SII 1.27: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 27. ROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE SHRINE OF MAHENDRAVARMEŚVARA. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0027 DHARMAbase

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śrībhāradvājagotrakṣitidharaśiravara prādurbhūto mahendraḥ pratinṛpatigajatrāsivīryyorjjitādyaḥ . EtattenopakaṇThe vihitamanupamaṁ rājasiṁheśvarasya prītyā nityammahendreśvaramadhivasatu sthāṇurīśassurādyaḥ . 1 lokādityātprasūto raṇarasikacamūpaṅkaśoṣipratāpā dyandevo rājasiṁhastanayamalabhata śrīmahendrābhidhānam· . tena śrīrājasiṁheśvaragṛhavihite śrīmahendreśvaresmi nnāvāse kṛttivāsāḥ saha guhapariṣanmaṇḍalaiḥ sannidhattām· . 2 yaṁ rājā rājasiṁhastanayamajanayanmedinīvīrasiṁho vṛttairaṁhonivṛttaiḥ kṛtayugamaparannirmmimāṇo mahendram· . tenedaṁ rājasiṁheśvaranikaṭasamutthāpitaṁ saprasādo nityāvāsammahendreśvaragṛhamumayā sārddhamīśo vidhattām· . 3 karotu kālāntakaraḥ purāntako maheśvarassarvvasurāsurāśrayaḥ . padaṁ sadā . 4

mahendravarmmeśvaragṛham· .

(Verse 1.) May the motionless, the lord, the first of gods for ever joyfully dwell in this matchless (temple of) Mahendreśvara, which was constructed near (the temple of) Rājasiṁheśvara by Mahendra, who sprang . . . . . (from) the chief of the princes of the holy Bhāradvāja-gotra, from that Ūrjita,This biruda of Rājasiṁha occurs also in No. 25, niche 2. whose bravery frightened the elephants of rival kings!

(2.) May the skin-robed together with the troops of his attendants, the Guhas, be present at this dwelling, (called) the holy Mahendreśvara, which was constructed (near) the temple of the holy Rājasiṁheśvara by the illustrious Mahendra, the son of king Rājasiṁha, who sprang from that Lokāditya (i.e., the sun of the world), whose valour dried up the army of Raṇarasika, just as the heat of the sun does the mud!

(3.) May Īśa together with Umā graciously take for his permanent dwelling this temple of Mahendreśvara, which was erected near Rājasiṁheśvara by Mahendra, the son of king Rājasiṁha, the lion among the heroes of the earth, who produced another Kṛita age by his sinless conduct!

(4.) May Maheśvara, the refuge of all gods and demons, who puts an end to time and has made an end of (the demon) Pura, always (take up) his residence . . . . . . . .

The temple of Mahendravarmeśvara.

The name of the temple, mahendravarmmeśvaragṛham·, is also engraved on either side of the staircase, which leads to the entrance of the shrine.

Digital edition of SII 1.27 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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