Mahābalipuram Shore Temple, temple name

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00319

Summary: A temple name.

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    Edition

    1śrī-narapati-si(ṁ)ha-pallava-viṣṇu-gṛha

    Apparatus

    1 °si(ṁ)ha° ◇ °siṁha° ARIE 1966-1967

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1The glorious temple (literally “house”) of Viṣṇu [built by] the Pallava Narapatisiṁha (The lion among kings).

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    1Le glorieux temple (littéralement « maison ») de Viṣṇu [construit par] le Pallava Narapatisiṁha (Le lion parmi les rois).

    Commentary

    Narapatisiṁha is probably a biruda of Narasiṁhavarman II Pallava.

    Bibliography

    First recorded in ARIE 1966-1967 (ARIE/1966-1967/B/1966-1967/188).

    Text and translation in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 319).

    Re-edited here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on the ASI estampage, consulted in Mysore with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.

    Primary

    ARIE 1966-1967. Page 35, appendix B/1966–1967, № 188. [siglum ARIE 1966-1967]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 718, № 319. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    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 290, № IR 66.