SII 12.21: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “PARAMESVARAVARMAN I. No. 21. (A.R. No. 532 of 1907). IN THE ‘DHAMARĀJA-MAṆḌAPA’ IN THE SAME VILLAGE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is identical in contents with the previous record and proves that the cave temple now called ‘Dharmarāja-maṇḍapa’ was originally a shrine dedicated to Śiva. It was called ‘Atyantakāma-Pallavēśvara-gṛiham’, after one of the surnames of Paramēśvaravarman. As from the style¹ of its architecture, this maṇḍapa may be assigned to Mahēndravarman I’s time, it is probable, as also suggested by Mr. A.H.Longhurst (Memoir of the Archl. Sur. No. 33, page 10), that the present inscription was incised later by Paramēśvaravarman I who probably completed it.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0021.

File path: SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0021.xml.

Version: 2026-05-13 11:59 (0b66879), last modified 2025-05-05 17:09 (914dcd3).

Commentary

Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I, No. 19, p. 6 and Epigraphia Indica, Vol. X, No. 21, pages 10 and 11.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.21 by Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 10, item 21.

Notes

1. Two other rock-cut temples at Mahābalipuram viz, Kōṭikal-maṇḍapa and the five-celled Śiva temple close to it, are also of the same style.

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<p>Published in <hi rend="italic">South Indian Inscriptions,</hi> Vol. I, No. 19, p. 6 and <hi rend="italic">Epigraphia Indica,</hi> Vol. X, No. 21, pages 10 and 11.</p>

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