# SII 12.7A: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MAHENDRAVARMAN I. PART I. THE PALLAVAS. 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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0007A

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0007A.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08
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## 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.

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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 E[1]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.7A 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 7A.

[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.