# SII 12.13: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: 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’

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0013

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0013.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha], Telugu [Grantha],
Undetermined [Grantha, Script (unspecified), Telugu]

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## 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.

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## 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 & 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. Pages
7–8, item 13.