South Indian Inscriptions Vol. 29

RĀSHṬRAKŪṬAS OF MALKHED. ⟨Page 1⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0001⟩ No. 1. (A.R. No. B. 551 of 1961-62.) BHŌGĀVATI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab crected horizontally near the temple of the Hanumān.

Akālavarsha [Kṛishṇa I] 771-72 A.D.

It states that when Akāḷavarsha was ruling over the empire, his subordinate Jagattuṅgadēva administered Eḍadoṟe-2000 as aṇugajīvitā. The record being damaged seems to register a land grant by certain gāvuṇḍas probably to Vāchaspatibhaṭṭa, the sthānapati of Pallavēśvara.

In the date portion only the cyclic year Virōdhikrit is mentioned. If it is equated with Śaka 693 then the date 771-772 A.D. suits with the reign period of king Akāḷavarsha Kṛishṇa I.

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⟨1⟩ svastyakāḷavarṣadēva śrīpṛthvī va-

⟨2⟩ llabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara pa-

⟨3⟩ rama bhaṭṭāraka pravarddamāna vijayarājya sukha

⟨4⟩ saṁkhā(ka)thā vinōdadindācandrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ prithuvī rājyaṁ

⟨5⟩ sale tatpāda padmōpajīvi śrī jagattuṁgadevareḍadoṟe

⟨6⟩ yircchāsiramaṇuga jīvitamāgi duṣṭanigraha viśiṣṭa pratipāḷa

⟨7⟩ nakriyeyinduttarōttarābhivṛddhiyindāḷutta(tti)re yirccāsirakaṁ vēdapāḷayyaṁ pa(pe)- 1

⟨8⟩ ḍa yāge • • • • • virōdhikritsaṁvatsaraṁ pravartisi svastya lātapāṇi mukha-

⟨9⟩ • • • • • yama niyama pratipāḷana bhasmōddhūḷita paṁ •

⟨10⟩ śrīta kapāḷa • • • • • kta śiva dhyānapargge jīvita mahāvrata śarīrārgni •

⟨11⟩ ka jalē • • • • • pallavēśvara sthānādhipatigaḷappa śrī vācaspatibhaṭṭāraru

⟨12⟩ • • vāla • • • • • • • • • • sapanava paḍedu

⟨13⟩ • • śiḍi de samaya • • • • • rāgi cakravartiyaṁ meccisi bandu-

⟨14⟩ ya [ra] maneyoḷa [ḻdu] • • • • • yacōṟara gāvuṇḍa gāvuṇḍayyaṁ [ṟe]-

⟨15⟩ llamagāvuṇḍha • • • • • • • • • • meccikoṭṭa sthātime-

⟨16⟩ ṇṭu vaṟeya lā • • • • • • • • • • kkal nālku mattaru

⟨17⟩ pālukkisidiṁ baṟeya • • • • • • • • • • ya • • mā

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ya • • • • • • • • • • yoḷmūva • •

⟨19⟩ brāhmaṇaru [maka] vileyuvanaḻida dōṣa • • • • • • • • • • [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0002⟩ No. 2. (A.R. No. B. 546 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the Mosque [front face].

Nityavarsha [Indra III]. 10th century A.D.

This record in cursive characters refers to the rule of Nityavarsha Śrī Prithvīvallabha [Probably Rāshṭrakūṭa Indra III]. It mentions a mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara (name not clear) and the place Baḷḷaniṭṭage. The purport seems to record a grant but not clear. ⟨Page 2⟩

It may be placed to early 10th century A.D. on the basis of a reference to Nityavarsha but not certain.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti nityavariṣa śrīpṛthvīva[lla]-

⟨2⟩ bha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara •

⟨3⟩ ṇda bhattu (ja)llattige samadigata pa-

⟨4⟩ ñca mahāśabda mahāmaṇḍaḷē-

⟨5⟩ śvara śrī ramāvikrama [pathu] • • • • •

⟨6⟩ ge • • • • • śrīrāmarājē [baḷḷa]

⟨7⟩ niṭṭage ttāḻuru kaṇaṁ koṭṭa • • • • •

⟨8⟩ ·egna bhadaśēṣā goḷitu • • • • •

⟨9⟩ tsatāda koḷḷure • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ ·erisiva • śarggijva • nbāri • • •

⟨11⟩ kaligerā • koḷḷi jende nitā (bhurōvinde)

⟨12⟩ je • • • • • ·ingō śabhbauma (dirasa)

⟨13⟩ rādi lōkē • taṟuvārādhi • • • • •

⟨14⟩ dājuḷattarā • • dādō(ṇu) • • • • •

⟨15⟩ nadyapa voḷitanā niru koṇḍa • •

⟨16⟩ [ddājma]rā • ṇusi śrī dmari ·a • •

⟨17⟩ • śvara • naṟi • • pāpā ·i

⟨18⟩ • rgukeḍisidōrgge • • • • •

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0003⟩ No. 3. (A.R. No. B. 823 of 1962-63.) NUGḌŌṆI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Pillar in front of the Basavēśvara temple.

Kannara 10th century A.D.

This damaged record in 10th century characters belongs to the reign period of [Rāshṭrakūṭa] Kannaradēva. It seems to refer to a grant of land but not clear.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kanna-

⟨2⟩ ra dēvana rājyado- 1

⟨3⟩ ḷpratije • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • ḷpaḍeda • • sana

⟨5⟩ doḷa • • • paḍedu

⟨6⟩ panni[muti pra]

⟨7⟩ dira [ji]

⟨8⟩ • tta rāṟu • •

⟨9⟩ • • muvatiṟalū 2 ⟨Page 3⟩

THE VAIDUMBAS.

⟨SIIv29p0i0004⟩ No. 4. (A.R. No. B. 138 of 1962-63.) EGUVA BANDAPALLE, RAYACHOTI TALUK, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT.

Hero-stone (No. 2) beside the ruined Śiva temple on the road-side.

Kāma Vaidumba 8th-9th century A.D.

This damaged hero-stone records the death of a hero while fighting with Vikramayya. The king Kāma-Vaidumba is described as mahārā[jādhi]rāja and paramēśvara. There is a mention of Koṇḍu[vu]ra Narapa • • •

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⟨1⟩ • • nēka samarāśaṅgaṭṭaṇōpalabdha jayalakṣmī samāliṅgeta [vakṣa]

⟨2⟩ • la gaṇḍatriṇētra śrī kāmaveyduṁba mahārā[jādhi]rāja paramēsvara

⟨3⟩ • • dgaḷḷidiredeḍe tarenijelvu galudī[vāje] • • ga • • le • • galuṁ •

⟨4⟩ • • vādidammuvu • • • taḷtiṟedoḍera[ṇa]do • • davi kaligala bhīma

⟨5⟩ • • [mbha]ru [aḷdavāpa] • • maḷpatamaṟuṁ paḍeyoḷ vikrāmayyana tāgi ·iṟe

⟨6⟩ • • • basuralu keva koṇḍu

⟨7⟩ [vu]ra narapa • •

⟨8⟩ [turā]graṇi rama

⟨9⟩ rada • ravara •

⟨10⟩ riḷda ripu • • • • •

CHĀLUKYAS OF KALYĀṆA.

⟨SIIv29p0i0005⟩ No. 5. (A.R. No. 39 of 1961-62.) GAṄGĀPURAM, MAHABUBNAGAR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Three sides of a slab by the side of Benakayya-guḍi in front of the Chennakēśava temple.

Tailapa II 10th century A.D.

Top portion of the slab is broken and lost. This partially damaged record refers to the construction of a Jina-griha and the consecration of the image of Chenna Pārśvanātha there in by mahāvaḍḍa-vyavahāri maṇigāra Kāḷiseṭṭi of Tūbāḷa and to a gift of income from levies on commodities such as areca etc., for the worship and offerings to the Jina Pārśvanātha.

It refers to the Chālukya dynasty of whom Tailapa is mentioned and contains an eulogy of Nayakīrtidēva who was probably the recipient of the gift. There is a description of the city Gangāpuram where the Jina-griha was built. Also it mentions officers like sunkādhikāri and aḍḍasuṅkad-adhikāri.

Information regarding the date is partially lost as the top portion of the slab is broken and lost• The extant portion of it provides [Śrī]mukha, Phālguṇa śu • • Brihaspativāra, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D. [Tentatively the cyclic year Śrīmukha can be equated with Śaka 895 on the basis of only Tailapa being mentioned in the record].

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First Face-Top portion is broken and lost.

⟨1⟩ [pu]ṭṭi bhavya • • • • • doḷindu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ seṭṭi paramārthava[ḍe]da puṇameni (svaruci) • ⟨Page 4⟩

⟨3⟩ ya dānama nanavarataṁ naḍeyisidaṁ • • ḍida(mayiṁ) • • (du)

⟨4⟩ mā[dudu] vismayamenesalu jinagrihamaṁ māḍisidaṁ • (dana vidō)

⟨5⟩ (ḷte nū) • • kāḷiseṭṭi baḷḷaṁgoḷadoḷu || ·āvibhuge kā • • • cauladē-

⟨6⟩ vi jagajjana vinūtanabhavita bhūpādadira (bhū)dēvabā • • •

⟨7⟩ mādēvi tānenaludārate • • jinanāptaṁ nayakīrttidēva muni-

⟨8⟩ paṁ rāddhānta cakrēśvaraṁ jinavaṁ • • • • • tataṁ [śrī]kalidēvaśrēṣṭirāyaṁ

⟨9⟩ kīrtiyaṁkasiṁhaṁ śruta (talabhūpa) bhayavalu bhūsiradā • •

⟨10⟩ divriṁda nidānaṁ vibhu [kāḷa]seṭṭiya • • • dhanyaṁ peṟardhanyarē || [eṁ] • •

⟨11⟩ varṇisuttire jagaṁ puṭṭidanagaṇya puṇyavānuḷitavasurita gōtra (niṁ)-

⟨12⟩ drananūḷvirata(nvaya) • • • marjjunaṁganāḍudararāda

⟨13⟩ [nu]tvaḷa (nudāri kāḷapaseṭṭi) • • • • • gānaṁdade māḍisalke

⟨14⟩ bagedaṁ • • • • • • • • • • bhū • daḍe divya • bhōgā(rtha)

⟨15⟩ bhūvaḷeyadoḷu • • • • • tā(ramaṁ) taḷaṁ (pā)usavirehi-

⟨16⟩ māppsunghuhama • • • • • • • • • • nādi kaṇgoḷikukapa-

⟨17⟩ ra nādhadindra(ri)ṁda sāḷōpa(rivā)jya • tā • lu tadadōrdda-

⟨18⟩ ppuda sūna sau • • • • • [gō] puraṁ saṁtataṁ || na(da)

⟨19⟩ dyōtkara paṁkajakararppa • • • • • • • • • • dirppā vāṭadi nudvā (nadi)

⟨20⟩ dgha saraḷīda nadō • • • • • (vikṣitri)da (pi)nu naṁdabaka-

⟨21⟩ ḷikaradaḷahāri • nā • • • • • dya tadanāgēṣvādavaḥ kṣē-

⟨22⟩ tāmara puraṁ gaṁgāpuraṁ || dā(rā)ya(tkā)pududdaṇḍanārāma (śrī)

⟨23⟩ ramya harmya chāyādi divyāṁganā • • saṁpadinu (piḍi) samasta divasa(dā)

⟨24⟩ nīraṁgaḷiṁ dānamāvarggayānvēkādya (kāḷādivana) • • ryyadayve •

⟨25⟩ kaḷiṁda paṁcēṟu(ha vakṣasa)ṁpadaṁ • • ṇimana • • ka • • • • •

⟨26⟩ ddiṁ palakālada pratimāṇi yyādipadi habbada bā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ ra latikādātraṁ caḷukyānvaya mābhyudaya nudāmaldā • (ḻā)rā

⟨28⟩ drihara(hā)sa svarṇādhikāṟi saṁpadakīrtti pramadādi nārā • •

⟨29⟩ • ḷuṁ puki(lā)lapaṁ tailapaṁ • • • • • nitinudidarma(vaṁ mārakārege)

⟨30⟩ • ṇi karṇṇaḷikalāvaṇa menisiddā vibhutalapradavaṁ janādrapattāre ja •

⟨31⟩ nalliṁ baḷiya • bāḷakuḷa muṁḍana • ka • • • (dvayaraṇa)

⟨32⟩ • • subrājana tākṣilōla naradayabhyudayā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨33⟩ varu • • • madrā • • yū • • • • • • • • • •

Second Face-[Top portion broken and lost].

⟨34⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨35⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nisida tapa •

⟨36⟩ • • • • • samanilla tamage •

⟨37⟩ kāvyakaḷācatura caturmmukha-

⟨38⟩ ntī kṣitiyoḷe nayakīrttidē-

⟨39⟩ va munipaṁ negaḷda || ·avarādiyā-

⟨40⟩ ge sanmunivakāhāra dānamaṁ jinapaṁ-

⟨41⟩ bōtsavamuṁ salenelontiralavā-

⟨42⟩ ryya śauryyarparāṁganārati dū-

⟨43⟩ rura vitaraṇanidigoḷu saraṇā

⟨44⟩ gatarakṣaṇa dakṣaranrita dūra •

⟨45⟩ kritakalikāla kaḷaṁkakrita kri-

⟨46⟩ tyarnnarapuli(lo)yiṁḍayā •

⟨47⟩ rtvara || ·idanintī kramadiṁ

⟨48⟩ pāḷisuveṁbarggehi kāva • ⟨Page 5⟩

⟨49⟩ tri kābhyudayaṁ niścaya •

⟨50⟩ kku • • dijanuttidarmma

⟨51⟩ maṁ kaṁḍu kāydudurātma(kā)-

⟨52⟩ disalu maneṁdare mahā

⟨53⟩ pāpakke pakkāgi bīḷadirapu-

⟨54⟩ tra kaḷatra mitranivahānvi •

⟨55⟩ ni goṁdāṁtadoḷu || śrī

Third Face-[Top broken].

⟨56⟩ mukhaṁ saṁvatsarada phālguṇa su • • •

⟨57⟩ haspati vāradaṁduttarāyaṇa saṁ-

⟨58⟩ (krā)nti nimimittavāgi śrīmanmahāvaḍḍavyava(hā)-

⟨59⟩ ri tūbāḷa maṇigāṟa kāḷi[se]-

⟨60⟩ ṭṭiyaru pratiṣṭheya māḍida śrī[ma]cenna-

⟨61⟩ pārśvanātha dēvaraṁgabhōga nivēdya pūjā

⟨62⟩ punaskārakkācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ naḍe-

⟨63⟩ vantāgi biṭṭaya ·ettina ·aḍakeya kēṟige ·aḍake 20

⟨64⟩ ·aḍakeya kōṇana kacce mādara ·aḍake 20 kattoyva ·aḍakeya (ka)

⟨65⟩ (vyaduḍake) ·aḍa 10 ·aḍakeya tale javaḷakke ·aḍake 5 ·etti-

⟨66⟩ (ḷubha) kōṇana meḷasina hēṟiṁge kabbeguḍakevoḷa [sāgi]

⟨67⟩ da solage 1 kattiya meḷasina kabbegaḍakke ·adaṟarddha

⟨68⟩ • • (me)ḷasina ravēja javaḷakke ·aṁtadaṟarddha ·ettina maḷavige

⟨69⟩ • • • 1 kattiya maḷave capasāli ·alējavakke hāga

⟨70⟩ (sūradiṁ) jīrage ·eleya (nā)ga meḷasinopādiyanū-

⟨71⟩ rppatti gaṁḍesigaṁ talaṁdiyāgi suṁkadadhikārigaḷge

⟨72⟩ [ti]ṁgaḷige paṇa 1 || ·aḍḍa karmmada ·adhikārigaḷu tiṁgaḷiṁge

⟨73⟩ haṇa 1 ·intī dharmmamaṁ pratipāḷisidavaru śrīvāraṇāsi

⟨74⟩ yalu sāvira kavileya • sāvira brāhmaṇarige koṭṭa pha-

⟨75⟩ lavakku kādharmma mēlādanpuke bājanaru ·ā vāraṇāsiya

⟨76⟩ lu sāyira kavileyaṁ sāyira brāhmaṇarddaṁ (sā)la-

⟨77⟩ mmaṁ (konda) pāpavaneyda • • ru ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0006⟩ No. 6. (A.R. No. B. 235 of 1962-63.) DŪḌKI, BANASWADA TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

On the four faces of a pillar lying beside the house of Alauddin Phakir.

Tailapa II 10th century A.D.

The top portion of the pillar is broken and lost. It seems to record a gift made to a certain Chandrarāsi by the king Tailaparasa and his ministers.

There is a reference at the beginning of the record to a Śivabhakta Nārāyaṇa and his lineage. Also there is a reference to a dīkshāguru whose particulars are not clear.

It is in characters of about the 10th century A.D. ⟨Page 6⟩

TEXT.

I Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • gaḷūrara budharatna śrī[ma] •

⟨2⟩ • • • panadhika prama[tha]nakarapa

⟨3⟩ • • • • • hāraveneneṟeyitta || [gu]

⟨4⟩ • • • ṇi śivabhaktanārāyaṇanāta[na]

⟨5⟩ • • • nayani[ṁ] dapanaya vinayāgraṇi

⟨6⟩ • • • ciṁtāyaka ni[ṁ]tī [gu]ṇa saṁtati naḍa

⟨7⟩ • • • yiṁti rppudā caṁdrārkkaṁ ||

II Face.

⟨1⟩ • • māḍi naḍayisida • • •

⟨2⟩ [ra]na parōkṣadoḷ krama(kkoḷa) •

⟨3⟩ da paṁkajakkadalaḻinara •

⟨4⟩ katyāga dīkṣāguru ba[hu] • •

⟨5⟩ ḷābrahma • • [ca]ratna śrīma • •

⟨6⟩ tailaparasaṁ | tānu tanna pra-

⟨7⟩ dhānarumiḻdu caṁdrarāśi

III Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • [caṁ]drā[kka] • • •

⟨2⟩ ḷidaṁ • keduṟu [ka] • • • • •

⟨3⟩ lparuvarasugaḷu tā • • • • •

⟨4⟩ rāgi pratipāḷisuvaru ||

⟨5⟩ ·ī dharmmanāvanā savadda pā-

⟨6⟩ gakkiḷisi keḍisida va[vā]-

⟨7⟩ raṇāsiyoḷu kuvile

⟨8⟩ yanaḷida pātakanakku [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0007⟩ No. 7. (A.R. No. B. 459 of 1961-62.) DHARMAPURI, MOMINABAD TALUK, BHIR DISTRICT.

Impression received from the Deputy Director, Archaeology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1019 A.D.

It is records the grant of a wet land of one mattar extent by the side of a tank, one garden to its west and a house to god Kāḷēśvara by Dēmarasa, son of Mukutiya-maṁneya Muṁjarāṇe. The Five-hundred svāmis of mahāgrahāra of Lokkiguṁḍi is stated to be the protectors of this grant. The record mentions the god named Gavarēśvara.

It is dated in Jagadēkamalla year 2, Siddhārthin, Kārtika, śu. 15, Ādivāra [Śaka 941]. It corresponds to 1019 A.D., October 16, Friday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © ·ōṁ namaḥ śivāya || svastiśrīma-

⟨2⟩ ccāḷukya jagadēkamalla varṣada 2 sidhā

⟨3⟩ rttha saṁvatsarada kārtika śu 15 ·ādivā-

⟨4⟩ radaṁdu samasta prasastisahitaṁ śrī-

⟨5⟩ matu mahāgrahāraṁ lokkiguṁḍi ·ainū- ⟨Page 7⟩

⟨6⟩ rvva svāmigaḷu || dharmma kāḷēśvaradēvargge mu-

⟨7⟩ kutiya maṁneya muṁjarāṇiyana maga

⟨8⟩ dēmarasaṁ biṭṭa śāsana maryyādeyeṁteṁ-

⟨9⟩ daḍe gavarēśvaradēvara keyya[ha?]dāvaṇa dē

⟨10⟩ seya keyi keṟeyahaṭi ·oḷagāgi

⟨11⟩ mattaru 1 bhāryada baḍagaṇa tōṁṭa 1 ma[ne]

⟨12⟩ • • ·inti nitu jananavu ·ainūrvvaruṁ prati-

⟨13⟩ pāḷisuvaru || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vā-

⟨14⟩ yō harēti vasaṁdharā (ṣaṣṭi) • • • • •

[Record is incomplete].

⟨SIIv29p0i0008⟩ No. 8. (A.R. No. B. 534 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the Agasikaṭṭi.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1022 A.D.

It states that during the reign of Chālukya Jagadēkamalla, his queen Mahādēvi installed the god Traipurushadēva at Baḷḷaniṭṭage and made a grant of land to the temple. It is said that the land so granted was earlier obtained from Lōkāditya who was administering the manneya of Ayyaṇavāḍi-300. It is said that the queen was then camping at Purvvaravaḷḷi.

It is dated Śaka 944, Dundubhi, Chaitra, śu. 13 Thursday. It corresponds to 1022 A.D., March 18, Sunday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuva-

⟨2⟩ nāśraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha mahārājā-

⟨3⟩ dhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ

⟨4⟩ satyāśraya kuḷatiḻakaṁ cāḷukyābha-

⟨5⟩ raṇaṁ śrīmajjagadēkamalladēvara viji-

⟨6⟩ yarājya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardha-

⟨7⟩ mānamācandrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttami

⟨8⟩ (re) svastyanavarata parama kalyāṇābhyu-

⟨9⟩ daya sahasraphaḷabhōga bhāgini dvi[tī]-

⟨10⟩ ya lakṣmīsamāneyarappa śrīma-

⟨11⟩ hādēviyar taṁnta (tantra) pāḷa mallayana •

⟨12⟩ (si)yelladāta guṇakasaṁ • • ṇa na •

⟨13⟩ • ya • ṇage purvvaravaḷḷiya bī •

⟨14⟩ • • sakavariṣa 944 neya duṁdubhi sa •

⟨15⟩ • • • da caitra suddha trayōdaśi bṛhaspa[ti]

⟨16⟩ [vāra]daṁdu ·ayyaṇavāḍi 300 [ṟa] mā[ne]

⟨17⟩ [yarā] • lōkādityana kaiyoḷ dhārāpū • • • • •

⟨18⟩ kālgaḻcu goṇḍu tṛbhōgābhya • ntara si • • •

⟨19⟩ vaḍeda baḷḷaniṭṭageyoḷ ttraipuruṣadē-

⟨20⟩ vara pratiṣṭegeydu dēvargge biṭṭa kariya

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • 50 tōyumattar • • •

Rest is effaced.

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⟨SIIv29p0i0009⟩ No. 9. (A.R. No. B. 542 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying near the School.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1029 A.D.

It states that during the reign of Chālukya Jagadēkamalla, his queen Sōmaladēvi made a grant of 24 mattar land, a garden of one matter, 5 houses and one oil-mill to the basadi of Bhattagrāma-Baḷḷaniṭṭage when she was camping at Pandirkke. The village Bhattagrāma Baḷḷaniṭṭage is said to have been situated with in Eḍadoṟe-2000. The rod of measurement Piriyakōl also mentioned here.

The record is dated Śaka 951. Śukla, Pushya ba. 1, Wednesday uttarāyana sankrānti. It corresponds to 1029 A.D., December 24, Wednesday.

The slab is broken on top and right corner.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti sa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ para • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ śrī majjagadēkamalladēvara vijaya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ varddhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttami • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ kalyāṇābhyudaya sahasraphaḷabhōga bhāgini dvitīya lakṣmī • • • • •

⟨6⟩ na kāmadēnu ·āśrita janakalpalate śrī majjagadēkamalladēva pā-

⟨7⟩ dapaṁkaja bhramariyarappa śrī matsōmaladēviyar pandirkkeya

⟨8⟩ ppaṭaṇada vīḍinōḷ sakavarṣa 951 neya śukla saṁvatsarada puṣya bahuḷa

⟨9⟩ pāḍiva budhavāradanduttarāyaṇa saṁkrāntiya parvvanimittaṁ yeḍadoṟeyi-

⟨10⟩ rcchāsiradoḷagaṇa bhattagrāma baḷḷaniṭṭageya basadigeyalliya

⟨11⟩ kaṁmatadoḷage piriya kōlōḷ sarvvanamasya biṭṭa kariya nelaṁ ma-

⟨12⟩ ttarippatta nālku tōṁṭa mattarondu maneyaydu ghāṇavondu || ślōka || na viṣaṁ

⟨13⟩ viṣa mityāhu dēvasvaṁ viṣamucyute viṣamēkākinaṁ hanti dēvasvaṁ

⟨14⟩ putra pautrikaṁ | sva • • • mēhatsukhaṁ duḥkha masyaṁ capāḷanaṁ

⟨15⟩ • (dana)ṁ vāpōḷanaṁ vigihi • (nārta)trayānṛpāḷanaṁ || ·akarasukareya

⟨16⟩ su(taṁ) sahaśravaca spṛtā pravṛttakara(va)ṁ (ga)sugōkōṭiphaḷa(ma)

⟨17⟩ smati || sarvvēṣuye(ḍḍigra) bhū (kō) ṣṭhāna (dāsti) svayūrjjitaṁ || sunama

⟨18⟩ ṣṭa tarasyā (hū) dēvasyāpahāraka || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō ha-

⟨19⟩ rēti vasuṁdharā(ṁ) ṣaṣṭhivarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē

⟨20⟩ krimi || vṛtta || sāmānyōyaṁ dharmasētu nṛpāṇāṁ kāḷekāḷe pā-

⟨21⟩ ḷaniyō bhavadbhiḥ || sarvvānētānbhāgina pārtthivēndrā bhūyō

⟨22⟩ bhūyō yācate rāmacaṁdra [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0010⟩ No. 10. (A.R. No. B. 545 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab in the locality called Daṇḍada māgi.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1031 A.D.

It states that Sōmaladēvi, the queen of Chālukya Jagadēkamalladēva while camping at ⟨Page 9⟩ Ēttagiri, made a grant of land and a house site with a house at Bhattagrāma Baḷḷaniṭṭage to Madhusūdhana Bhaṭṭa of Digbhige. The land of 100 mattar extent was measured by the measuring rod Piriyakōlu.

It is dated śaka 953 Prajāpati, Śrāvaṇa, Lunar eclipse, Wednesday. It corresponds to 1031 A.D., August 5. The Lunar eclipse occurred on this day (Thursday).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvī(va)

⟨2⟩ llabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭāraka

⟨3⟩ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmajjaga-

⟨4⟩ dēkamalladēvara vijaya rājya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi

⟨5⟩ pravarddhamānamācandrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire

⟨6⟩ sastyanavarata parama kalyāṇābhyudaya saga •

⟨7⟩ śrī phaḷabhōga bhāginī dvitīya lakṣmī viśiṣṭa-

⟨8⟩ jana kāmadēnuvāśrita janakalpalate

⟨9⟩ śrī majjagadēkamalladēvara pādapaṁkaja bhra-

⟨10⟩ mariyappa śrīmatsōmaladēviyar

⟨11⟩ sakavarṣa 953 neya prajāpati saṁvatsa-

⟨12⟩ rada śrāvaṇada puṇname budhavāradandada-

⟨13⟩ na sōmagrahaṇada parvadandu ·ētta-

⟨14⟩ giriya nele vīḍinōḷ digbhigeya madhu

⟨15⟩ sūdhana bhaṭṭargge bhattagrāma baḷḷaniṭṭa-

⟨16⟩ geyoḷ dhārāpūrvvakadiṁ sarvvanamasya-

⟨17⟩ māge piriyakōloḷ koṭṭa mattarnnūṟu

⟨18⟩ lekkada matta 100 pattukeyya nela [ni]

⟨19⟩ [vē]ṣaṇaṁ maneyondu || ślōka ||

⟨20⟩ bahubhirvva sadhā bhōkta rājabhisa-

⟨21⟩ garādhibhiyasya yasya yadā bhūmi

⟨22⟩ tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ || svadattāṁ parada-

⟨23⟩ ttāṁ vāyō harēt vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭi

⟨24⟩ varṣa sahaśrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0011⟩ No. 11. (A.R. No. B. 828 of 1962-63.) SUṄKANŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the temple of Maṇṇa-Basavaṇṇa.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1032 A.D.

It states that when the Chālukya king Jagadēkamalladēva was ruling over the empire, queen Bijjaladēvi while camping at Poṭṭaḷakeṟe, made some grant probably to a temple built by Nāgale at Duggapavaṭṭi. The details of which are lost.

It is dated Śaka 95[3], [Bahudhānya], Māgha, śu. [2], sankrānti, Sunday. The given Śaka year do not tally with the cyclic year. Cyclic year Prajāpati occurred in Śaka 953 and that of Bahudhānya in Śaka 960. [Śaka 95[3] (Prajāpati) 1032 A.D. and Bahudhānya (Śaka 960) 1038 A.D.]. If to be considered on the basis of the Śaka year 95[3] (cyclic year Prajāpati) as in the previous record [No. 10] then the tithi corresponds to 1032 A.D., January 17, Monday not Sunday. This may be the intended date of the record. ⟨Page 10⟩

[The tithi Bahudhānya, Māgha, śu. 2 corresponds to 1038 A.D. December 30, Saturday]. There was no sankrānthi on the day of the tithi in both the cyclic years. [Both the dates fall with in the reign period of the king Jayasiṁha II].

The slab has the sculptures of a huge three-hooded Nāga erect on its tail and a cow at the bottom.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī prithuvīvallabha mahā-

⟨2⟩ rājādhirāja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭāra-

⟨3⟩ ka satyāsraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābhara-

⟨4⟩ ṇa śrī madjagadēkamalladēvara rājyābhivriddhi

⟨5⟩ ·ācandrārkka tārabara salluttamire satiyanava-

⟨6⟩ rata paramakalyāṇādbhudaya sahasraphaḷabhōga

⟨7⟩ bhāginī dvitīya lakṣmīsamāneyarappa śrī

⟨8⟩ mat bijjaladēviyar śakavaruṣa

⟨9⟩ 95[3] [bahudhanya] saṁvatsarada māgha suddha [2]

⟨10⟩ saṁkrati ·adivara poṭṭaḷakeṟeya nilebīḍinoḷ

⟨11⟩ duggapavaṭṭiya • • • dēyakke nāgaleyagaḷa-

⟨12⟩ tōranake koṭṭa • • • • • kūla nāvanōrva

⟨13⟩ naḷida • • • • • yya brāhma-

⟨14⟩ ṇaru • • hata

⟨15⟩ ka

On the proper right side of the image of hooded Nāga.

⟨1⟩ sāmānyō-

⟨2⟩ yaṁ dharma

⟨3⟩ sētu

⟨4⟩ nripāṇāṁ kā-

⟨5⟩ lē kālē pāla

⟨6⟩ niyō bhavadbhi

⟨7⟩ sarvvānētā

⟨8⟩ nbhāvinaḥ pārtthivē-

⟨9⟩ ndra bhūyō bhūyō

⟨10⟩ yācate rāmabhadra

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ jarappana bāḷalu

⟨13⟩ • • prati pā • •

⟨14⟩ • • satu yaṁ

⟨15⟩ • • ru • •

⟨16⟩ • • • ṭṭa vāle

⟨17⟩ kalāpada

⟨18⟩ dēvakāryya •

⟨19⟩ • • veṁdu •

⟨20⟩ taḷamayai • •

⟨21-23⟩ damaged

On the proper left side of the image of hooded Nāga.

⟨1⟩ svadattaṁ ⟨Page 11⟩

⟨2⟩ paradatta

⟨3⟩ vāyō harē-

⟨4⟩ ta vasundharā

⟨5⟩ ṣaṣṭirvvarṣa sa-

⟨6⟩ hasrāṇi

⟨7⟩ viṣṭhāyāṁ jā-

⟨8⟩ yatē krimi [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0012⟩ No. 12. (A.R. No. 71 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On the same pillar, Museum No. 88.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1032 A.D.

