SII 12.13: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 13. (A.R. No. 369 of 1908). PALLĀVARAM, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE BEAMS IN THE ROCK-CUT CAVE NOW USED AS A ‘DARGA’.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is engraved in Pallava-Grantha characters in a single line on the beams of the upper and lower verandahs of the rock-cut cave (plates III and IV.) It gives a long list of birudas, some of them obscure in their import, of the Pallava king Mahēndravikrama (I) with whose name the inscription commences. These titles are in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu and indicate the character, erudition and personal tastes of the king. Some of these birudas are also found in the upper cave at Trichinopoly (No. 8 above).

The rock-cut temple is described in the Memoir of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 17, page 16.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha)], Telugu (tel) [Grantha (grantha)], Undetermined (und) [Grantha (grantha), Script (unspecified) (script_unspecified), Telugu (telugu)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0013.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0013.xml.

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⟨1⟩ śrī mahendravikramaḥ | mattavilāsaḥ | ceththakārī | vicitracittaḥ | ciḷundu | ceruḷuccemprūru | Āluptakāmaḥ | viṭemāyaḥ | da(rppa)viṣaḥ | lokavaśyaḥ | (davā)gniḥ | kalahapriyaḥ | laḷitāṅkuraḥ | (mayamakkāru) | citrakārappuli | nivambu | nilvuleneyyambu | vampu | vukā | vaṅka{ḥ}mpu | kāththu | kathumpu | kaṭuṁkṭāyu | vile(yā)ḷa | palapāṭi | ventulavittu | Alarvale | Āsiṭṭiḥ | Arkkapā(su)mbu | daṇḍikkalla | vāyiveṇṭi | yamuku | saṅkīrṇṇajati(ḥ) | (E)ththu |

⟨2⟩ Iṭukaḻi pisugu piṭuvā� perinthi prakāraṇa(ḥ) pravṛttamā(tra)ḥ pukāpiḍuku pasarambu (Ananyaḥ) pavi(thuḥ) (pa)kaḷi bāku bujjanakanthu bhrāntaḥ (O)ththuḥ Otha (Uddha)tiḥ Upamānaḥ Ummākuṁḍu kāmārjjavaḥ kaṭuḥkṛākaṁ kaṭunterambu guṇabharaḥ teppu tāḷiva tathudaṇḍa tanumpu(no)mi tukānuḥ to(ththu) toṭa teththa (śrīdṛḍhabhāktiḥ) dunuvāryya (Uḍukāsiṭṭi) [****] dhdharmmapāḷakaḥ [****]

⟨3⟩ satyasandhaḥ lakṣitaḥ Iṣṭaduṣṭabhṛṣṭacaritaḥ naihikāmutrikaḥ nayambu nathuku mahāmegha ma(nprā)vu mathumāthā vethi�cutho mūkhavajjaḥ mogga [***] (śoḷacu)(ḻi) cumbu paṭu(si)ddha caḷisappuruṭṭhu vesāḻi vu(sātha) vambara (vāve)(ṟ)(ṭi) [****] vaṁkiṟu vḷā(ṣu) verasaḥ vyavasthitaḥ vyavasāyaḥ Anityarāgaḥ Avanibhājanaḥ Anumānaḥ Abhimukhaḥ Ākaraḥ Āhāryyabuddhiḥ Āyata [*******]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vukā • [This may be read also vūkā-Ed.]

⟨2⟩ prakāraṇa(ḥ) • Before this is an indistinct letter.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.13 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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. Pages 7–8, item 13.

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