# SII 12.14: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 14. (A.R. No. 82 of 1921). BIG
CONJEEVERAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN A
RUINED MAṆḌAPA NEAR THE 1000-PILLARED MAṆḌAPA IN THE THIRD PRĀKĀRA OF
THE ĒKĀMRĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0014

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0014.xml

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

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## Summary

Like the previous record this inscription also enumerates a few birudas
of Mahēndravarman I (plate IV.) As this inscription is found on a
detached pillar, it is evident that it must have formed part of a
structural temple of the time of Mahēndravarman I. which has now
disappeared.

West face.

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## Edition

### West face.

⟨1⟩ Eṟi

⟨2⟩ kucagrāṇa

⟨3⟩ mahāmegha

⟨4⟩ dṛḍhabhaktiḥ

### South face.

⟨5⟩ Abhimukha

⟨6⟩ citrakārapuli

⟨7⟩ kuṟṟambu

### East face.

⟨8⟩ curmbu

⟨9⟩ vaṁkaṁbu

⟨10⟩ vnāṟa(pegu)

### North face.

⟨11⟩ pisugu

⟨12⟩ vambara

⟨13⟩ bhrāntaḥ Akari

## Apparatus

⟨11⟩ pisugu • [This looks like pisūgu in the original—Ed.]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.14 (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/82) 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
8, item 14.