It records that during the reign of Chālukya Jagadēkamalla manevarggaḍe Nannapayya, the possessor of traya-guṇa made a gift of the village Gāḍicheṟuvu situated within Ānemārga-70 adjoining Koḷḷipāke-7000 for the worship and offerings to the god Nanni-Nārayaṇa. Refers to Surēndradēva, probably the sthānapati of the place. The said gift was made on the occasion of Solar eclipse.

It is dated Śaka 954, Āngīrasa, Āshāḍha, Amāvāsye, Monday. It corresponds to 1032 A.D., July 10, Monday. There was Solar eclipse on that day.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ © svasti samasta bhuvanāśra-

⟨2⟩ ya śrī pṛthvīvallabha ma-

⟨3⟩ hārājādhirāja pa-

⟨4⟩ ramēśvara paramabhaṭṭāra-

⟨5⟩ kaṁ satyāśraya ku-

⟨6⟩ ḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābhara-

⟨7⟩ ṇaṁ śrīmajjagadēka ma-

⟨8⟩ lladēvara vijayarā-

⟨9⟩ jyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi

⟨10⟩ pravardhamāna mācaṁdrā-

⟨11⟩ rkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttami

⟨12⟩ re tatpāda padmōpa jīvi

⟨13⟩ samasta rājyabharanirūpi-

⟨14⟩ ta mahāmātya padavī-

⟨15⟩ rājamāna mānōnnatapra-

⟨16⟩ bhumaṁtrōtsāha śaktitra-

⟨17⟩ ya guṇa saṁpannarappa śrī

⟨18⟩ manmane verggaḍe nannapayyaṁ

⟨19⟩ gaḷu koḷḷipākeya

⟨20⟩ śrī surēndradēva • •

⟨21⟩ si • • • • • (vayu ci) •

⟨22⟩ (padiṁ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 12⟩

⟨23⟩ śrī su- 1

⟨24⟩ rēndradē-

⟨25⟩ vari sthā-

⟨26⟩ na mapra-

⟨27⟩ tipāḷisidar [|*] 1

Second Face.

⟨28⟩ śrī nanni nārāyaṇadēva-

⟨29⟩ rgge śrījagadēkama-

⟨30⟩ lla dēvar sakavarṣa

⟨31⟩ 954 neya ·aṁgīra[sa*] saṁvatsa

⟨32⟩ radāṣaḍhadamāvāsya sōma-

⟨33⟩ vāradandu sūryyagrahaṇa

⟨34⟩ nimittadiṁ koḷḷipāke ·ercchāsi-

⟨35⟩ rada baḷiya ·ānemārgame-

⟨36⟩ ppattaṟoḷagaṇa gāḍiceṟu

⟨37⟩ vulaṁ sarvanamasyamāge

⟨38⟩ koṭṭar || © © sāmā-

⟨39⟩ nyōyaṁ dharmmasētu nṛpāṇāṁ

⟨40⟩ kālē kālē pālaniyō bha-

⟨41⟩ vadbhiḥ sarvvānētānbhāvinarṛpā-

⟨42⟩ rtthivēndrān bhūyō bhū-

⟨43⟩ yō yācatē rāmabhadraḥ ||

⟨44⟩ svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō

⟨45⟩ harēti vasundarā ṣaṣṭi

⟨46⟩ rvvarṣa sahaśrāṇi viṣṭā-

⟨47⟩ yāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ ||

⟨48⟩ bahubhirvvasudhā dattā rāja

⟨49⟩ bhissagarā(dhi)bhiḥ yasya

⟨50⟩ yasya yadābhūmiḥ tasya

⟨51⟩ tasya tadā phaḷaṁ || ©

⟨SIIv29p0i0013⟩ No. 13. (A.R. No. B. 831 of 1962-63.) TAḌKAL, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Fragmentary slab built into the wall of the agasi.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1033 A.D.

This very much damaged record belongs to the reign of Chālukya Jagadēkamalla who was ruling the empire from the capital [Ēta]giri. Probably it recorded grant of 15 mattar land to some one [name lost] and 12 mattar land to a Bhaṭara [name lost]. Perhaps these grants are to a god and to its sthānapati respectively.

It is dated Śaka 955, Śrīmukha, Chaitra, Amāvāsye, Sunday, sankrānti. Probably it corresponds to 1033 A.D., April 2 f.d.t. 25, Monday. ⟨Page 13⟩

TEXT.

Front side.

⟨1⟩ para • •

⟨2⟩ thvīvallabha • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ paramēśvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ naṁ satyāśraya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ cālukyābhara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ gadēka malladēva • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ ttarōttarābhivriddhi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ giriya nelevīḍi na • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ tata vinōdadināca • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire • • • • •

⟨11⟩ mat jjagadēkamalladē • • • • •

⟨12⟩ viśāḷa vakṣōrasthaḻa ni • • •

⟨13⟩ śiniyarappa śrībijjala

⟨14⟩ dēviyarssaka varṣa 955

⟨15⟩ neya śrīmukha saṁvatsarada

⟨16⟩ caitradamāvāsye ·āditya-

⟨17⟩ vāraṁ saṁkrāṁti vya • • •

⟨18⟩ sūryyagrahaṇa kāla • • • • •

⟨19⟩ hāraṁ taḍaka [la] • •

Back side.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • variyo

⟨2⟩ • • matta 15 • • •

⟨3⟩ • ḷa bhaṭaraṁge biṭṭake-

⟨4⟩ yi mattar 12 • • •

⟨5⟩ sāmānyōyaṁ dharma

⟨6⟩ sētu nṛpāṇāṁ

⟨7⟩ kālē kālē pālaniyō

⟨8⟩ [bha]vadbhi sarvvānētā

⟨9⟩ bhāginaḥ pārtthivēṁdra •

⟨10⟩ bhūyō bhūyō

⟨11⟩ yācatē rāmacaṁ-

⟨12⟩ dra || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ

⟨13⟩ vāyō harēti vasuṁ-

⟨14⟩ [dha]ra ṣaṣṭirvvariṣa sa-

⟨15⟩ hasrāṇi miṣṭāyāṁ

⟨16⟩ jāyatē krimi[ḥ] [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0014⟩ No. 14. (A.R. No. B. 536 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab in two pieces kept near the Paikar-bāvi.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1036 A.D.

It states that king Chālukya Jagadēkamalla while camping at Poṭṭalakeṟe, made a grant ⟨Page 14⟩ to god Chandēśvara of Bhattagrāma Baḷḷaniṭṭage for worship and offerings, music, singing and dancing and for feeding of ascetics in the temple. It is said that the grant was made at the instance of Sadyōjātā Paṇḍita. The record informs that Baḷḷaniṭṭage was situated in the division of Mosaḷīkal-300, a kaṁpaṇa of Eḍadoṟe-2000.

The record is dated Śaka 958, Dhātu, Pushya śu. 3, Thursday, uttarāyaṇa sankrānti. It corresponds to 1036 A.D., December 23, Thursday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī

⟨2⟩ pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja pa-

⟨3⟩ ramēśvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya ku-

⟨4⟩ ḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ malladēvara vijayarājya muttarōttarābhivṛ-

⟨6⟩ ddhi pravarddhamānamācandrārkka tāraṁ salluttamire

⟨7⟩ poṭṭalakeṟeya nelevīḍinōḷ sakavarṣa

⟨8⟩ 958 neya dhāta(tu) saṁvatsarada puṣya suddha

⟨9⟩ 3 bṛhaspati vāradaṁduttarāyaṇa saṁ-

⟨10⟩ krāntiya parvvanimittadiṁ vādigā(ga)ja kēsari

⟨11⟩ sadyōjāta paṁḍita rdharmōpadēśaṁgeyye śrī

⟨12⟩ majjagadēkamalladēvar ·eḍadoṟe yircchāsirada

⟨13⟩ da kaṁpaṇaṁ mosaḷikal mūnūṟaṟa baḷiya [bha]-

⟨14⟩ ttagrāme baḷḷanittageya candēśvaradēvara • • • • •

⟨15⟩ kkaṁ nṛtya gītātōdyavāda • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ kkaṁ tapōdha(na) • • • • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0015⟩ No. 15. (A.R. No. B. 825 of 1962-63.) NUGḌŌṆI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the field Known as Munnappana-hola.

1036 A.D.

It states that when queen Sōmaladēvi was camping at Poṭṭḷakeṟe, she made a grant of 20 mattar land, a garden of one mattar extent, a house site and a oil-mill for a perpetual lamp to the god Baṅkēśvara of Baḷḷaniṭṭige, a bhattagrāma (village) of Mosaḷikal-300 situated in the administrative division Eḍadoṟe-2000. The grant was made at the request of Jaychanḍariti Mārabbe, after worshipping Gōkarṇnarāsijīya. Perhaps Gōkarṇnarāsijīya received the grant made in favour of the god by the queen.

The grant seems to have been made on Pushya ba. Wednesday, uttarāyaṇa sankrānti was recorded on Māgha ba. Thursday in the cyclic year Yuva of Śaka 957. The first date may correspond with 24th December 1035 A.D., Wednesday and the second with 22 January 1036 A.D., [Kuṁbha sankramaṇa occured on this day but not mentioned in the record].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatsōmaladēviyar poṭṭaḷakeṟeya

⟨2⟩ nelevīḍinoḷ sakavarṣa 957 neya yuva saṁvatsa-

⟨3⟩ rada puṣya bahuḷa budhavāradaṁndunuttarāyaṇa saṁ-

⟨4⟩ krāntiya parvva nimittya [pu]liyajīyarmasa

⟨5⟩ • ndada gōkarṇnarāsi jīyargge hastōdakaṁ geydu ka- ⟨Page 15⟩

⟨6⟩ radu lekka[voḷa] sammandadiṁ māgha bahuḷa bṛha-

⟨7⟩ spativāradaṁdu jayacaṇḍariti mārabbeya ·a •

⟨8⟩ (ṇa)tiya ·eḍedoṟe 2000 ra doḷagaṇa mosaḷikalla

⟨9⟩ 300 ṟa baḷiya bhattagrāme baḷḷaniṭṭigeya kasige • • • • •

⟨10⟩ ga[ṇa] baṁkēsvara dēvargge • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ diṁ sarvvanamasyaṁ biṭṭa nela mattarippatu tōṁṭa ma-

⟨12⟩ ttaroṁdu nivēsana dēvargge ·aḻda ·ūroḷage gāṇa(vā)

⟨13⟩ (to)li ·eṇne nandādīvige naḍavaṁnta [gha]ṇa 1 • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0016⟩ No. 16. (A.R. No. B. 538 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On two pieces of a slab lying near the temple of Rāmalinga.

Trailōkyamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1037 A.D.

The record is broken and damaged. It registers a grant of land to the temple of Chāmēśvara for worship and offerings to the god, repairs and maintenance of the temple, construction of a sabhāmanṭapa, for the performances such as music, singing and dancing and three oil mills for burning perpetual lamps in the temple by probably the queen (name list) of Chālukya Trailōkyamalladēva. The grant was probably made over to a Kāḷāmukha saint. There is a mention of Mosaḷikal-300 a kaṁpaṇa of Eḍadoṟe-2000 and the place Māḷavūra. The record at the end tells us that the engraver-Vōja also has been given 5 mattar land. The measuring rod Piriyakōlu, and Bāguḷa-māna are mentioned here.

It is dated in the cyclic year Īśvara, Pushya, ba. 5 Monday. It corresponds to 1037 A.D., December 29. But the weekday was Thursday. The date corresponds to the reign period of Chālukya Jayasiṁha II who (name lost in this damaged record) is mentioned as Trailōkyamalladēva.

TEXT.

[Beginning is lost].

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jana kāmadhēnu • • (trailō)kyamalladēva

⟨2⟩ • • (ma) • • • • • viśāḷa vakṣasthaḷa nivarjjyanīya

⟨3⟩ • • • • • (eḍa)doṟeyircchāsirada kaṁpaṇa mosaḷikalmūnūṟaṟa • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • ḷmāḍisida cāmēśvarakke māḷavūrada • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • (ī)śvara saṁvatsarada puṣya bahuḷa 5 sōmavāradaṁdu • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • nimittadiṁ ·ānē(yā) dēvarggeru mukhamāge śrīmattraiḷō-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • ·alliya piriya kōlōḷ bāguḷa(māna) baṭṭeyali kō • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • raṁ mūḍala dēgulada bhōgakke nṛtyagerravādyakkaṁ khaṇḍasphuṭita • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • nakkaṁ sarbabādhā parihāramāge biṭṭa kariya nela mattar • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • daṁ mattarondu nandādīvigege ghāṇa mūṟu sabhāmaṁṭapadiṁ • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • panneraḍu ·īsthānaṁ kāḷāmukha naiṣṭhika(paṭṭa)namī dharmma(mā)caṁdrārkka tāra(ṁ) pratipā • • •

⟨12⟩ (māraṇa bara) • • • prayāgeya taḍiyoḷā brāhmaṇa vadhegeyda dōṣaṁ sārgguṁ || ślōka || (sva)

⟨13⟩ dattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harētu vasundarāṁ ṣaṣṭhirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ ||

⟨14⟩ sāmānyōyaṁ dharma sētu nṛpāṇāṁ kāḷe kāḷe pāḷaniyō bhavadbhi ssarvvānētānbhāvinaḥ

⟨15⟩ pārtthivēndrān bhūyō bhūyō yācatē rāmacaṁdraḥ || sūtradhāri kasiga •

⟨16⟩ mōjaṁge dhārā pūrbbakadiṁ biṭṭanela mattaraydu dēvargge gadde || ⟨Page 16⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0017⟩ No. 17. (A.R. No. B. 779 of 1962-63.) NIPPĀṆI, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Slab setup outside the Mallikārjuna temple.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 1038 A.D.

This damaged record is belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] and states that the queen Sōmaladēvi while administering a division [name not clear] installed the image of goddess Sarasvati at Supāṇi and gifted 300 mattar of land and two gardens for the worship and offerings of the goddess and for feeding students and teachers of an educational institution attached to the temple. Further, she made a gift of 50 gadyāṇa also.

As post script another gift has been recorded in the inscription. Durgasimha, the ṁane-verggaḍe of the queen Sōmaladēvi, built the Sarasvati maṇḍapa [probably in the same teMple] at Supāṇi [modern Nippāṇi].

The record is dated Śaka 960, Bahudhānya, Vaiśākha ba. 5, Thursday. It corresponds to 1038 A.D., April 26. The week day was however Wednesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya [śrī] pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭāraka

⟨2⟩ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷaka cā[ḷu]kyābharaṇaṁ śrī majjagadēkamalladēvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārka tāraṁ saluttami • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • sahasra phaḷabhōga bhāgiṇī dvitīya lakṣmī • • • jana • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ na kalpa • • • sahajavi[ja]gi śrī matsōmaladēviyaru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ssukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ geyvuttamiddu || sakavarṣa [960] • • [ba]-

⟨7⟩ hudhānya saṁvatsarada vaiśākha bahuḷa paṁcami bṛhaspativāradaṁdu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [viśudda] kīrttigāśraya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ ya(sya) tamō pannadāyuta sōmaladēvi sarasvati pratiṣThe yaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dēviyar sarasvati pratiṣṭheyaṁ māḍi supāṇiyalli

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mānyaṁ māḍi muṁnūṟu mattarkkeyya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • yāgi • sarasvatidēvige dhārāpūrvvaka biṭṭa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • kai matta rirppattāṟu ·akṣaravanōduva vidyārtthi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ ke mattariḻpattāṟu tōṁṭa matteraḍu ·aṣṭabhogadāyasva • • māḍi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mattarirppatta nālku supāṇi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • • ·āyvattu gadyāṇa ponaṁ miḻdu [dāna] • • • • • yaṁ kō(ḷma)tara mayya

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pāḷisidavaṁge prayāga vāraṇāsi kurukṣētra[dali] sūryagrahaṇa

⟨18⟩ kāladali • • • da kārakarappa subrāhmaṇargge • • • • • • • • • • | sāsira ka-

⟨19⟩ vileya dāna goṭṭa phala makku • • • • • • • • • • doḷ sāsira ka-

⟨20⟩ vileyaṁ sāsirvvar brāhmaṇarumanaḷida mahā pātakakke podu makku | ślōka |

⟨21⟩ svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēti vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭarvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāya-

⟨22⟩ te krimiḥ | • • • | bhūmidāna • • ja[dārji]dāna magōḍu namaṁ kantha • dāna duṁ bhōma

⟨23⟩ dāna manōhara dāna ma • • • ḷya dāna ma • ta dānamaṁ svāmi dēva samyāḷū kaṁ •

⟨24⟩ kiyu nartthi saṁdā harēka puṇyādhi rāmadaṁ nṛpālanu • naṁkaddarā • • sōmaladēvi •

⟨25⟩ • • dāni • • sōmaladēviya nakhiḷa buhi mahītaya [nuṟvi] kalpalateya

⟨26⟩ • • virāma jayaṁ nijavata śikhāmaṇiya dharmma mūrtiya • • ḻadarā[jaṁ] ||

⟨27⟩ danisida sōmala[dē]viya maneverggaḍe • • • • • [durggā]siṁha • vinaya nidāna •

⟨28⟩ budhajana vinutaguṇa viḻitaḷiya niyamakramadi vṛtta paṇḍitabṛṁda kalpa ⟨Page 17⟩

⟨29⟩ parargōma gōtra sarōja paṇḍamārtaṇḍanudāra pāruparita ratnavibhū-

⟨30⟩ ṣaṇaṁ mahīmaṇḍaḷa maṇḍanaṁ kavijanāśraya • • yēkaṁ sarasvati maṇḍapa

⟨31⟩ mrijaga pogaṟe • • sida mudadi supāṇiyāda || vinayanidhi śiṣṭa kalpa-

⟨32⟩ ma bhōjaṁ satyavrata vipra vaṁśana [tō]maṇḍaḷa paṇḍa bhānuviggasthaddāka • śrī

⟨33⟩ manu vāmanaṁda niśaṁ dhāriṇi baṇṇi nijayaśō[da]ka lāvita bhō- 1

⟨34⟩ da mārgga nanārādhita bhaggē na[śva]ta • • • ḷvargge naṁdugana ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0018⟩ No. 18. (A.R. No. B. 529 of 1961-62.) BĀGALWĀḌ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Fragment of a stone, lying in the temple of Bangārada Basavaṇṇa.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 11th century A.D.

This fragment in characters of the 11th century A.D. contains only a portion of the praśasti and the first syllable of the name Jagadēkamalla.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • cāmara cāravē traiḷōkya nagarāraṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī pṛthvīvallabhaṁ mahārā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmajja • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • māna • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0019⟩ No. 19. (A.R. No. B. 541 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab near the Girijavvana Gadduge.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 11th century A.D.

The record in the 11th century A.D. characters, states that mahāsāmanta Lōkarasa of the Haihaya family made a land grant to the sculptor Nēmōja at Moṟaba. Lōkarasa is described as the son of Chālukya king Jagadēkamalla.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī svasti gaṁgājaḷa dhautavastra nirmmaḷa parama • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • māṁgeyage(ḷva) (prē)ma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ paṁca mahāśabda mahāsāmantaṁ • • sāmantavētāḷa • •

⟨4⟩ • • śūdraka vīrāvatāraṁ pratyakṣa pāḷakā(nipuṇa) •

⟨5⟩ kāpusūcaḷa hayavatsarāja sarasvatī tiḷakā-

⟨6⟩ yamānaṁ bhṛgumatācāryya nacaḷata dhai-

⟨7⟩ ryyana hihaya vaṁśōdbhavaṁ vairībhasiṁgaṁ siṁ-

⟨8⟩ gana garuḍaṁ śrī majjagadēka malladēvara [ma]

⟨9⟩ gaṁ śrī manmahāsāmantaṁ lōkarasa

⟨10⟩ sūtradhari nēmōjaṁge moṟabada mū-

⟨11⟩ lade biṭṭa kariyanela mattara • • •

[Rest in broken and lost].

⟨Page 18⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0020⟩ No. 20. (A.R. No. B. 556 of 1961-62.) HARVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying out side the village.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 11th century A.D.

In this very badly damaged inscription only Śrīmat-Jagadēkamalla can be made out. The purport of this 11th century A.D. character record is not clear. This Jagadēkamalla is the same as Chālukya Jayasiṁha II.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ sa(sti) samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārā-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī majagadēkama-

⟨4⟩ lla dēvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5-9⟩ badly damaged

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (cakravarti) • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • ṭṭalivāgi dharmma • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • ma kalikāla (kuḍuṁ gelde) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • gra(pa)vitra kṣētra pavitraṁ • • ṁmā • •

⟨14⟩ • • ṇḍaṁ mo(ḷa) cama • ripu • • sa • •

⟨15⟩ • ca(tya) paṁjatya(ra) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • na cakra ripu • • • kra nidaṁ • • ṁ

⟨17⟩ na pravaṇaṁ • • • • • laṇaṁ (śrī śrī) [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0021⟩ No. 21. (A.R. No. B. 599 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the lane called Bankuṇṭa.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 11th century A.D.

This broken slab belonging to the reign period of Chālukya Jagadēkamalla contains the praśasti of a mahāmaṇḍlēśvara (name lost) of the Haihaya family. It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

[Top portion with a few lines of writing is broken and lost].

⟨1⟩ rājādhirāja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭāraka satyā[śra]-

⟨2⟩ ya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīma-

⟨3⟩ [jja]gadēkamalladēvara rājya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi

⟨4⟩ [pra]varddhamānamācandrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire

⟨5⟩ (sama)dhigata paṁca mahāśabda mahāsāmanta madhyadēśādhipati

⟨6⟩ • • • • • māhiśmatī puravarēśvara natyugranara

⟨7⟩ nāḻvaja virājita rājatēja hēhaya vaṁśōdbhava

⟨8⟩ niṟiva niṟevatigaṇḍa[gaṟagōpā]tanija kōdaṇḍa pātaṁga

⟨9⟩ • • • • • subhaṭa triṇētra • • • • • para • (sā) • kara paramaṇḍa

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sahāya sāhasa (ka)ṭi saṁtōsa vīra śrīpu- ⟨Page 19⟩

⟨11⟩ • • • • • gōpa birudaragaṇḍanēkavākya nāmā • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • (sa)hitaṁ śrīmanmahā [sāma]ntaṁ gaṇḍarādi • • • • • • • • • •

Rest is broken and lost.

⟨SIIv29p0i0022⟩ No. 22. (A.R. No. 27 of 1961-62.) JAṬAPRŌLE, KOLLAPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On another pillar lying in front of the Vēṇugōpālaswāmy temple.

Jagadēkamalla [Jayasiṁha II] 11th century A.D.

Bottom portion of the pillar is broken and lost resulting in loss of a few lines of writing on all the three faces where the record is engraved.

The record registers a land grant to Lakuḷēśvara-bhaṭṭāraka of Rāmatīrtha made probably by the king Jagadēkamalla while he was camping at Sindaya-taḍi in Taṟekāḍu-nāḍu. Mentions Ettapi in Vaḍḍavaṇa-500.

The date portion is partially lost and only (Phā)lguṇa, śu. 10, Wednesday can be made out. It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ © svasti samasta bhuva-

⟨2⟩ nāśraya śrī pṛthvīva-

⟨3⟩ llabha mahārājādhirā-

⟨4⟩ ja paramēśvara parama

⟨5⟩ bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya

⟨6⟩ kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābha-

⟨7⟩ raṇaṁ śrīmajjagadē-

⟨8⟩ kamalladēvara vija-

⟨9⟩ yarājya muttarōtta-

⟨10⟩ rābhivṛddhi pravardha(mā)

[Bottom portion is broken and lost].

Second Face.

⟨11⟩ lguṇa suddha(dda) 10 bu-

⟨12⟩ dhavāradaṁdutta-

⟨13⟩ [ṟe]kāḍu nāḍoḷaga-

⟨14⟩ ṇa sindaya taḍiya

⟨15⟩ nelevīḍinoḷe rāma-

⟨16⟩ tīrtthāda lakuḷīśva-

⟨17⟩ ra bhaṭṭārakarge vaḍḍa-

⟨18⟩ vaṇadaynūṟa-

⟨19⟩ ṟoḷagaṇa ·ettapi

⟨20⟩ • • taḻa baḷiya

[A few lines are lost].

Third Face.

⟨21⟩ bahubhirvvasu-

⟨22⟩ dhā dattā rājabhi

⟨23⟩ sagarādibhiḥ ya- ⟨Page 20⟩

⟨24⟩ sya yasya yadā

⟨25⟩ bhūmi tasya ta-

⟨26⟩ sya tadā phaḷaṁ

⟨27⟩ svadattaṁ parada-

⟨28⟩ ttaṁ vāyō harē-

⟨29⟩ ta vasuṁdharā ṣa-

[Rest is broken and lost].

⟨SIIv29p0i0023⟩ No. 23. (A.R. No. 80 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar No. 1-pillar dugout from the main street in the village.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1046 A.D.

When Chālukya Trailōkyamalladēva was ruling over the empire from Kollāpura and mahāmandaḷēśvara Kommaṇayyarasa was administering Koḷḷipāke-7000 it seems records that some taxes were remitted by the seṭṭis, gāmuṇḍas and the prajes of Koḷḷipāke. The record was written by Jakkarāja.

The record is dated Śaka 969 Vyaya, Chaitra, śu. 1, Monday. It corresponds to 1046 A.D., March 11, Tuesday.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuva-

⟨2⟩ nāśraya śrīpṛthvīva-

⟨3⟩ llabhamahārājādhirā-

⟨4⟩ ja paramēśvara parama-

⟨5⟩ bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya ku-

⟨6⟩ ḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābhara-

⟨7⟩ ṇa śrīmatraiḷōkyama-

⟨8⟩ lladēvarsa kolāpu-

⟨9⟩ rada nelevīḍinoḷu sukha

⟨10⟩ saṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rā-

⟨11⟩ jyābhivṛddhi pravarddha-

⟨12⟩ mānamācaṁdrārkaṁ

⟨13⟩ saluttamire tatpāda

⟨14⟩ padmōpajīvi svastisa-

⟨15⟩ masta bhuvanavallabha

⟨16⟩ śrīmatraiḷōkyama-

⟨17⟩ lla vallabhaprasādā

⟨18⟩ sādita mahāma-

⟨19⟩ ṇḍaḷēśvara • • •

Second Face.

⟨20⟩ vi maṇḍitaṁ

⟨21⟩ calamaṟi

⟨22⟩ vātaṁ suja-

⟨23⟩ na cūḍāma- ⟨Page 21⟩

⟨24⟩ ṇi mārbbala

⟨25⟩ gaṇḍanayya-

⟨26⟩ na gandavāra-

⟨27⟩ ṇa narila(rā)

⟨28⟩ ma śrīmanma-

⟨29⟩ hā maṇḍaḷē-

⟨30⟩ śvara kommaṇa-

⟨31⟩ yyarasaṁ ko-

⟨32⟩ ḷipāke ye

⟨33⟩ ḻchāsira mu-

⟨34⟩ ma nāḷutta

⟨35⟩ viḻdu saka-

⟨36⟩ varṣa • •

Third Face.

⟨37⟩ 969 neya vya-

⟨38⟩ ya saṁvatsarada

⟨39⟩ caitra suda 1 sō

⟨40⟩ mavāradandu ko-

⟨41⟩ ḷḷipākeyaṁ ca-

⟨42⟩ ttuppurakkaṁ ma(paṁ)ñca

⟨43⟩ maṭha sthānakkaṁ ·a-

⟨44⟩ ṟuva seṭṭiyara

⟨45⟩ nagarakkaṁ pannirbba

⟨46⟩ rggāmuṇḍa moda-

⟨47⟩ lāgi samastavā-

⟨48⟩ da prajegā(muṇḍa)

⟨49⟩ • • diya • •

⟨50⟩ yanācaṁdrārkkaṁ

⟨51⟩ bara biṭṭar [||*]

Fourth Face.

⟨52⟩ sāmānyōyaṁ

⟨53⟩ dharmasētu nṛ-

⟨54⟩ pāṇāṁ kāḷe kā-

⟨55⟩ ḷe pāḷaniyō

⟨56⟩ bhavadbhissarvvā-

⟨57⟩ nētānbāvina pā-

⟨58⟩ rthivēṁdrā bhū

⟨59⟩ yō bhūyō

⟨60⟩ yācatē rāma

⟨61⟩ bhadraḥ | svadattāṁ

⟨62⟩ paradattāṁ vāyō

⟨63⟩ harēti vasundharāṁ

⟨64⟩ ṣaṣṭirvvariṣa sa-

⟨65⟩ hasrāṇi viṣṭā-

⟨66⟩ yāṁ jāyatē

⟨67⟩ krimiḥ | jakkarā-

⟨68⟩ ja baredōn [||*] ⟨Page 22⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0024⟩ No. 24. (A.R. No. 99 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar in the compound of the Jaina basadi.

Āhavamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1047 A.D.

Mentions the rule of Chālukya Āhavamalla and records the gift of the income from the levy on salt for the up keep of the tank Piriyakere by the six Seṭṭis and one hundred-and-twenty nagara [nakhara] probably of Koḷḷipāke.

It is dated Śaka 9(6)9 Sarvajit, Kārttika śu. 15 Monday corresponding to 1047 A.D., November 5, Thursday.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti sakavari-

⟨2⟩ ṣa 9(6)9 sarvvaji-

⟨3⟩ t saṁvatsarada

⟨4⟩ kārttika saddha pu-

⟨5⟩ ṇṇameyu sōma-

⟨6⟩ vāradandu śrī pṛ-

⟨7⟩ thvīvallabha mahā-

⟨8⟩ rājādhirāja para-

⟨9⟩ mēśvara parama bha-

⟨10⟩ ṭṭārakaṁ cāḷukyābha-

⟨11⟩ raṇaṁ śrī madāhava

⟨12⟩ malladēva pādapa-

⟨13⟩ ṁkaja bhramara ni • •

Second Face.

⟨14⟩ saru sukhasaṁkathā

⟨15⟩ vinōdadiṁ prithvīrājyaṁ

⟨16⟩ geyuttire ·aṟu-

⟨17⟩ varu seṭṭiya(rū) nū-

⟨18⟩ ṟa ·irppadiṁ biruna-

⟨19⟩ ga(rar) piriyake-

⟨20⟩ ṟege ḷavaṇāyava

⟨21⟩ nācandrārkka tāraṁba-

⟨22⟩ raṁ sale koṭṭaridaṁ ke-

⟨23⟩ ḍisidavaṁ prayāga

⟨24⟩ ku bāraṇāsi yai-

⟨25⟩ du sāsira kavile •

⟨26⟩ • • sira ka • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0025⟩ No. 25. (A.R. No. 81 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar (No. 2) dugout from the main street in the village. ⟨Page 23⟩

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1050-51 A.D.

It states that when Chālukya Trailōkyamalladēva was ruling the empire from Paiṭhāṇa, a new tank was constructed to the west of Suvvipāke by Gangamarāja, Chanḍimayya and Kāḷimayya seṭṭi. They were granted 60 mattar of land irrigated by this tank by Somi-bhaṭṭāraka, the sthānapati of Podarupāka which belonged to (god) Teṁkala-Saṁkēśvara of Koḷḷipāke. Rabbarōja wrote this record.

