Maṇṭakapaṭṭu, time of Mahendravarman I

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00027

Summary: A Sanskrit verse recording the foundation of a cave-temple by Vicitracitta (Mahendravarman I Pallava) around 600/625 CE.

Hand Description:

Additional Metadata

Alternative identifier:

Origin:

Classification:

Languages:

    Corresponding Artefact:

    Layout:

    Edition

    Gīti
    1Etad aniṣṭakam adruma(m) alo2ham asudhaṁ (v)i(citra)cittena
    3nirmmāpitan nṛpe(ṇa) brahme4śvara-viṣṇu-lakṣitāyatanaM

    Apparatus

    1–2 alo/ham ◇ (alo)/ham TVGR
    2 (v)i(citra)cittena ◇ (vicitraci)ttena TVGR
    4 °lakṣitāyatanaM ◇ °la(kṣi)tāyatanaM TVGR

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    Translation into French by Sylvain Brocquet and Emmanuel Francis

    Sans briques, sans bois,
    Sans métal, sans mortier, le roi Vicitracitta,
    Fit construire ce temple,
    Qui porte les marques de Brahmā, Īśvara et Viṣṇu.

    Bibliography

    Edited and translated by Gopinatha Rao 1923–1924, with a poor facsimile (EI 17, no. 5); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 27); text and translation in Filliozat 1984 and in Brocquet 1997 (B no. 22); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Sylvain Brocquet & Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2008, 2009).

    Primary

    Gopinatha Rao, T. A. 1923–1924. “Mandagapattu Inscription of Vichitra-Chitta.” EI 17: 14–18.
    [siglum TVGR]
    Filliozat, Pierre-Sylvain. 1984. “Les Inscriptions Sanskrites Du Roi Pallava Mahendravarman Ier.” Bulletin des Études Indiennes 2: 99–116.
    Pages 102–104. [siglum PSF]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 117, № 27. [siglum IP]
    Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Paris: Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.
    Pages 476–477, № 22. [siglum SB]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1904-1905. Pages 33, 39, appendix B/1905, № 56. [siglum ARIE 1904-1905]
    Srinivasan, K. R. 1964. Cave-Temples of the Pallavas. Architectural Survey of Temples 1. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
    Page 47.
    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 272.
    Francis, Emmanuel. 2017. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome II : Mythes dynastiques et panégyriques. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters.
    Page 511.