This inscription is engraved in Pallava-Grantha characters in a single line on the beams of the upper and lower verandahs of the rock-cut cave (plates III and IV.) It gives a long list of birudas, some of them obscure in their import, of the Pallava king Mahēndravikrama (I) with whose name the inscription commences. These titles are in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu and indicate the character, erudition and personal tastes of the king. Some of these birudas are also found in the upper cave at Trichinopoly (No. 8 above).
The rock-cut temple is described in the Memoir of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 17, page 16.
śrī
mahendravikramaḥ
mattavilāsaḥ
ceththakārī
vicitracittaḥ
ciḷundu
ceruḷuccemprūru
Āluptakāmaḥ
viṭemāyaḥ
da
lokavaśyaḥ
kalahapriyaḥ
laḷitāṅkuraḥ
citrakārappuli
nivambu
nilvuleneyyambu
vampu
vukā
vaṅka
kāththu
kathumpu
kaṭuṁkṭāyu
vile
palapāṭi
ventulavittu
Alarvale
Āsiṭṭiḥ
Arkkapā
daṇḍikkalla
vāyiveṇṭi
yamuku
saṅkīrṇṇajati
Iṭuka
pisugu
piṭuvā
perinthi
prakāraṇa
pravṛttamā
pukāpiḍuku
pasarambu
pavi
bāku
bujjanakanthu
bhrāntaḥ
Otha
Upamānaḥ
Ummākuṁḍu
kāmārjjavaḥ
kaṭuḥkṛākaṁ
kaṭunterambu
guṇabharaḥ
teppu
tāḷiva
tathudaṇḍa
tanumpu
tukānuḥ
to
toṭa
teththa
dunuvāryya
dhdharmmapāḷakaḥ
satyasandhaḥ
lakṣitaḥ
Iṣṭaduṣṭabhṛṣṭacaritaḥ
naihikāmutrikaḥ
nayambu
nathuku
mahāmegha
ma
mathumāthā
vethi�cutho
mūkhavajjaḥ
mogga
cumbu
paṭu
caḷisappuruṭṭhu
vesā
vu
vambara
vaṁki
vḷā
verasaḥ
vyavasthitaḥ
vyavasāyaḥ
Anityarāgaḥ
Avanibhājanaḥ
Anumānaḥ
Abhimukhaḥ
Ākaraḥ
Āhāryyabuddhiḥ
Āyata
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