The top portion of the pillar is broken resulting in loss of some information including the date where only Śaka 97(2), Vikṛiti is available. This may correspond to 1050-51 A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ (para)mēśvara pa-

⟨2⟩ (rama) bhaṭṭāraka sa-

⟨3⟩ tyāśraya kulati-

⟨4⟩ ḷaka cāḷukyābha-

⟨5⟩ raṇa śrīmatrai-

⟨6⟩ ḷōkyamalladēvara

⟨7⟩ vijayarājya

⟨8⟩ muttarōttarā-

⟨9⟩ bhivṛddhi prava-

⟨10⟩ rdhamānamāca-

⟨11⟩ ndrārkka tāraṁ sa-

⟨12⟩ luttamire pa-

⟨13⟩ yaṭhāṇada nele-

⟨14⟩ vīḍinoḷ | svastya

⟨15⟩ gaṇitamavana

⟨16⟩ bhavina pralabdha

⟨17⟩ laḷāmamaṁdakra-

⟨18⟩ dāṇi mukhakama-

⟨19⟩ ḷa vinirggōta sōma-

⟨20⟩ siśōntābhiprāya

Second Face.

⟨21⟩ • • • • •

⟨22⟩ la rāyaṇaṁ •

⟨23⟩ smiddūḷitakṣa •

⟨24⟩ drāḷaṁ kritakha(ṇḍi)

⟨25⟩ (ta) kapāḷadaṁma(ddu)

⟨26⟩ ga mṛdaṁga kābāda

⟨27⟩ śrī śrīnātha pāda

⟨28⟩ paṁkaja bhramara

⟨29⟩ mahāvrati dānaṁ-

⟨30⟩ burāsi satya ta-

⟨31⟩ pōnidhi jīyāḷva

⟨32⟩ dallaḻaṁ kōḷipā-

⟨33⟩ kiya (teṁkada) saṁ- ⟨Page 24⟩

⟨34⟩ kēśvarada podaṟu-

⟨35⟩ pākeya sthānādhi-

⟨36⟩ patigaḷappa

⟨37⟩ śrīmat vipra

⟨38⟩ sōmi bhaṭṭā-

⟨39⟩ rakarā sakava-

⟨40⟩ rṣa 972 neya

⟨41⟩ vikṛta saṁvatsa-

⟨42⟩ rada • • • • •

Third Face.

⟨43⟩ • • rada • • •

⟨44⟩ • mma taḷa •

⟨45⟩ tti suvvi (pā)

⟨46⟩ keya paḍava-

⟨47⟩ ṇa jaseyalli

⟨48⟩ pāsuvu keṟreyaṁ

⟨49⟩ māḍisalke gaṁga-

⟨50⟩ marājaṁgaṁ leṁka

⟨51⟩ caṁḍimayyaṁge ka-

⟨52⟩ ḷiyama seṭṭige

⟨53⟩ koṭṭa mayyaṁdo

⟨54⟩ ṟuntine keṟeya

⟨55⟩ nire nitya nelekke

⟨56⟩ pariguma nitya (ne)

⟨57⟩ lanbamaṁ palaṁ mā-

⟨58⟩ re sallumadaṟapra-

⟨59⟩ tibaddhamākebu-

⟨60⟩ ya baḍagaṇa je-

⟨61⟩ seyāḷaṟuvattu

⟨62⟩ matta keriya ka-

⟨63⟩ yyaṁ māḍiyā ku

⟨64⟩ rvvaṁdiṇada samuṁ

⟨65⟩ parvvavaridina saṁ-

⟨66⟩ se bijeyuṁ pā-

Fourth Face.

⟨67⟩ • kha • • • • •

⟨68⟩ • • pakṣa drāpadra • •

⟨69⟩ • ge ḷamāḷāsanikamaṁ-

⟨70⟩ yyōjayaṁtappa tiḷa(kaṁ)

⟨71⟩ vīraṇayya jīyaṁ

⟨72⟩ nruti pāḷisuvaṁdadiṁ

⟨73⟩ tappidavaru • • •

⟨74⟩ kavileyumaṁ brāhma

⟨75⟩ ṇaruma kurukṣētradōḷ

⟨76⟩ tapōdhanarumaṁ koṁdadō

⟨77⟩ ṣa || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vā-

⟨78⟩ yō harēti vasundarā ṣa- ⟨Page 25⟩

⟨79⟩ ṣṭirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi vi-

⟨80⟩ ṣṭāyāṁ jāyē krimi ||

⟨81⟩ sāmānyōyaṁ dharmma

⟨82⟩ sētu nṛpāṇāṁ kāḷe kā-

⟨83⟩ ḷe pāḷaniyo bhavabhi sa-

⟨84⟩ rvvānētāṁ bhāvinaṟpaurthi-

⟨85⟩ vēṁdrā bhūyō bhū-

⟨86⟩ yō yācatē rāmabhadra

⟨87⟩ yadvaṁśajaḻvarapa mahī-

⟨88⟩ pati vaṁsaṟi vāpāpāda

⟨89⟩ pita manasā bhuviyāmi

⟨90⟩ dādākanrupāḷayiṁti ma-

⟨91⟩ ma viṣṇumidaṁ saṁda smaṁtu

⟨92⟩ pāmayā viruvitā

⟨93⟩ jaṭarēpa mūrtti || ·ubha

⟨94⟩ ya sanmatadiṁ baredaṁ

⟨95⟩ rabbarōjaṁ || bhadraṁ

⟨96⟩ subhaṁ maṁgaḷaṁ [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0026⟩ No. 26. (A.R. No. B. 531 of 1961-62.) BĀGALWĀḌ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab buried into the bed of the stream.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1053-54 A.D.

The record is broken on all sides, hence, much of the information is lost. It seems to register a grant for a charitable Picoṭṭa by the queen (name lost) of king Trailōkyamalla. It mentions Bāguḻa paḻa. Probably Bāguḻa-paḻa was the ancient name of the present village Bāgalwāḍ.

In the date portion only Śaka 975 • • • • • 5, Thursday is available. It may correspond to 1053-54 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • llabha mahārājā • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cā • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • lladēvara rājyamattarōttarābhivṛddhi tā-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mire svastyanavarata paramakalyāṇābhyu-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ya lakṣmīsamāneya rāśritajana-

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mattraiḷōkyamalladēva viśāḷōrastha-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • la dēviyarsakhavarśa 975 ne-

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • 5 brahaspati pāraḷandu mo- 1

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (rāmau)bāguḻapaḻaṁ ·abhina-

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nālattu paralu paṁcara • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • khalūyilu parodave dharmmētakke • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sabhāmaṇṭapado(ḷ rāmaṇaṁge)ma • • • • •

⟨13⟩ svadattāṁ paradattāṁ

⟨14⟩ vāyō hareti vasundarā śaṣṭi • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 26⟩

⟨15⟩ jāyatē krimi || • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • • • • ya naḷida (tapu) • • • rāya

⟨17⟩ • • • • • ṇaranaḷida pāpa • • • • • [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0027⟩ No. 27. (A.R. No. B. 116 of 1961-62.) BŌDHAN, BODHAN TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

Pillar lying in the Inspection Bungalow.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1056 A.D.

It records that while Chālukya Trailōkyamalladēva was ruling over the empire, perggaḍe Jōgapayya got reconstructed the temple of god Indra-Nārāyaṇa, consecrated the image of Vishṇu therein and erected a Garuḍa pillar also. Further, it states that the perggaḍe made several grants such as two villages-Piriya Māvuḍige and Kiriya Māvuḍige situated in Pūseya-70, house-sites, oil-mills, a flower garden and income from the toll on salt for the worship of the god and maintenance of the temple. The grants were made free of all imposts. The temple, it is stated, was formerly constructed in the capital Bōdhana by the emperor Indra vallabha of the Rāshṭrakūṭa family. The record was written by Girivajra Nāgadēva.

It is dated Śaka 978, Durmukhi, Jyēshṭha, śu. 13 Thursday corresponding to 1056 A.D., May 29, Wednesday (not Thursday).

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanā-

⟨2⟩ śraya śrīpṛthvīvalla-

⟨3⟩ bha mahārājādhi-

⟨4⟩ rāja paramēśvara pa-

⟨5⟩ rama bhaṭṭāraka satyā-

⟨6⟩ śraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ

⟨7⟩ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī

⟨8⟩ mattraiḷōkyamalladēva-

⟨9⟩ ra vijayarājyamutta-

⟨10⟩ rōttarābhivriddhi prava-

⟨11⟩ rddhamānamācaṁdrārkka

⟨12⟩ tāraṁ salutta mire

⟨13⟩ sakavarṣa 978 neya

⟨14⟩ durmukhi saṁvatsarada

⟨15⟩ jēṣṭa suddha 13 bṛha-

⟨16⟩ spativāradaṁdu rāṣṭra-

⟨17⟩ kūṭānvaya cakrēśvara ni-

⟨18⟩ ndravallabhaṁ rājadhāni

⟨19⟩ [bho]dhanadoḷu māḍisi

⟨20⟩ [di]ndra nārāyaṇadē-

⟨21⟩ vara dēvāyatanaṁ •

⟨22⟩ la kramadiṁ jīrṇnamā[gi]

⟨23⟩ [ḻbu]daṁ kaṇḍu śrī madāha-

⟨24⟩ vamalladēva pādapadmō-

⟨25⟩ pa jīviyappa perggaḍe ⟨Page 27⟩

⟨26⟩ jōgapayyaṁ tadīya

⟨27⟩ dēvagṛha dōddharaṇamuṁ

⟨28⟩ viṣṇudēvaṁ garuḍma(mana)

Second Face.

⟨29⟩ staṁbha pratiṣṭheyumaṁ mā

⟨30⟩ ḍiyalli pūrvada taḷavṛ-

⟨31⟩ tti gīta vādya nṛrtta kanda

⟨32⟩ sarvabādhā parihāra

⟨33⟩ māgi biṭṭa kāddindra nā-

⟨34⟩ rāyaṇa gariyā doṁba-

⟨35⟩ ttu kaiyagalada nivēśa-

⟨36⟩ na naḻvattā dēguladi pa-

⟨37⟩ • va dēvara brahmapuri

⟨38⟩ gēriyāḷeḻkayyagala

⟨39⟩ da mūvattu kayniḷada

⟨40⟩ nivēśana maṟuvatta

⟨41⟩ ydā lekkada sūtrada

⟨42⟩ (ti)gaḷa maniyēḻanu

⟨43⟩ nivēśana vaḻpattara du

⟨44⟩ daguladiṁ baḍaga dēva

⟨45⟩ śālagada sūḷagēri

⟨46⟩ yalli pūṇavaradupaḍika-

⟨47⟩ vaḷḷadiṁ mūḍa pūdō-

⟨48⟩ ṭa mattameraḍu ·uppi-

⟨49⟩ na peṟeṁgaṁ suṁkada

⟨50⟩ varāpuṁmānavondu

⟨51⟩ khaṇḍasphuṭita jīrnnōdara-

⟨52⟩ ṇa gandadupaḍipanivadu

⟨53⟩ kendu sarvvanamasyavā-

⟨54⟩ gi dipya siyavaḻpatta (ddā)

⟨55⟩ baḻiya piriya māmu-

⟨56⟩ ḍigeyindu kiṟiya mā

⟨57⟩ vuḍiyandanu bāḍava(reṁ)-

⟨58⟩ du naiṣṭhika snānadidammaṁ

⟨59⟩ kāvaṇanu mupadrava

⟨60⟩ māḍidaṁge vāraṇāsi

Third Face.

⟨61⟩ svasthānadoḷā jōgayya •

⟨62⟩ (spa)ji keṇno ba(va) daṁtanā (śrī)

⟨63⟩ ga niḷayaṁ nāgēndrana

⟨64⟩ • tta vārijamabā-

⟨65⟩ • radaṁte darmmadayu-

⟨66⟩ ta mududyādana (ntāsa)te

⟨67⟩ trijagaṁ doniga (ḷaṇa)

⟨68⟩ • • pudi śrī jōga

⟨69⟩ (yya)gadiṁ viji(tō) • •

⟨70⟩ pudaṇada naṁga tā • • •

⟨71⟩ byaṁtvādanaṁ [bo]danaṁ ⟨Page 28⟩

⟨72⟩ ·a • lli pūrvvameyyaṁ •

⟨73⟩ yājñālaṁ punakada-

⟨74⟩ ṇnaṁ kariya dra • •

⟨75⟩ mayvattiradu (biṭida)

⟨76⟩ gādramapannara pu(su)

⟨77⟩ riga giḻtaṁgādramma sā

⟨78⟩ sita miḻedaṁgadramatā

⟨79⟩ battāḻiṁtimayyaṁda(ya)

⟨80⟩ tapuda pratipāḷisuvara

⟨81⟩ bīruda lēkhaka girivajra

⟨82⟩ nāgadēvana likhite ma(ṁ)-

⟨83⟩ ṁgaḷa mahā śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0028⟩ No. 28. (A.R. No. B. 540 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the field of Saranappa.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1058 A.D.

It carries an eulogy of Śrī-Chāmaladēvi, the queen of Chālukya Traiḷōkamalladēva and daughter of Bamma. It states that when the queen was camping at Saṟimale for a holy-bath in the confluence of the rivers Tuṅgabhadrā and Kṛishṇavēṇi, Bhāskara-Seṭṭi made a land grant in Bhattagrāma-Baḷḷaniṭṭage situated in Mosaḷikal-300, a kaṁpaṇa of Eḍadoṟe-2000. The measuring rod Hiriyakōl is mentioned here.

It is dated Śaka 980, Viḷambi, Vaiśākha, śu. 3, Sunday Akshaya-tritiya. It corresponds to 1058 A.D., March 30, Monday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha

⟨2⟩ mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ sa-

⟨3⟩ tyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-

⟨4⟩ mattraiḷōkyamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarō-

⟨5⟩ ttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamāna mācandrārka tāraṁba-

⟨6⟩ raṁ saluttamire svastyanavarata paramakalyāṇābhyu-

⟨7⟩ daya sahasraphaḷa bhōgabhāgini kaḷahaṁsagāmi-

⟨8⟩ ni gōtra pavitra vimaḷa caritrepātra cūḍāmaṇi su-

⟨9⟩ jana rakṣāmaṇi citra vidyādhari sakaḷa kaḷādhari male-

⟨10⟩ [ya ?] beṭiṁge barmmanaṇuṁgiyāśritajana kāmadhēnu

⟨11⟩ [ka]liyuga sīte patihitagirijāte śrīmattrai-

⟨12⟩ [ḷō]kyamalladēva viśāḷa vakṣasthaḷa nivāsiniyarappa

⟨13⟩ [śrī]maccāmaladēviyarssaṟimaleya nelevīḍi-

⟨14⟩ noḷ sakavarṣa 980 neya viḷaṁbi saṁvatsarada vai-

⟨15⟩ śākha suddha 3 ·ādityavāravaduveyakṣaya

⟨16⟩ (kṣaya) parvva sammandhiyiṁ tuṁgabhadreya kṛṣṇa-

⟨17⟩ (vē)ṇnānadī saṁgamada tīrtthasnāna nimitta veḍedoṟedoṟē-

⟨18⟩ yircchāsirada kaṁpaṇa mesaḷikalmūnūṟa-

⟨19⟩ ṟoḷagaṇa bhattagrāma baḷḷaniṭṭageyoḷ • ⟨Page 29⟩

⟨20⟩ śivapāda paṁkaja bhramaraṁ bhāskaraseṭṭiyaru

⟨21⟩ kiṟege kaṁcatāḷa baṭṭeyiṁ baḍaga ·ākeṟe-

⟨22⟩ yiṁ paḍuvalalliya gaḍiṁbaḍi hiriyakōlōḷ

⟨23⟩ dhārāpūrvvakaṁ sarvvabādhā parihāramāgi biṭṭa

⟨24⟩ kariyanelaṁ mattarppattu [|*] ·ī dharmma manācandrā-

⟨25⟩ rkka tāraṁ pratipāḷisuvudida naḷidavaṁge pra-

⟨26⟩ yāgeya taḍiyoḷgā brāhmaṇa vadhegeyda dā-

⟨27⟩ daṁ sārgu || kanda || manetoḷavaṟekeyatīrtamā-

⟨28⟩ • nētraṁ mindalli gō sahasraṁ goṭṭatana puṇya me-

⟨29⟩ • redāṁgananta mabhyudaya makkamā[yadra yu]-

⟨30⟩ • ka || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyōharēta vasundha-

⟨31⟩ rāṁ ṣaṣṭhirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyate kri-

⟨32⟩ miḥ || sāmānyōyaṁ dharmmasētu nnṛpāṇāṁ kāḷe

⟨33⟩ kāḷe pāḷaniyō bhavadbhiḥ sarvvānētānbhāvina pā-

⟨34⟩ rtthivēndrān bhūyō bhūyō yācatē rāmacaṁdraḥ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0029⟩ No. 29. (A.R. No. B. 238 of 1962-63.) PEṆṬA [KHUND], BODHAN TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

On three faces of a slab lying in the field of Gangaram Patel in Survey No. 14.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1059 A.D.

It records a gift of income from several goods (named) and also of a garden, well and a mango-grove purchased from Divākara-bhaṭṭa of Bāḷeya, by the ubhayadēsis of Bāḷeya-Sāvaḷigeya-Pēṇṭhe, to the god Nakharēśvara of the village.

It is dated Śaka 980, Viḷambi, Phālguṇa śu. 1 Monday corresponding to 1059 A.D., February 16. [On the previous day viz., Māgha Amāvāsya, there occurred a solar eclipse].

TEXT.

I Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī-

⟨2⟩ prithvīvallabha mahārā[jā*]dhirāja para-

⟨3⟩ mēsvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśra-

⟨4⟩ ya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ

⟨5⟩ śrī mattraiḷōkyamalladēvara vija-

⟨6⟩ yarājyamuttarōttarābhivriddhi

⟨7⟩ pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ

⟨8⟩ baraṁ saluttamire sakavariṣa

⟨9⟩ 980 neya viḷaṁbi saṁvatsarada

⟨10⟩ phālguṇa sudda pāḍiva sōmavā-

⟨11⟩ radaṁdu bāḷeya sāvaḷigeya pēṁṭhe-

⟨12⟩ ya nekarēsvara dēvarggalliyubhayadē-

⟨13⟩ siyumiḻdaṁdina sūryyagrahaṇaṁ ni-

⟨14⟩ mittyamāge biṭṭu koṭṭa suṁka • nela-

⟨15⟩ vatti pēṟeṁgaydaḍake yumaṁ

II Face.

⟨16⟩ [kāra]ḍakeya pēṟeṁ- ⟨Page 30⟩

⟨17⟩ goṁdaḍakeyama ·e-

⟨18⟩ leya pēṟegippatta-

⟨19⟩ ydeleyamaṁ meḷasi-

⟨20⟩ na pēṟeṁge soḷasige me-

⟨21⟩ ḷasuma katteya pēṟeṁ-

⟨22⟩ ge ·aḍavāga meḷasu

⟨23⟩ ma ·uppina pēṟeṁgara-

⟨24⟩ māna ·uppumaṁ kōṇa-

⟨25⟩ na pēṟeṁ go • ḷa jōḷa-

⟨26⟩ mamaṁ ·uṁbaḷada kā-

⟨27⟩ ḍigegoṁdu tammaṭa

⟨28⟩ maṁ kāpaṭada maḷa-

⟨29⟩ vegoṁdu tammaṭamu-

⟨30⟩ maṁ kuduregeraḍu

⟨31⟩ tammaṭamumaṁ

⟨32⟩ peḷavina maḷave-

⟨33⟩ gaṭṭada kavaḷakeyu

III Face.

⟨34⟩ kōṭegēriya pūrvvada

⟨35⟩ [sanu]viḻdu kuḍalu

⟨36⟩ bāḷeyada divākara

⟨37⟩ bhaṭṭara kayyalu ś-

⟨38⟩ ṭevuṁ koṇḍu biṭṭa

⟨39⟩ tōṭamuṁ bāviyaṁ

⟨40⟩ māvināravermā

⟨41⟩ caṁdrārkkatāraṁbaraṁ pre-

⟨42⟩ ti pāḷisidavaru [i]daṁ

⟨43⟩ kiḍisidavaru bā-

⟨44⟩ ṇarāsi yoḷkavile-

⟨45⟩ yumaṁ brāhma-

⟨46⟩ ṇarumaṁnaḷida

⟨47⟩ pātakamaṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0030⟩ No. 30. (A.R. No. B. 176 of 1962-63.) ALAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar (No. 3) kept near the navagrahas of the Bālabrahmēśvara temple.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1062 A.D.

This badly damaged record refers to the rule of Chālukya Trailōkyamalladēva and seems to register a grant to a deity (name lost).

It is dated Śaka 984 Shubhakrātu, Mārgasira, śu, rest of the information is lost. It may be equated with 1062 A.D., November.

TEXT.

First face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya prithvīvallabha ⟨Page 31⟩

⟨2⟩ mahārājādhirāja paramēsvara paramabhaṭṭāra-

⟨3⟩ kaṁ satyāśraya kuḷati[la*]kaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ

⟨4⟩ • • ttrailōkyamalladēvara vijayarājya [mu-

⟨5⟩ ttarōttarā] bhivriddhi pravarthamāna[mācaṁ]-

⟨6⟩ dratāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire sakavarṣa

⟨7⟩ [984] neya [śubha]kṛtsaṁvatsarada mārgasira [śu]

⟨8-11⟩ badly damaged

⟨12⟩ pattara tapō • • • • • • • • • •

Second face.

⟨13-14⟩ damaged

⟨15⟩ • • (ḷa) yoḷu dhārā [pūrva]

⟨16⟩ koṭṭar dēvara bō [gā] • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • yājana • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0031⟩ No. 31. (A.R. No. 26 of 1961-62.) JAṬAPRŌLE, KOLLAPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar now lying in front of the Vēṇugōpālasvāmy temple.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1064 A.D.

It refers to the rule of emperor Trailōkyamalla ruling from the capital Kalyāṇa and to mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Chiddana-Chōḷa governing Pāḍakal-800, Naḷavāḍi-500, Āyaṁje-300 and Kanne-300. Also it refers to a royal lady named Mahādēvi who is described as dvitiya-Lakshmī samāne (may be the wife of mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Chiddana-Chōḷa).

It records a gift of land to Lakuḷēśvara-āchārya, the disciple of Jagadindu-paṇḍita of Baḷagarānūru. The grant was probably made by Kumārapaya.

The record is a bit damaged and incomplete. It is dated Śaka 985 Śōbhakrit, Phālguṇa, śu. 2 Sunday. It corresponds to 1064 A.D., February 22, Sunday.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ © svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya

⟨2⟩ śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārāja-

⟨3⟩ dhirāja paramēśvaraṁ parama

⟨4⟩ bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷa-

⟨5⟩ tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī

⟨6⟩ mat traiḷōkyamalladēvara

⟨7⟩ vijayarājyamuttarōtta-

⟨8⟩ rābhivṛddhi pravarddhamānamā-

⟨9⟩ caṁdrārka tāraṁbara salū-

⟨10⟩ ttamire kalyāṇada nele-

⟨11⟩ vīḍinoḷu tha(ta)tpāda padmō-

⟨12⟩ pajīvi caraṇa sirōru •

⟨13⟩ (da)ṁ(di)hataviḷōcana śrīḷō-

⟨14⟩ cana pramukhā śrī pṛthvī-

⟨15⟩ sva(śva)ra kārita kovaḷitira kali ⟨Page 32⟩

⟨16⟩ kāla kularatna pradīpa-

⟨17⟩ kaṁ kumataraṁ kulamalā-

⟨18⟩ yyana siṁga kāṁcipu-

⟨19⟩ ra tripura saṁhāraṇa kā-

⟨20⟩ raṇa mahēśvaraṁ śrī ma-

⟨21⟩ t ciddanacōḷa mā(ma)hā-

⟨22⟩ rājaru kannemūnūṟu

⟨23⟩ mapāḍakalleṁṭunūṟuma

⟨24⟩ naḷavāḍi maiyanūṟu

⟨25⟩ māyaṁje (ā) mūnū-

⟨26⟩ ṟumaṁ duṣṭanigraha śiṣṭa

⟨27⟩ (pra)tipālana geydu

⟨28⟩ (rā)jyaṁgeyuttamire

⟨29⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨30⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

Second Face.

⟨31⟩ • (paramēśvara)

⟨32⟩ • • • • •

⟨33⟩ • • • śrī ma-

⟨34⟩ nmahāmaṇḍaḷē-

⟨35⟩ śvara • • •

⟨36⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨37⟩ • • • • • kalya

⟨38⟩ • tma dayāsa-

⟨39⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨40⟩ • • dvitīya lakṣmī

⟨41⟩ samāneyaru-

⟨42⟩ mappa(be)ḍaṁga mahā-

⟨43⟩ (dēvi) baḷiyara ho-

⟨44⟩ (pa) vinayadi • •

⟨45⟩ ra • ttara dēvara • •

⟨46⟩ • • • • •

⟨47⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨48⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨49⟩ saṁpannarappa śrīma-

⟨50⟩ tu baḷagarānūra jaga-

⟨51⟩ diṁdu paṁṇḍitara si(śi)ṣya

⟨52⟩ rappa lakuḷēśvarā-

⟨53⟩ cāryyage sakavarṣa

⟨54⟩ 985 neya śōbhakru-

⟨55⟩ tsavatsarada phālguṇa

⟨56⟩ sudda bidige ·ādivā-

⟨57⟩ radaṁdu śrī matkumā-

⟨58⟩ ra(pa) yaru ni • •

⟨59⟩ sagarōda kammadvaraja

⟨60⟩ daṁ • • • dā •

⟨61⟩ rasamunnūṟā ba(ṁ) ⟨Page 33⟩

⟨62⟩ ḷiya ṟa • ma(ḷva)vi-

⟨63⟩ • • • vihalu-

⟨64⟩ rppārma (bi)yapa(®pa)

⟨65⟩ • • • • • poḷa (kka)-

⟨66⟩ mmāḍi biṭadu • ya(ni)

⟨67⟩ le mā 2 rippattu

(Incomplete).

⟨SIIv29p0i0032⟩ No. 32. (A.R. No. 82 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar (No. 3) dugout from the main street in the village.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1064 A.D.

States that when Chālukya Trailōkyamalladēva was ruling the empire from Kalyāṇa, perggaḍe Kāvaṇayya made a grant of kara-maryāde to Kāḷapa-seṭṭi of Manavakkulakēri in Koḷḷipāke on the orders of mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Buddharasa. Also, it refers to the exemption of some taxes like bilkoḍe etc.

It is dated Śaka 986, Krōdhi, Bhādrapada, śu 13, Thursday. It corresponds to 1064 A.D., August 27, f.d.t. 46 Friday.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuva-

⟨2⟩ nāśraya śrī pṛ-

⟨3⟩ thvīvallabha mahā-

⟨4⟩ rājādhirāja pa-

⟨5⟩ ramēśvara parama

⟨6⟩ bhaṭṭāraka satyā-

⟨7⟩ śraya kuḷatiḷa-

⟨8⟩ ka cāḷukyābha-

⟨9⟩ raṇa śrī matrai-

⟨10⟩ ḷōkyamalladēva-

⟨11⟩ ra vijayarājya-

⟨12⟩ muttarōttarābhi-

⟨13⟩ vṛddhi pravarddhamā-

⟨14⟩ na mācandrārkka

Second Face.

⟨15⟩ tāraṁ salluttami-

⟨16⟩ re kalyāṇada ne-

⟨17⟩ levīḍinoḷu su-

⟨18⟩ kha saṁkathā vinō-

⟨19⟩ dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyvu-

⟨20⟩ ttamire tatpāda

⟨21⟩ padmōpa jīvi sama-

⟨22⟩ dhigata paṁcamahā

⟨23⟩ śabda mahāmaṇḍa- ⟨Page 34⟩

⟨24⟩ ḷēśvara sōmyama-

⟨25⟩ hēśvara muḷivara

⟨26⟩ gaṇḍa kadanapa[ca*]ṇḍa

⟨27⟩ rāya·arakṣanru-

⟨28⟩ pāḷa jayā[ṁ*]ganā

⟨29⟩ lōḷa nayanābhi

⟨30⟩ rāma gaṇḍagaja

⟨31⟩ nirunābhaya ba-

⟨32⟩ la subhaṭa vi • •

⟨33⟩ duganaydunāsi-

⟨34⟩ ganari maṇḍaḷika

⟨35⟩ mada viharaṇa bā-

⟨36⟩ (gala)dēviya ga-

⟨37⟩ ndhavāraṇa śrīma

⟨38⟩ nmahāmaṇḍa-

Third Face.

⟨39⟩ ḷēśvara buddharasara be-

⟨40⟩ sadi sa(ma)starājya

⟨41⟩ para nirūpita mahā

⟨42⟩ māḷugradali virāja-

⟨43⟩ māna mānōnnata prabhu

⟨44⟩ ma[ṁ*]trōtsāha sa(śa)kti

⟨45⟩ traya sampannarappa

⟨46⟩ śrīmatpe(rggaḍe)

⟨47⟩ (kāva)ṇayya sakava-

⟨48⟩ rṣa 9(8)6 neya krō-

⟨49⟩ dhi sa[ṁ*]vatsarada bhādra-

⟨50⟩ pada su(śu)ddha 13 bṛha-

⟨51⟩ spati vāradaṁdu śrī-

⟨52⟩ koḷḷipākeyā •

⟨53⟩ manavakkulakēriya

⟨54⟩ kāḷapaseṭṭige koṭṭa

⟨55⟩ (kara) maryyādeya-

⟨56⟩ nvinolagaḷiyā

⟨57⟩ dēhāradi dōṟu

⟨58⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

Fourth Face.

⟨59⟩ pattanipūḷi·a(.)

⟨60⟩ va dharmateṟuvaṁ

⟨61⟩ ·amarakereya po-

⟨62⟩ ttake bilkoḍe yi-

⟨63⟩ lla kāla(kālya kā)-

⟨64⟩ dapa cinna muṁdi-

⟨65⟩ ṟeya māḻu

⟨66⟩ pūtasūmilla

⟨67⟩ sarvvabādhā pari-

⟨68⟩ hāramāge pra- ⟨Page 35⟩

⟨69⟩ ti pāḷisuvevu [|*]

⟨70⟩ sāmānyōya(ṁ)

⟨71⟩ dharmmasētu nṛpā-

⟨72⟩ ṇāṁ kāḷē kāḷē pā-

⟨73⟩ ḷuniyō bhavadbhiḥ

⟨74⟩ sarvvānētā bāgina

⟨75⟩ pārttivēṁdrā bhū-

⟨76⟩ yō bhūyō

⟨77⟩ yācate rāma

⟨78⟩ caṁdraḥ || • •

⟨79-80⟩ damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0033⟩ No. 33. (A.R. No. 60 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar in the Museum within the compound of the Sōmēśvara temple [Museum Acc. No. 81].

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1067 A.D.

The record engraved on two faces of the pillar registers a grant of income from the kiṟudeṟe taxes of the dēvabhōga village Gāḍicheṟuvu situated in Ānemārga-70 for worship and offerings in the temples of Svayambhu-Sōmēśvara and Nanni nārāyaṇa Vishṇu by mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Kōṭeya Bhīmarasa, who bears among others, the epithet mānyakaṭaka-puravarēśvara. The grant was made when he (the donor) was ruling Koḷḷipāke-7000 while Chālukya Trailōkyamalla was ruling over the empire.

The record is dated Śaka 989, Plavaṅga, Vaiśākha śu. 5 Sōmavāra. It corresponds to 1067 A.D., April 21. The week day was however, Saturday and not Monday (as stated in the record).

TEXT.

