# Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, Atiraṇacaṇdeśvara cave-temple, temple’s name

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00066

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00066.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha, Siddhamātr̥kā]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Temple’s name engraved above the entrance of the cave-temple in two
different alphabets. Complements the two dedication inscriptions in the
same two different alphabets (INSPallava00064 and INSPallava00065).

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## Edition

### Part A

⟨A1⟩ Atiraṇa-caṇḍa-palla(veśvara-gr̥ha)

### Part B

⟨B1⟩ Atiraṇa-caṇḍa-palla(veśvara-gr̥ha)

## Translation into French by Brocquet 1997

Temple d’Atiraṇacaṇḍa-Pallaveśvara ! Temple d’Atiraṇacaṇḍa-Pallaveśvara
![1]

## Bibliography

Edited in Hultzsch 1890 SII 1.23. Edited in Hultzsch 1909–1910 (EI
10.1.25-26). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 66). Text and
French translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 49).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on previous editions.

### 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. Page 8, item 23.

[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1909–1910. “The Pallava
inscriptions of the Seven Pagodas.” EI 10, pp. 1–14. Page 14, items
25-26.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 207,
item 66.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava :
poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne
Nouvelle. Paris. Page 599, item 49.

[1] Il faut soit ajouter un -m, soit interpréter ces composés comme des
vocatifs