SII 12.13: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 13. (A.R. No. 369 of 1908). PALLĀVARAM, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE BEAMS IN THE ROCK-CUT CAVE NOW USED AS A ‘DARGA’.
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0013.
Summary: This inscription is engraved in Pallava-Grantha characters in a single line on the beams of the upper and lower verandahs of the rock-cut cave (plates III and IV.) It gives a long list of birudas, some of them obscure in their import, of the Pallava king Mahēndravikrama (I) with whose name the inscription commences. These titles are in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu and indicate the character, erudition and personal tastes of the king. Some of these birudas are also found in the upper cave at Trichinopoly (No. 8 above). The rock-cut temple is described in the Memoir of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 17, page 16.
Hand description:
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Undetermined.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
Version: (d9ac354), last modified (98af923).
Edition
⟨1⟩ śrī
mahendravikramaḥ |
mattavilāsaḥ |
ceththakārī |
vicitracittaḥ |
ciḷundu |
ceruḷuccemprūru |
Āluptakāmaḥ |
viṭemāyaḥ |
da(rppa)viṣaḥ |
lokavaśyaḥ |
(davā)gniḥ |
kalahapriyaḥ |
laḷitāṅkuraḥ |
(mayamakkāru) |
citrakārappuli |
nivambu |
nilvuleneyyambu |
vampu |
vukā |
vaṅka{ḥ}mpu |
kāththu |
kathumpu |
kaṭuṁkṭāyu |
vile(yā)ḷa |
palapāṭi |
ventulavittu |
Alarvale |
Āsiṭṭiḥ |
Arkkapā(su)mbu |
daṇḍikkalla |
vāyiveṇṭi |
yamuku |
saṅkīrṇṇajati(ḥ) |
(E)ththu |
⟨2⟩ Iṭukaḻi
pisugu
piṭuvā�
perinthi
prakāraṇa(ḥ)
pravṛttamā(tra)ḥ
pukāpiḍuku
pasarambu
(Ananyaḥ)
pavi(thuḥ)
(pa)kaḷi
bāku
bujjanakanthu
bhrāntaḥ
(O)ththuḥ
Otha
(Uddha)tiḥ
Upamānaḥ
Ummākuṁḍu
kāmārjjavaḥ
kaṭuḥkṛākaṁ
kaṭunterambu
guṇabharaḥ
teppu
tāḷiva
tathudaṇḍa
tanumpu(no)mi
tukānuḥ
to(ththu)
toṭa
teththa
(śrīdṛḍhabhāktiḥ)
dunuvāryya
(Uḍukāsiṭṭi)
[4+]
dhdharmmapāḷakaḥ
[4+]
⟨3⟩ satyasandhaḥ
lakṣitaḥ
Iṣṭaduṣṭabhṛṣṭacaritaḥ
naihikāmutrikaḥ
nayambu
nathuku
mahāmegha
ma(nprā)vu
mathumāthā
vethi�cutho
mūkhavajjaḥ
mogga [3+]
(śoḷacu)(ḻi)
cumbu
paṭu(si)ddha
caḷisappuruṭṭhu
vesāḻi
vu(sātha)
vambara
(vāve)(ṟ)(ṭi)
[4+]
vaṁkiṟu
vḷā(ṣu)
verasaḥ
vyavasthitaḥ
vyavasāyaḥ
Anityarāgaḥ
Avanibhājanaḥ
Anumānaḥ
Abhimukhaḥ
Ākaraḥ
Āhāryyabuddhiḥ
Āyata
[7+]
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ vukā • [This may be read also vūkā-Ed.]
⟨2⟩ prakāraṇa(ḥ) • Before this is an indistinct letter.
Bibliography
Digital edition of SII 12.13 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. Pages 7–8, item 13.
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Āyata
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