Olakkūr, dedication of an image, no king, no year
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00248.
Summary: Dedication of an image of the Goddess.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (e8a670e), last modified (18e0138).
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1–3) This has been caused to be made by king Pṛthvīvṛṣabhāṅkura.
Bibliography
Reported in Krishna Sastri 1910 (ARIE/1909-1910/B/1909/356).
Edited in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 248).
Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022).
Primary
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 622, item 248.
Secondary
Krishna Sastri, H. 1910. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. No place. Pages 30, 70, appendix B/1909, item 356.
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This has been caused to be made by king Pṛthvīvṛṣabhāṅkura.
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Commentary
According to Krishna Sastri 1910, p. 30, the inscription is in archaic characters and “[r]ecords that the much worn image at the top of the slab was caused to be made by the king,” while “[t]he image itself, perhaps, represents Piridiviviḍa[ṅga]-kurati.” Mahalingam 1988 dates the inscription to the 6th century and notes: “The inscription is engraved below the stated image of a goddess flanked by a lamp and canopied by an umbrella.”