# SII 12.7: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 7. (A.R. No. 354 of 1904).
KUḌIMIYĀMALAI, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON A ROCK TO THE SOUTH OF THE
MĒLAKKŌYIL TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0007

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0007.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This inscription which is engraved in the Pallava-Grantha characters of
the 7th century A.D., consists of a musical treatise composed by a royal
disciple of Rudrāchārya. Though the name of the king is not mentioned,
the characters of the record as well as the title ‘Saṅkīrṇajāti’ assumed
by the Pallava king Mahēndravarman whose inscriptions are also found in
the region round Trichinopoly, have led to the attribution of this
record to the same Pallava monarch, who, we know, achieved distinction
in the realm of architecture, literature and drama. A little to the
north of this inscription, over the Valampuri-Gaṇēśa image is engraved
the word ‘parivādini-ē,’ meaning a lute with seven strings ‘only’, which
indicates that the musical instrument intended for the notations used in
this record was the Vīṇā.

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## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XII, pp. 231 ff.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.7 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943
converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
3, item 7.