# Tirunāmanallūr / Tirunāvalūr, biruda

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00263

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00263.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī-kalinārai

## Translation

The crane of the Kali age.

## Translation into French

La Grue de l’âge Kali.

## Commentary

“On a sculptured stone recently inserted into the west wall of the
prākāra of the Bhaktajanēśvara temple at Tirunāmanallūr. Consists of the
word Śrī-Kalinārai, which according to No. 365 formed part of the name
of a shrine which has been recently demolished by the villagers.” (ARIE
1901–02, p. 21, appendix B/1902, № 376)

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1901–02 (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/376).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 7.1007). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 263).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos
(2008).

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government
of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 479, item 1007.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page
pages, item 263.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1901–02. G.O. Nos. 763, 764, 6th August 1902. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1901-1902. Copy to the
Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras:
Government of Madras, Public Department, 1902. Page 21, appendix B/1902,
item 376.

Francis, Emmanuel, Valérie Gillet & Charlotte Schmid. 2007. “De loin, de
près: Chronique des études pallava III.” BEFEO 94, pp. 253–317. DOI:
10.3406/befeo.2007.6072. [URL]. Pages 304–306.