Rācēntirapaṭṭiṇam, names on pillars author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00359

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A. First pillar (ARIE 1940-1941/139)

śrī-buddhavarmmasya māṇākkar śariputrasya

B. Second pillar (ARIE 1940-1941/140)

śrī-mahendrasya

C. Third pillar (ARIE 1940-1941/141)

śrī-cāntamati

A. First pillar

of Śariputra, the disciple of the glorious Buddhavarman

B. Second pillar

of the glorious Mahendra

C. Third pillar

the glorious CāntamatiSanskrit śānta + mati. That is, he whose mind is appeased.

date the characters on the first and third pillars to the 8th century, those on the second pillar to the 7th century; read the text of the first pillar as mentioning Śariputra, the student of Buddhavarman; note that the names Śāriputra, Buddhavarman and Cāntamati may be considered Jaina or Buddhist.

Śariputra is indeed a disciple of the Buddha. The latter who would be designated here as Buddhavarman. Pallava kings named Buddhavarman appear in genealogies of earlier charters (see IR 4, IR 5, IR 14). Mahendra could refer here to Mahendravarman I Pallava.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/139–141).

Summary in (IP 359).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on ASI estampages (consulted in Mysore in 2004 and, as kindly pointed out to me by Centamiḻ Celvaṉ, published in ).

359 758 91, 271 (§108) B/1940-1941 139-141