History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c12.54

c12.54

Some of these are:—‘Rishabalāñchana’, ‘Śrī-Śankarabhakta’, ‘Śrīvādyavidyādhara’, ‘Śrī-Āgamapriya’, ‘Śrī-Pratimalla’, ‘Śiva-Chūḍāmaṇi’, etc. These titles are suggestive of his personal tastes, his accomplishments and religious inclinations. The inscriptions of the Kailāsanātha temple besides the birudas of this king, include those of his son Mahēndravarman III and his queen Rangapatāka whose names are associated with the erection of a part of the temple.² This Rangapatāka appears to have been one of Rājasimha’s queens and her record consists of three Sanskrit verses in characters similar to Rājasimha’s inscription. This inscription registers the fact that the small Śiva shrine was constructed by Raṅgapatāka³ the Queen of Narasimhavishṇu, or Kālakāla whose sign was the bull.