PART I. THE PALLAVAS. SII 12.7A: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 7A. (A.R. No. 386 of 1906). TIRUMAYYAM, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE ROCK-CUT ŚIVA. TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is a fragmentary record engraved in Pallava-Grantha characters of the 7th century A.D. A major portion of the inscription is erased, but from the preserved portion, the names of musical notes such as gāndhāram, pañchamam, dhaivatam, nishādam etc., can be read. A certain order is noticeable in the arrangement of the notes in seven sections with subsections. Unfortunately the subsections have been so erased as to make it impossible to follow the method adopted here. As the palaeography of the inscription resembles that of the Kuḍimiyāmalai epigraph, this record also may be attributed to the time of Mahēndravarman l.

Language: Sanskrit (san).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ namaśśivā(ya)
⟨2⟩ ṛṣabham·
⟨3⟩ gāndhāram·
⟨4⟩ pañcamam·
⟨5⟩ ghaivatam·
⟨6⟩ (ni)ṣādam·
⟨7⟩ madhyamam·

Commentary

The remaining portion of the inscription is highly damaged; the continuation of lines 2-7 is also damaged. This inscription in ‘unknown language’ was ordered to be erased in the time of Māṟavarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya and his record of the 7th year was incised in its place (Ins. Puduk. State, No. 340.) The following inscriptions in Pallava-Tamil characters assignable to the 7th Century A.D., are also found in the same temple.

(a)

(E)ṉṉaipramāṇañceytu vidyāparivādini kaṟ⟨ka⟩ [|]

(b)

⟨1⟩ . . . . . . . . . . . . ñcolliya puki(ṟ)pa(ru)kkum eṉ(ṉai) ⟨2⟩ . . . . . . . . . mi mukkan tiruvattuk(ku)m ⟨3⟩ . . . . . . . . . . . ppiyam [||]

(c)

⟨1⟩ kaṟkappaṭuvatu kāraṇa ⟨2⟩ ñcolliya pukiṟparukkum timi ⟨3⟩ mukkaṭtiruvattukkum Urittu [||]

(d)

parivādini E¹

Bibliography

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

Primary

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

Notes

1. The same label in Pallava-Grantha characters is also found engraved inside a rectangular mark in the caves at Malayakkōyil Kuḍimiyāmalai and Tirukgōkarṇam in the State.

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