Mahābalipuram, Shore Temple, biruda (1/2)
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Apparatus
⟨1⟩ Ekavīra • The reading Ekavīraḥ seems possible, considering the other biruda inscriptions at Mahābalipuram.
Translation
The unique hero.
Translation into French
Le héros unique.
Bibliography
Reported in IAR 1957-58. Text and translation in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 316).
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis.
Primary
[IAR] IAR 1957-58. Indian Archaeology 1957-58: A Review. Edited by Amalananda Ghosh. New Delhi: Department of Archaeology, Government of India, 1958. Page 56, plate 19.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 715, item 316.
Secondary
Srinivasan, K. R. 1975. The Dharmarāja Ratha and its sculptures: Mahābalipuram. New Delhi: Abhinav. Page 89.
Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Page 289, item IR 64.
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Commentary
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 316) translates as “The unrivalled hero.”
This appears to be a biruda of Narasiṁhavarman II Pallava, also attested in inscriptions Pallava 54, Pallava 60 and Pallava 63