History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.67

c16.67

This inscription on the left of the cave-temple at Sāḷuvankuppam records that the excavation was a temple of Śiva and that it was made by King Atiraṇachaṇḍa who named it after himself Atiraṇachaṇḍēśvara. *Verses* 1, 2 and 4 are identical with Paramēśvaravarman’s Mahābalipuram inscription. It contains the *birudas*, *Atyantakāma*, *Śrinidhi*, *Kāmarāga*, *Śrībhara*, *Raṇajaya*, *Anugraśīla*, *Kālakāla*, *Samaradanaṃjaya* and *Saṅgrāmadhīra*. Most of these are applied to Rājasimha in his inscriptions at Kāñchī. The alphabet resembles those of Kaśākkuḍi plates of Nandivarman II. The name Atiraṇachaṇḍa is unknown from other sources. Nos. 24, 25 and 26 are Nāgari copies of the above.