First face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuva-

⟨2⟩ nāśraya śrī pṛ-

⟨3⟩ thvīvallabha mahā-

⟨4⟩ rājādhirāja para-

⟨5⟩ mēśvara paramabha-

⟨6⟩ ṭṭārakaṁ satyāśra-

⟨7⟩ ya kuḷatiḷaka cā-

⟨8⟩ ḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-

⟨9⟩ matraiḷōkyamalla

⟨10⟩ dēvara vijayarā-

⟨11⟩ jyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi

⟨12⟩ pravardhamāna mācaṁdrā-

⟨13⟩ rkatāra(ṁ) saluttamire

⟨14⟩ tatpāda padmōpajīvi sa-

⟨15⟩ madhigata paṁcamahā-

⟨16⟩ śabda mahāmaṇḍaḷēśva-

⟨17⟩ ra śrī mānyakaṭaka

⟨18⟩ puravarēśvara nanni mā- ⟨Page 36⟩

⟨19⟩ rttaṇḍa gaṇḍabhēruṇḍa

⟨20⟩ [kadana pracaṁḍa] śrī

⟨21⟩ kōṭeya bhīmarasa-

⟨22⟩ r (koḷḷipāke)ercchā-

Second face.

⟨23⟩ siramanāḷutta sakavarṣa

⟨24⟩ 989 neya plavaṁga saṁva-

⟨25⟩ tsarada vaiśākha suda 5

⟨26⟩ sōmavāra saṁkrānti nimi-

⟨27⟩ ttadandu śrī rājarājō

⟨28⟩ koḷḷipākeyā hiriya

⟨29⟩ keṟeyēriya keḷagaṇa

⟨30⟩ śrī svayaṁbhū sōmēśva-

⟨31⟩ ra dēvarggemāparisūtra

⟨32⟩ doḷagaṇa nanni nārāyaṇa

⟨33⟩ viṣṇu dēvarggemāddānemā-

⟨34⟩ rgamerppattaṟa baḷiya

⟨35⟩ dēvabhōga gāḍiceṟuvu

⟨36⟩ na (kiṟude)ṟe • • •

⟨37⟩ • • • • • nivēdyakke

⟨38⟩ biṭṭa (ru) [|*] śrī svadattā pa-

⟨39⟩ radatta vāyō harēti

⟨40⟩ vasundharā śaṣṭirvvarṣa

⟨41⟩ sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ

⟨42⟩ jāyatē krimiḥ ||

⟨43⟩ madvaṁśajā parama-

⟨44⟩ hīpati vaṁśada vāpāsā-

⟨45⟩ da pētamanasā bhuvi bhā

⟨46⟩ vibhū pāya pālayanti 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0034⟩ No. 34. (A.R. No. 61 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On the same pillar-Museum Acc. No. 81.

1067 A.D.

The top portion on the first face (actual III face of the pillar) seems to be a continuation of the previous record. It begins abruptly. It mentions Koḷapāka as the capital and registers a grant made on uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti to the god Svayaṁbhu Sōmēśvara of Koḷapāka by Śrī Trailōkyamalla Rebbiseṭṭi and the nakara (of the place).

Though engraved separately and being a continuation part this portion of the record can be ascribed to the date of the previous record (No. 33).

TEXT.

Third face.

⟨1⟩ • mada (ṣṭi) pāda •

⟨2⟩ ma saṁta dāmayā

⟨3⟩ cara biṁtāṁ • • • ⟨Page 37⟩

⟨4⟩ sya dvi || śrī rā-

⟨5⟩ jadhāni koḷapāka (yē)

⟨6⟩ śrī svayaṁbhū-

⟨7⟩ sōmēśvaradēvargge

⟨8⟩ śrīmatraiḷo-

⟨9⟩ kyamalla rebbise-

⟨10⟩ ṭṭiyu nakara •

⟨11⟩ • viḻdu ·uttarāya

⟨12⟩ ṇa saṁkrānti (kāryya) 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0035⟩ No. 35. (A.R. No. 93 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

On a pillar standing near a stream called Peddavāgu.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 1067 A.D.

Mentions the rule of Chālukya Trilōkyamalladēva who was then ruling the empire from Samparavāḍi. mahāsāmanta Mēḷarasa was then governing Koḷḷipāke-7000 an administrative division.

It states that earlier Śaṅkaragaṇḍa of the Rāshṭrakūṭa family had constructed basadis at Rāvunḍi and Nērila and made grants of some lands to them in Juvvikumṭe and Niduṅgalūru by issuing a copper-plate charter. Later on these lands were alienated from the basadis by the queen at the request of mahāsandhivigrahi daṇḍanāyaka Kēsimayya. Subsequently, the record states, that the land grants were restored to the same basadis by the Karaṇas headed by perggaḍe Appaṇayya and Muṁnavapura Venkaṭai-seṭṭī on the occasion of a solar eclipse. Perhaps the Jina Bhavana of Śānti tīrthēśvara, was completely renovated to suit the needs of it being a sacred center. Kēsirāja is mentioned at the end portion of the record which is damaged. Probably he had some role in the renovation of the basadi.

It is dated Śaka 989, Plavaṁga, Kārttika, śu. 13 Monday, corresponding to 1067 A.D., October 23, f.d.t. 20 [Tuesday].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ bhadramastu jinaśāsanāya | svasti samasta bhu-

⟨2⟩ vanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhi

⟨3⟩ rāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyā-

⟨4⟩ śraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmatrai

⟨5⟩ lōkyamalladēvara vijayarājya muttarōttarābhi-

⟨6⟩ vṛddhi pravardhamāna mācandrārkka tāraṁ saluttami-

⟨7⟩ re saṁparavāḍiya nelevīḍinoḷsukha saṁkathāvinō-

⟨8⟩ dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi

⟨9⟩ sāmantaṁ mēḻarasa koḷḷipāke yecchāsiramaṁnāḷu-

⟨10⟩ ttamire sakavarṣa 9[8]9 neya plavaṁga saṁvatsarada

⟨11⟩ kārttika suddha 13 sōmavāra māvara perggaḍe

⟨12⟩ ·appaṇayya pramukha karaṇa muṁnavapura

⟨13⟩ veṁkaṭaiseṭṭiyu viḻdu māḍida maryyādida

⟨14⟩ ntena rāṣṭrakūṭa kuḷatiḷakaṁ śrīmanmahā sāmantaṁ śaṁ- ⟨Page 38⟩

⟨15⟩ karagaṇḍaṁ rāvunḍiyā basadigaḷaṁ neṟila basadige

⟨16⟩ yumarmmāḍi ·isi cakriyiṁ paḍedā tāṁbra śāsanaṁ sa-

⟨17⟩ rvvanamasyaṁ biṭṭa taḷavṛtti juvvikuṁṭṭeyuṁ purada

⟨18⟩ kēriyuṁ niḍuṁgalūra vāṟaleya tōṁṭamumaṁ pala

⟨19⟩ vaṁkāla māḍuttami(va)lēyāḷanyāyadiṁ tappi

⟨20⟩ • • kupaṇa māḍādalliyācāryyaṁ ka(pi)

⟨21⟩ • • • • • samasta dharmmāṟēvakappa mahāhari

⟨22⟩ • • sandhivigrahi daṇḍanāyakaṁ kēsimayyaṁgaḷa • •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • (nicna visaliḍi)darasiyar • • ya

⟨24⟩ • • • ·aṁde • • bāḷkuḷiya svayaṁbhū •

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (vidāpu) rupaviḻdu-

Second Face.

⟨26⟩ • • sūryyagrahaṇa nimittaṁ śrīmatraiḷōkyamalladēvarandu

⟨27⟩ samasta pradhānaṁ maḷāpakadiṁ śāsana maryyāde sa-

⟨28⟩ rvvanamasyamaṁ kāḷlucci kuḷaleka siṁtivaḷārappandaḷu bahadubandu

⟨29⟩ navapurada puduvanoldavargganiraṁ nibandhadiṁ

⟨30⟩ varṣakke taṟuvu gadyāṇa 50 tadoḷaṁ gadyāṇa 5

⟨31⟩ maṁ koṇḍu tamagarasara dēsiyoḷsaṁ(da)ntappa

⟨32⟩ bādhegaḷādoḍaṁ kūḷaṁ modalāgi • (ḷisa)

⟨33⟩ lāsthānamaṁ sarvvabādhā parihāraṁ kūcige ba-

⟨34⟩ ḷiyā vantāvakramadiṁ salini lēsalisuva

⟨35⟩ • maryyādadiṁ tappidare ppoḷaśra samaya

⟨36⟩ dāṇi śrī ballavarana rāṇi piriyarasiya rā-

⟨37⟩ ṇi bāṇarāsiyoḷicchāsira kavilaigaḷa na-

⟨38⟩ ḷida pātakarinnalliyā yā sthānadoḷage

⟨39⟩ juvvu kuṁṭiya karmmaṭada kanakasamudra

⟨40⟩ da keṟeya pogaṁṭernneladoḷage moda •

⟨41⟩ ḷāsyāra dānakke nuttarppattu • • • • • ṁge

⟨42⟩ mattareraḍu dēva karmma • ge mattarondu

⟨43⟩ • • • dīvige mattarondu • paṟakāṟarige

⟨44⟩ mattannalkātaṁge (ūra) kēriya manide(ṟa)

⟨45⟩ yu maṁgaraṁga • • • tōṁṭagaḷa komaraga-

⟨46⟩ ṭṭiṁ pākaṁvavarige mattarnnālku mālagāṟage

⟨47⟩ mattareraḍu ḍamaradavarirvvarige • • lmattareraḍu

Third Face.

⟨48⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yari

⟨49⟩ nbārigaṁ mattaṟpadināṟu • sige rājaṁge

⟨50⟩ mattareraḍu [hāni vṛddhi] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨51⟩ [yadadiṁdā] sthānamaṁ kāduṇbamudugaṇige

⟨52⟩ mattarnnālku karaṁba mattarnnālvattu • • •

⟨53⟩ delliṁ nālku basadigaḷa khaṇḍasphuṭita navaka-

⟨54⟩ rmmaḷādigaḷidu puraṁgaḷi dattiya • • •

⟨55⟩ velli kālaṁ pratipāḷisuvarendu kāṁmāvi

⟨56⟩ [nāmaṁgaṇa gacchada] vaṇananandi maryyādeyaṁ

⟨57⟩ tappi • • • sadiṁ rājagāmityageydalasya

⟨58⟩ dā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨59⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (syāna gardde pā) • ⟨Page 39⟩

⟨60⟩ • • ballavarasa rāṇi || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā-

⟨61⟩ yō harēti vasuṁdharā • • • • •

⟨62⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jāyatē krimiḥ

⟨63⟩ • • ·ā • śvaryyadi mārgga barayisi dha-

⟨64⟩ rmmaṁgaḷaṁ nāśyataṁ māppa • • • śānti tīrtthe-

⟨65⟩ śvara jina bhavanaṁ tīrtthaveṁbantiralmā-

⟨66⟩ • • • • • • • • • • natīta • • • • •

⟨67⟩ nāṇaṁ • śa śrībhavanaṁ śrī kēsirājarana •

⟨68⟩ • • • nesuva māḍidanu prasiddhaṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0036⟩ No. 36. (A.R. No. B. 598 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying near the Mosque.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 11th century A.D.

This is a damaged record in characters of the 11th century A.D. It refers to the rule of Trai(lōkyama)lla, the Chālukya king and to his subordinate mahāmaṇḍḷēśvara (name lost) who was governing Eḍedoṟe-2000. During this time probably tantrapāla Gangara Chāvuṇḍamayya obtained some lands on his requesting (the king) at [Kalyā]ṇa. The rest is broken and lost.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhava • •

⟨2⟩ ya śrī prithvīvallabha [ma] •

⟨3⟩ rājādhirāja paramēsvara • • •

⟨4⟩ bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kuḷa • • •

⟨5⟩ cāḷukyābharaṇa śrī mattrai • • •

⟨6⟩ lladēvara rājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi (pra)-

⟨7⟩ (va)rdhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ salu(ttami)-

⟨8⟩ re tatpāda padmōpajīvigaḷappa sama • •

⟨9⟩ (ta) pañca mahāsabda mahāmaṇḍaḷēsvaraṁ • • •

⟨10⟩ tī puravarādhīśvaraṁ mūvaḍigaṇḍa ripumaṇḍaḷika • •

⟨11⟩ ya rāyakaṭaka munniṟiva kārttavīryya kuḷatiḷa • •

⟨12⟩ di samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍa • • • • •

⟨13⟩ carasareḍadoṟeyichcāsira manāḷuttamire (mā) • •

⟨14⟩ kavattanā[ḍa] taṁtrapāḷa gaṁgara cāvuṇḍamayyaṁ • • • • •

⟨15⟩ ṇada nelavīḍinōḷ binnapaṁ geydu paḍeya svastyanēka • • • • •

⟨16⟩ ga saṁghāta vīcichāyalavaṇābdhi paḷeya vaḷeya (paḍeṁ) • •

⟨17⟩ ga pāriyātra tanmadhye dēsādhipati • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • vanatyugra narasira • • • • • • • • • •

[Rest is broken and lost].

⟨SIIv29p0i0037⟩ No. 37. (A.R. No. B. 614 of 1961-62.) RAICHUR, RAICHUR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the temple of Rāmalinga.

Rāya Nārāyaṇa [Sōmēśvara I]. ⟨Page 40⟩ 11th century A.D.

This is a broken and damaged inscription in characters of about the 11th century A.D. It contains a eulogistic account of a feudatory ruler by name Handa and his predecessors such as Lōkabhūpa, Panda, Chanda, Aṇṇaladēva, Bhima, Handiga, Bijja etc.

The date and grant portion are lost. At the beginning the inscription speaks of the rule of a king who is described as Chakravarti Śri-Rāya-Nārāyaṇa but his name is either not given or lost. Though of the Kalyāṇa Chālukya period the record contains no royal epithets of that family.

Chālukya king Sōmēśvara I [1043-1068 A.D.] had the title Raja Nārāyaṇa, perhaps Rāya Nārāyaṇa may be the same as Rāja Nārāyaṇa, on this basis the king can be identified with Sōmēśvara I.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁ • • • • • • • • • • nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbāya śaṁbhavē [|*]

⟨2⟩ svasti samasta suranarō • • • • • • • • • • maribemaṁja (li) raṁjita cāru caraṇā

⟨3⟩ • • naṁbu baudada pramukha nikhiḷa munēnivaha • • • • • na nindī rāmanaḥ sarōjanirāha haṁsananaṁ bhuvanādhīśvaraṁ śrī

⟨4⟩ • • • llabhaṁ suraprakara cakravarti śrīrāyanārāyaṇaṁ gabhīra kṣīra vārāśiyoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ

⟨5⟩ • • • (kamiṁ) paripāḷisuta miṁ tatpāda padmōpa jīvigaḷappa kaṁda || śrī ramaṇī pati vīra śrī ramaṇaṁ beṁṭi

⟨6⟩ • • • baracaṁdra vairi taru nikara tīkṣakuṭhāraṁ śrī lōka bhūpanāṁ ceṁnegaḻdaṁ || ·ātana tanūbhavaṁ ||

⟨7⟩ • • • • • hu pāṁbaripa carakakṣiti pāḷaṁ karaṁ niraṁtaraṁ tegaḻva mahatvadiṁ surapaṁ naṁpaḷa keyva mahā vibhūti

⟨8⟩ • • • • • daranaṁ paḷaṁ baleva śauryaṁ dinaṁbu nidānamaṁ karanaguva gabhīradiṁ deseva permmage tāyvanepaṁda bhūbhujaṁ || ·ā-

⟨9⟩ • • • gātanūbhavaṁ || vṛtta || siḍila mārkoṁḍa vīraṁ dinapanesakamaṁ mikka tējaṁ jayaśrī goḍeyāgirddhaṇmu ciṁtāmaṇi

⟨10⟩ • • • nippārpurāmaṁge sāgdirmmaḍiyāgiddāḷpu kāmaṁgeṇeyenipa lasanmūrti hēmādri goṁduṁ paḍiyāgirddeḷātaṁ

⟨11⟩ • • venatesedaṁ dhātriyoḷu caṁda bhūpaṁ || kaṁda || ·āvibhuvinanujanaṁṇṇala dēvaṁ marevokkaḍara doḍāṁtaḍa diṭadiṁ kādina kālvā[vo]gu

⟨12⟩ • • • viditaṁ bhitavaṁ divōri brajamaṁ || vṛtta || ·anudinaṁ vāldu baṁṇṇisu mādeyda jagadvaḷayaṁ sarāgadiṁ ghanatara śauryyanaṁ dara-

⟨13⟩ • • • ṁna nūrjita bāhu vīryyanaṁ manusu caritranaṁ vimaḷagātra (ni)nāji jayatriṇētranaṁ manasija rūpanaṁ nuta diḷīpana naṁ-

⟨14⟩ • • • vacūghanaṁ || kaṁda || ·ātananujanati vikhyātaṁ bhū harasanari nṛpāḷakakuḷa bhūjata davānaḷanakhiḷa guṇātiśayaṁ nāgaḷdanu

⟨15⟩ • • • gara bhīmaṁ || vṛtta || madavadvi dviṣṭa bhūpa prabaḷa baḷaghana vrātanātaṁ jaya śrī sadanaṁ bhūhakṣitiśaṁ tolagadiṟida saṁgrāma bhī-

⟨16⟩ • • • padagurḷvaṁ kēḷdu gaḷdāgaḍe sugidugrāri saṁtāna kāṁtāhṛdayakkātaṁkaśaṁ kāvaha mādavāvādiṁnuṁ bhaya bhrāṁtiyeṁdaṁ ||

⟨17⟩ • • • • • guṇagaṇaṁ gaṇiṁtene || kaṁda || śrī madhuviḷāsadādaviṁ bhūvadhutiṇpiṁ manōjavadhu nija rūpiṁ bādhisi nō • ḷpu

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gāregadāvagadeṁ baṁdapave || ·aṁtavaratanūbhavanari kāṁtā saṁtāna karṇḍa patra bṟuta vikrāṁtaṁ haṁdi ⟨Page 41⟩

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇa santatiyaṁ || vṛtta || dinapana tējaviṁdra sutanaṇmiśa nanandana nārghvavāyu naṁdananaḷavaṁga saṁbhavana rūpa marēṁdrana bhōgavarkka

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • naguṇāṁ nati kūḍa haṁdigāvanipanoḷāppa lōṣṭida naśēṣajagaṁ padapiṁda baṇṇisalu || ·āda rādhipatiya sati ||

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṁ natiyeṁ saviḷāgū māpasallakṣaṇadiṁ parahita padmaladēvige sariyarssamanāgalārpparē vasumatiyoḷ ||

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ve pudidaṁ samara mukhāhmādirippa nripati baḷa vibhradi guṇāṁbōdhi vīra bijja nṛpāḷaṁ || ·ātana guṇagaṇaṁgaḷeṁtene ||

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tipa niṟidu geldadu takṣōbha bhūtānadanā rākṣasi saṁkuḷanadi naraṇa kṣōṇiyaṁ nōḍalānātada nāriṁdaṁ

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṁta kaṁpisida nantānakkasa rkkākkarisidaragi dattugrabru tāḷa jaḷaṁ || bagāvaṁdayyaṇa vaṁśadalli gumaṇari bijjabhū-

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • diṁ • hityadiṁ satyadiṁ gōgayappanari yeṁdu dāraguṇadiṁ vāgmitvadiṁ satvadiṁ migilāgirddu ma-

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • hānu bhāvana satiya guṇa prabhāvaveṁtene || kaṁda || bhāgada nele vimaḷa yaśōbhāginipariṁ-

⟨27⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dāviyana harṇṇiśaṁ baṇṇisuguṁ || vṛtta || bhogada mātadētakenageṁdu nāgaḷtāya kāmakenuvaṁ bhāgaladēvi mecci diḷi kai-

⟨28⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tānaśāniṣṭa viśiṣṭa varggamaṁ rāgadināvagaṁ taṇipi tāḷdidaḷudbhu mahatvasatvamaṁ || ·aṁta

⟨29⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dēvakiyāgi (be)vasu dēvanāge bijja nṛpāḷaṁ śrīgadhipana vargga vijayādyagaṁ hari mū-

⟨30⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tējaṁ kalpa bhūjakke mārppaḍi dānaṁ pavanātmajaṁge tāṇbāhuvīryyavaṁ bādhigiṁ maḍi gaṁbhīra

⟨31⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nādāṁtu baṁṇṇi suvanī śrīhaṁḍa bhūpāḷanaṁ || ghanatējaṁ vīrahaṁdakṣitipati munē ·iṁ-

⟨32⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṁ mēṇujaḷaṁ mēṇu tapaṁ mēṇuvana madhyaṁ mēṇunagaṁ mēṇudasegaḷa pesaraṁ mēṇahurakṣa rakṣa sva na

⟨33⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (vā) kāśadoḷu bhūraja vaṟiṁdaṁ haṁda bhūpāḷanāḷapadēvo • • • • • (ma)da kkama nāvidinā ba • •

⟨34⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dviṣṭaraṁ duṣṭa vanānu śōbhayaṁ bṛttupagrāridēśaṁ || • • • • • • • • • •

⟨35⟩ • • • • • • • • • • daḍāṁ dāṁkrūḷāṭhāvakke • • • • • • • • • •

Rest is broken and lost.

⟨SIIv29p0i0038⟩ No. 38. (A.R. No. B. 758 of 1962-63.) TUNGABHADRA DAM, MALLAPURAM TALUK, BELLARY DISTRICT.

Two pieces of a slab lying at the entrance of the office of the Asst. Engineer.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 11th century A.D.

This highly damaged record refers to the rule of Chālukya Trailōkyamalla, to an officer (probably [chā]kaya) administering Kisukāḍu-70 division and to mahāsāmanta, manneya Dojjarasa [Ajjarasa]. It records gift of land, houses, oil-mill etc., to a deity and for feeding ascetics.

The record is dated 9 • • • • • Mārggaśira, śu. 5, uttarāyaṇa (saṁkrānti). The information ⟨Page 42⟩ is insufficient for verification. The record is in the characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

I piece.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha ma-

⟨2⟩ hārājādhirāja paramēśvara • • ra • • • • • satyā(sra)ya

⟨3⟩ kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābharaṇa śrī matrailōkyamalladēva • •

⟨4⟩ • • muttarōttarābhivriddhi pravarddhamāna mācaṁdrārka tāraṁ • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • tatpāda padmōpajīvi svasti • • śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sana • (ha) śrī • • • • • biṁ nāma • • gaḷu vi • • •

⟨7⟩ • dāma • • • jagadēka (cā)kayaṁ • • • • • • • • • • śrī ma • •

⟨8⟩ • • • va kisukāḍelpattumanā(ḷu) • • • ®pa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • ya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • ka • • • vi • da pā(ṁḷu)geyye • • • (maya) • koṭṭa • daṇḍa •

⟨11⟩ • • • tpā • • • kāra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • danuṁ (ta)ppa śauryyaṁ cāḷukya kuḷatiḷaka • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • śrīpāda padmōpajīvi • • • saya • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (sā)manta vīralakṣmī • • • • • puravarēsva

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (virā) lavana (śrī) manma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (di geyā) • • • • • pako • • • • • sa • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī raṇa •

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ca ka •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ya mi •

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇya •

II piece.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • dāyādya kā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • rāma(ne)nisali • • dojjarasa cāḷukya ku(la*) kaṇṭā • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • khidi • || • • • • • • • • • • saṁ suvarṇakāṟa • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • (ṇā)graṇi (mahāsāmanta) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ya (daṁ) • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • (midadu) • • • yadvaṁdudāre • • • caṁdramā • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • dayara • • • • • • • • • • (risi) • (khā)sana pa • • si ka • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ra • • da • (pa) • • • • • niḷegeṟamā • •

⟨10⟩ kaṇa • • • • • • • • • • yyaṇapanripa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • pāḷi • • • paṇa • • ga • • nāṟa(rta) vaṁ • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • jā (ma) • • (si gra) • • • • • • • • • • yō cāturyya • • •

⟨13⟩ • tā cakra • • ge • lo • • mu • • • • • nu bōga • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • meygaliyuṁ cāturyya • • cāgiyu • •

⟨15⟩ • • svasti sakanripakāḷātīta saṁvatsara sataṁgaḷ 9 • • • • •

⟨16⟩ [mā]rggasira sudda pañcami dvitīpāta ·uttarāyaṇa • • •

⟨17⟩ • • viyar manneyajjarasanaṁ tanna sannidhānakke barisi • •

⟨18⟩ • • rā pūrvakadiṁ kālgacci biṭṭa keyi • • • • • mattaru 1 • •

⟨19⟩ • • mattaru 12 haṟikāṟage ·eṟe mattaru 6 kisu ma • •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • yargge ·eṟemattaru [1] || kisu matta • • •

⟨21⟩ • • • grā[sa]kke ·ere mattaru 11 keṟege biṭṭa keyi • • • • •

⟨22⟩ • • ṭṭa mattaru 1 dēvargge nivēdyakke • • [mma] • • || tapo • • • • • ⟨Page 43⟩

⟨23-24⟩ damaged

⟨25⟩ • • yaru • • • • • na mūḍaṇa dese | • • dhamma priya • • •

⟨26⟩ • • • [vaḷiya] manegaḷu 1(3) gāṇa 1 [hanna]siga padma • • • • •

⟨27⟩ • • • gaḻu • • • • • kamma 3 • [aru]vaṇa gadyā • • • • •

⟨28⟩ • • kṣētradalu sāsirvva brāhmaṇarumaṁ sāsirvva tapōdana • • •

⟨29⟩ • raṁ mattaṁ brāhmaṇa bhōjana makkuṁ (ī dharmmakke) • •

⟨30⟩ sa • • • pratiṣṭhegeyda • • • • • ma(gaḷa) • • • • •

⟨31⟩ • kāḷē kāḷē pāḻaniyō bhavadbhiḥ sarbēṣāṁvāgi • • • • •

⟨32⟩ • svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdvarāṣṭivarṣa

⟨33⟩ • • • ya • nālku yugada • • • • • • • • • •

⟨34-36⟩ damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0039⟩ No. 39. (A.R. No. B. 812 of 1962-63.) ATNŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built in by the side of the steps of the Īśvara temple.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara I] 11th century A.D.

It states that when Chālukya Trailōkyamalladēva was ruling over the empire from the capital Kalyāṇa mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Rēvarasa governed Eḍadore-nāḍu-2000 and mahāsāmanta manneya Nayyaparasa governed the territory (name not mentioned) from his capital Māhishmatīpura.

At this time daṇḍanāyaka Pōtimayya made a grant of some money (amount not specified) in the presence of Nayyaparasa and Sādhya-Śiva paṇḍitāchārya, the sthānapati of Pallēśvara of Mudugu[ṁ]dūru. Also the record has registered grants of 2 mattar of land each to Brahmapuri Chāmuṇḍa-mayya Shaḍangi and a Taḷāṟa.

The record is not dated. But on the basis of the rule of Trailōkyamalla mentioned here the record can be assigned to the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

I Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha ma-

⟨2⟩ hārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭā-

⟨3⟩ raka satyāśraya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābhara-

⟨4⟩ ṇaṁ śrī matraiḷōkyamalladēvara vijaya

⟨5⟩ rājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamā-

⟨6⟩ namācaṁdrārkatāraṁ saluttamire kalyā-

⟨7⟩ ṇada nelevīḍinoḷu rājyaṁgeyyuttamire

⟨8⟩ svasti samadhigata paṁcamahāśabda mahā-

⟨9⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ rēvarasareḍedoṟe nāḍicchāsi-

⟨10⟩ ramanāḷuttire svasti samadhigata paṁca-

⟨11⟩ mahāśabda mahāsāmanta sakala lakṣmī-

⟨12⟩ kānta māhiṣmatīpura paramēśvaraṁ madhya-

⟨13⟩ dēśādhīśvaraṁ gaṁjāga ghaṭāmalla nāmādi sa-

⟨14⟩ masta paśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahā sāma-

⟨15⟩ nta manneya nayyaparasaraṁ svastiya-

⟨16⟩ maniyama svādhyāya dhyāna dhāraṇa

⟨17⟩ mōnōnuṣṭāṇa japasamādhi saṁpannarappa ⟨Page 44⟩

⟨18⟩ mudugu(ṁ)dūru pallēśvara dēvara sthānādhipati śrī

⟨19⟩ matsādhya śiva paṇḍitācāryya(ru) miṁti

⟨20⟩ nibbaru miḻdu svasti samadhigata paṁca ma-

⟨21⟩ hāśabda mahāsāmantādhipati mahā-

⟨22⟩ pracaṇḍa daṇḍanāyaka vairi bhayadā[ya]

⟨23⟩ ka nanniyamēru nāmādi samasta praśasti

⟨24⟩ sahita śrī maddaṇḍanāyakaṁ pōtimayya

⟨25⟩ • • • jakkarasara prabhu sāmyadalli

II Face.

⟨26⟩ • • • samupa [ḍi] yadeya[rttha]-

⟨27⟩ ma sarvanamaśyamāge mā-

⟨28⟩ ḍi biṭṭar brahmapuri cā-

⟨29⟩ muṇḍamayya ṣaḍaṁgige biṭṭa

⟨30⟩ kariya matta 2 taḷā[ṟa necara]

⟨31⟩ ge biṭṭa kariya matta 2 ·ida

⟨32⟩ nāva [nōrvva] • • naḷidaṁge

⟨33⟩ bāṇarāsi kurukṣētra

⟨34⟩ da • brāhmaṇaru kavileya

⟨35⟩ maṁ koṁnda pāpa dilaydu gu •

⟨36⟩ svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō ha-

⟨37⟩ rētu vasundharā ṣaṣṭhirvvarṣa

⟨38⟩ sahaśrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jā-

⟨39⟩ yate krimiḥ sāmānyō

⟨40⟩ yaṁ dharmasētu nṛpāṇaṁ

⟨41⟩ kāḷe kāḷe pāḷaniyō bha-

⟨42⟩ dbhiḥ sarvvānē(tā) • • • • •

⟨43⟩ vēṁdrā • • • • •

Rest is effaced.

⟨SIIv29p0i0040⟩ No. 40. (A.R. No. B. 815 of 1962-63.) DODDALA, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying behind the village.

Bhuvanaikamalla [Sōmēśvara II] 1069 A.D.

It refers to the reign of Chālukya Bhuvanaikamalladēva [Sōmēśvara II] and to his feudatory Peḍakalu Jatāchōḷabhīma-mahārāja of Kali kālānvaya, who is eulogized very much with epithets-Kāvērīvallabha, mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara, Oṟeyūr puravarēśvara etc.

On the date specified another feudatory of the king mahāsamanta Maḷeyamarasa of Mānuve made grant of 24 mattar of fertile land, one mattar extent flower garden, one oil-mill and 5 house sites to Girigōṭemalla-Jinalaya built by Mākiseṭṭi at Ponnapāḷu, mahāsāmanta Maḷeyamarasa is described as māhishmatī puravarēśvara, i.e., lord of the city Māhishmatī and bears the epithet girigōṭemalla among others.

