Kāñcipuram, Mātaṅgeśvara, birudas

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Two glorifying soubriquets (birudas), each one on a different pillar.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00392.

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Version: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

South Pillar

⟨1⟩ śrī-Araty-a(ṁ)kan(·)

North Pillar

⟨1⟩ śrī-pra(bhu)-p(r̥)¡(t)!(u)

Apparatus

South Pillar

⟨1⟩ śrī-Araty-a(ṁ)kan(·) ⬦ śrī-Aratyakana D; śrī-Aratyaṁkan ARIE; śrī-Aratyamakaṉ S.

North Pillar

⟨1⟩ śrī-pra(bhu)-p(r̥)¡(t)!⟨th⟩(u) ⬦ śrī-prabhupatiḥ ARIE; śrī-prabhupatiḥ S.

Translation

South Pillar

⟨1⟩ He who is a hook for pain / He whose hook is painful.¹

North Pillar

⟨1⟩ He who is an able Pr̥thu.²

Commentary

Srinivasan 1983 (p. 68), who reads Aratyamakaṉ, suggests it is equivalent to Aratikalaḥ, a biruda of Narasiṁhavarman II Pallava.³

Bibliography

Reported in Jouveau-Dubreuil 1918, in ARIE 1972–73 (ARIE/1972-1973/B/1972-1973/261–262).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, from autopsy and photos (2004, by Emmanuel Francis).

Primary

[D] Jouveau-Dubreuil, Gabriel. 1918. Pallava antiquities: Vol. II. Vol. 2. Pondicherry. Page 15.

[ARIE] ARIE 1972–73. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1972-73. Edited by G. S. Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1983. Page 62, appendixes B/1972-1973, items 261-262.

[S] Srinivasan, K. R. 1983. “Early Toṇḍaināḍu style, c. A.D. 650-800. Pallavas of Kāñcī. Phase I and Middle Toṇḍaināḍu Style, c. A.D. 800-900. Pallavas of Kāñcī. Phase II.” In: Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture. Vol. I, part 1: South India, Lower Drāviḍadēśa, 200 B.C.–A.D. 1324. Edited by Michael W. Meister & Madhusudan A. Dhaky. New Delhi and Philadelphia: American Institute of Indian Studies and University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 23–79 et 87–106. Page 68.

Secondary

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Page 304, item IR 96.

Notes

1. See other birudas of the Pallavas ending in aṅkuśa, e.g., in inscription Pallava 55.
2. Pr̥thu is a mythical paragon of kingship.
3. See Arātikālaḥ, “he who is death to his enemies,” in inscription Pallava 55.

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