Tiruppōrūr, list of birudas

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: A list of 16 birudas engraved on two pillars. Most probably birudas of Narasiṁhavarman II Pallava, as the list includes the birudas Atyantakāma and Atiraṇacaṇḍa and as the paleaography matches his other known inscriptions (see Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943, p. 12).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00067.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00067.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

1st pillar

⟨Face A1⟩

⟨1⟩ kāma-laḷita(ḥ)

⟨2⟩ kula-tilaka(ḥ)

⟨Face A2⟩

⟨3⟩ guṇa-vinīta⟨ḥ⟩

⟨4⟩ dharaṇi-tilaka⟨ḥ⟩

⟨Face A3⟩

⟨5⟩ jñāna-sāgaraḥ

⟨6⟩ tri-bhuvana-dīpa(ḥ)

⟨Face A4⟩

⟨7⟩ Avirata-dānaḥ

⟨8⟩ Īśāna-śaraṇa(ḥ)

2nd pillar

⟨Face B1⟩

⟨9⟩ pṛthivī-sāra(ḥ)

⟨10⟩ samara-dhanañjaya(ḥ)

⟨Face B2⟩

⟨11⟩ Atyanta-kāma⟨ḥ⟩

⟨12⟩ Abhayaṁ-kara⟨ḥ⟩

⟨Face B3⟩

⟨13⟩ Avani-divākara⟨ḥ⟩

⟨14⟩ Atiraṇa-caṇḍa⟨ḥ⟩

⟨Face B4⟩

⟨15⟩ Avārita-vīryya⟨ḥ⟩

⟨16⟩ Ari-kari-kesar(i/ī)

Apparatus

1st pillar

⟨1⟩ °laḷita(ḥ) ⬦ °laḷitaḥ SII; °lalitaḥ B.

⟨2⟩ °tilaka(ḥ) ⬦ °tilakaḥ SII.

⟨3⟩ °vinīta⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °vinīta(ḥ) SII.

⟨4⟩ °tilaka⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °tilaka(ḥ) SII.

⟨8⟩ °śaraṇa(ḥ) ⬦ °śara(ṇa)ḥ SII.

2nd pillar

⟨9⟩ °sāra(ḥ) ⬦ °sāraḥ SII.

⟨11⟩ °kāma⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °kāma(ḥ) SII.

⟨12⟩ °kara⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °kara(ḥ) SII.

⟨13⟩ °divākara⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °divākara(ḥ) SII.

⟨14⟩ °caṇḍa⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °caṇḍa(ḥ). SII.

⟨15⟩ °vīryya⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °vīryya(ḥ) SII.

⟨16⟩ °kesar(i/ī) ⬦ °kesarī (∥) SII.

Translation into French by Brocquet 1997

1st pillar

⟨1⟩ Celui qui possède le charme de Kāma

⟨2⟩ L’ornement de sa famille

⟨3⟩ Celui qui malgré ses vertus conserve sa modestie

⟨4⟩ L’ornement de la terre

⟨5⟩ L’océan de la connaissance

⟨6⟩ Le flambeau des trois mondes

⟨7⟩ Celui dont la générosité n’a pas de fin

⟨8⟩ Celui qui trouve refuge en Īśāna

2nd pillar

⟨9⟩ Celui qui a la terre pour richesse

⟨10⟩ Celui qui est un Dhanañjaya au combat

⟨11⟩ Celui dont les désirs sont infinis

⟨12⟩ Celui qui dispense la sécurité

⟨13⟩ Le soleil de la terre

⟨14⟩ Celui qui montre au combat une férocité extrême

⟨15⟩ Celui dont l’héroïsme ne connaît nulle entrave

⟨16⟩ Celui qui est un lion pour ces éléphants que sont ses ennemis

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1908–09 (ARIE/1908-1909/C/1909/76).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.27), with visual documentation (pl. V). Text in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 67). Text and translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 50).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 and on autopsy (July 2024).

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 12, item 27.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 67, pages 208–209.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Pages 600–602, item 50.

Secondary

ARIE 1908–09. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 65, appendix C/1909, item 76.

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