# Śrīraṅgam, Raṅganātha temple, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya01003

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya01003.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

Commit: 2026-10-01 13:11 (562e33f), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ hariḥ OM svasti śrī ⯼⁓

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yenāsau karuṇāmanīyata daśāṁ śrī-raṁga-pa¡t!⟨d⟩mākaraḥ
kr̥tvā taM bhuvanāntara-praṇayinaṁ karṇṇāṭa-doṣākaraM
bhūyopy atra jagat-trayī-bahumatāṁ lakṣmīm avasthāpayan
devas sundara-pāṇḍya-bhānur udayaṁ lebhe ⟨2⟩ pratāpoṣmaḷaM ∥

2. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

dattair nnaika-tulādhiroha-vidhinā raṁgeśvarasyālayan
devaś śrī-madhurā-mahendra-nr̥patir jjāMbūnadair nirmmame
Asyottuṁgabhujādribhāsurayaśas candrodayavyañjikā
sandhyevāniśam īkṣyate navajapāraktā yadaṁśu⟨3⟩chaṭā ∥

...

30. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨23⟩ hemāc-chādana-rāja Ity adhigata-prakhyāta-nāmno harer
haimasyoraga-sūdanasya śayanāgārasya vādhiśriyaḥ
trīṇ(i)-sva⟨rṇṇa⟩-mayāni rāja-tapanaś cakre vimānāni yaiś
śrī-raṁgas sa Ivābhiṣeka-vidhr̥tair u¡T!⟨d⟩bhāsate maulibhiḥ ∥

## Bibliography

Edited in Hultzsch 1894–1895, with English translation and visual
documentation (EI 3.2).

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Hultzsch 1894–1895 and visual
documentation therein.

### Primary

[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1894–1895. “Ranganatha inscription
of Sundara-Pandya.” EI 3, pp. 7–17.

### Secondary

Pierdominici Leão, David. 2025. Breaking the crown of Indra: the Pāṇḍyas
and their dynastic identity in the South Indian context. Leiden,
Pays-Bas. Pages 169–178.