# Kāñcīpuram, temple-name, time of Mahendravarman

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00488

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00488.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Kailāsanātha, Mahendravameśvaragr̥ha, on southern string wall. Name of a
temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ mahendra-varmmeśvara-gr̥haM

## Translation

⟨1⟩ The temple of the Lord of Mahendravarman.

## Translation into French by Brocquet 1997

⟨1⟩ Le temple du Seigneur de Mahendravarman.

## Bibliography

First recorded and edited in Hultzsch 1890, p. 22, n. 2 (SII 1). Text
and translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 53b).

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

### 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.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava :
poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne
Nouvelle. Paris. Page 611, item 53/c.

### Secondary

Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi:
Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 213, note 1.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne :
inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IV^(ème)-IX^(ème) 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. Pages 282–283, item 47.