# SII 17.385: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 385. (A.R. No. 356 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI,
KULATTUR TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0385

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0385.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Summary

On the south wall of the Akhilāṇḍēśvari shrine, in the Śikhānāthasvāmin
temple.

This inscription in Sanskrit verse engraved in Grantha characters of
about the 12th-13th centuries A.D., records the building of a vimāna for
the shrine for goddess Pārvati by Sundarēśa.

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## Edition

2. Mandākrāntā

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmannaḷagiripaterdde⟨2⟩vadevasya devyāḥ pitrājasrā
vi⟨3⟩rahamacalādhīśvareṇaiva ka ⟨4⟩ ⟨r⟩ttuM [∥]
Etattādṛnni IvoTbhāsa⟨5⟩mānaM vimānaM vīraścakre
mala⟨6⟩yajamahīmaṇḍana(ṁ) sundareśaḥ ௳

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ Etattādṛnni • Two letters have been omitted here.

## Commentary

⟨4–6⟩ Metre: Mandākrantā.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.385 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian
Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of
Publications). Page 165, item 385.