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# History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.s2: Some Inscriptions in Original

History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c16.s2

- **Language:** English

## Contents

- [c16.s2.t1 Mayidavolu Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t1) — 2 parts
- [c16.s2.t2 British Museum Plates of Charudēvi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t2) — 1 part
- [c16.s2.t3 Trichinopoly Inscription of Mahendravarman I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t3) — 6 parts
- [c16.s2.t4 Mahendravadi Inscription of Gunabhara](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t4) — 1 part
- [c16.s2.t5 Śīyamangalam Inscription](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t5) — 2 parts
- [c16.s2.t6 Dalavānur Inscription of Narendra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t6) — 2 parts

### Some Inscriptions in Original

### Mayidavolu Plates

### [c16.s2.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t1.1)

Diṭha\[ṃ\] || Kāmchīpurato Yuvamahārājo Bhāradāyasagotto Pallavānaṃ Śivakha\[ṃ\]da vammo Damñakadevapataṃ ānapayati \[|\] amhehi dāni amha-vejayike ya \[dham\]m-āyu-bala-vadhanike bamhanānaṃ Agivesa sagottasa Puvakoṭujasa Agi(gi)vesa-sagottasa Goṇamdijasa Aṃdhāpati (thi) ya-gāmo (Virīpa)ram amhehi udak-ādim saṃpadato \[|\] etasa gāmasa Virīparasa sava-bamhadeyapa (r)i(ha)ro(re) vitarāma \[|\] alona \[kh\]ādakaṃ araṭhasaṃ (vi) nāyikaṃ aparaṃ-parābaliva\[daṃ\] abhaḍapapesasaṃ akūracholakavināsikhaṭ \[a\] saṃvāsaṃ \[|\] etehi anēhicha sava-bamhadēya-majādāya sava-pariharehi pariharṭo \[|\] pariharatha pariharāpetha cha\[|\] jo amha-sāsanaṃ atichhitūna pīlā badh\[a\]karejjā \[vāta\] kārāpejjā vā tasa amho Sārīra \[ṃ\] sāsanaṃ karejāmo \[|\] sa\[ṃ\] vachhara \[ṃ\] dasamaṃ 10 gimhā pakho chhaṭho 6 divasaṃ paṃchami 5 \[|\] ānatī sayattī dattā paṭṭikā \[||\].

### [c16.s2.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t1.2)

\*Ep. Ind.\*, vol. vi, pp. 86–8.

### British Museum Plates of Charudēvi

### [c16.s2.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t2.1)

Siddha || Siri-Vijaya-Khaṇdavam\[m\]a-Mahārājassa Saṃvachhar\[ā\] . . . \[i\] yuvamahārājassa Bhāradāyassa Pallavānaṃ si(r)i-Vijaya-Buddhavammassadevī \[Bu\]ddhi. kurajānavī (janani) Chārudevī ka \[ḍake\] vīya . . . (vīyāpataṃ) Rājatalākaheṭ \[ṭh\]e pāṇiya (paniya-kupād) pād pāse Ātukassa kasita. (Kasitavvaṃ) chettaṃ Dālūre Kūḷi-Mahātaraka (Mahātaraka) devakula \[ssa\] bhagavan-Nārāyaṇassa amhaṁ āyu-balavaddhāniyaṁ kātūṇa bhūmī-nivat-taṇā chattāri 4 amhehim sampadattā \[|\] taṁ nātūṇa gāmeyi(ya)kā āyuttā savva-pariharēhi pariharatha pariharāpe \[tha\] \[|\] . . . . Ānatti Rohan(i)gu\[tt\] ātti.

### Trichinopoly Inscription of Mahendravarman I

### [c16.s2.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t3.1)

कावेरोन्नयनाभिरा मसलिलामारा ममालाधरां  
देवो वीक्ष्य नदीप्रियः प्रियगुणामप्येष रज्येदिति ।  
साशङ्का गिरिकन्यका पितृकुलं हिलेह मन्येगिरौ  
नित्यं तिष्ठति पल्लवस्य दयितामेतां ब्रुवाणा नदीम् ॥ 1 ॥

### [c16.s2.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t3.2)

गुणभरनाम्नि राजन्यनेन लिङ्गेन लिङ्गिनि ज्ञानम् ।  
प्रथताञ्चिराय लोके विपक्षवृत्तेः परावृत्तम् ॥ 2 ॥

### [c16.s2.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t3.3)

चोलविषयस्य शैलोमौलिर्ह्ययं महामणिरिवास्य ।  
हरगृहमेतज्ज्योतिस्तदीयमिब शांकरं ज्योतिः ॥ 3 ॥

### [c16.s2.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t3.4)

शिलाकारेण जनिता सत्यसन्धस्य भौतिकी ।  
मूर्तिः कीर्तिमयी चाथ कृता तेनैव शाश्वती ॥ 4 ॥

### [c16.s2.t3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t3.5)

निष्कृष्य चला समधायि गुणभरे भक्तिः:-

### [c16.s2.t3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t3.6)

\*S. I. I.\*, vol. i, p. 28.

### Mahendravadi Inscription of Gunabhara

### [c16.s2.t4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t4.1)

महिततमं सतामुपमहेन्द्रटाकमिदं  
स्थिमुह कारितं गुणभरेण विदार्य शिलाम् ।  
जनयनाभिरा मगुरुधाम महेन्द्रपुरे  
महति महेन्द्रविष्णु गृहनाम मुगरिगृहम् ॥

### Śīyamangalam Inscription

### [c16.s2.t5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t5.1)

ललिताङ्कुरेण राज्ञातिभाजनपल्लवेश्वरन्नाम ।  
कारितमेतत् क्षेधाच्चाक्करण्डमिव पुण्यकृतानाम् ॥

### [c16.s2.t5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t5.2)

\*Ep. Ind.\*, vol. vi, p. 320.

### Dalavānur Inscription of Narendra

### [c16.s2.t6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t6.1)

दण्डानतनरेन्द्रेण नरेन्द्रैषकारितः ।  
शत्रुमल्रेन शैलेस्मिन् शत्रुमल्रेश्वरालयः ॥

### [c16.s2.t6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gopalan-1928.c16.s2.t6.2)

\*Ep. Ind.\*, vol. xii, p. 225.

## Cites (4)

- [Mayidavōlu plates, time of Śiva-Skandavarman, year 10](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.pallava.mayidavolu-plates) — Prakrit
- [Hansot Plates of the Chahamana Bhartrivaddha, Samvat 813 (probably 756 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.varia.hansot-plates-of-the-chahamana-bhartrivaddha) — Sanskrit
- [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii)
- [Cīyamaṅkalam, time of Lalitāṅkura](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.pallava.ciyamankalam*hultzsch1901) — Sanskrit

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