Uttiramērūr, Sundaravaradaperumāḷ, architect inscriptions author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSPallava00095

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase A group of two verses praising the architect of the temple. Both verses follow one another, separated by a space left unengraved, on the top of the plinth/base on the southern face of the Vimāna and Ardhamaṇḍapa.

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svasti śrī Evaṁ vāstv abhavat· mahat· pravigatan nāmnā ca jāty-ādinā yenāsmin· bahubhir yyathāgama-vidhair ggrāme prayogānvitaiś śrīmat·-pāṭaka-vāsinā kṛta-dhiyā takṣṇā sadā vāgminā tenedam· parameśvareṇa mahatā yo vaāstuno bhāskaraḥ .
svasti śrī Asyālaṁkāra-mānañ ca yathā lakṣaṇa-saṁyutam· yaḥ kaścid vetti sakaḷam· sa vai vaāstu-vidāṁ varaḥ
svasti śrī svasti śrī . vaāstuno vastuno
svasti śrī svasti śrī . Asyālaṁkāra-mānañ ca Asyālaṁkāram ānañca sakaḷam· sakalam· varaḥ varaḥ .

Prosperity! Fortune!

Thus arose in this village this great building, renowned by its name and by its type, thanks to the great Parameśvara who resides in the glorious Pāṭaka, who is a learned and always eloquent architect takṣanLiterally: carpenter. and is the sun of architecture, as well as thanks to many others in the village acting in accordance with the tradition āgama and endowed with practical knowledge.

Prosperity! Fortune!

The ornaments and measurements of this temple as well as its characteristics, whoever knows/masters them fully is really the best among those knowledgeable in architecture.

Salut ! Prospérité !

Celui grâce à qui naquit ainsi ce grand édifice, En ce village, avec l’aide de nombreux spécialistes, œuvrant selon la tradition et doués d’une expérience, pratique, Celui-là, habitant de l’illustre Pāṭaka, architecte à l’intelligence accomplie et toujours éloquent, C’est le grand Parameśvara, le soleil de l’architecture.

Salut ! Prospérité !

Il devint l’ornement de ce monument, Puisque quiconque, en même temps que les signes, Connaît l’ensemble de cette science Est vraiment le meilleur des architectes.

Ainsi fut créé un grand édifice, célébré pour son nom et sa classe, dans ce village, par des bien des gens, avec dextérité et selon les āgama et, par cet architecte takṣan résident de Pāṭaka, intelligent et au verbe sûr, le Grand Parameśvara, soleil de l'architecture vastu.

Les mesures māna et les ornements alaṁkāra de ce temple, en conformité avec les définitions lakṣaṇa; qui les comprend toutes est vraiment le meilleur des connaisseurs en architecture vastu.

The two verses are edited here from left to right, as both verses appear on the base. Previous editions have the verses in reversed order. NB: the FS in SII reverses the logical/physical succession of verses.

Reported in (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/50).

Edited in (SII 6.333). Text and summary in (IP 95). Text and translation in (B 59).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos (2004, 2013).

158 333 331 95 697-699 59 17 B/1898 50 80-81 56-57