Mahābalipuram Shore Temple, Varāha tank verse

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00380

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    Vasantatilakā
    Block a 1[śrī-pallavānvaya-kulācala-r]ājasi(ṁ)ho
    yaḥ kṣatrasi(ṁ)ha Iti viśruta-puṇya-kīrttiḥ
    jīyāBlock bt maheśvara-śikhāmaṇi-dīpta-mauliBlock c(r)
    yy(u)ddhārjjuno nikhila-loka-nare[ndra-siṁhaḥ]

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    Translation into French by Sylvain Brocquet

    [Montagne la plus haute de la lignée de Śrī-Pallava], puisse Rājasiṁha,
    Qui, sous le nom de Kṣatrasiṁha, vit sa gloire sans tache se répandre,
    Etre vainqueur, lui dont Maheśvara, son diadème, fait resplendir le cimier,
    Lui qui est un Arjuna au combat, un [lion parmi les souverains] du monde entier !

    Commentary

    This verse is also attested in INSPallava00068 (verse 1).

    The first two blocks were in reverse order in situ at the time of our visits.

    Bibliography

    Recorded in ARIE 1990-1991 (ARIE/1990-1991/B/1990-1991/158).

    Edited for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photos (2004).

    Primary

    ARIE 1990-1991. Pages 6, 87, appendix B/1990–1991, № 158. [siglum ARIE 1990-1991]

    Secondary

    Lockwood, Michael. 1993. Māmallapuram: A Guide to the Monuments. Madras: Tambaram Research Associates, Madras Christian College.
    Page 111.
    Lockwood, Michael, Vishnu Bhat A, Gift Siromoney & Dayanandan P. 2001. Pallava Art. Madras, Tambaram: Tambaram Research Associates.
    Page 224.
    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 280, № IR 40.