# SII 1.34: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE
PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 33 AND 34. TWO CAVE-INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE
TRIŚIRÂPAḶḶI ROCK. No. 34. ON THE PILLAR TO THE RIGHT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0034

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0034.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śailendramūrddhani śilābhavane vicitre ⟨2⟩ śailīntanuṁ guṇabharo
nṛpatirnnidhāya ⟨|⟩ ⟨3⟩ sthāṇuṁ vyadha(tta) vi(dhi)reṣa
yathārtthasaṁjñaṁ ⟨4⟩ sthāṇuḥ svayañca saha tena jagatsu jātaḥ ⟨∥⟩ ⟨1⟩
⟨5⟩ gṛhamakṛta śatrumallo gir¿i?⟨ī⟩ndrakanyā⟨6⟩paterggirāvasmin· ⟨|⟩
giriśasya giriśa⟨7⟩(saṁ)jñāmanvartthīkartumartthapatiḥ ∥ ⟨2⟩ ⟨8⟩
vibhūtiñcoḷānāṁ kathamahamavekṣe⟨9⟩ya vipulāṁ nadīṁ vā
kāvīrīmavanibhavanāva⟨10⟩sthita Iti ⟨|⟩ hareṇoktaḥ prītyā
vibhuradiśa⟨11⟩dabhraṁlihamidammanupra(khyo rājye)
g¿a?⟨i⟩ribhavana⟨12⟩masmai guṇabharaḥ ∥ ⟨3⟩ nirmmāpitā(miti mudā) ⟨13⟩
puruṣottamena śailīṁ harasya tanumaprati⟨14⟩māmanena ⟨|⟩ kṛtvā śivaṁ
śirasi (dhā)rayatātma⟨15⟩saṁsthamuccaiḥśirastvamaca(lasya) kṛtaṁ
kṛtā⟨16⟩rttham· ∥ ⟨4⟩

## Translation by Hultzsch 1890

(Verse 1.) When king Guṇabhara placed a stone-figure in the wonderful
stone-temple on the top of the best of mountains, he made in this way[1]
Sthāṇu (Śiva) stationary[2] and became himself stationary (i.e.,
immortal) in the worlds together with him.

(2.) King Śatrumalla built on this mountain a temple of Giriśa (Śiva),
the husband of the daughter of the king of mountains, in order to make
he name Giriśa (i.e., the mountain-dweller) true to its meaning.

(3.) After Hara (Śiva) had graciously asked him: “How could I, standing
in a temple on earth, view the great power of the Choḷas or the river
Kāvīrī ?”—king Guṇabhara, who resembled Manu in his manner of ruling,
assigned to him this mountain-temple, which touches the clouds.

(4.) Thus having joyfully placed on the top (of the mountain) a
matchless stone-figure of Hara (Śiva), which he caused to be executed,
that Purushottama, who bore Śiva fixed in his mind, made the loftiness
of the mountain fruitful.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.34 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. Page 30, item 34.

[1] Literally: ‘this was the way.’

[2] Literally: ‘he made Sthāṇu (i.e., the stationary one) one whose name
was true to its meaning.’