The record is dated Śaka 991, Saumya, uttarayana sankrānti. It corresponds to 1069 A.D., December 24, Thursday. ⟨Page 45⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārāja-

⟨2⟩ dhirāja paramēsvaraṁ paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya

⟨3⟩ kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa śrīmadbhuva[nai]kamalladēvara vi-

⟨4⟩ jaya rājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārka tāraṁba-

⟨5⟩ ra saluttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi samadhigata paṁcamahā-

⟨6⟩ śabda mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ ·aridurddharavara bhujasi bhāsura pra-

⟨7⟩ caṁṇḍa pradyōdinakara kuḷanaṁdanaṁ kāsyapagōtraṁ kalikālānvayaṁ kā-

⟨8⟩ vērī vallabhaṁ kaṁbalpaṟi ghōṣaṇa mayūra piṁcchadhvajaṁ siṁhalāṁcanaṁ ·o-

⟨9⟩ ṟeyūrppuravarēśvaraṁ paracakra [vima]ḷaṁ [melvā]ḷa bhimaṁ gōtra pavitraṁ śrī

⟨10⟩ manmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara peḍakalu jaṭācōḷa bhīma mahārājaru || samadhigata paṁca-

⟨11⟩ mahāśabda mahāsāmaṁntaṁ vijayalakṣmīkāntaṁ māhiṣmatīpuravarēśvaraṁ madhya-

⟨12⟩ dēśādhipati sahasra bāhu pratāpaṁ nijānvaya māṇikyanēkavākyaṁ catu-

⟨13⟩ ra cārāyaṇanupāya nārāyaṇaṁ girigōṭemallaṁ ripuhṛda-

⟨14⟩ yasellaṁ viṣama hayārūḍha rēvanta parabaḷakritānta maṁgiya

⟨15⟩ maruḷaṁ śrīmanmahāsāmanta mānuveya maḷeyamarasar sakava-

⟨16⟩ rṣa 991 neya saumya saṁvatsara duttarāyaṇa saṁkrāntiyativa ni-

⟨17⟩ mityadiṁ śrī muttava mantakōlada mākiseṭṭiyar ponnapāḷal māḍi-

⟨18⟩ sida girigōṭemalla jinālayakke ponnapāḷa paḍuvaṇa polamēreya-

⟨19⟩ lu biṭṭa nigara mattarāṟu ·ā poḍḍiyal kantarikeyalu nigaraṁ mattarā-

⟨20⟩ ṟu koraviya teṁkavoladalu biṭṭa nigaraṁ mattarppanneraḍu ·antu ma-

⟨21⟩ tta 24 pūdōṭa matta 1 gāṇa 1 maneya nivēśana 5

⟨22⟩ sāmānyoyaṁ dharmma(sē)tu nripāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālaniyō

⟨23⟩ bhavadbhi sarvvāṁ nētāṁ bāvina pārtthivēṁdrā bhūyō bhūyō yāca-

⟨24⟩ te rāmaca[ṁ]draṁ || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ dvādi harēti vasandharā ṣa-

⟨25⟩ ṣṭiṁ vvarṣa sahasrāṇi miṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi[ḥ*] ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0041⟩ No. 41. (A.R. No. B. 570 of 1961-62.) KAPGAL, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Broken slab kept on the wall near the Joḍ-Īśvara temple [two pieces].

Bhuvanaikamalla [Sōmēśvara II] 1069 A.D.

It records that during the reign of Bhuvanaikamalladēva a grant of land for the temple of Bhōgēśvaradēva, at Bhattagrama Kappekallu, for the maṭha and for the well, and a oil mill for perpetual lamp were made by the queen Paṁpādēvi, daughter of Chāmaladēvi, while camping at Keṟeyūru. Kappekallu is stated to have been situated in Gorikallu-12, a division of Mosaḷikallu-300.

It is dated Śaka 991. Saumya, uttarāyaṇa, saṁkrānti corresponding to 1069 A.D., December 24 Thursday.

TEXT.

First Piece.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha mahārājaṁṣri(śrī)rāmaparamēśvara

⟨2⟩ paramabhaṭṭā[raka*] satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa śrīmadbhuvanai-

⟨3⟩ kamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamāna mācaṁ-

⟨4⟩ drārkkatāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire keṟeyūra nelevīḍinoḷ svastyanavarata

⟨5⟩ parama kalyāṇābhyudaya sahasra phaḷa bhōgabhāgini dvitīya la- ⟨Page 46⟩

⟨6⟩ kṣī samāne gōtra nidāne parivāra cintāmaṇi vivēka cūḍāmaṇi kastū-

⟨7⟩ ri(ka)kāmōda gītavinōdi malepaveḍaṁgi cāmaladēviyaraṇuṁgi śrīma-

⟨8⟩ dbhuvanaikamalladēva viśāḷa vakṣasthaḷa nivāsiniyarappa śrīmatpaṁpā-

⟨9⟩ dēviyar sakavarṣa 991 saumya saṁvatsarada ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkānti

⟨10⟩ tithi nimittadiṁ mosaḷikallu 300 ṟa baḷiya kaṁpaṇa gōrikallu panneraḍu

⟨11⟩ ṟoḷagaṇa bhattagrāma kappakalla bhōgēśvaradēvargge maṟecēḍa baṭṭeyiṁ mūḍa

⟨12⟩ lu paḍuvaluvāgi sarbbabādhāparihāravāgi biṭṭa kariyanela matta 9

⟨13⟩ maṭhakke mattar 4 || ·antu mattar 13 bāvige mattar 5

⟨14⟩ naṁdādīvigege gāṇa 1 || keṟeya mattar 6 ·antu mattar 24 || sā

Second Piece.

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • lepālaniyō bhavadbhi sarbbānē-

⟨16⟩ • • • • • yō yācate rāmabhadraḥ || svadattāṁ pa • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • ṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭirvarṣa sahaśrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • llabharāja manōja kāmini śōbhitē [mā]payēva navā • • • • •

⟨19⟩ • • • • • tta māganiguṇundi tēdāna vinōdavanō katā bareyaṁdu banne • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • || didaluṁdra muvāgaṁ kidramadēṁdildeppadaṁ nilladella

⟨21⟩ • • • • • di baḷiyantāṁ salpadārggādipaṁ paḍibhaṁdaṁ kuḍivāṁka

⟨22⟩ • • • • • śāsanaṁ cāṁssi nirvvōde koṭṭadmahī • • (śēvaḷige) salepipādavi

⟨23⟩ • • • • • cakradōḷde • • ṣṭika(ṁ) sthāna(vā)gi naḍasuvadu ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0042⟩ No. 42. (A.R. No. 57 of 1961-62.) KOHIR, ZAHEERABAD TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Slab built into the Vīrasangayya-kaṭṭe.

Bhuvanaikamalla [Sōmēśvara II] 1070 A.D.

The epigraph is engraved on four faces of a slab of which the bottom portion is broken and lost. It seems to register a gift to a basadi constructed by Paḍavaḷa Chāvuṇḍamayya, a disciple of Śubhachandra-siddhāntadēva. Paṁpa-permānaḍi, by a subordinate of the king Chālukya Śrī-Bhuvanaikamalla (Sōmēśvara II).

It is dated Śaka 991, Saumya, Phā(lguṇa) and the rest of the information is lost. The given details correspond to 1070 A.D., February-March.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanā-

⟨2⟩ śraya śrīpṛthvīvalla-

⟨3⟩ bha mahārājādhirāja

⟨4⟩ paramēśvara paramabha-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya

⟨6⟩ kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷu- 1

Second face.

⟨7⟩ mahēśvaraṁ sā-

⟨8⟩ hitya vidyāpā-

⟨9⟩ rāyaṇa subha-

⟨10⟩ ṭa nārāyaṇaṁ vi- ⟨Page 47⟩

⟨11⟩ jayalakṣmī ni-

⟨12⟩ vāsaṁ kīrttivi-

⟨13⟩ ḷāsa • paraca-

⟨14⟩ kravakranāha

Third Face.

⟨15⟩ ddhi śrībhuvanaika-

⟨16⟩ malladēva pāda

⟨17⟩ paṁkaja bhramaraṁ

⟨18⟩ śrī matpaṁpa pe-

⟨19⟩ rmmānaḍigaḷu

⟨20⟩ sakavaruṣa 99-

⟨21⟩ 1 neya saumya

⟨22⟩ saṁvatsarada pā(phā)-

Fourth Face.

⟨23⟩ su(śu)bha caṁdra

⟨24⟩ siddhāṁtadēva-

⟨25⟩ ra guḍḍa paḍa-

⟨26⟩ vaḷa cāvuṇḍa-

⟨27⟩ mayyaṁ mā-

⟨28⟩ ḍisida basa-

⟨29⟩ dige khaṁḍa

⟨30⟩ sphuṭita • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0043⟩ No. 43. (A.R. No. B. 555 of 1961-62.) HARVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Broken slab built into the wall of Police-Patel-chāvaḍi.

Bhuvanaikamalla [Sōmēśvara II] 1076-77 A.D.

The left half of the slab is broken and lost. It states that the queen (name lost) of Chālukya Bhuvanaikamalla made a grant of land for the worship and offerings to the god, maintenance and repairs (of the temple) and for feeding ascetics in the temple of god Svayaṁbhu Mūlasthānadēva. The administrative division Eḍadoṟe-nāḍu is mentioned here.

In the date portion only śaka 998 Naḷa. (A)māvāsye, Friday is available. It may correspond with 1076-77 A.D. [In the month Āśvīja, Amāvāsye occured on a Friday corresponding to September 30].

TEXT. 1

⟨1⟩ • • • • • cāmara cāravē trailōkya

⟨2⟩ • • • • • (bhā)ya śaṁbhavē • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • ya śrī pṛthvī vallabha

⟨4⟩ • • • • • mēśvaraṁ paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ḷukyābharaṇaṁ • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • varavijaya rājyamu-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • rdhamānamācaṁdrārkka

⟨8⟩ • • • • • galeya koḻaveya nele ⟨Page 48⟩

⟨9⟩ • • • • • dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyvuttumi-

⟨10⟩ • • • • • navarata parama kalyā-

⟨11⟩ • • • • • bhōga bhāgini dvitīyala-

⟨12⟩ • • • • • pratyakṣa gōmini rājya-

⟨13⟩ • • • • • dhari sakaḷa kaḷādhari pa-

⟨14⟩ • • • • • ®pura śirōmaṇi ta(pu) • •

⟨15⟩ • • • • • rṣa kanaka kalpa latāṁgi

⟨16⟩ • • • • • madbhuvanaikamalladē-

⟨17⟩ • • • • • siniyarappa śrī ma

⟨18⟩ • • • • • 998 neya naḷa saṁ

⟨19⟩ • • • • • mavāsye śukravāra daṁ-

⟨20⟩ • • • • • nimittadiṁdeḍadoṟenāḍo-

⟨21⟩ • • • • • ṟi baḷiya tavagāḷvā ja

⟨22⟩ • • • • • śrī svayaṁbhu mūlasthā-

⟨23⟩ • • • • • tavādyakkaṁ tapōdhanarā-

⟨24⟩ • • • • • jīṇnōddhārakaṁ (ga)vūriṁba

⟨25⟩ • • • • • dalalliya 42 gēṇa

⟨26⟩ • • • • • biṭṭa kariyanela ma-

(Rest is broken and lost.)

⟨SIIv29p0i0044⟩ No. 44. (A.R. No. 54 of 1961-62.) PAṬANCHERU, SANGAREDDY TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

A broken slab built into the wall of the southern gate of Jama masjid.

Sōmēśvara II 11th century A.D.

The record engraved on two faces of a broken slab contains the genealogy of the Chālukya kings (of Kalyāṇa) of which Trailokyamalla, Somēśvara II and the latter's younger brother are mentioned.

Much of the information is lost as the top and sides of the slab are broken and lost. It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

First side.

⟨1⟩ • • • sarbbasva natyunnatiyaṁ trai-

⟨2⟩ (ḷō)kyamallaṁ nirupama caritaṁ

⟨3⟩ • rbbabh māvataṁsaṁ || kaṁda [||]

⟨4⟩ (rpa) ·ā mahi panagratana-

⟨5⟩ yaṁ sōmēśvara cakravartti ca-

⟨6⟩ krēśvara cūḍāmaṇi (dē)

⟨7⟩ (vō)ta nṛpa naṁba dhāmaṁ bhu-

⟨8⟩ vanaikamalla nātana tamma ||

⟨9⟩ • svasti śrī vīrasiṁhā-

⟨10⟩ (nra) pati vijaya śrī ka-

⟨11⟩ (vyāsi rāḷida saṁpaṁ) sārbba 1 ⟨Page 49⟩

Second side.

⟨12⟩ caritadi ddirpa

⟨13⟩ tapa[va]dhūcā

⟨14⟩ dayā [mipra]

⟨15⟩ tiḷakaṁ guṇḍa

⟨16⟩ poredaṁ vikra

⟨17⟩ baridu ko[ṭṭi]

⟨18⟩ re koṭṭaṁ mida

⟨19⟩ me [gu] tyā (pa)

⟨20⟩ maralī(ḷā pra)

⟨21⟩ gṛha ma ha

⟨22⟩ • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0045⟩ No. 45. (A.R. No. 59 of 1961-62.) KOHIR, ZAHEERABAD TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of the house of Nurul Hassan in Sultānwāḍi.

Sōmēśvara II 11th century A.D.

Records a gift of land to god Beṭṭadadēva by paṭṭasāhaṇi Ādityarasa who is described as kaṭṭidalagu of (Chālukya) Sōmēśvara [II]. It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī sōmēśvaradēvara ka-

⟨2⟩ ṭṭidalagu paṭṭasaha-

⟨3⟩ ṇi ·ādityarasaru

⟨4⟩ beṭṭada dēvara nivēdya-

⟨5⟩ kke koṭṭa gadde mattaru

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0046⟩ No. 46. (A.R. No. 84 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar (No. 5) dugout from the main street in the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1077 A.D.

It states that when Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla (Vikramāditya VI) was ruling over the empire from Kalyāṇa and mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Śankaragaṇḍa bearing the epithet Lattalūra puravarēśvara, was governing Koḷḷipāke-7000, the latter made a stipulation that the nagaras [nakharas] of rājadhāni Koḷḷipāke should pay siddhāya at the rate of one poṇgadyāṇa for each shop per annum. The capital is stated to be under the jurisdiction of perggaḍe Kāvaṇayya and other karaṇas.

It is dated Śaka 999, Pingaḷa, Bhādrapada, śu 5, Sunday corresponding to 1077 A.D., August 26, Saturday (not Sunday).

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhu-

⟨2⟩ vanāśraya śrī ⟨Page 50⟩

⟨3⟩ pṛthvīvallabha ma-

⟨4⟩ hārājādhi rāja

⟨5⟩ paramēśvara para-

⟨6⟩ ma bhaṭṭārakaṁ sa-

⟨7⟩ tyāśraya kuḷa-

⟨8⟩ tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyā-

⟨9⟩ bharaṇaṁ śrīma-

⟨10⟩ tribhuvanamalla

⟨11⟩ dēvara vijaya

⟨12⟩ rājya muttarō-

⟨13⟩ ttarābhivṛddhi

⟨14⟩ pravardhamāna

⟨15⟩ mācaṁdrā-

⟨16⟩ rkka tāraṁ kalyā-

⟨17⟩ ṇada nelevī-

Second Face.

⟨18⟩ ḍinoḷ sukhasaṁ-

⟨19⟩ kathā vinōdadiṁ

⟨20⟩ rājyaṁgeyyuttu

⟨21⟩ mire tatpāda padmā-

⟨22⟩ rādhakaṁ samadhiga-

⟨23⟩ ta paṁcamahā

⟨24⟩ śabda mahāma-

⟨25⟩ ṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ lattalū-

⟨26⟩ rppuravarēśvaraṁ

⟨27⟩ koḷḷipāke gō-

⟨28⟩ vaṁsubhavara dēva

⟨29⟩ raṭṭa mārttaṇḍaṁ nika-

⟨30⟩ ra kōdaṇḍaṁ māva-

⟨31⟩ na ga(nda)vāraṇa ·a-

⟨32⟩ ri maṇḍaḷika mada

⟨33⟩ nivāraṇaṁ ka(ṁ)ṭa-

⟨34⟩ ka prākāruṁ sama-

⟨35⟩ rabayadhīraṁ ·īva-

⟨36⟩ nēkarāma biru-

⟨37⟩ daṁka bhīmaṁ mū-

Third Face.

⟨38⟩ ṟu lōkada gaṇḍaṁ

⟨39⟩ gaṇḍarōḷgaṁ kṣa-

⟨40⟩ triya pavitra

⟨41⟩ paranārī putraṁ

⟨42⟩ vairi hvatsallaḥ ni-

⟨43⟩ gaḷaṁkamalla ri-

⟨44⟩ pu bhayaṁkara pa-

⟨45⟩ rākrama sidvigna

⟨46⟩ nivātasiddhi mai-

⟨47⟩ lāradēva labdhava- ⟨Page 51⟩

⟨48⟩ raprasāda mṛgama-

⟨49⟩ ḍāmūḍa nāmā

⟨50⟩ di samasta praśasti

⟨51⟩ sahitaṁ śrīma-

⟨52⟩ nma hāmaṇḍaḷē-

⟨53⟩ śvaraṁ saṁkaragaṇḍa

⟨54⟩ rasara koḷḷipā-

⟨55⟩ keyarścāsira ma

⟨56⟩ nāḷuttaṁ sukasaṁ-

⟨57⟩ kathā vinōdadiṁ

⟨58⟩ rājyaṁ geyyuttaṁ

Fourth Face.

⟨59⟩ saka varṣa 999 ne

⟨60⟩ ya piṁgaḷa saṁva

⟨61⟩ tsarada bhādrapada

⟨62⟩ sudda 5 ·ādivāra

⟨63⟩ daṁdu daṇḍanāya-

⟨64⟩ ka perggaḍe kāvaṇa

⟨65⟩ yya pramukha karaṇa

⟨66⟩ sanubhavaneyāḷḍa

⟨67⟩ śrī rājadhāni koḷḷipā-

⟨68⟩ keya samasta nagara

⟨69⟩ ke putrunupapātra

⟨70⟩ ke mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ sa-

⟨71⟩ lvaṁtāge koṭṭa dharmmava-

⟨72⟩ tthaḷe varṣapratiyoṁ-

⟨73⟩ daṁgaḍiyāḷoṁde gadyā-

⟨74⟩ ṇa ponnu siddāya maṁ

⟨75⟩ tetu sukhaṁ bāḷvare

⟨76⟩ kāva maryādeya ta-

⟨77⟩ ppidavargge gaṁgeyalu sā-

⟨78⟩ sira kavileya konda

⟨79⟩ pāpa || svadattā parada-

⟨80⟩ ttā vāyō harēti va-

⟨81⟩ sundarā śa(ṣa)ṣṭirvvarṣa

⟨82⟩ sahasrāṇi viṣṭā-

⟨83⟩ yāṁ jāyatē krimi [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0047⟩ No. 47. (A.R. No. B. 578 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of a house near the temple known as Nelaguḍi.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1078 A.D.

The record is broken and badly damaged. It records a grant of land by the mahājanas of agrahāra Rūḍi for the worship and offerings to the god Pallavēśvara. Ayyaṇavāḍi, Bēvinahāḷa and Kisukāḍu are mentioned here. ⟨Page 52⟩

It is dated in Tribhuvanamalladēva year 3 Āngīrasa, Śrāvaṇa, śu. 4. Monday. The information given in the record is wrong, for the year 3 do not suit with the cyclic year Āngīrasa while keeping in view of the rule of Tribhuvanamalladēva viz., Vīkramāditya VI.

Here either the regnal year or the cyclic year is wrong. Regnal year 3 is Śaka 1000 and the cyclic year Kāḷāyukta. The given tithi corresponds with 1078 A.D., July 16, Monday. Probably this may be the intended date of the record. While the tithi in the cyclic year Āngīrasa (Śaka 1014 corresponds with 1092 A.D., July 11, Sunday).

TEXT. 1

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • va • • nābhi (diṁ) • • ruhagarbba • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || nataripu bhūpa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • liṁgata pada paṁkaja • • • • • pravarāḷige vikra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ mattamikeyiṁ • | negaḷdayyaṇavāḍi nāḷkāḷaṁ kritayenesedarū • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ sale sarvvanamasya vāgiralu || svasti samasta bhuvanāśrayaṁ

⟨6⟩ śrīpṛthvīvallabhaṁ mahārājādhirājaṁ paramēsvaraṁ paramabhaṭṭā-

⟨7⟩ rakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmatri-

⟨8⟩ vikrama cakravartti tribhuvanamalladēva variṣada 3 neya [āṁ]

⟨9⟩ gīrasa saṁvatsarada śrāvaṇa śu 4 sōmavāradaṁdu svasti

⟨10⟩ yama niyamādhyayana svādhyāyadhya [ya*]naddhāraṇa maunānuṣṭāna sa-

⟨11⟩ mādhiśīla saṁpanna rāṣṭāṁga nāgni hōtra dvijagurudēva-

⟨12⟩ pūjātatpararuṁ śrī mārttaṁḍōjvaḷa kīrttiyutaru sakalasāstrā

⟨13⟩ viśāradaruṁ [a*]nēka yajñāvabhratāvagāhana pavitrīkrita śarīrigaḷu sakala

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (su)matigaḷ vēdānta samaya samuddha-

⟨15⟩ (raṇarū) sarasvatī labdhavaraprasādaru vidvajjana hṛdayānaṁda •

⟨16⟩ • • • • • [kya]ru ·ubhaya mīmāṁsāsura tāraka śaṭutarkka(ru)

⟨17⟩ • • • • • kara ravu śrī matsarvvanamasyadagrahāraṁ rūḍhiya sē-

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kīḷvāku śrīpallavēśvara dēvargge pūjegaṁ nivēdyakkaṁ

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • chatra pavitrakkaṁ ·ā dēvara ·aṁga bhōga raṁgabhōgakkaṁ

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kavāgi holegeṟeya keḻagaṇa madhyakadalliṁ balliṁba-

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mattaru 18 mattaṁ bēvinahāḷa dāriyiṁ baḍa • •

⟨22⟩ [kisukāḍu] • • • • • • • • • • yoḷagaṇa madhyakadalli kisukāḍu • •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • matta(vā) madhyakadiṁ baḍagaṇa maṭha • • • • •

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • • na kōlalu [ā] 6 mattaru • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī pallavēśvara dēvara kraya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yyaṁ dēvara śipādada

⟨SIIv29p0i0048⟩ No. 48. (A.R. No. B. 766 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

On three faces of a pillar lying in front of the Hanumān temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1082 A.D.

The top portion of the pillar is broken and lost. It has caused loss of information also. It states that the king Tribhuvanamalladēva was ruling from his capital Kalyāṇapura. At the time of the record the king was stationed at the camp Ghaṭṭada-Bōrīhaḷḷa. It was probably a subsidiary capital for, in the record it is mentioned as bīḍu. Here the king performed several kratus [religious ⟨Page 53⟩ functions] for his personal merit. At the end the king gave the village Hulicheṟu as dakshiṇā to his preceptor Rudramiśra. It is stated that the village Hulicheṟu was situated in Bhaluṅke-86, a kaṁpaṇa of Mēlaṭṭaḷi.

It is said that the preceptor Rudramiśra was the son of Gōvardhana-bhaṭṭa and his wife Arasikabbe of Vasiśṭha-vaṁśa. The family is eulogized at the beginning of the record. The record states that Rudramiśra made over the village through a copper-plate grant the village Hulicheṟu so received from the king as a gift to the god Rudrēśvaradēva installed by him at agrahāra Gōranṭe for worship, offerings and various services to the god and in the temple and for feeding and clothing the ascetics, teachers and students there in. This indicates that the temple was also a centre of education.

Further gifts to the same deity probably made by the authorities of Goranṭe [Gōranṭe prabhutva] of land, income from taxes like tippesuṅka, an oil mill for the perpetual lamp etc., are also registered in the record. The temple servants such as, Kētabōva, the mason and Bhāśōja, the smith received a house site each.

The date portion is a little damaged. It states • • • • • • • • • • bhi, Kārttika amāvāsye, Tuesday. If the truncated letter • • • bhi is taken to mean the cyclic year Dundubhi then probably the given tithi corresponds to 1082 A.D., November 22, Tuesday.

TEXT.

I Face.

⟨1⟩ • vēdadādya palara naranātharu • • • rā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ madēna lunnatiyane • gaddaṁ jaya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • māpāḷara paḍitamanāṟeya cāritra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • khidakaḷu śaḍvarggaṁ kūḍi nimāḷisu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ ḷeseyararā cakramaṁ vikramaṁ pāḷisutaṁ cā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ da niḷāsi permmāḍidēva || svasti samasta bhuvanā • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama • • • • •

⟨8⟩ ru kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa śrī matri • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ vijaya rājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddha • • • • •

⟨10⟩ rkatāraṁ saluttamire śrī rājadhāni kalyāṇapura • • • • •

⟨11⟩ sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadi rājyaṁgeyyutta mirṛdu || • • • • •

⟨12⟩ nāḷdā kuntaḷa narapatige kāvesa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ da śvikśrīkāntannegaḻdiḻdaurudramiśra maha • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • varunnatavaṁ paḍadoṁdavatāra madente nalke • • • • •

⟨15⟩ nirppava hariya nā(nō) kamaḷōdsavanāgi • • • • •

⟨16⟩ naka nāda brahma || ·ā padmōdbhava vaśaṁ [sō]pānu • • • • •

⟨17⟩ (ne)ne nikhiḷa jagadvyāpaka narunnati pramadā patiya • • • • •

⟨18⟩ śiṣṭha nāggoṁśraṣṭha || ·antenipa vaśiṣṭharava(ṁ) śaṁnta mmanvaya • • •

⟨19⟩ • su caritradi nōḷpaṁntaḷapu rudrabhaṭṭa mahantara śrī bāgavā • •

⟨20⟩ yoḷānegaḻde ḻdaurō || ·ene negaḻdau rudrabhaṭṭara tanūbhava rbhuva-

⟨21⟩ na doḷe virājisi gōvarddhana bhaṭṭōpādhyāyarjjananutarādarjjaga [ke]

⟨22⟩ jasamesevinega || vaddhana mā(ytu) tammaṁ vimaḷaśrutadiṁ śruti-

⟨23⟩ getuḷaṁkrātaṁ varddhanamāytu tamasūvarittrādinukṣrīge saccari-

⟨24⟩ tamuṁ vaddhānamāytu tamaguṇadiṁ dvija sadguṇa kōḷvanaṁ gō-

⟨25⟩ varddhana bhaṭṭaralte negaḻdiḻdaraya (dā)ttariḷā taḷāgradoḷ || • • • gōva-

⟨26⟩ rddhana bhaṭṭargge gāminiyandaḷanipavadu vesedaḷā nāsīgu (ni)

⟨27⟩ samētega • liḷāgāmi || nelarasikabbe vanitāratna || • • • • •

⟨28⟩ ḷe samāna menisirpparasayyagavā guṇatthrī gōvarddhana bhaṭṭa vipra ⟨Page 54⟩

⟨29⟩ varagaṁ muda muṇmire rudramiśrarivāddhi vitābi gōḷbamige-

⟨30⟩ luddadaraggada tarddhavāḍi siṁvaddinī bhōgapāḍiya kuṁbhēśvara dē-

⟨31⟩ va varaprasādadi || ·aṁgaja verikoṭṭa baradiṁdame puṭṭi sama-

⟨32⟩ sta bhūtaḷakaṁ gajarāja vairiyabhidāna manāntu viśiṣṭa-

⟨33⟩ mappa yajñaṁgaḷa niḻdārāgvi bhavadiṁ pariraṁjisi cakrava-

⟨34⟩ rttigaḷayyagaḷanippa paṁpu vaḍedaḻdāre yādvibhu rudrami-

⟨35⟩ śrarōḷ ||

II Face.

⟨36⟩ • • •

⟨37⟩ rapari

⟨38⟩ nnubi

⟨39⟩ śrita

⟨40-45⟩ effaced

⟨46⟩ • ladaḍa • • • • • bhi

⟨47⟩ • vatsarada kārttikadamāvāsye

⟨48⟩ maṁgaḷavāradaṁdu ghaṭṭada bōri

⟨49⟩ haḷḷada bīḍinalu śrī matribhuva-

⟨50⟩ namalla dēvaru halamahā

⟨51⟩ (kra)tugaḷaṁ māḍi ·a(da)ṟa dakṣiṇā

⟨52⟩ kāladalli dēvabhogavāgi mēla-

⟨53⟩ ṭṭaḷiya kaṁpaṇa bhaluṁki ·eṁbhatta-

⟨54⟩ ·āṟaṟa baḷiya bāḍa huliceṟu

⟨55⟩ grāmamaṁ tribhōgābhyaṁtara sahita

⟨56⟩ pūrvaprasiddha sīmeyiṁ kuḍala

⟨57⟩ taṁmagrahāraṁ goraṁṭeyalu mā-

⟨58⟩ ḍisida śrī rudrēśvaradēvarige ·aṁ-

⟨59⟩ gabhōgakaṁ gītavādya nityakaṁ pāda-

⟨60⟩ mūḷa parivārakkaṁ tapōdhana(ru)pā-

⟨61⟩ dhyāya cchātra kaśanācchāda[na]kaṁ

⟨62⟩ khaṁḍasphuṭita jīrnnōddhārakaṁ satraka(ṁ) pu-

⟨63⟩ ḍigegaṁ ·aggiṣṭagegaṁ tāṁbra śāsanaṁ bara-

⟨64⟩ si paḍadu koṭṭaru || mattaṁ goraṁṭeya

⟨65⟩ prabhutvada guḍḍe mānyaṁ sāsira(da)

III Face.

⟨66⟩ nakenuya • gikka • • • • •

⟨67⟩ vodagi ·aḍḍavoṁdu biṭi • • • • •

⟨68⟩ ḷa tippe suṁka vellavaḻaddaṁ dēvari •

⟨69⟩ naṁdādīvigege gāṇavāyileya •

⟨70⟩ (ka) vānadoḷage sollage ·oṁdu dēva(ra)

⟨71⟩ baḍagaṇa parisūtraṁ modalāgi ku(ṁ)-

⟨72⟩ bhēśvaravaṁ muṭṭi mūḍadēvara tō

⟨73⟩ ṭavaṁ muṭṭi(le) kalluḍige gēriyāṁdha-

⟨74⟩ rmma vōjarige ·āraṁggākēriyiṁ mūḍa

⟨75⟩ teṁkaluṁ mūḍalu dēvara tōṭaṁ mēreyā-

⟨76⟩ gi tōṭa koṁḍu 1

⟨77⟩ © bahubhirvva sudhā dattā rājabhi- ⟨Page 55⟩

⟨78⟩ sagarādhibhiḥ yasya yasya ya-

⟨79⟩ dā bhūmi stasya tasya tadāphalaṁ ||

⟨80⟩ © svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harē-

⟨81⟩ tu vasuṁdharā(r) | ṣaṣṭirvvarṣa saha-

⟨82⟩ śrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi [||*]

⟨83⟩ © suvarṇa mēkaṁ gāmēkaṁ bhūmēra

⟨84⟩ paikamaṁgulaṁ | haraṁ naraka māpnō-

⟨85⟩ tiyāvadā bhūta saṁ(ṣṭa)vaṁ || —

⟨86⟩ © sāmānyōyaṁ dharmmasētuṁ nṛpā-

⟨87⟩ ṇāṁ kālē kālē pālaniyō bhava-

⟨88⟩ dbhiḥ sarbbānētānbāvinaḥ pārtthi(vēṁ)

⟨89⟩ drā nbhūyō bhūyō yācate

⟨90⟩ rāmacaṁdra[ḥ*] || madvaṁśajaḥ parama-

⟨91⟩ hīpati vaṁśaja vāpāpādādapēta-

⟨92⟩ mana sābhuvi bhūvi pālāyō

⟨93⟩ pālayaṁti mamadharmma mi(ma)

⟨94⟩ samastaṁ tēbhyō mayāṁ dārabhi-

⟨95⟩ tāṁjali vēṣa mūrdni || © © ©

⟨96⟩ dēvarige kelasa māḍidaṇba ·oḍḍa kē-

⟨97⟩ tabōvaṁge sarbamānyaṁ nivēśanavoṁdu ka-

⟨98⟩ māṟa bhāṣōjage nivēśanavoṁdu [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0049⟩ No. 49. (A.R. No. 68 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On a pillar kept in the compound of Sōmēśvara temple (Museum No. 86-87.)

