śrī-vāmāṁkuśaḥ
81 notes that the anusvāra is doubtful. It does not indeed appear clearly on the visual documentation published in
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The visarga is clear in situ. 5861056 reads śrī-vāmāṅkuśa and notes that this should be analysed as a Vocative form.
The glorious hook of Vāma Śiva.
or
The glorious one whose hook is splendid/terrible/cruel.
or
The glorious pleasant hook.
Le glorieux croc de Vāma Śiva.
ou
Le glorieux au croc splendide/terrible/cruel.
ou
Le glorieux aimable croc.
Ô Śrī-VāmāṅkuṣaEn l’absence d'autre désinence, on peut interpréter cette forme comme un vocatif. le croc de Vāma.
The glorious Vāmāṅkuśa bearer of handsome elephant-goad.
The inscription―the only one on the monument bearing it―consists in what appears to be a biruda, “gloryfying soubriquet.” Although Pallava kings have had hundreds of their birudas engraved on their monuments, this one does not appear among these and is found only on this pillar of the Kōṭikal Maṇḍapa. Note that the biruda Vāma is engraved twice on the Dharmarājaratha at Mahābalipuram. Vāmāṅkuṣa might be the biruda of one among the Pallava biruda-bearers of Mahābalipuram or of an obscure Pallava prince or, as suggested by 110, of a chief, subordinated to the Pallavas.
Reported in (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/530).
Edited in (EI 10.1.18), with visual documentation. Text and summary in (IP 61). Text and translation in .
This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy, photos (2009), and visual documentation published in .
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