Cīyamaṅkalam, time of Mahendravarman I

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00029

Summary: A Sanskrit verse recording the foundation the cave-temple named Avanibhājana-Pallaveśvara by Lalitāṅkura (Mahendravarman I Pallava) around 600/625 CE.

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    Ārya
    1lalitāṁkurena rājñāva2ni-bhājana-pallaveśvara¡n! nāma
    3kāritam etat svedhā-karaṇḍa4(m) iva puṇya-ratnānām

    Apparatus

    1 lalitā(ṁ)kurena ◇ lalitā(ṁ)kurena EH • The anusvāra seems to be above the character tā.
    2 °bhājana° ◇ °bhāja(na)° EH
    1 svedhā° ◇ sve¿dh?⟨cch⟩ā° EH • This correction by Hultzsch might be unnecessary, as we can somehow make sense of the original text.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    Translation into French by Sylvain Brocquet and Emmanuel Francis

    Le roi Lalitāṁkura a fait construire cet édifice nommé Avanibhājana-Pallaveśvara,
    Telle une corbeille faite à sa volonté, pour recueillir les joyaux de ses bonnes actions.

    Commentary

    1-2Lalitāṅkura and Avanibhājana are birudas of the Pallava Mahendravarman I.

    2Avanibhājanapallaveśvara means "[the temple of] the Lord (that is, Śiva) of the Pallava Avanibhājana (that is, Mahendravarman I Pallava)", that is, alternatively "[the temple of] Śiva [founded by] the Pallava Avanibhājana”.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Hultzsch 1900–1901 (EI 6, no. 32/A); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 29); text and translation in Filliozat 1984 and in Brocquet 1997 (B no. 24); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Sylvain Brocquet & Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2019).

    Primary

    Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1900–1901. “Two Cave Inscriptions at Siyamangalam. A: Inscription of Lalitâṅkura. B: Inscription of Vijaya-Nandivikramavarman.” Epigraphia Indica 6: 319–22.
    Page 320, № A. [siglum EH]
    Filliozat, Pierre-Sylvain. 1984. “Les Inscriptions Sanskrites Du Roi Pallava Mahendravarman Ier.” Bulletin des Études Indiennes 2: 99–116.
    Page 106. [siglum PSF]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 120, № 29. [siglum IP]
    Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Paris: Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.
    Pages 480–481, № 24. [siglum SB]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1899-1900. Pages 3, 52, appendix B/1900, № 67. [siglum ARIE 1889-1900]
    Srinivasan, K. R. 1964. Cave-Temples of the Pallavas. Architectural Survey of Temples 1. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
    Page 91.
    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 276.
    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 513.