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1087 A.D.

It records the gift of the village Uddaṁḍige in Ānemārga-70, free from all taxes, for the repairs to the temple of god Sōmēśvara and for feeding the ascetics therein by mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Toṇvaya Chōḍa mahārāja of Kandūru, who was administering Kollipāke-7000 division. The king Tribhuvanamalladēva is stated to have been ruling over the empire from the capital Kalyāṇa. The record, engraved on different pillars is now broken into pieces.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 12, Prabhava, uttarāyaṇa sankrānti. It corresponds to 1087 A.D., December 25, [Saturday]. The Śaka year was 1009.

TEXT.

First piece.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanā-

⟨2⟩ śraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha

⟨3⟩ mahārājādhirāja para-

⟨4⟩ mēsvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ

⟨5⟩ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷa-

⟨6⟩ kaṁ caḷukyābharaṇaṁ

⟨7⟩ śrī matribhuvanamalladēva- ⟨Page 56⟩

⟨8⟩ ra vijaya rājyamutta-

⟨9⟩ rōttarābhivriddhi prava-

⟨10⟩ rddhamānamācaṁdrārka tā-

Second piece.

⟨11⟩ raṁbaraṁ kalyāṇada nele-

⟨12⟩ vīḍinoḷsukha saṁkathāvinō-

⟨13⟩ dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttumire

⟨14⟩ tatpāda padmōpajīvi

⟨15⟩ samadhigata paṁca mahā-

⟨16⟩ śabda mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ

⟨17⟩ vīra māhēśvaraṁ kōḍū-

⟨18⟩ rppuravarēśvaraṁ sūryya-

⟨19⟩ vaṁsōdbhava kuḷatiḷakaṁ

⟨20⟩ kāsyapa gōtra karikā-

⟨21⟩ lānvaya nāmādi sama-

⟨22⟩ sta praśasti sahitaṁ

Third piece.

⟨23⟩ śrī manmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ

⟨24⟩ kandūra toṇvaya cōḍama-

⟨25⟩ hārāja koḷḷipāka ·ērccā-

⟨26⟩ siramumaṁ sukhadināḷu-

⟨27⟩ ttamiṟdu śrī maccāḷukya

⟨28⟩ vikramagālada hanneraḍane

⟨29⟩ ya prabhava saṁvatsara dutta-

⟨30⟩ rāyaṇa saṁkrānti puṁṇya

Fourth piece.

⟨31⟩ • • • • • • • • • • koḷḷi-

⟨32⟩ pākeya śrīsōmēśvaradē-

⟨33⟩ vargge biṭṭa khaṇḍasphuṭita jīrṇnō-

⟨34⟩ ddhārakkaṁ tapōdhana(rggā)hā-

⟨35⟩ radānakkaṁ mānemārggame-

⟨36⟩ rppattaṟa baḷiya duddaṇḍegē

⟨37⟩ yaṁ sarvvamānyamāge

⟨38⟩ koṭṭar [|*] ·ī dharmaṁ naḍaya(yi)

⟨39⟩ sadiṟdarappodi gaṁge bāṇa-

⟨40⟩ rāsi • • śrī parvvatado-

⟨41⟩ ḷu pannīrcchāsira tapōdhanaraṁ

⟨42⟩ brāhmaṇaraṁ kavilegaḷaṁ

⟨43⟩ naḷida pāpa || śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0050⟩ No. 50. (A.R. No. B. 189 of 1962-63.) MADDŪRU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the ruined Fort.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1087 A.D. ⟨Page 57⟩

The top portion of the slab is broken and lost. Writing on the right side of the slab is also badly damaged. The record belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva.

It registers a gift of income from taxes for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Chintaka Rēchēśvara of Maddūru by Viṭṭapayya-Billamayya, the kēṇiverggaḍe of vaḍḍarāvuḷa and biḷkoḍe (taxes), Rakkasayya Māchirāja, the perggaḍe of perjjuṁka, Chaṭṭimayya and others at the instance of the vaḍḍarāvuḷa daṇḍanāyaka Mahēśvarayya when daṇḍanāyaka Rudra-bhaṭṭōpādhyāya was governing over Ayje-300 division.

The record is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 12, Prabhava, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1087 A.D., December 25 [Saturday].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ mahārājādhirāja paramē • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ [cā] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ śrīmattribhuvanamalladē • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ levīḍinalsukha saṁkhathā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ geyyuttamire śrīmattri • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ dhyarappa śrīmadayyaṁga • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ daṇḍanāyakaṁ śrī rudrabhaṭṭa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ ru ·ayje 300 maṁ sukhasaṁkathā • •

⟨10⟩ dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttumire cāḷakya • •

⟨11⟩ ma varṣada 12 neya prabhava saṁvatsarada yu[tta]

⟨12⟩ rāyaṇa saṁkrānti nimittadiṁ maddūra cintaka

⟨13⟩ recēśvara dēvargge naṁdādīvigegeṁdu naḍuva-

⟨14⟩ ṇa bhaṭṭiya vaḍḍarāvuḷa daṁḍanāyakaṁ ma-

⟨15⟩ hēśvarayyana besadiṁ ·ayje 300 vaḍḍarā-

⟨16⟩ vuḷada bilkoḍeya kēṇiverggeḍe viṭṭapa-

⟨17⟩ yya billamayyanuṁ rakkasayyanuṁ pe-

⟨18⟩ rjjuṁkada perggaḍe mācirājanuṁ caṭṭimayyanuṁ

Second Face.

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • prayāge

⟨21⟩ • mallikhārjjuna do-

⟨22⟩ ḷ kavilaigaḷa brā-

⟨23⟩ hmaṇaranaḷida pā-

⟨24⟩ taka || svadattaṁ para-

⟨25⟩ dattaṁ vayō ha-

⟨28⟩ rēti vasuṁdharāṁ [|*] ṣa

⟨29⟩ ṣṭirvvarṣa sahasrā-

⟨30⟩ ṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jā-

⟨31⟩ yatē krimiḥ |

⟨32⟩ māmā • • •

⟨33⟩ ṟiṁge ·ele • • ⟨Page 58⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0051⟩ No. 51. (A.R. No. B. 191 of 1962-63.) MADDURU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Another slab lying in the ruined Fort.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1088 A.D.

The top portion of the slab in broken and lost. Perhaps this lost portion contained reference to the rule of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva [Vikramāditya VI].

It records the gift of some plots of land mesasured by the Satya ratnākarana kōlu and made tax free in Maddūru and Rēkalūru to the god Chintaka-Rēchēśvara of rājadhāni Maddūru situated on the southern banks of the Tuṅgabhadrā in Ayje-300, for worship of the god, maintenance of the musicians and running a choultry by mahāsāmanta Pallavarasa of Puṇḍūr in the presence of Sōvarasa, Nāgimayya-nāyaka and the pradhānas. The donor bears such epithets as Muduguṇḍūr puravarēśvara, Alampura-bhujaṁga, etc. Also it contains another gift of land for the repairs of the temple, annadana etc.

The date of the first grant is Chālukya Vikrama year 13, Vibhava, Āśhādha, Lunar eclipse Thursday, corresponding to 1088 A.D., July 6, Thursday. Lunar eclipse occured on that day.

TEXT.

First face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dhigata paṁcamahāsabda mahāsāmanta [vijayā] 1

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṁ cāḷukya vaṁśōddhavanayōdhya siṁhāsana va

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṁ cana muduguṇḍūrppuravarēśvara dēsīyānē

⟨4⟩ • • • • • vana siṁhāvaḷaṁpūrabhūjaṁga śrī bra-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ra dēvapādārādhakaṁ satrubaḷasādhakaṁ

⟨6⟩ • • disamasta prasasti sahitaṁ śrīmanma-

⟨7⟩ • • sāmantaṁ puṇḍūra pāllavarasa-

⟨8⟩ [rcā]ḷukya vikrama 13 neya vibhava saṁ[va*]tsara-

⟨9⟩ da ·āṣāḍada punname brahaspativā-

⟨10⟩ ra sōmagrahaṇa [nimi]tyadiṁ ·ayije

⟨11⟩ 300 ṟa baḷiya rājadhāni maddūra teṁka

⟨12⟩ ṇa tuṁgabhadrā naditīradali cintaka rēcēśvara

⟨13⟩ dēvargge śrīpāllavarasanuṁyanubhavaṇi

⟨14⟩ kāṟaruṁ sōvarasanuṁ nāgimayya nāyaka

⟨15⟩ nuṁ samastavāda pradhānaru miḷdu dēvaraṁ-

⟨16⟩ gabhōgakkaṁ gāndharvvarggaṁ [bāḷdaygarggaṁ] satrakkaṁ sa-

⟨17⟩ rvvabādhā parihāra māge dhārāpūrvvakaṁ

⟨18⟩ māḍikoṭṭa datti satyaratnākaranakōlalu ma-

⟨19⟩ ddūra poladoḷage matta 15 rēkulūra pola-

⟨20⟩ doḷage matta 20 dēvaraṁga bhōgakke ma-

⟨21⟩ ddūra keyimatta 15 • • ṟeseṭṭiya [ma]

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇakya 2

Second Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [jīrnnō]ddhārakkaṁ ·a-

⟨2⟩ nnadānakkaṁ [pāvu]ḷakkaṁ malliya poladoḷage

⟨3⟩ satyaratnākarana kōlalu tṛbho- ⟨Page 59⟩

⟨4⟩ gābhyantara siddhiyiṁ sarvanamaśyamāgi

⟨5⟩ dhārāpūrvakaṁ mmāḍi koṭṭa matta 20 1

⟨6⟩ vinti dharmmavaṁ sudharmmadiṁ prati pāḷisuvaru

⟨7⟩ vellūra baṭṭiyiṁ mūḍa [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0052⟩ No. 52. (A.R. No. 94 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

On a pillar in front of the Hanuman temple in the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1088 A.D.

Mentions the rule of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla ruling the empire from the capital Kalyāṇa. It records the gift of the village Śandularahaḷu in Kōḍada-12 as taḷavṛitti to Ramēśvara-Paṇḍita, the disciple of Tējōnidhi-Paṇḍita of the Kāḷāmukha sect for worship and offerings, feeding the students and maintaining a satra [choultry] in the temple of Uttarēśvara by Toṇḍaya-Cholamahārāja of Kandūru who was governing Koḷḷipāke-7000. Further gifts of money made by several officials are also recorded. Kanbeṇa of the maṭha wrote the record.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 13, Vibhava, uttarāyaṇa saṅkrānti. It corresponds to 1088 A.D., December 24, [Sunday].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhu-

⟨2⟩ vanāśraya

⟨3⟩ śrīpṛthvīvalla-

⟨4⟩ bha mahārājā-

⟨5⟩ dhi rāja paramē-

⟨6⟩ śvara parama bha-

⟨7⟩ ṭṭārakaṁ satyā-

⟨8⟩ śraya kulati-

⟨9⟩ ḷakaṁ cāḷukyā-

⟨10⟩ bharaṇaṁ śrī ma-

⟨11⟩ tribhuvanamalla

⟨12⟩ dēvara vijaya

⟨13⟩ rājyamuttarō

⟨14⟩ ttarābhivṛddhi

⟨15⟩ pravardhamā-

⟨16⟩ namācaṁdrā-

⟨17⟩ rkka tāraṁ kalyā-

⟨18⟩ ṇada nelevī-

⟨19⟩ ḍinōḷ sukhasaṁ

⟨20⟩ kathā vinōdadiṁ

⟨21⟩ rājyaṁ geyyuttu

⟨22⟩ mire tatpāda pa-

⟨23⟩ dmōpa jīvi

Second Face.

⟨24⟩ samadhigata paṁca ma- ⟨Page 60⟩

⟨25⟩ hāśabda mahāma-

⟨26⟩ ṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ vīrama-

⟨27⟩ hēśvara kōḍūrppu-

⟨28⟩ ravarēśvara sūryya-

⟨29⟩ vaṁśōdbhava kulati-

⟨30⟩ ḷakaṁ kāsyapa gōtra

⟨31⟩ ka(ri)kālānvayaṁ

⟨32⟩ nāmādi sama-

⟨33⟩ sta prasasti sahi-

⟨34⟩ taṁ śrīmanmahā-

⟨35⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ kandū-

⟨36⟩ ra toṇḍaya co-

⟨37⟩ ḷa mahārāja

⟨38⟩ rkkoḷḷipāke ·ercchāsi-

⟨39⟩ ramu maṁ sukhadi-

⟨40⟩ nāḷuttuṁ śrī ma-

⟨41⟩ ccāḷukya vikrama kā-

⟨42⟩ lada 13 neya vibha-

⟨43⟩ va saṁvatsaraduttarā-

⟨44⟩ yaṇa saṁkrānti

⟨45⟩ parvva nimittadiṁ

⟨46⟩ kāḷāmukhānvaya

Third Face.

⟨47⟩ kulatiḷakarappa śrī

⟨48⟩ mat rāmēśvara pa-

⟨49⟩ ṇḍitadēvaravaraśi-

⟨50⟩ ṣyar [ya*]maniyamasvā-

⟨51⟩ dhyāya dhyānadhāra-

⟨52⟩ ṇa maunānuṣṭāṇa •

⟨53⟩ japa samādhi saṁ-

⟨54⟩ pannaṁ vibudha prasa-

⟨55⟩ nnaṁ niravadya śabda vi-

⟨56⟩ dyāmara taraṁgiṇī

⟨57⟩ pravāhā prakṣā-

⟨58⟩ ḷita vā(gvi)ḷāpaṁ sa-

⟨59⟩ kaḷa kaḷākuḷasiddhā-

⟨60⟩ ntatattvamaṇipradī-

⟨61⟩ paṁ jñēya vidyāṁbhō

⟨62⟩ dhi nidrācyādhi pri-

⟨63⟩ dyōtanaṁ tapō lakṣmī

⟨64⟩ līlānikētanaṁ sāḍaṁ

⟨65⟩ baradigaṁbara raktāṁbhō

⟨66⟩ rāḷidāni nikuruṁba

⟨67⟩ buddhi vidhvaṁsinikhi-

⟨68⟩ ḷa jagatpavitraṁ vā-

⟨69⟩ di trijētraṁ guru

⟨70⟩ kuḷa samuddharaṇaṁ ⟨Page 61⟩

Fourth Face.

⟨71⟩ śrī mattējōnidhi paṇḍitadē-

⟨72⟩ vara śirṣya rāmēśvara pa-

⟨73⟩ ṇḍitadēvargge dhārāpūrvvaka

⟨74⟩ māge śrīmaduttarēśvaradē

⟨75⟩ vara ·aṁgabhōgakkaṁ raṁga

⟨76⟩ bhōgakkaṁ malliyōduva chā

⟨77⟩ trarigaṁ satrakkaṁ koḍada

⟨78⟩ panneraḍaṟa baḻiya śaṁdū-

⟨79⟩ larahaḷaṁ taḷavṛtti

⟨80⟩ yiṁ sarvvanamasyamāge

⟨81⟩ koṭṭerallige[baresaka] pe-

⟨82⟩ rggaḍe karaṇaṁgaḷu kuḍuva

⟨83⟩ gadyāṇa veraḍu suṁkada-

⟨84⟩ varu kuḍuva gadyāṇa

⟨85⟩ voṁdu ·aṁgaḍi yeraḍu

⟨86⟩ [gappe]yavaru kuḍuva gadyā-

⟨87⟩ ṇavoṁdu koḷlipāke

⟨88⟩ ·ercchāsirada prabhu gāvu-

⟨89⟩ ṇḍa gadyaroḷoṁdu binna me

⟨90⟩ koṭṭa rī dharmmava naḍi-

⟨91⟩ yisaduvargge gaṁgage bāṇa-

⟨92⟩ rāsiyoḷ pannircchāsi-

⟨93⟩ ra kavilayamaṁ brā-

⟨94⟩ hmaṇaruvaṁ śrīparvvata

⟨95⟩ doḷ sāsira tapōdha-

⟨96⟩ narumaṁ kondapāpa ||

⟨97⟩ svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā-

⟨98⟩ yō harēdva sundharā

⟨99⟩ svaṣṭhi varṣa sahasrāṇi

⟨100⟩ viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē

⟨101⟩ krimiḥ || maṭadadā

⟨102⟩ tāraṁ kanbeṇa bare-

⟨103⟩ daṁ ||

[Pub. In APGAS No. 3-Ng. 48].

⟨SIIv29p0i0053⟩ No. 53. (A.R. No. 69 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On broken pieces kept in the Museum Acc. No. 86-87.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1091 A.D.

It records the gift of a village (name lost) included in Koṁḍada-12 for worship and offerings to god Sōmēśvara by the chief Tonḍaya Chōḍa-mahārāja of Kandūru, who was ruling over Kollipāke-7000. Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla is stated to have been ruling over the empire from the capital Kalyāṇa. Kandeṇa was the composer of this record. ⟨Page 62⟩

The record is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 16, Prajāpati, solar eclipse. The intended tithi may correspond to 1091 A.D., May 21 [Wednesday] f.d.t. 18. The only solar eclipse of the year occured on this day. The corresponding month and tithi were Vaiśākha, amāvāsye.

TEXT.

First piece.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya

⟨2⟩ śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārā-

⟨3⟩ jādhirāja paramēśvara pa-

⟨4⟩ rama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśra-

⟨5⟩ ya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyā-

⟨6⟩ bharaṇa śrīmatribhuva-

⟨7⟩ namalladēvara vijaya

⟨8⟩ rājya muttarōttarābhivṛ-

Second piece.

⟨9⟩ ddhi pravarddhamāna mācaṁ-

⟨10⟩ drārka tāraṁbaraṁ kalyā-

⟨11⟩ ṇada nelevīḍinoḷsukha saṁ-

⟨12⟩ katāvinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyvu-

⟨13⟩ ttumire tatpāda padmōpajī-

⟨14⟩ vi samadhigata paṁca mahā-

⟨15⟩ sa(śa)bda mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ

⟨16⟩ vīra mahēśvaraṁ kōḷyu-

⟨17⟩ rppuravarēśvaraṁ sūryyavaṁ

⟨18⟩ sō(śō)dbhava kuḷatiḷakaṁ kāsya-

⟨19⟩ pa gōtra karikālānvaya

⟨20⟩ nāmādi samasta praśasti

Third piece.

⟨21⟩ sahitaṁ śrī manmahāmaṇḍaḷē-

⟨22⟩ śvaraṁ kandūru toṇḍaya cōḍa

⟨23⟩ mahārājaṁ kōḷipāka ·ē-

⟨24⟩ ḷsāsira mumasukhadināḷutta

⟨25⟩ viḻdu śrīmacchāḷukya vikra-

⟨26⟩ magālada hadināṟaneya pra-

⟨27⟩ jāpati saṁvatsarada sūryya

⟨28⟩ grahaṇa nimittadiṁ koṁḍada pa-

Fourth piece.

⟨29⟩ nneraḍaṟa baḷiya • • • • •

⟨30⟩ bāḷa śrī sōmēśvaradēvargge ·aṁ-

⟨31⟩ ga bhōgakkaṁ raṁga bhōgakkaṁ sa-

⟨32⟩ rvvanamasyamāge koṭṭaṁ || ©

⟨33⟩ sāmānyōyaṁ dharmasētu

⟨34⟩ nripāṇāṁ kālē kālē pāla-

⟨35⟩ niyō bhavadbhiḥ sarvā nētān bhā-

⟨36⟩ vinaḥ pārtthivēṁdrān bhūyō-

⟨37⟩ bhūyō yācatē rāmacaṁdraḥ

⟨38⟩ svadatta paradatta vāyō harē-

⟨39⟩ ti vasundharā saṣṭirvvarśa(ṣa) saha- ⟨Page 63⟩

⟨40⟩ srāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ

⟨41⟩ lipitō kandeṇa ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0054⟩ No. 54. (A.R. No. 70 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On another pillar at the same place Museum Acc. No. 88.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1091 A.D.

It states that when Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva was ruling over the empire from his capital Kalyāṇa, mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kandūra Toṅḍaya-Chōḍa mahārāja made a gift of the village Rācheṟuvu situated in Koḍada-12, for worship and offerings to god Vishṇudēva free of all imposts. The record describes the donor with a string of birudas and states that he was administering over Koḷḷipāka-7000.

The record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 16, Prajāpati, [Śaka 1013], uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1091 A.D., December 25, [Thursday].

TEXT.

First piece.

⟨1⟩ © svasti samasta bhuva-

⟨2⟩ nāśraya śrī

⟨3⟩ pṛthvīvallabha mahā-

⟨4⟩ rājādhi rāja para-

⟨5⟩ mēśvara parama bhaṭṭā-

⟨6⟩ rakaṁ satyāśraya

⟨7⟩ kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷu-

⟨8⟩ kyābharaṇaṁ śrīma-

⟨9⟩ tṛ[tri]bhuvanamalla

⟨10⟩ dēvara vijayarājya

⟨11⟩ muttarōttarābhivṛddhi

⟨12⟩ pravarddhamāna mācaṁdrā-

⟨13⟩ rkka tāraṁbaraṁ kalyāṇa

⟨14⟩ da nelavīḍinoḷsukha

⟨15⟩ saṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ

⟨16⟩ geyyuttumire tatpāda

⟨17⟩ padmōpajīvi

Second piece.

⟨18⟩ samadhigata paṁca mahā sa(śa)bda

⟨19⟩ mahāmaṇḍaḷēsva(śva)raṁ vīramāhē-

⟨20⟩ śvaraṁ kōḍūrppuravarēśvaraṁ

⟨21⟩ sūryyavaṁsō(śō)dbhava ku-

⟨22⟩ ḷatiḷakaṁ kāsya(śya)pa gōtraṁ

⟨23⟩ karikālānvaya nāmādi

⟨24⟩ samasta prasa(śa)sti sahitaṁ

⟨25⟩ śrī manmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ

⟨26⟩ kandūra toṁḍaya cōḍa

⟨27⟩ mahārājaṁ koḷḷipāke ⟨Page 64⟩

⟨28⟩ ·ercchāsiramumaṁ sukhadi

⟨29⟩ nāḷuttamiṟdu śrī

⟨30⟩ maccāḷukya vikrama kā-

⟨31⟩ lada hadināṟaneya prajā-

⟨32⟩ pati saṁvatsaraduttarāya-

⟨33⟩ ṇa saṁkrānti parvva nimitta

⟨34⟩ diṁ koḍada panneraḍaṟa ba-

⟨35⟩ ḷiya rācēṟuvaṁ śrī

⟨36⟩ viṣṇudēvargge dhārā-

⟨37⟩ pūrvvakaṁ sarvvanama-

⟨38⟩ syavāgi dēvaraṁgabhōga

⟨39⟩ kkaṁ raṁgabhōgakkaṁ koṭṭar [||*]

⟨40⟩ • • • • • ṇi yasapuṇya 1

⟨41⟩ mēkaḥ kōdanavina dharma • dvādaśagrā-

⟨42⟩ maṇi • • • • • • • • • • sadayā

⟨43⟩ maṇḍaḷēśa vvīra mahēsa (mmu)dadi śrī

⟨44⟩ tābillu viṣṇuvesaḥ || śrī śrī • • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0055⟩ No. 55. (A.R. No. B. 530 of 1961-62.) BĀGALWĀḌ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Two pieces of a stone lying near the temple of Banagarda Basavaṇṇa.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1095 A.D.

It records a grant of land excluding the taxes mūligardeṟe and uṁbaḷi to the prabhus and gāvuṇḍas of Bammaḻahāṉa by mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Ayyaṇādēva of the Haihaya lineage, a feudatory of the king Chālukya Vīkramāditya VI. Ayyaṇadēva is described as the servant of the queen Malayamatidēvi.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 20, Yuva, Pushya śu. 13. Thursday. It corresponds to 1095 A.D., December 12, Wednesday, f.d.t. 05.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svastyanēka bhaṁgura taraṁga saṁghauta vīcicchāya lavaṇābdavaḷaya vaḷayta

⟨2⟩ vēḷāvana [ga]ṁga pāriyātra tanmadhya dēśādhīśvaraṁ māhiṣmati puravarādhīśvaraṁ sahasra

⟨3⟩ bāhu pratāpaṁ bhūpa diḷīpana hihaya vaṁśōdbhavanamarēṁdra vibhavaṁ mūlapaṟe ghōṣaṇaṁ paranṛpabhīṣaṇaṁ raṇa

⟨4⟩ raṁgavīṟaṁ śrī manmalayamatidēviyaraṁkakāṟaṁ śrī matṛ(tri)bhuvanamalladēva pādāravinda

⟨5⟩ śaṭṭaraṇanayya[ṇābhara]ṇaṁ nāmādi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrī manmahāma-

⟨6⟩ ṇḍaḷēśvaranayyaṇādēvaru sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁda rājyaṁgeyyutta mācaṁdrārkkatāraṁ saluttamire

⟨7⟩ duṣṭa nigraha śiṣṭapratipāḷaneyammāḍi śrīmaccāḷukya vikrama varṣada 20 neya yūkha 2

⟨8⟩ saṁvatsarada pauṣya śudda 13 bṛhaspativāradaṁdu bammaḻahāṟa prabhugāvuṇḍagaḷge mūligedeṟaṁ

⟨9⟩ yumanuṇbaḷakeṟeymu biṭṭu sarvvabādhā parihāraṁ mmāḍi dhārāpūrvakavāgi ya-

⟨10⟩ lliya voladalkoṭṭa guḍḍe mānyaṁ mattar 75 ·ī(i)nti dharmmamā tappade prati-

⟨11⟩ pāḷisuvudakke śrīmatṛbhuvanamalladēvarāṇe hiriyarane- ⟨Page 65⟩

⟨12⟩ yarāṇe ·idanārānu ·aḷidargge prayāgayalkavileyaṁ brāhmaṇaraḷida dōśaṁ sā-

⟨13⟩ rggaṁ || svadattāṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēti vasuṁdara śaṣṭivarṣasaha-

⟨14⟩ śrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0056⟩ No. 56. (A.R. No. B. 566 of 1961-62.) KALLUR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built into another wall inside the Māratēśvara temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1096 A.D.

It states that when the king Tribhuvanamalla was in his military camp on the bank of the river Narmada his preceptor Vikramāditya-bhattōpādhyāya Sarvakratu Sōmayājin, who is described as a daṇḍanāyaka, received from the king the village Kallūru as dakshiṇā on performing the Paṅchalāñgūla-kratu and he, in his turn, made over the village to the brahamaṇas in the presence of the king.

On the same occasion mahāmaṇḍḷēśvara Chandarasa of the Haihaya family also associated himself in the act of making gift of the village Kallūru to the brahmaṇas and made some other gifts such as 100 mattar of land measured by the rod called the Māṇikēśvaradakōlu, house sites, oil-mills etc, to the god Svayambhū-Maraṭēśvara of Kallūru.

Also, it records a grant of land made on the same occasion by Vāmarasa, the brother-in-law of the royal preceptor to the same deity of Kallūru. The record has profusely eulogized the royal preceptor and mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Chandarasa of the Haihaya family. Also the record mentions god Gavaṟēśvara.

The record is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 21. Dhātu, Chaitra śu. 1, Sunday corresponding to 1096 A.D., February 27. The weekday was Wednesday, f.d.t. 45.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārā-

⟨2⟩ jādhirāja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya ku-

⟨3⟩ ḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī matribhuvanamalladēvara vijaya rā-

⟨4⟩ jyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttami-

⟨5⟩ re narmmadādēviya daṇḍina naḍevīḍinalu sukhasaṁkathā vi-

⟨6⟩ nōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire © svasti yamaniyama svādhyāya

⟨7⟩ dhyāna dhāraṇa maunānuṣṭhāṇa japasamādhiśīla saṁ-

⟨8⟩ yuktaṁ gurudēva bhaktaṁ kritavidyā vicāraṁ maṁgaḷācāraṁtyaga cintā-

⟨9⟩ maṇi vidvaccūḍāmaṇi ripunikara kṛtānta yaśōdhavaḷita diganta da-

⟨10⟩ ṇḍanāyakaṁ mauḷi māṇikya nīti cāṇākya dvijakuḷa kamaḷanī divā-

⟨11⟩ kara saujanya ratnākara kāvya cāmīkara nikaḷōphaḷatyūrjata nija bhu-

⟨12⟩ ja lālita lakṣmīcāpaḷa haracaraṇa sarasīruha nabhinava ka-

⟨13⟩ lva bhūruha turaṁga vidyānaḷa raṇaraṁga dāvānaḷa rūpādharīkritama

⟨14⟩ karakētanaṁ vijaya lakṣmī kētanaṁ nāmādi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīma-

⟨15⟩ tribhuvanamalladēvara paramārādhyarappa śrīmadayyaṁgaḷu śrīvikra

⟨16⟩ vikramādityadēva bhaṭṭōpādhyāya sarvvakratu sōmayājiyaru ||

⟨17⟩ śrī maccāḷukya vikrama varṣada 21 neya dhātu saṁvatsarada cai-

⟨18⟩ tra śaddha 1 ·ādityavāradaṁdu śrī matribhuvanamalladēvara ka-

⟨19⟩ yyalu śrī narmmadādēviyaddhōdakadalu paṁcalāṁgūla kratu dakṣiṇe ⟨Page 66⟩

⟨20⟩ kallūraṁ dhārāpūrvvakaṁ paḍedu ·ā cakravartiya sannidhānadalu svastyanē-

⟨21⟩ ka bhaṁgura taraṁga saṁghāta vībīnicaya lavaṇābdhavaḷa yavaḷaita

⟨22⟩ vēḷāvanaṁga pāriyātra tanmādhya dēśādhipati sahasrabāhu pratāpa

⟨23⟩ bhūpa diḷīpanahihaya vaṁśōdbhavanatyugra naraśaradarphaṇa dvajavirāja vīrā

⟨24⟩ jamāna dāna kānīna mūlapaṟe ghōśaṇa nriparatnabhūṣaṇa satyavikhyāta nī-

⟨25⟩ ti māndhāta budhajana stutya nayyanayyaṇāditya nāmādi samasta praśasti sahi-

⟨26⟩ taṁ ś®(śrī) manmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ caṁdarasaruṁ | ·āvūraṁ brāhmaṇarige sarvvanamaśya-

⟨27⟩ vāgi kuḍuttuṁ vāḷikāladalu ·āvūra śrī svayaṁbhu māraṭēśvaradēva

⟨28⟩ [ra] caitrapavitrakaṁ dēvaraṁgabhoga(kkaṁ) nivēdyakkaṁ pāvuḷakkaṁ pūjārigaṁ ·inti

⟨29⟩ nisakkaṁ biṭṭa vṛttiyaydakkaṁ gobbūra dāriyiṁ mūḍalu māṇikēśvarada kōla-

⟨30⟩ lu mattaru nūṟu hiriyakeṟeya baḍagagi kōḍiya keḷage tōṁ-

⟨31⟩ ṭa mattareraḍu dēvariṁ teṁkaṇakēri ·ondu gavaṟēśvara dīśānyadalu baṇaṁjeya nivēśa-

⟨32⟩ ṇanavaydu nandādīvigege gāṇaveraḍu ·aṁgaḍiyondu || śrī madayyaṁgaḷa ma-

⟨33⟩ yduna vāmarasaṁ tannavṛttiyoḷage khaṁḍyake biṭṭa mattaraydu

⟨34⟩ kaṁbavaṟunūṟu || © sāmānyōyaṁ dharmasētu nripāṇāṁ | kālē kā-

⟨35⟩ le pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ sarvvānētānbhāvinaḥ pārtthivēṁdrāṁ nbhūyō bhūyō

⟨36⟩ yācate rāmacaṁdraḥ || svadattāṁ paradattā vāyō harēta vasu-

⟨37⟩ ndharāṁ ṣaṣṭhirvvarṣa sahaśrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0057⟩ No. 57. (A.R. No. B. 785 of 1962-63.) HARSŪR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab lying on to the left side [outside] the Parvatadēva temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1097 A.D.

