# SII 12.11: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 11. (A.R. No. 50 of 1905). ON
THE SAME PILLAR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0011

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0011.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This inscription in Tamil verse states that Narēndrapōttaraiyaṉ
constructed, to the south of Veṇbēḍu, a Śiva temple called
Śatrumallēśvarālaya.[1] The composer of the verse was Brammamaṅgalavaṉ
Śellaṉ Śivadāsaṉ, a native of the village.

It may be noted that the Tamil characters in which this inscription is
engraved are not so archaic as to be attributed to the period of
Mahēndravarman I, but could be assigned to the 9th century A.D. It is,
therefore, probable that this Tamil translation in verse of the previous
record was composed by a local poet of the 9th century and was got
engraved on the same pillar of the cave.

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## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XII, pp. 225 ff.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.11 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
7, item 11.

[1] South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I, page 29.