SII 1.29: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 29. THIRD NICHE TO THE RIGHT OF FRONT ENTRANCE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0029.

Hand description:

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: 2025-06-21 13:25 (1624459), last modified 2025-05-30 18:16 (829da8c).

1. Front, first line.

⟨A1⟩ namaśśivāya [||]

I

bharttuḥ puronmathanadṛṣṭadhanurbbalasya śailādhirājatanayeva vṛṣadhvajasya ⟨|⟩

yā kālakāla Iti viśrutapuṇyakīrtteḥ kāntā nitāntadayitā parameśvarasya{ḥ} || ⟨1⟩

2. Back.

II

⟨B1⟩ deve jagadvalayarakṣaṇabaddhadīkṣe nirbbhinnaśatruhṛdaye narasiṁhaviṣṇau ⟨|⟩

vāllabhyamūrjjitamavāpya virājate yā nirjjitya garvvamiva puṣkaradevatāyāḥ || ⟨2⟩

3. Front, second line.

III

⟨C1⟩ nirmmāpitamidandhāma tayā candra(śiravā)maṇeḥ ⟨|⟩

patā(kayeva) nārīṇāṁ ramyaṁ raṁgapatāka[yā ||] ⟨3⟩

Apparatus

Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Adoration to Śiva!

(Verse 1.) She, who was the dearly beloved mistress of her husband, the supreme lord, who was famed by the name of Kālakāla, whose sign was the bull,¹ and the strength of whose bow had become manifest at the destruction of cities, just as the daughter of the king of mountains (Pārvatī) is the dearly beloved mistress of her husband, the supreme lord (Śiva), whose sign is the bull, and the strength of whose bow has become manifest at the destruction of (the demon) Pura;—

(2.) She, who is resplendent, as she has attained the mighty position of favourite with king Narasiṁhavishṇu, who has split the hearts of his foes, and who has devoted himself to the protection of the circle of the world, and as thus she seems to have subdued the pride of Pushkaradevatā (i.e., Lakshmī, the wife of the god Narasiṁha-Vishṇu);—

(3.) That Raṅgapatākā, who was, as it were, the banner (patākā) of women, caused to be built this lovely dwelling of (Śiva,) whose crest-jewel is the moon.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.29 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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. Pages 23–24, item 29.

Notes

1. With Vṛishadhvaja compare the birudas Ṛishabhadarpa and Ṛishabhalāñchhana in No. 25, 5th niche. The bull is also represented on the Pallava coins (see Sir Walter Elliot’s Coins of Southern India, Nos. 31 to 38, 56, 57) and on the seals of the copper-plate grants of the Pallavas.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>SII 1.29: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch</title>

<title type="alt">PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 29. THIRD NICHE TO THE RIGHT OF FRONT ENTRANCE.</title>

<resp>author of digital edition</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority>DHARMA</authority>

<pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0029</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

</summary>

</msContents>

<p/>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<change who="part:emfr" when="2025-05-25" status="draft">Further conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

<change who="part:mime" when="2025-05-06" status="draft">Conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<head>1. Front, first line.</head>

<p>

<lb n="A1"/>namaśśivāya <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied>

</p>

<l n="ab">bharttuḥ puronmathanadṛṣṭadhanurbbalasya śailādhirājatanayeva vṛṣadhvajasya <supplied reason="subaudible"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied></l>

<l n="cd">yā kālakāla Iti viśrutapuṇyakīrtteḥ kāntā nitāntadayitā parameśvarasya<surplus>ḥ</surplus> <g type="ddanda">.</g> <supplied reason="subaudible">1</supplied></l>

</lg>

</div>

<l n="ab"><lb n="B1"/>deve jagadvalayarakṣaṇabaddhadīkṣe nirbbhinnaśatruhṛdaye narasiṁhaviṣṇau <supplied reason="subaudible"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied></l>

<l n="cd">vāllabhyamūrjjitamavāpya virājate yā nirjjitya garvvamiva puṣkaradevatāyāḥ <g type="ddanda">.</g> <supplied reason="subaudible">2</supplied></l>

</lg>

</div>

<head>3. Front, second line.</head>

<l n="ab"><lb n="C1"/>nirmmāpitamidandhāma tayā candra<unclear>śiravā</unclear>maṇeḥ <supplied reason="subaudible"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied></l>

<l n="cd">patā<unclear>kayeva</unclear> nārīṇāṁ ramyaṁ raṁgapatāka<supplied reason="undefined">yā <g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">3</supplied></l>

</lg>

</div>

</div>

<p>Adoration to Śiva!</p>

<p>(<hi rend="italic">Verse</hi> 1.) She, who was the dearly beloved mistress of her husband, the supreme lord, who was famed by the name of <hi rend="bold">Kālakāla</hi>, whose sign was the bull,<note>With Vṛishadhvaja compare the <hi rend="italic">birudas</hi> Ṛishabhadarpa and Ṛishabhalāñchhana in No. 25, 5th niche. The bull is also represented on the Pallava coins (see Sir Walter Elliot's <hi rend="italic">Coins of Southern India</hi>, Nos. 31 to 38, 56, 57) and on the seals of the copper-plate grants of the Pallavas.</note> and the strength of whose bow had become manifest at the destruction of cities, just as the daughter of the king of mountains (<hi rend="italic">Pārvatī</hi>) is the dearly beloved mistress of her husband, the supreme lord (<hi rend="italic">Śiva</hi>), whose sign is the bull, and the strength of whose bow has become manifest at the destruction of (<hi rend="italic">the demon</hi>) Pura;—</p>

<p>(2.) She, who is resplendent, as she has attained the mighty position of favourite with king <hi rend="bold">Narasiṁhavishṇu</hi>, who has split the hearts of his foes, and who has devoted himself to the protection of the circle of the world, and as thus she seems to have subdued the pride of Pushkaradevatā (<hi rend="italic">i.e.</hi>, Lakshmī, <hi rend="italic">the wife of the god</hi> Narasiṁha-Vishṇu);—</p>

<p>(3.) That <hi rend="bold">Raṅgapatākā</hi>, who was, as it were, the banner (<hi rend="italic">patākā</hi>) of women, caused to be built this lovely dwelling of (<hi rend="italic">Śiva,</hi>) whose crest-jewel is the moon.</p>

</div>

<p>Digital edition of SII 1.29 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1890_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

<bibl/>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>