It belongs to the reign period of Tribhuvanamalladēva and the record carries his genealogy. Somēśvara III, his son Perma-Jagadēkamalla and Taila II [brother of Somēśvara III] are also mentioned in the record.

The inscription also has mentioned Bammaṇayya, the feudatory chief of Jagadēkamalla, his wife Lakkādēvi and Hemmāḍidēva (their son). The record intends to highlight the works and greatness of the family of Bhāskara-seṭṭi and Sāgara-seṭṭi. Some information regarding this cannot be made out properly since the record is damaged. There seems to be a reference to Kēdārēśvara and Bankēśa.

It has registered a grant of land for the worship and offerings to god Bāḷēśvara by Goṅkarasa of Goṅka-nāḍu Nāmarasa, the prabhu of Sīmaḷa, and Kēti-seṭṭi, a jewel of the Vaiśyakula. The hiriya daṇḍanāyaka Baṁmaṇayya, his son by wife Lakkhā-dēvi, Hemmāḍi-arasa and the mahājanas [of Sīmaḷa] were entrusted with the duties and responsibilities of managing this dharma. The temple of Bāḷeśvara was constructed in the place Sāleya-Sīmaḷa. It is said that this place was situated in Goṅka-nāḍu, a sub-division of Alande-1000 in Kuntaḷa-Janapada. The record written by Mallōja.

This record is dated in the regnal year 21 of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla, Īśvara, Pushya ba. 3, Thursday, uttarāyaṇa saṅkrānti. It corresponds to 1097 A.D., December 24, Thursday, f.d.t. 33.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ramaṇīvara vistāra dinamaḷa surasadidvāra nika • pra-

⟨2⟩ stuta sarasvatī parahasti mukhakuḍugavara mahā(ga)mata mudadiṁ || • •

⟨3⟩ vanaṁtākṣana nābhikūpanaṇi(ṇa)prōtharādacitaṁ virēcana nātaṁge sutaṁ ma • ⟨Page 67⟩

⟨4⟩ navanī baṁmāṁḍavānātage daṁḍanaha • ritanāmādi napratima • • • • •

⟨5⟩ dēva • nimittaṁ jaḷadiṁ ma • • • • • laṁ jaḷabrāta (dōḷūradu) || maḷarahi-

⟨6⟩ ta • • • mattamā (ji)da cāpaka dārā • • di neṁdū munivarakalluṁbuduka nṛpa (nēca)-

⟨7⟩ tasaraṁ taḷadiru śānepa kuḍḍalukā nṛpa • • • ṁ || cāḷukya rā • • diṣaḷalukaṁ phala • •

⟨8⟩ renisi nṛparidagēyaṁ ·ajayinutiddiṁ • • gēyaṁ bāḷaṁdudara pravāsana pratirūpaṁ ||

⟨9⟩ puna śauryya tailaca grīvāneya paṭṭā • bhiśrayaṁ tadyakṣāśana naṁdana vikramayyaṇaṁ

⟨10⟩ taṁmanutāṁ jayasiṁhadēvaruṁ • • • • • || ·āhavamallakṣiti • • haṁpura-

⟨11⟩ daṁtadurvvarādi (pata) neyaṁ (bā) puḷi • • sōmanavaṁsā • • • sanātananuja pe-

⟨12⟩ rmmāḍi nṛpaṁ || ·ānṛpana taneya sōma • • hi nāthaṁ tanṛpāḷa naṁdana jagadēkā nṛpa

⟨13⟩ nātana taṁmaṁ dāni śrītaila ca(kra) cakrīlalāmaṁ || ·akarāya maraditā-

⟨14⟩ dita caraṇaṁ jagadēkamalla nṛpanara • • • neyā(ḷsu)ra maṁtri sadṛḍha menipaṁ dhareyō-

⟨15⟩ ḷu śrībaṁmaṇayya daṁḍādhīśaṁ || • • baṁma camūpatigaṁ varalakhkhādēvijananigeṁ

⟨16⟩ puṭṭida suṁdara rūpa tanayaṣaṁ[ṇṇavati] • • dhāreya heṁmmāḍidēva • ma • mage kā(va) ||

⟨17⟩ svasti samadhigata paṁca mahāśabda mahāsāmaṁtādhipati mahāśrī caṁḍa daṁḍanāya-

⟨18⟩ kaṁ śiṣṭa jana • • pradāyakaṁ vitara • • vikramāditya budhajana stutya baṁdhujana ku-

⟨19⟩ mudacaṁdra vi • cāmarēṁdra sakaḷa ga • • samudra ·ā • va rudraṁppāya śōḷihaṁ (brā)-

⟨20⟩ ku jana triṇētraṁ • • kalla tāpada krī • [śrīdhara] vainatēya śōbhagāṁgēya śrīmajjagadēka-

⟨21⟩ malladēva pādārādhakaṁ ripubaḷa pāda kuṁ[jaraṁ] • • di samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrī manmahā pradā-

⟨22⟩ na hiriya daṁḍanāyakaṁ [baṁ]maṇayya(ṁ)gaḷu || kaṁ || ·inteseva ba(ṁ)maṇayya [namanta] pratiye-

⟨23⟩ nipa vipra saṁtabbigarikaṁ māntesededitta • • kalisōma • • • • • siyāntarhataṁ • • ma || vara

⟨24⟩ jaṁbūdvīpadoḷā bharatā vaniyalli kuntaḷa janapada do[ḷaṁ] • • mesedalaṁde sārsbige piridadu

⟨25⟩ • • goṁka [nā]ḍu janapari[pū]rṇnaṁ || ·adaṟiṁda • • • • • sīmaḷa budanāri murāri paṁkaja [jī]yaṁ

⟨26⟩ gṛhadiṁ padaṟaṁ[ji]na[pa]danaṁgaḍasadamaḷadē • • raḷa[ke] bhayadinaḻi ramaṇīyaṁ • • • • • viprasaṁ-

⟨27⟩ kuḷamellanūṟeva • [ja]naṁ padedani[pa] • • • llidaru • ṣōvaṁna • • • || śrīma • daśaṣṭi śāstrā

⟨28⟩ • • || svastiyama niyama svādhyāya • • dyānurāgiṇa mo • • • • • ṇa japa samādhi śrī-

⟨29⟩ ḷa saṁpaṁnaru ma • • brāhmyā • bhōjadi • kararuṁ śiṣṭa jana kumuda sudhākararu ·a[mu-]

⟨30⟩ pāsānāgni hōtra dvija guru dēva pūja • • tsaratuṁ • • dā • dāṁ • • [baṁ]ḍa pāṁḍura ni • •

⟨31⟩ rpaḷa kīrttiyutaruṁ samasta śāṣtrā pārāvāra pārugaruṁ śrī murōda pādōka pavitrī

⟨32⟩ kritōtta māṁgaru menippa śrī matsarvva [nama]śyadagrahāra sāleyasīmaḷa • • va •

⟨33⟩ • • janaṁgaḷ || v® || śrīvibhurati seṭṭi puru[ṣāgra] • gavadu kāḷakabbegaṇa vīra mābiseṭṭiyana •

⟨34⟩ ja vinayāṁbudi kāḷiseṭṭiyuṁ tāvavari • • ḷi[di]ya baṁmaṇaseṭṭiya sāgarayyanu śrī-

⟨35⟩ viḷita prasīdu yaśa bhāskara seṭṭiyu vi • • tu puṭṭidā pa || kaṁ || varavibudha kamma[cā]ru bhāskara neni-

⟨36⟩ sidaṁ bhāskarayyanu guṇaratuna doreko • • sāgaraṁ sagaraseṭṭiyu mittu dharmmamakke ke-

⟨37⟩ ḍisidare || v® || ·idusehvāvaṟāṁcāḷiseṭṭi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨38⟩ • ni • • dani bāḷēśvarāvāsa malla • • • • • • • • • • ḷu prāraṁbha māḍi

⟨39⟩ • • da mādaṁ [bhōga] • • • māḍisida kē[dā]rēśvarā • • • || kaṁ || • • • • • • • • • • baṁkēśa

⟨40⟩ • • • • • sapta sū [śritataṇivāṇi yā] • • • • • • • • • • seṭṭi bhāskarayya

⟨41⟩ kra tāga • || svastiśrīmaścāḷukya cakravartti tribhuvanamalladēvara varṣa [21] neya yī-

⟨42⟩ śvara saṁvatsarada puṣya ba 3 brihavāra daṁduttarāyaṇa saṁkrāntiyalu goṁkanāḍu • • ya ⟨Page 68⟩

⟨43⟩ goṁkarasanuṁ sīmaḷa prabhunāmarasanuṁ matta[śē]ṣa prabhugaḷu vaisyakuḷakumuda sudhā-

⟨44⟩ karaneniṟpada guṇi doḍamaṇiya kētiseṭṭiyaru sarvvanamaśya śrī bāḷēśvara dēvargge pūjā-

⟨45⟩ rttha māḍiṁ baḍaga • dādi matta[re]ra[daṁ] bi • • daṁ kālēkālē pālaniyō yaṁba vākyārttha

⟨46⟩ • baṁmaṇayya hiriya [daṁ]ḍanāyakaru [la]khkhādēviya kumāra hemmāḍi dēvarasaru •

⟨47⟩ — • • madaśēṣa mahājanamuṁ dharmmamaṁ pratipāḷisuvudu • • kkē tāraṁbara • raṁ śrī

⟨48⟩ • da || • • • sthada • • matārvvanadaṁ pa • bhāgade nadharmmaduniṁ sarvvajña śaṁbhuvaṁ bage sa •

⟨49⟩ śrīviṣṇu • • • • • dya rakṣi [suge] ·amaṁñaka pārvvatīśa śāsana mudadiṁ malliseṭṭi naṁdana vi-

⟨50⟩ neyābha sideyallapara mābiseṭṭaṟu nuḍidāta kṛti jagakaḷaṁ dhṛti yalutē || mallōjara baraha [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0058⟩ No. 58. (A.R. No. 63 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On the same pillar (No. 25), Museum No. 82.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1097 A.D.

It states that during the reign of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla hērisandhivigrahi daṇḍanāyaka Chiddarasa while administering Kollipāke-7000 made a gift of a village Pākuguṇte situated in Kōḍada-12 free of all taxes to the god Svayambhu Sōmēśvara. Also it records a gift of a house for a perpetual lamp to the same god by a certain Sōmarasa.

This record engraved on the other two faces of the same pillar (No. 25) is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 22, Īśvara, Pushya, ba. 5 Thursday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1097 A.D., December 26, Saturday (not Thursday). There was no saṁkrānti on that day.

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First (3rd) Face.

⟨1⟩ © | svasti samasta bhuvanāśra-

⟨2⟩ ya śrī pṟithvīvallabha mahā-

⟨3⟩ rājādhirāja paramēśvara para-

⟨4⟩ ma bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya ku

⟨5⟩ ḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ

⟨6⟩ śrī matribhuvanamalladē-

⟨7⟩ vara vijeya rājyamutta-

⟨8⟩ rōttarābhivriddhi pravarddhamā-

⟨9⟩ namācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ

⟨10⟩ kalyāṇada nelevīḍinoḷsu-

⟨11⟩ khasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ

⟨12⟩ geyyuttamire śrīmanmahā

⟨13⟩ pracaṇḍa daṇḍanāyakaṁ vibhu-

⟨14⟩ varadāyakaṁ satyarā-

⟨15⟩ dhēyaṁ sacāṁjisēyaṁ sara

⟨16⟩ ṇāgata vajrapaṁjaraṁ vairidi-

⟨17⟩ kkuṁjaraṁ bhāvanagandhavāra-

⟨18⟩ ṇaṁ ripu madānēkavāraṇaṁ

⟨19⟩ śrīmatṛ(tri)bhuvanamalladēva ⟨Page 69⟩

⟨20⟩ pādārādhakaṁ parabalasā-

⟨21⟩ dhaka nāmādi samasta prasa-

⟨22⟩ sti sahitaṁ śrī manmahāhē-

⟨23⟩ ri sandhivigrahi drōhagha-

⟨24⟩ raṭṭi[ṭṭa] daṇḍanāyakaṁ cidda-

⟨25⟩ rasara(re) koḷḷipāke ·ercchā-

⟨26⟩ siravumaṁ sukhadināḷu

Second (4th) Face.

⟨27⟩ ttaṁ śrīmaccāḷukya vi-

⟨28⟩ krama varṣada 22 ḍa-

⟨29⟩ neya ·īśvara saṁva-

⟨30⟩ tsarada puṣya bahu-

⟨31⟩ ḷa 5 bṛhaspati vā-

⟨32⟩ radaṁdu ·uttarāya-

⟨33⟩ ṇa saṁkrānti parvvani-

⟨34⟩ mittaṁ śrī rājadhāni

⟨35⟩ koḷḷipāke śrī śva[sva]-

⟨36⟩ yaṁbhū sōmēśvara

⟨37⟩ dēvara ·aṁgabhōgakkaṁ

⟨38⟩ raṁgabhōgakkaṁ kōḍada

⟨39⟩ 12 ṟa baḷiya pā-

⟨40⟩ kuguṁṭeyaṁ sarvva

⟨41⟩ namasyaṁ tṛ(tri)bhō-

⟨42⟩ gābhyantara śuddhiyā-

⟨43⟩ gi dhārāpūrvvaka(ṁ)

⟨44⟩ māḍi koṭṭar © © ||

⟨45⟩ śrī sōmēśvara dēvara naṁ-

⟨46⟩ dādīvige(ge) mane

⟨47⟩ sōmarasar dēvara yi 1

[Note: Only the second face of this inscription has been published in the Kannada Inscription of A.P.G. Arch. series No. 3-Ng-47, p. 62-63].

⟨SIIv29p0i0059⟩ No. 59. (A.R. No. B. 781 of 1962-63.) DASTĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup in front of the Hanuman temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1099 A.D.

The first portion of this record [about 17 lines] is completely damaged and even the next portion is also damaged. But some information can be culled out from the extant portion of engraving. It records a gift of 55 mattar land, an oil mill for burning perpetual lamp, 6 mattar land for flower garden and an additional 2 mattar land made probably by Vaṁṇēśvarāji. Probably the gift was made to a temple the information of which is lost.

This portion of the record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 24, Pramādi, Kārttika, śu. 12 Thursday. It corresponds with 1099 A.D., October 28 [Friday] f.d.t. 77. ⟨Page 70⟩

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⟨1-17⟩ badly damaged

⟨18⟩ • • • vasudārava [nū dyā] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ [strā]nakāra paṁcanrū[pa] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • cāḷukya vikrama • • • • • • • • • • 24 nē

⟨21⟩ pramādi saṁvatsarada [kā]rtika śudda dvādaśi [gu]lu • • vyatipāta

⟨22⟩ daṁdu grāma paścima di[gbhā]ga[dido]ḷagaṇa • • • • • [kāvalu]

⟨23⟩ beṭṭu naḍuve sa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ biṭṭu mattarayvittaydu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ [biṭṭa] kaiyirbbaḍisaṟuṁ kalpattu • yiṁda saḷiṁ parisaṁdu • • • • •

⟨26⟩ • soḍariṁge gāṇa [vāpālu] sahitaṁ biṭṭa gāṇavoṁdu matā-

⟨27⟩ ṁ mūḍadaḷḷadiṁ paḍu[kkā] hūdōṁ(ṭa)kke biṭṭa matta[rāru] || matta

⟨28⟩ grāmada dakṣiṇa pūrvvagbhāgadoḷ mā[ri]na bhāvada mattarera-

⟨29⟩ ḍu || [sā]yaṁ dharmma vaṁṇṇēśvarāji bi[ṭṭaṁ]sapālaniya pa-

⟨30⟩ • dā poktaṁ | śrī bhū[kāra] • • paṁvya • na • • • • • • • • • • da

⟨31⟩ • • || rājabhissagarādhibhiḥ | yasya yasyayadā bhūmi | sta-

⟨32⟩ sya tasya tadā phalaṁ || • • • • • • • • • • kaḥ ||

⟨33⟩ svadattā paradattāṁ vāyōharēta vasundharāṁ ṣaṣṭhi rvva-

⟨34⟩ (ru)ṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi || sukā-

⟨35⟩ rnna mataṁ gōma tāṁ | bhūmēraṣṭhaka maṁgalaṁ haraṁ naraka mā

⟨36⟩ • • • • • • • • • • maṁgaḷa mahā śrīḥ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0060⟩ No. 60. (A.R. No. 89 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of the main shrine of the Viranārāyaṇasvāmi temple, proper left.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1104 A.D.

This epigraph is in Kannaḍa script and Sanskrit language mentions the rule of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla-vallabhēṁdra ruling the empire from Kalyāṇapura.

The record gives a lengthy description of the Arbuda mountain and an account of the Paramāra rulers down to Jagadēva who on the orders of the king granted the villages included in kollipāka-dēśa excluding from it, the lands which were already given to the god Auppēśvara, for the anga-ranga-bhōgha of the god, the upkeep of the temple and the feeding of the ascetics at Jagaddēva-nārāyaṇapura village built by Sōmala-daṇḍanāyaka. Village Piriya Pembarati situated within Dvādaruśa village is mentioned as grant village.

It also records in addition the grant of uttamagaṇḍachinhas at the rate of five, four and three from all the villages of Koḷḷipāke-7000, classified into three grades as uttama, madhyama and adhama respectively and some lands in Niḍuṅgalūru and another place (name not clear) to the west of Jagadēva-taṭāka for certain other services such as supply of garlands, fruits etc. As boundary marks the following villages situated respectively in the east, west, south and north are mentioned-Chiduku Cheṟuvu, Duddē-Chēṟuvu, Eṟṟiṁgunṭa and Mūrāvi. Also, there is a mention of Rāmalacheṟuvu as Suvarṇa bhaṇḍāgāra of the goddess Śrī-Majjagadēva Nārāyaṇadēvi.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 29, Tāraṇa, Chaitra lunar eclipse, Sunday. It corresponds to 1104 A.D., March 13, Sunday. Lunar eclipse occured on that day. The Śaka year was 1026. ⟨Page 71⟩

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⟨1⟩ śrī nāthasya mahāvarāha vapuṣōlīlāgra daṁṣṭrō dhṛtā dhātrī yasya vibhāti kētaka śikhāline bhṛṁgāṁganā | yasya krāṁtē bhuva kulāva nidaraiḥ pādē śubhūṣāyitaṁ pāyādvaḥ napitā mahādi divijastōttaika harihiḥ || © ||

⟨2⟩ līlāṁ sāṁbuhēṇa kaṁbulasatā dōṣṇā mahāpuṇyatāṁ || rakṣāṁ cakradarēṇa sarvva jagatāṁ kemōdakī śōbhinā | saṁhāraṁ vibhudadviṣāṁ prakaṭayan lōka trayōdhīśvarō dēvaḥ kēśava mūrttirādi puruṣō nārāyaṇaḥ pātuvaḥ || ·asti | prastuta siddha daṁpati ratikrī • ||

⟨3⟩ ḍā ravottha prati dhvānāḷaṁkṛta ramya kandaravarō hēmācalēṁdroṁ nataḥ ·urvvyā marbbuda nāmadhēya viditaḥ kṣōṇīdharaḥ sarvvataḥ sēvyaḥ samasta vastu janasthānairu pāṁtācalaiḥ || yarsminvismita hēmakūṭa nikaṭaḥ sānu pradēśēsthitā nirvāṇābhimatēna siddha munayaḥ karvvaṁtyakha ||

⟨4⟩ rvvaṁtapaḥ śṛṁgāgrēpu marakṣa māja śiśiracchāyā subhṛṁgirava(ṁ) tānikṛtya madēna kiṁnara gaṇāḥ gāyaṁti kāṁtā nvitāḥ || vātyā samuddhūta vinūta kaṁja kiṁjalka puṁja(ḥ) pariraṁjita tuṁga śṛṁgaiḥ yaḥ paśyatāṁ bhāvayatē svamūrttiṁ saṁvāsi nāmapi muhuḥ kanakādri śaṁkāṁ || • • ya ||

⟨5⟩ trāṁbu jāmōda samāhṛtānāṁ madhuvratānāṁ paṭalāṁdha kārāt | matvāta misrēti divāpidattē sarassu kōkadvitayaṁ viyōgaṁ || vanaruha vanakēli svacchatā yatra nārābhimatarati hēturvvākalā saṁgamaśca | priyamapi sarasīṣvā kvāpina smārayaṁti prabhavati ghanakālē mānasaṁ rāja ||

⟨6⟩ haṁsān || hasōdbhāsitasāra nīraja rajassaṁghātapītaṁ jala krīḍānvīta viyaccharī kuhataṭa śrīkhaṁḍa pāṁḍu prabhaṁ | pāna snāna ratāvagāḍa madavadvanyēbha dānā sitaṁ citraṁ yatra pavitra maṁbusarasāṁ sarvvatra vibrājatē || rati śrama svinatanūnivāri krīḍōtsukāni svavihaṁga nādaiḥ | viyacvarīṇāṁ mithunā ||

⟨7⟩ niyasminsamāhvayantīva sarōvurāṇi || • • || siktō nirjjhara jāta śītala karṇairyyatra sthalāṁbōruha vrātōddhūta parāga rāga viravardbhṛṁgāṁganā saṁgataḥ | saṁbhōga śrama jāṁba nicaṁ vadū svēdāpanō dakṣamaḥ svairaṁ vāti samiraṇō navalatālāsya kriyanarttakaḥ || • • || yaḥ kiṁnarībhiḥ parigīya mānō vidhūya mānaśca marīca ||

⟨8⟩ dū bhiḥ saṁsēvya mānaśca nabhaścarī birmmahidaṁ ratvaṁ prakaṭī karōti || • • || ·udbhiṁna saṁccaṁna sira prasūna pāṁtaiḥ samuttuṁga mahāmahī jaiḥ | yaḥ svōtta māṁgē dharaṇī dharāṁka śvētāta patra śrīya māta nōti || rājāśraya saṁbhṛta khaḍgivarggaḥ prasiddha bāṇāsana paṁtri pātraḥ siṁhāsana khyātiyu tō ||

⟨9⟩ nivāsaḥ kṣitīśvarāṇa mivayaḥ prasiddhaḥ || • • || tatrōttarā śātila kāva bādhēsa padmāsanāvāsa vōva dvitīyaḥ ®ṣyā śramō bhāti jagatprasiddhaḥ samasta vidyā caturaiḥ samṛddhaḥ || • • || upāṁta kāṁtāra bahuprakāra śyāmākanīvāra samitsu sāraḥ kuśōdakānanta latāṁta kāṁtō vinīta satvā caraṇa pra ||

⟨10⟩ śāṁtaḥ || • • || yatrāgnihotrōdgata dhūma lēkhā saṁtāna saṁcchādita dīrgha śākhāḥ | aśā(ṁ)ta viśrāṁta kapōta rājī virāja mānātāṁ vidāriṇi jaḥ || • • || mṛgārbbhakaiścarvvita phēna garbbhaḥ bālaiḥ samutbhātaka śērū mūlaiḥ [|*] śiṣyairvvilūnābhinava prasūta nairvvi bhātiyaḥ puṇyatamairṇṇijāṁkaiṁ || cāpalyaṁ sahajaṁ vihā ||

⟨11⟩ ya kapayaḥ kurvvanti sarvvātmanā śuśrūṣāṁvrati nāṁ sva pakṣa (bhu)vanai homānalaṁppakṣiṇaḥ | bhaktyā prajvalayanti yatra satataṁ vidvēśiṇaḥ prāṇino mitrāṇyēva viśiṣṭa saṁgati matāṁ kēṣāṁ nakiṁ jāyatē || • • || yaḥ puṇya kōśa saṁpannō dayāṁtassāra pūritaḥ || bijayāsya yugda ||

⟨12⟩ syēva saṁgrahītaṁ virāja tē || • • || ·adhīśvarastasya viśiṣṭa nāmā munīśvarō divya munīṁdra sēvyaḥ samasta vēdārttha vicāra dakṣaḥ sākṣācvaturvvaktra (i)va dvitīyaḥ || • • || ⟨Page 72⟩ dharmādharma vicāra pāraga mataryyāga prayōga prabhu rmmōkṣāpēkṣita cētasāṁ sukṛti nāṁ nirvāṇa dīkṣāguruḥ | ·ātmātarnni ||

⟨13⟩ yamā svahasyā viṣaya vyāvṛtta paṁcēṁdriyaḥ sarvva prāṇihitaḥ samādhi vibhava jñāta trikāla sthitiḥ || ·avighnatāṁ sādhayituṁ samarttha dharmma kriyāṇāṁ muni puṁgavānāṁ || dharmanelē naiṣanṛpāla mēkaṁ lōkatra brājita tūṇa yugmaṁ kōdaṁḍa vīrāja mānaṁ pinākinaṁ burvvata śā ||

⟨14⟩ travāṇāṁ puratrayaṁ dugdumiva prabhūtaṁ || • • || savahni kuṁḍāduditō mahīpatiḥ pravarttamānaḥ paramāraṇī para(ḥ) | rarāja labdā paramāra saujña manvartthā bhūtāṁ munipuṁga vēbhyaḥ || • • || lakṣmīśvara sthira padādavilaṁghya simnāstasyanvayā tsakala sadguṇa ratna rāśēḥ [|*] kṣīrārṇnavādiva sudhādyutirā virāsīt śrī harṣadēva ||

⟨15⟩ nṛpati rnṛparū caṁdraḥ || • • || namanmahīpāla kirīṭa nūtna ratna prabhālaṁkṛta pāda pīṭhaḥ | digaṁta viśrāṁta viśuddha kīrttiḥ parākramālaṁkṛta divya mūrttiḥ || acchannerhōmadānairbbahuvidha vidhibhistarppayandīva viprānkōśaṁ svarṇnēna puṣṇanjagadupakṛta yē dharmmamārggurjjitēna | ·ātmīyābhiḥ sa-

⟨16⟩ masta prakṛti bhīrucitaṁ nirvviśansarvvabhōgānēvaṁ dharmmārttha kāmairiha parasukhakaṁ prājyā rājyaṁ cakāra || • • || tasmiṁścaturttha puruṣārttha sukhapravṛttā śrīharṣadēva nṛpatau tanaya stadiyaḥ | muṁjō jagadvinuta sadguṇa ratna puṁjōna bhūmērbbabhūva patirarṇnava mēkhalāyaḥ || 28* || līlāṁ rājyasya vairavyatika ||

⟨17⟩ ra rahitāṁ sādhubhiḥ sādhu dhṛtvā kṛtvādhārabhidānaṁ puramamara harasparddhi lakṣmī samṛddhyā | nāmnasi labdhvānvitārtthē kavijana nivahādvākpatitō tpalitvējātaḥ śrī maṁjadēvaḥ kṣitipatitilakaḥ kīrttilakṣmī nivāsaḥ || 29* || tatastasya bhrātā nijabhuja balōpārjjita(ṁ) balō bilvādi dviṣṭānāṁ balama laghu saṁhṛtya bali ||

⟨18⟩ nāṁ cakārorvvī mājña praguṇita nijacāra nirata prajāṁ sarvvāmādyā kṣitipa caritaḥ si(ṁ) dala nṛpaḥ || • • || sūnu stasya parākrama praṇayinō bhōjacchalēna svayaṁ jātō madhyama pāṁḍavaḥ kimaparaṁtadbhū patērvvarṇnanaṁ | nirvvākī kṛta cakravartti vibhavaḥ sāhitya vidyāgu ||

⟨19⟩ ruḥ satyācāra vicāra vikrama khaṇiḥ śiṣṭēṣṭa ciṁtāmaṇiḥ || • • || ·āścaryya janmaśaraṇaṁ dharaṇīśa vaṁdyaḥ sauṁdharyya saṁpada dharīkṛta puḥ pacāpaḥ kōpāgni tāpa bhasitī kṛta vairirājō bhōjaḥ kavīśvara manōratha kalpa bhūjaḥ || • • || svajana sujana sēvayastasya bhavyaḥ pitṛvyaḥ parihṛta parabhauma styāga ||

⟨20⟩ bhōgābhirāmaḥ [|*] nayavinaya vilāsaḥ śauryyalakṣmī nivāsaḥ śunavibhava viśālō gōṁḍala kṣōṇēpālaḥ || • • || tadbhūpālo dayādrērnnija rucinica yadhvasta dōṣākara śrīrānaṁdā vāpti hētuḥ pratidina muditō mitra paṁkēru hāṇāṁ līlā padmābhirāmaḥ paranṛpati miradhvaṁpakaḥ sarvvalōka vyāpārōtsāha saṁpatpra ||

⟨21⟩ dagati rudayāditya dhātrī talēśaḥ || • • || citramaurvvaḥ paviddāvaḥ śatru durggatrayakṣayē | ·ēkōvya bhūtpratāpāgni rudayāditya saṁbhavaḥ || tējaḥ sīmūrttīva virājamānanasta syātmajātaḥ pratipannakarṇnaḥ | ·anūna dānādi guṇa pravṛddhō rāja jagaddēva ·iti prasiddhaḥ || • • || śiṣṭēṣṭābhi matā mura sthirata ||

⟨22⟩ rāṁ kurvvanramāṁ bhārati māsyāṁbhōjaratāṁ hitāṁ sukṛtināṁ dōrvvaścavīra śrīyaṁ | dhātrī rakṣaṇa dakṣiṇāmapi jagaddēva kṣamāpāla kaścitraṁ bhāti diśāsthi kīrtti lalanā sārtthaikaniṣṭhā paraḥ || dānāṁcu śōbhita karōdhṛta bhadra cihnaḥ bharōdhvahana kēli samarttha mūrttiḥ | prakhyāta vaṁśa vibhavō vibhudā ||

⟨23⟩ bhivṛddhihētu ssuradviṣāṁca pratipanna karṇnaḥ || kalyāṇa mūrttiravanīdhara mukhya bhūtaḥ pādāśrītākhila dharō vibhudādi vāsaḥ | ·atyunnataḥ sthirataraḥ sthiti hētururvyāṁ hēmacalēśa ·iva kuṁtala dhāriṇīśaḥ || hēḷōtkhāta niśāta khaḍgadalitānkṛtvā jagakkaṁṭakāndhṛtvā vakṣasiniścalaṁ priyatamāṁ sā ||

⟨24⟩ mrājya rājya śrīyaṁ bhītāyātavinīta bhūtala patīndatvā bhayaṁ pālayandēvaḥ kuṁtala ⟨Page 73⟩ vallabhō vijayatē viśrāṁta cakrēśvaraḥ || • • || saḥ śrī cāḷukya rāmaḥ sakala nṛpaśirō maṁḍanābhyarccitāṁghriḥ snēhānānīya dhārā puri vibhu vibhavā nirvviśaṁtaṁ vasaṁtaṁ datvārddhaṁ kuṁtalō rvyābhiḥ pitṛjana caritaiḥ pu ||

⟨25⟩ travanmānayaṁstaṁ lōkā lōkādri sīmāvanipatirabhavattatkumāra pratāpāt || • • || tasminsamasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhi rāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kulatilaka cālukyābharaṇa śrīmatribhuvanamalla vallabhēṁdra kalyāṇapura nivēśita nijavijaya skaṁdhavārē sukhēnarājya ||

⟨26⟩ sukhamanubhavati || dēśēśrī pāriyātrē mahiṣapuravarē yaḥ sadādhāra bhūtaḥ khyātaḥ sthānaṁ guṇānāṁ sa mahiṣa puravāḷānvayaḥ sīhanāmālēbhē putraṁ pavitraṁ parahita nirataṁ sāḍigākhyaṁ samākhyaṁ tatsūnuḥ sōmalaḥkṣmā vinuta sitayaśaḥ śrī vadhū prāṇanāthaḥ || tyāgī satkavi baṁdhupōṣaṇa ||

