Tārācuram/Darasuram, Airavateśvara temple, maṇḍapa’s name
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Pillar 1
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī rājaga-
⟨2⟩ Mbhīraṉ maṇṭapam
Pillar 2
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī rājagaMbhī-
⟨2⟩ ran· tiru-maṇḍapaM
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1926–27 (ARIE/1926-1927/C/1927/256).
Edited and translated in Srinivasan 1987. The distinction between Grantha and Tamil letters cannot be assessed.
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on ASI estampage and transcript “AR_C0256_1926-27” available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-26). The transcript and estampage are from different pillars: the transcript and Srinivasan 1987 = pillar 1; the estampage = pillar 2.
Primary
[S] Srinivasan, P.R. 1987. “Epigraphical study.” In: Darasuram. Epigraphical Study. Étude architecturale. Étude iconographique. Edited by Françoise L’Hernault. Mémoires Archéologiques 16. Paris: EFEO. Page 23, items a.IV.a-h.
Secondary
ARIE 1926–27. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1927. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government of India, 1928. Page 46, appendix C/1927, item 256.
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