SII 12.12: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 12. (A.R. No. 51 of 1905). MAṆḌAGAPPAṬṬU, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA OF THE ROCK-CUT CAVE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0012.

Summary: This is an important inscription in Sanskrit verse which states that the rock-cut shrine was caused to be made by king Vichitrachitta for the enshrinement of the three gods Brahmā, Īśvara and Vishṇu, without the use of bricks, timber, metal and mortar. Since from Pallava inscriptions we know that Mahēndravarman I had the biruda ‘Vichitra-chitta’ (i.e.) curious or fancy-minded, this cave must have been excavated by him.

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Language: Undetermined.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: 2025-06-21 13:25 (1624459), last modified 2025-05-05 17:09 (914dcd3).

Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVII, page 17.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.12 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 7, item 12.

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