Mahābalipuram, Shore Temple, Varāha tank verse

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00380.

Summary: A verse, also attested in the inscription Pallava 68 (verse 1).

Hand description:

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (350e545), last modified (60da6ad).

Edition

I. Vasantatilakā

⟨Block a⟩ ⟨1⟩ [śrī-pallavānvaya-kulācala-r]ājasi(ṁ)ho

a

yaḥ kṣatrasi(ṁ)ha Iti viśruta-puṇya-kīrttiḥ

b

jīyā⟨Block b⟩t maheśvara-śikhāmaṇi-dīpta-mauli⟨Block c⟩(r)

c

yy(u)ddhārjjuno nikhila-loka-nare[ndra-siṁhaḥ]

d

Apparatus

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

Translation into French by Sylvain Brocquet

I

[Montagne la plus haute de la lignée de Śrī-Pallava], puisse Rājasiṁha,

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Qui, sous le nom de Kṣatrasiṁha, vit sa gloire sans tache se répandre,

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Etre vainqueur, lui dont Maheśvara, son diadème, fait resplendir le cimier,

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Lui qui est un Arjuna au combat, un [lion parmi les souverains] du monde entier !

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Commentary

The first two blocks were in reverse order in situ at the time of our visits.

Bibliography

Reported in Katti 2006 (ARIE/1990-1991/B/1990-1991/158).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos (2004).

Primary

[ARIE] Katti, Madhav N. 2006. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1990-91. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 6, 87, appendixes B/1990-1991, item 158.

Secondary

Lockwood, Michael. 1993. Māmallapuram: A guide to the monuments. Madras: Tambaram Research Associates, Madras Christian College. Page 111.

Lockwood, Michael, Vishnu Bhat A, Gift Siromoney and Dayanandan P. 2001. Pallava art. Madras, Tambaram: Tambaram Research Associates. Page 224.

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 280, item IR 40.