? śrī-Utthānaśīlaḥ śrī-Udayonnataḥ śrī-Udvṛttadamanaḥ śrī-Ekarājaḥ śrī-kālavikramaḥ śrī-jayanidhiḥ śrī-kālavasanaḥ śrī-garvvitadamanaḥ

⟨Zone 41: 40th chapel⟩

⟨40.1⟩ śrī-jātigambhīraḥ śrī-cāracakṣuḥ śrī-jñānāṁkuśaḥ śrī-taptaśaraṇaḥ

⟨Zone 42: 41th chapel⟩

⟨41.1⟩ śrī-damitavyālaḥ śrī-dānavarṣaḥ śrī-devadevabhaktaḥ śrī-durvvāravegaḥ

⟨Zone 43: 42nd chapel⟩

⟨42.1⟩ śrī-cāruvilāsaḥ śrī-tuṁgavikramaḥ śrī-tīvrakopaḥ śrī-dharmmavijay¿iḥ?

⟨Zone 44: 43rd chapel⟩

⟨43.1⟩ śrī-dāvāgniḥ śrī-deśavarddhanaḥ śrī-dūraduritaḥ śrī-dharmmasetuḥ

⟨Zone 45: 44th chapel⟩

⟨44.1⟩ śrī-dūrada⟨r⟩ś¿iḥ? śrī-dṛptaśāsanaḥ śrī-nayānusār¿iḥ? śrī-nayanamanoharaḥ

⟨Zone 46: 45th chapel⟩

⟨45.1⟩ śrī-Anindyacaritaḥ śrī-Agādhagāmbhīryya⟨ḥ⟩ śrī-Anabhravṛṣṭiḥ śrī-Atanupratāpaḥ

⟨Zone 47: 46th chapel⟩

⟨46.1⟩ śrī-Adharmmabhīruḥ śrī-Arināśaḥ śrī-Avanibhājanaḥ śrī-Aprativāryyaḥ

⟨Zone 48: 47th chapel⟩

⟨47.1⟩ śrī-Avandhyakopaḥ śrī-Amitrāntakaḥ śrī-Avihataśaktiḥ śrī-Anavagītaḥ

⟨Zone 49: 48th chapel⟩

⟨48.1⟩ śrī-Arātikālaḥ śrī-Anavagrahaḥ śrī-Atisāhasaḥ śrī-Anugraśīlaḥ

⟨Zone 50: 49th chapel⟩

⟨49.1⟩ śrī-Abhayarāśiḥ śrī-Āhatalakṣaṇaḥ śrī-Utsāhanityaḥ śrī-Upāyanipuṇaḥ

⟨Zone 51: 50th chapel⟩

⟨50.1⟩ śrī-gandhahast¿iḥ? śrī-kāmavilāsaḥ śrī-(kāvi)prabodhaḥ śrī-kāraṇakopaḥ

⟨Zone 52: 51st chapel⟩

⟨51.1⟩ śrī-caṇḍadaṇḍaḥ śrī-Asahyakopaḥ śrī-chāyāvṛkṣaḥ śrī-dharaṇitilakaḥ

⟨Zone 53: 52nd chapel⟩

⟨52.1⟩ śrī-varuṇapāśaḥ śrī-dhairyyasāgaraḥ śrī-pravṛttacakraḥ śrī-nāgapriyaḥ

⟨Zone 54: 53th chapel⟩

⟨53.1⟩ śrī-niramitraḥ śrī-nirarggalaḥ śrī-parantapaḥ śrī-lokaśikāmaṇiḥ

⟨Zone 55: 54th chapel⟩

⟨54.1⟩ śrī-pārtthivasi⟨ṁha⟩ḥ śrī-balaprama⟨thana⟩ḥ śrī-bhūridānaḥ śrī-pratibhayaḥ Oṁ

⟨Zone 56: 55th chapel⟩

⟨Zone 57: 56th chapel⟩

⟨56.1⟩ śrī-bhīmavikramaḥ śrī-rājakuñjaraḥ śrī-lalitavilās¿ā?ḥ śrī-śāstradṛṣṭiḥ

⟨Zone 58: 57th chapel⟩

⟨57.1⟩ śrī-vāraṇabhagadattaḥ śrī-vikṛtavilāsaḥ śrī-vikramakesar¿iḥ? śrī-v¿i?ṇānāradaḥ

⟨Zone 59: 58th chapel⟩

⟨58.1⟩ śrī-śaṁkarabhaktaḥ śrī-śūrāgragaṇyaḥ śrī-tatvavedī{ḥ} śrī-Īśvarabhaktaḥ ∥

Bibliography

Edited in Hultzsch 1890 (SII 1.25 for the first three tiers [full edition of first and upper tier; variants in footnotes for the second and third tiers; only inscribed chapels are numbered], SII 1.26 for the last and lower tier [only inscribed chapels are numbered]).

Text in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 55-56); in Lockwood et al. 2001.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, from autopsy and photos. We number all chapels, even those uninscribed on the corners of the prākāra. Our numbering differs thus from that of Hultzsch from 4th chapel onwards.

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 14–22, items 25-26.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 176–191, items 55-56.

[L] Lockwood, Michael, Vishnu Bhat A, Gift Siromoney and Dayanandan P. 2001. Pallava art. Madras, Tambaram: Tambaram Research Associates. Pages 173–187.