# Tārācuram / Darasuram, Airavateśvara temple, maṇḍapa’s name

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00604

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00604.xml

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

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Name of the maṇḍapa inscribed eight times on eight different pillars in
the maṇḍapa.

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## Edition

### Pillar 1

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

rājaga⟨2⟩Mbhīraṉ maṇṭapam

### Pillar 2

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

rājagaMbhī⟨2⟩ran· tiru-maṇḍapaM

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1926–27 (ARIE/1926-1927/C/1927/256).

Edited and translated in Srinivasan 1987. The distinction between
Grantha and Tamil letters cannot be assessed.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on ASI estampage and
transcript “AR_C0256_1926-27” available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared
Repository of Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-26). The transcript and
estampage are from different pillars: the transcript and Srinivasan 1987
= pillar 1; the estampage = pillar 2.

### Primary

[S] Srinivasan, P.R. 1987. “Epigraphical study.” In: Darasuram.
Epigraphical Study. Étude architecturale. Étude iconographique. Edited
by Françoise L’Hernault. Mémoires Archéologiques 16. Paris: EFEO. Page
23, items a.IV.a-h.

### Secondary

ARIE 1926–27. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1927. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government
of India, 1928. Page 46, appendix C/1927, item 256.