# SII 22.7: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 7. (A.R. No. 7 of 1906) SALEM DISTRICT, NAMAKKAL
TALUK, NĀMAKKAL RAṄGANĀTHA TEMPLE ON THE HILL-IN THE MONOLITHIC CAVE
FORMING THE CENTRAL SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0007

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0007.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Summary

This consists of a few Sanskrit birudas in the Pallava-Grantha script of
about the 8th century A.D. like those found for the Pallava king
Mahēndravarman I in the Pallavaram and Tiruchirapalli cave temples, and
of two verses in Sanskrit both damaged. One of them seems to record the
excavation of this cave temple called the Atiyēndra-Vishṇugriha by a
king of the Atiyānvavāya (family) whose name is lost. It also makes
mention of the grandsons by the daughter (dāuhitras) of this king (?).
In the second verse we can read the names Śaśi, Sūrya, Tumburu, Nārada,
Madhu and Kaiṭabha. The images of these (and other) heavenly beings are
actually found cut in relief on the walls of the temple. For a detailed
description of this and the other two temples on the hill at this place,
see the Annual Report on Epigraphy for 1906. Part II, paragraphs 35 and
36. The following are the birudas mentioned above: Utpala-karṇika,
Naravāhana, Madana-vilāsa, Mānapara, Nayapara, Udārachitta,
Prakritipriya and Naradēva.

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## Edition

### Text (Birudas)

⟨A1⟩ Utpalakarṇṇika | naravāhana | madanavilāsa | mānapara | nayapara |
Udāracittaḥ | prakṛtipriyaḥ | naradevaḥ |

### Text (verse 1)

⟨B1⟩ [5+] greṣu yasyādyeṣu yaśasviṣu ⟨B2⟩ somapūrvvotiyendrāṇāṁ
dauhitreṣvanvayasthita ⟨B3⟩ [5+] Atiyānvavāyaguruṇā [4+] patineva [4+]
⟨B4⟩ Atiyendraviṣṇugṛhamiti [3+] (muḥ) kāritaṁ kṛtinaḥ [∥]

### Text (verse 2)

⟨C1⟩ yammaṇḍapa [1+] mā [4+] vairiṇā brahmā śa [2+] ⟨C2⟩ śaśi
sūryastumpuru nārado śura hṛṣṭagaruḍaśca ⟨C3⟩ [4+] tat· [7+]
diśantaśrayaḥ [3+] ⟨C4⟩ [3+] te madhukaiṭabha kṣa [1+] yakiṁta [4+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.7 by Srinivasa Rao 1983 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1983. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXII,
Part I: inscriptions collected during the year 1905-06. South Indian
Inscriptions 22.1. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director
General). Page 4, item 7.