# SII 12.116: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: MISCELLANEOUS. No. 116. (A.R. No. 663 of 1922).
MAHĀBALIPURAM, CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON THE PORTAL OF THE NICHE
TO THE RIGHT OF THE VARĀHA CELL IN THE VARĀHA CAVE TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0116

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0116.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

This inscription engraved in the Pallava-Grantha script, gives the
oft-quoted verse enumerating the ten incarnations of Vishṇu.

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## Commentary

Published in the Epigraphical Report for 1923, p. 94 and Archaeological
Survey Memoir, No. 26.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.116 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
55, item 116.