# SII 1.22: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE
PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 1 TO 23. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS OF MĀMALLAPURAM
AND CĀḶUVAṄKUPPAM. Nos. 21 TO 23. INSCRIPTIONS AT ATIRAṆACHAṆḌEŚVARA
TEMPLE, CĀḶUVAṄKUPPAM. No. 22. On the Northern Wall

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0022

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0022.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Siddhamātr̥kā]

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## Summary

This inscription consists of the first six verses of No. 21.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrīmatotyantakāmasya ⟨2⟩ dviṣaddarppāpahāriṇaḥ [|] śrīni⟨3⟩dheḥ
kāmarāgasya harārādhanasaṁgi⟨4⟩naḥ ∥ [1] Abhiṣekajalāpūrṇṇe
citraratnāṁ⟨5⟩bujākare [|] Āste viśāle sumukhaḥ śirassara⟨6⟩si śaṁkaraḥ
∥ [2] tenedaṁ kāritaṁ śambhorbhava⟨7⟩naṁ bhūtaye bhuvaḥ [|]
kailāsamandaranibhaṁ bhūbhṛtāṁ ⟨8⟩ mūrdhni tiṣṭhatā ∥ [3] bhaktiprahveṇa
manasā bhava⟨ṁ⟩ bhūṣaṇa⟨9⟩līlayā [|] doṣṇā ca yo bhuvandhatte jīyātsa
śrībharaści⟨10⟩ram· ∥ [4] Atiraṇacaṇḍaḥ
patiravanibhujāmatira⟨11⟩ṇacaṇḍeśvaramidamakarot· [|] Iha
giritanayāgu⟨12⟩hagaṇasahito niyatakṛtaratirbhavatu paśupatiḥ ∥ [5] ⟨13⟩
gurvvīmīśānabhaktiṁ śriyamatiśayinīṁ durvvahaṁ bhāramurvvyā
nissā⟨14⟩mānyañca dānaṁ samamatiraṇacaṇḍā(khya)yā yo (bi)bhartti [|]
sthāne ⟨15⟩ nirmmāpitesminviditaraṇajaya(khyātinā) tena bharttā
bhūtānā⟨16⟩maṣṭamūrttiścirama(tiraṇacaṇḍe)śvare yātu niṣṭhām· ∥ [6] ∥
svasti ∥ ∥

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.22 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See revised edition by Emmanuel Francis (INSPallava00065).

### 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. Page 8, item 22.