⟨27⟩ rataḥ satyavratālaṁkṛtirddūrī bhūta parōpa tāpinacanō vikrāṁta lakṣmīpriyaḥ | ātmasvāmya vidhēya vairi lalanā vaidhavya dīkṣāgururbbhāsvaccaṁdra kalāvataṁsa caraṇa dhyānāmalaḥ sōmalaḥ || • • || ·aninditācāra vicārasāraḥ parōpakārādi guṇāvatāraḥ vidvajjanādhāra ramā sa nāthō virājatē ||

⟨28⟩ sōmala daṇḍanāthaḥ || ·avāsa saṁvāsita kāmadhēnuḥ sadmāṁgaṇā rōpita kalpav®kṣaḥ nidhigg®hābhyaṁtara saṁgahītaḥ khyātaḥ satāṁ sōmaladaṇḍanāthaḥ || yēna mahātmanā || sōmēśvarērkagraha māt® kāṇāṁ viṣṇōḥ pratiṣṭhāna karēśvarasyā || buddhasya kālēśvara saṁnidhānē k®tōttarē śāna maṭhēcavācaḥ || tīnasama ||

⟨29⟩ sta rājya bhara nirūpita mahāmātya padavi vīrājamāna mānōṁnnata prabhu maṁtrōtsāha śaktitraya saṁpaṁnēna śrīmanmahāsaṁdhivigrahi mahāpracaṇḍa daṇḍanāyaka sōmalēna nija pādōpa jīvināṁ nijarājyādhiṣṭhāne kollipāka nagarē nija rājyānvaya śrēyasē (dattāṁ) nirmāpita jagaddēva nārāyaṇa pu ||

⟨30⟩ rasya khaṇḍasphuṭitānava sudhākarmma nirmāṇarttha dēvāṁgabhōga raṁgabhōgārttha munijana svādhyāyāṁna dānārttha śrī maccālukya vikrama varṣa ·ēkōnatriṁśattamē tāraṇa saṁvatsarē caitra pūrṇamāyā mādityavārē sōmagrahaṇa nimittaṁ paṭṭana pratibaddhadvādaruśa grāma madhye piriya peṁbaṟiti nāmagrāmaṁ pū-||

⟨31⟩ rvvaṁ puradharmmaṁ vicita bhattabhāgē bhāgadvaya mappēśvara dēvāyadattaṁ parihṛtya sarvvabhōgābhyaṁtara śuddhyādēvabhōgī kṛtya sarvvanamasya cālukya cakrēśvara tribhuvanamalla narēśvarājñātaḥ jagaddēva maṇḍalēśvarō dattavān || grāmasya ghāṭakaḥ pūrva cidukuceṟuvu kaṁṭṭekṛndi vrayadāna | paścimataḥ duddēceṟuvu | daṁkṣiṇataḥ

⟨32⟩ ·eṟiṟaṁguṁṭa ·uttarataḥ kaḍita mūrāvi | kollipāka sapta sahasra madhye pratigrāma muttama madhyamādhama kramēṇa paṁca catvāritriṇyuttamagaṇḍa ciṁnāni dēva bhōgikṛtya dattavān | tadaiva paṭṭanē gāṇa vādili hūḍḍipu dēvamānaṁ cavuṭuṁ pratigṛhē mālākāriṣu puḥ pasūtrayaṁ ca dattavān ||

⟨33⟩ dēvasyapuḥ papātra phalāvalyartthaṁ niḍuṁgalūrē • • • • • vāṭikā kṣētaṁ dattavān || ēvame tatsarvvaṁ svadharmma nirvviśēṣaṁ śēṣairnnara patibhiḥ dēśādhikāribhiśca paripālanīyaṁ || bahubhirvvasudhā datta rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasyayasya yadābhūmi stasya tasya tadā phalaṁ || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harēti vasuṁ-||

⟨34⟩ dharāṁ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ || tathā rāmacaṁdrēṇāpyuktaṁ | sāmānyōyaṁ dharmasētu nṛpāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ (|) sarvānētānbhāvinaḥ pārtthivēṁdrānbhūyō bhūyō yācate rāmacaṁdraḥ || madvaṁśajāḥ para mahīpati vaṁśajā vāpāpāda pētta manasō bhuvi bhāvibhūpāḥ ||

⟨35⟩ yē pālayanti mama dharma miduṁ samastaṁ tēṣārmmayā vīra citāṁjali śēṣa mūrdhni || śatruṇāpi kṛtōdharmmaḥ pālanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ śatrurēvahi śatrussyāddharmmaḥ śatrurnna kasyacitaḥ || ·anyaśca śrī majjagadēva nārāyaṇa dēviya bhāṇḍāgāra suvarṇnāgārāmalaceṟuvu || ⟨Page 74⟩

⟨36⟩ gāmē badda jagaddēva mahōdadi nāmataḍāga paścādbhāgē śālikṣētra madhyē nivartana daśakamasya dēvasya sarvanamasyā māṁcaṁ[drā*]rkkasthāyi | ·iti śubhaṁ maṁgaḷa mahāśrī śrī prati • • • • • natra caravaṁ bhairavīta vyajñā ||

[Pub. in APGAS No. 3- Ng. 45].

⟨SIIv29p0i0061⟩ No. 61. (A.R. No. B. 511 of 1961-62.) BHAṄKUR, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the ruined temple of Īśvara outside the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1104 A.D.

The record is worn out in parts. It mentions yuvaraja Mallikārjunadēva as the aṇuga of the Paṭṭamahādēvi. It registers a gift of land and garden to the god Māṇikēśvara of Bammukūru. Also, it mentions maṇḍalēśvara Nāgarasa. It refers to a measuring rod probably named after the god Māṇikēśvara.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 29, Tārana, Bhādrapada śu. 13, Sunday corresponding to 1104 A.D., September 4, Sunday f.d.t. 71.

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⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvana vikhyātaṁ cāḷukyānvaya prasū • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ripurāya • • • • • • • • • • ṇā(ku)

⟨3⟩ maraṁka bhīmaṁ nayanābhirāmaṁ ripurāya ku • • • • • je

⟨4⟩ gaṁnayyana siṁgaṁ śaraṇāgata vajrapaṁjaraṁ • • • • • kuṁja-

⟨5⟩ raṁ vīra vidyādharaṁ sakaḷa kaḷādharaṁ padma • • giri vajra

⟨6⟩ daṁḍaṁ viśaḷa rāyakuvara javadaṁḍaṁ ·arirāya (kumā)

⟨7⟩ rahritsellaṁ sāhasamallaṁ śrīmatribhuvanamalla • • •

⟨8⟩ paṭṭa mahādēviyaraṇugaṁ nāmādi samasta prasasti sa-

⟨9⟩ hitaṁ śrīmanu yuvarājaṁ mallikārjuna dēva-

⟨10⟩ ru śrīmaccāḷukya vikrama kālada 29 neya

⟨11⟩ tāraṇa saṁvatsarada bhādapada su 13 ·ādi[tyavāra] • • • • • [saṁkrānti]

⟨12⟩ nimittavāgi bammukūra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ nivēdyakaṁ maṭhakaṁ • • • • • • • • • • paṁcamahā •

⟨14⟩ śabda mahāmaṁḍalēśvaraṁ vīramahēśvaraṁ • • • • • • • • • • nāmādi

⟨15⟩ sāmasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ • • rasaruṁ

⟨16⟩ (maṁ)ḍalēśvara nāgarasanu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • prajeyarirddu mānikēśvara dē • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ ·ā kōlalu pūdōṁṭada mattu • • • • • • • • • • vāra-

⟨19⟩ ṇāsiyalu sāyira kavileyaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ hmaṇargge dānaṁgeyda phala • • • • • • • • • • [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0062⟩ No. 62. (A.R. No. B. 548 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On the same slab [No. 134] left side.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1106 A.D. ⟨Page 75⟩

It records a grant of land to Hollimayya and Mallayya at Baḷḷaniṭṭage by Chandaladēvi, the queen of Vikramāditya VI. It refers to the measuring rod piriyakōlu.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 30, Vyaya Pushya ba. 13, Tuesday, uttarāyaṇasankrānti corresponding to 1106 A.D., December 25, Tuesday, f.d.t. 05.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmaccāḷukya vi-

⟨2⟩ krama varṣada 30 neya vya-

⟨3⟩ ya saṁvatsarada puṣya bahuḷa

⟨4⟩ 13 [dasi] maṁgaḷavāradanduttarā-

⟨5⟩ yaṇa saṁkrāntiya parbbani(mi)

⟨6⟩ ttadiṁ śrī maccandaladēviya

⟨7⟩ [r] brahmapuri hollimayya

⟨8⟩ • dhārā pūrvvakaṁ māḍi sa-

⟨9⟩ rbbanamasyamāge baḷḷaniṭṭage

⟨10⟩ yalu piriyakōlu biṭṭa

⟨11⟩ kariya nelaṁ matta 24 nivē-

⟨12⟩ śana 1 mallayyaṁge biṭṭa kari-

⟨13⟩ ya nelaṁ matta • [4] • • •

⟨14⟩ rvvēśa • • • prayāga du

⟨15⟩ • yalli gōbrāhmaṇavade

⟨16⟩ geyda dōṣaṁ (hho)gu [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0063⟩ No. 63. (A.R. No. B. 745 of 1962-63.) ANDUR, TULJAPUR TALUK, OSMANABAD DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA.

Slab fixed into a dilapidated wall in the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1107 A.D.

It records a gift of the village Beṭṭakeṟeyur for worship, offerings and burning lamps in the temple of Māṇikēśvara of Aṇādūr by yuvarāja Mallikārjunadēva at the instance of mahāpradhāna maneverggaḍe daṇḍanāyaka Nāchimarasa when the emperor Tribhuvanamalladēva was ruling the empire from the capital Kalyāṇa. The nāḍa-adhikaris [officers of the Divison] were made responsible for protecting and maintaining this dharma. Also it records a grant of 42 mattar land which includes 12 mattar land situated in Sāntayanāyakana kēri, to the god Māṇikēśvara by Bāḷeya-seṭṭi.

At the instance of Anantapāḷa daṇḍanāyaka the tax chchhatra, chchhāya suṅka was gifted (to the god) by suṅkaverggaḍe Sōmanāthayya-nāyaka and Dāsimarasa. Further at the instance of yuvaraja vallabha Mallikārjuna income from taxes on various commodities was granted by suṅkaverggaḍe Sōbhana-nāyaka of Āṇadūr-300 and others. The Telligas [oil-pressers] also granted oil for burning perpetual lamp and for Chaitra[māsa] celebrations. The three Seṭṭis and the nāḍaadhikari were made responsible for the protection and maintenance of all these grants to the temple.

As post script another grant is also recorded which states that Māgarasa of Moraṁba made a grant of 100 mattar land for special offerings to god in the months of Chaitra, Śrāvaṇa and Dīpāvaḷi celebrations. ⟨Page 76⟩

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 32, (Śaka 1029) Sarvajitu, Margaśira, amāvāsye, Sunday, Chūḍāmaṇi grahaṇa corresponding to 1107 A.D., December 16. The weekday was however, Monday on which day there was a Solar eclipse.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ jayatuṁga siraḥcuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē traiḷōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya sa[ṁbhavē] ||

⟨2⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama [bhaṭṭāraka] satyā-

⟨3⟩ śraya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmatribhuvanamalla[dēva] vijayarājyamuttarōttarābhi-

⟨4⟩ viddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrarkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire kalyāṇada nelevīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁ-

⟨5⟩ kathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire svasti samasta bhuvana vikhyātaṁ cāḷukyānvaya prasūtaṁ [ā]-

⟨6⟩ rtijana pārijātaṁ ripurāya kuvara baṁgāṟaṁ bappanaṁkakāṟaṁ kuvaraṁka bhīmaṁ nayanābhirāmaṁ

⟨7⟩ kumāra (vi)dyā[bō]jaṁgaṁ ·ayyana siṁgaṁ saraṇāgata vajrapaṁjara kumaraḍi kuṁjaraṁ vīravidyādharaṁ

⟨8⟩ sakaḷa kaḷādharaṁ paḍanāḷagiri vajradaṇḍaṁ vi • ḷarāya kuvara javadaṁḍaṁ mahālakṣmīdēvī labda

⟨9⟩ varaprasādaṁ tyāgavīrnidaṁ mūrurāya kumāra hritsellaṁ sāhasamallaṁ śrīmatribhuvana ma-

⟨10⟩ lla paṭṭa [mahādē]viyaraṇugaṁ nāmādi samasta prasasti sahitaṁ śrīmatu yuvarāja vallabhaṁ mallikā-

⟨11⟩ rjunadēvaru tatpādapadmōpa jīvi samadhigata paṁca mahāśabda mahāsāmantādhipati mahāpra-

⟨12⟩ caṁḍa daṁḍanāyakaṁ vidvajjana varadāyakaṁ sakaḷaguṇamaṇibhūṣaṇaṁ baṁdhujana pōṣaṇaṁ

⟨13⟩ ·āśritajana kalpavrikṣaṁ [pra]ti kāryadakṣa • sāhitya vidyāprasaṁgaṁ ·ayyana siṁgaṁ śrī mattri-

⟨14⟩ bhuvanamalladēva pādārādhakaṁ parabaḷasādhakaṁ nāmādi samasta prasasti sahitaṁ śrīma-

⟨15⟩ nmahāpradhānaṁ maneverggaḍe daṇḍanāyakaṁ nācimarasara biṁnapadiṁ yuvarāja vallabha ma-

⟨16⟩ llikārjuna dēvaru śrī maccāḷukya vikrama varṣada 32 neya sarvvajitu saṁvatsara mārggaśiradamāvāssye

⟨17⟩ ·ādityavāra cūḍāmaṇi grahaṇa mahāparvvanimittadiṁ ·āṇādūra śrīmāṇikēśvara

⟨18⟩ dēvarige ·aṁgabhōga dhūpadīpa nivēdya tāṁbūḷakke beṭṭakeṟeyūraṁ sarvvanamasyavāgi koṭṭa-

⟨19⟩ rīdhammamaṁ nāḍadhikārigaḷalu svadharmmadiṁ pratipāḷisuvaru śrī māṇikēśvaradēvarige bāḷeya

⟨20⟩ seṭṭiyaru biṭṭa kōla mattaru mūvattuṁ sāṁtayanāyakana kēriyalu mattaru haṁneraḍu anti-

⟨21⟩ vara dānadiṁ nālvatteraḍu mattaru keyumaṁ śrīmadanantapāḷa daṇḍanāyakara besadiṁda

⟨22⟩ parasuṁkaverggaḍe sōmanāthayya nāyakaruṁ dāsimarasaruṁ biṭṭa cchatracchāya suṁkamaṁ

⟨23⟩ śrīmadyuvarāja vallabhaṁ mallikārjuna dēvara besadiṁ mallapayyanāyakaru biṭṭa herjuṁka maṁ

⟨24⟩ 525 ·ettiṁge ·āṇādūra 300 ṟa suṁkaverggaḍe sōbhana nāyakaru punaccaraṇaṁ mā-

⟨25⟩ kha suṁka garavaṁ ·āḷa gāmu[ṁ*]ḍanaṁ mukhyaṁ māḍi sarvabādha parihāravāgi biṭṭaru arasuga-

⟨26⟩ ḷaṁ mūvaru seṭṭiyaru nakharamuṁ taḷāṟaru viḻdu ·āvajada māna saṭṭuga sahitavāgi bi-

⟨27⟩ ṭṭaru haṁnavaṇaṁ ·eleya hēṟiṁge ·ele [50] hoṁge 5 ·aḍakeyumaṁ dēvasvavaḷa haṁsarada-

⟨28⟩ loṁdadara ·ereḍeleyumaṁ biṭṭaru telligaru (cai)trakkaṁ gāṇadalu dirbbaḷa ·eṇṇiyama ⟨Page 77⟩ nandādīvige

⟨29⟩ ge dēvasavaḷaṁ bāḷike ·ondukaṁ biṭṭaru ·ī dharmakaṁnavaramaṁ mūruseṭṭiyaru nāḍadhikārigaḷu

⟨30⟩ śva(sva)dharmadiṁ pratipāḷisuvaru || moraṁbada māgarasaru dēvargge kālgarcci koṭṭa mattaru 100

⟨31⟩ • dēvara purake naḍavā[ka]lalu cai[cha ?]trakke 30 [ttaṟiṁ]ge dramma 3 śrāvaṇakke dramma 2 dipāvaḷige dramma 1 [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0064⟩ No. 64. (A.R. No. 91 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

Slab fixed into the proper right side wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the main shrine of the Vīranārāyaṇasvāmī temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1107 A.D.

It states that when Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva was ruling the empire from the capital Kalyāṇapura, mahāpradhāna bāṇasaverggaḍe Anantapāla-daṇḍanāyaka made a gift of income derived from the taxes vaṭṭapārikāya and kāvalideṟe of the village Piriya-Pembaṟiti belonging to the temple and situated in Hoḷalu-12 for worship and offerings to the god Jagaddēvanārāyaṇa.

The record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 31, Sarvajit, Pushya, śu. 9, Wednesday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1107 A.D., December 25, Wednesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśrayaṁ śrīpṛthvīvallabha

⟨2⟩ mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama

⟨3⟩ bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa

⟨4⟩ śrī matribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājyamu-

⟨5⟩ ttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamāna mācaṁdrārka

⟨6⟩ tāraṁbaraṁ kalyāṇapurada nelevīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁka-

⟨7⟩ thā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire tatpāda padmōpajī-

⟨8⟩ vi samadhigata paṁcamahāśabda mahāsāmantā-

⟨9⟩ dhipati mahāpracaṇḍa daṇḍanāyakaṁ vibudha varadā-

⟨10⟩ yakaṁ sujanaprasannaṁ gōtra pavitraṁ parāṁganā putra tura-

⟨11⟩ garēvantaṁ vairi kṛtāṁtaṁ sāhasatuṁganayyana siṁgaṁ

⟨12⟩ nāmādi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāpra-

⟨13⟩ dāna bāṇasuverggaḍe daṇḍanāyakaṁ ·anantapāḷa-

⟨14⟩ yyaṁgaḷu śrīmaccāḷukya vikrama varṣada 31

⟨15⟩ neya sarvvajitsaṁvatsarada puṣya śudha nava-

⟨16⟩ mi budhavāra ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrāṁtiyaṁdu

⟨17⟩ rājadhāni koḷḷiyapākeya śrīmajagaddēva nārāyaṇa

⟨18⟩ dēvariṁgāḷva hoḷalu haṁneraḍaṟa baḷiya piriya poṁba

⟨19⟩ ṟitiya vaṭṭapārikāyamumaṁ kāvalideṟeyu

⟨20⟩ maṁ dēvara bhōgakke dhārāpūrvva māḍi koṭṭarīdha-

⟨21⟩ rmamanārorbbaṁ pratipāḷisuva • • • • •

⟨22⟩ svadattā paradattāṁ vāyō harētu vasuṁdharāṁ 1 ⟨Page 78⟩

⟨23⟩ ṣaṣṭhiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭā(yāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ) [||*]

[Pub. in APGAS No. 3 Ng. 44].

⟨SIIv29p0i0065⟩ No. 65. (A.R. No. 62 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Second pillar in the Museum (Museum No. 82.)

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1108 A.D.

It registers a gift of income from pārikhāya tax (?) collected from the villages belonging to the temple of Sōmēśvara for burning a perpetual lamp there in by Gōpatayayya, the pergaḍe of mahāpradhāna bāṇasaverggaḍe daṇḍanāyaka Anantapālayya when Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla was ruling from Kalyāṇapura. It also registers another gift (of rice) by the Seṭṭis and the nakharas of Koḷḷipāke.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 43 [wrong for 33], (Śaka 1030) Sarvadhāri, Āshāḍha śu. 1, Thursday, Solar eclipse. It corresponds to 1108 A.D., June 12, f.d.t. 10 [Friday]. Solar eclipse occured on the previous day [Thursday].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī

⟨2⟩ pṟithvīvallabha mahārājādhi rā-

⟨3⟩ ja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭāraka(ṁ)

⟨4⟩ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cā-

⟨5⟩ ḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī matribhu-

⟨6⟩ vanamalladēva kalyāṇapura-

⟨7⟩ da nelevīḍinoḷsukha saṁkathā vi-

⟨8⟩ nōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire

⟨9⟩ tatpāda padmōpajīvi samadhiga-

⟨10⟩ ta paṁcamahāśabda mahāsāmaṁ-

⟨11⟩ tādhipati mahāpracaṁḍa da(ṁ)ḍanā-

⟨12⟩ yakaṁ vibudha varadāyakaṁ suja-

⟨13⟩ na prasaṁnaṁ nuḍidōrmutteṁnaṁ gōtra

⟨14⟩ pavitraṁ parāṁganā putraṁ tura-

⟨15⟩ garēvvṛtaṁ vairi kṛttvāṁtaṁ

⟨16⟩ sōttuṁganeyyanasiṁganuṁ nāmādi sa-

⟨17⟩ masta praśasti sahitaṁ śrī manma-

⟨18⟩ hāpradhānaṁ bāṇasaverggaḍe daṁ-

⟨19⟩ ḍanāyakananaṁntapāḷayyana pe-

⟨20⟩ rggaḍe (kiḻvālḍa)ya vaḍḍarāvuḷa maṁ-

⟨21⟩ bhūpaṁ nāyadadhikāri samasta rā-

⟨22⟩ jyabhāra nirūpita mahāmā-

⟨23⟩ tya padavipōrājamāna mānōṁ-

⟨24⟩ nata prabhu maṁtrōtsāha śaktitra-

⟨25⟩ ya saṁpaṁna gōpatayayyaṁ taṁnā-

⟨26⟩ (ḷda)na besadiṁ śrī matkoḷḷipākaya

⟨27⟩ śrī svayaṁbhu sōmēśvara dēvarggeḷvō- ⟨Page 79⟩

⟨28⟩ rggaḷa pāribāyamaṁ śrī maccāḷu-

⟨29⟩ kya vikramavarṣada 43 neya sarvva-

⟨30⟩ dhāri saṁvatsara dāṣāḍha śuddha pā(ḍyapra)

⟨31⟩ (thamuṁ) bṛhaspativāradandu sū-

⟨32⟩ ryagrahaṇa nimittadi dēvargge (naṁ)

Second Face.

⟨33⟩ • • • • • kāḍaṁ naḍe-

⟨34⟩ yisuvantāgi koṭṭar

⟨35⟩ śrī matkoḷḷipākeya

⟨36⟩ seṭṭigaru samasta na-

⟨37⟩ khara(ṁgaḷu) sūrya-

⟨38⟩ grahaṇa nimittadiṁ dēva-

⟨39⟩ ra nivēdyakkaṁ dīvigege

⟨40⟩ ma(ṁga)ṟeyalū tirōbhiṁ-

⟨41⟩ ge(ṁbā)dōrbaḷakeyumaṁ

⟨42⟩ (dharmma)na ·aṇnayu ma •

⟨43⟩ koṭṭarī dharmmama pratipā-

⟨44⟩ lisuvaredakki nyāyama

⟨45⟩ • • sidara ppoḷegāgi

⟨46⟩ • • bāṇa rāsiya

⟨47⟩ lu kurukṣētradalu sā-

⟨48⟩ sirvva brāhmaṇaru[ga*]ḷamaṁ

⟨49⟩ sāsira kavilegaḷumaṁ

⟨50⟩ konda dōṣaṁ || sāmānyō-

⟨51⟩ yaṁ dharmasētu nṛpāṇaṁ

⟨52⟩ kālē kālē pālaniyō

⟨53⟩ bhavadbhiḥ sarvvā nētā bhāvi-

⟨54⟩ naḥ pārthivēṁdrān bhūyō

⟨55⟩ bhūyō yācate rāma

⟨56⟩ caṁdraḥ || bahurbhirvvasu-

⟨57⟩ dā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarā-

⟨58⟩ dhipaḥ yasyayasya ya-

⟨59⟩ dā bhūmi stasya tasyata-

⟨60⟩ dā phalaṁ || (svadattāṁ) paradattāṁ

⟨61⟩ (vāyō harē)ta vasuṁ-

⟨62⟩ darāṁ | ṣaṣṭhirvva(rṣa) sahasrā-

⟨63⟩ ṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyate kri-

⟨64⟩ miḥ | ·ēkēca bhagini • •

[Rest is completely damaged].

⟨SIIv29p0i0066⟩ No. 66. (A.R. No. 65 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Another pillar in the Sōmēśvara temple, Museum No. 84.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1109 A.D. ⟨Page 80⟩

It gives a genealogical account of the Chālukyas up to Tribhuvanamalla (Vikramāditya VI). It records the gift of land including the one-third portion of the royal dues from the taḷavritti formerly granted to the Cheniṁche (?) basadi in agrahāra Tānḍipāmu-lanka which was a prabhutva agrahāra of Sōmanātha-bhaṭṭa and was included in Kalavachēḍu-40, to god Sōmēśvara under the orders of the king [Tribhuvanamalla] and at the request of mahāpradhāna antahpura vergaḍe Kāḷimayya and his younger brother Tikkapayya who was the daṇḍanāyaka of Koḷḷipāke-7000.

Prince Sōmēśvara is stated to have been ruling over several territories including Kollipākenāḍu. Also, the king Tribhuvanamalladēva is stated to have been ruling over the empire from Mānyakeṟe camp.

It is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 34, Vīrodhi, Śaka 1031, vishusankrānti. It corresponds to 1109 A.D., March 24 [Wednesday], f.d.t. 01.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī vasudhāvathudaṁṣṭrāgra vasathaṁ-

⟨2⟩ doḷire samasta bhuvanaṁgaḷuma-

⟨3⟩ ttēve baḷida jaranige śubhāvaḷi

⟨4⟩ yaṁ dharmma karttugādivarāmaṁ ||

⟨5⟩ śrī maccaḷukya vaṁśalalāmaṁ krōḍadva-

⟨6⟩ jābhirāmanayōdhyādhāmaṁ satyāśra-

⟨7⟩ ya nijanāmaṁ siṁhāsanādhipati yene

⟨8⟩ negaḷdaṁ || ·aṁtene negaḻda nīnitta ·ananta

⟨9⟩ nṛparnnegaḷe negaḻdaṁ vikrama dhātrī

⟨10⟩ kāṁtasutaṁ negaḻda jaya kāṁtā

⟨11⟩ kuntaḷa sugandha tailaṁ tailaṁ || ·udiyisi

⟨12⟩ ta ttaila baḷābhyudayade vijayavaṁśa dī-

⟨13⟩ pakaṁ daśavarmmaṁ vidita yaśanāda

⟨14⟩ nābhūpa diḷīpaṁgāda nātmajaṁ jayasiṁ-

⟨15⟩ haṁ || cōḷana nōḍisidā jayaśālige ja-

⟨16⟩ yasiṁha nṛpatigātmajanādaṁ traiḷō-

⟨17⟩ kyamallananamita cōḷōśastīkṣṇa selanā-

⟨18⟩ havamallaṁ || ·ā sakaḷa • cakrava-

⟨19⟩ rttige bhāskara kīrttige mukuṁda mūrtti

⟨20⟩ ge kamaḷāvāsaṁ sutanādaṁ siṁhā-

⟨21⟩ sanapati vikramārkkaneseye nijāṁkaṁ ||

⟨22⟩ gauḍana gaṁṭalaṁ murida ballara mādaśa-

⟨23⟩ karnnanaḷgaruḷdoḍuva kāḷarakkasa nagu-

⟨24⟩ rvvese bōḷananettariṁda molāḍuvayātu-

⟨25⟩ dhānene baṇṇisadirppuvarā ccaḷukya pe-

⟨26⟩ rmmāḍiya siṁhaśākhadoḍanā-

⟨27⟩ ḍiya kāryyadoḷādarūḍhiyaṁ ||

⟨28⟩ vanajakṣanurada kaustubhadanu nā-

⟨29⟩ yaka madhyanāyaka sthitiyiṁtajjina

⟨30⟩ patisuta madhyadoḷeseda naidesō-

⟨31⟩ mēśvaraṁ kumāraratnaṁ || draviḷādhitya

⟨32⟩ ra karnna gūrjjara ripunṛpāḷa ku(nta)ḷa

⟨33⟩ dārththi varagaṁgadaraṁ hēmādri vara • • ⟨Page 81⟩

Second Face.

⟨34⟩ ḷuttiṟdareṁdaṁ dēṁ • • •

⟨35⟩ dhvōttāḷa karāḷa khaḍga kha-

⟨36⟩ radhārāmārgga saṁjāta kī-

⟨37⟩ rtti vadhūṭi naṭi gānadiḻda

⟨38⟩ (tēja)ragaṁ dhātri sōmēśanu ||

⟨39⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanā-

⟨40⟩ śraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha ma-

⟨41⟩ hārājādhirāja rāja

⟨42⟩ paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭā-

⟨43⟩ rakaṁ satyāśraya ku-

⟨44⟩ ḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābhara-

⟨45⟩ ṇaṁ śrī matribhuvanamalla

⟨46⟩ dēvara vijeyarājyamu-

⟨47⟩ ttarōttarābhivṛddhi prava-

⟨48⟩ rddhamānamācaṁdrārkka tā-

⟨49⟩ raṁbaraṁ mānyakeṟeya

⟨50⟩ nelevīḍinōḷ sukhasaṁ-

⟨51⟩ kathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁge-

⟨52⟩ yyuttamire tatsutaṁ

⟨53⟩ tatpāda padmōpa jīvi

⟨54⟩ samasta nṛpajanastutya

⟨55⟩ satyavākya koṁguḷi-

⟨56⟩ varmma dharmma mahārā-

⟨57⟩ jādhirāja paramēśvaraṁ

⟨58⟩ kōḷāḷa puravarēśvaraṁ

⟨59⟩ nandagirinātha rājamāṁ-

⟨60⟩ dhātaṁ madagajēṁdra-

⟨61⟩ lāṁchanaṁ mayūra piṁcha dhva-

⟨62⟩ ja virājamāna padmā-

⟨63⟩ vatīlabdha varaprasāda

⟨64⟩ mṛgamadāmōdaṁ

⟨65⟩ jayaduttuṁgaraṁga naṁ-

⟨66⟩ niyagaṁgaṁ vibhudha ci-

⟨67⟩ ntāmaṇi maṇḍaḷika ma-

⟨68⟩ kuṭa cūḍāmaṇi dhai-

⟨69⟩ ryya mahāvarāhaṁ vī-

⟨70⟩ ralakṣmī vivāhagēhaṁ

⟨71⟩ cappana gandhavāraṇaṁ

Third Face.

⟨72⟩ ripurāya madanivāraṇaṁ nāmā-

⟨73⟩ di samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahā-

⟨74⟩ maṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ cāḷukya gaṁga permmā-

⟨75⟩ ḍi kumāraṁ sōmēśvara dēvaru | koḷḷi-

⟨76⟩ pāke daṁḍādhiyāgi palamaṁ dēśaṁ-

⟨77⟩ gaḷaṁ nāḷuttamiḻdu | mahāpradhā-

⟨78⟩ nanaṁtaḥpura verggaḍe manevergga- ⟨Page 82⟩

⟨79⟩ ḍe kaṁnaḍa saṁdhivigrahiṁ daṁḍanā-

⟨80⟩ yakaṁ kāḷimayyana binnapadiṁ

⟨81⟩ dāyayyeva tammaṁ koḷḷipākeye

⟨82⟩ rcchāsirada daṁḍanāyakaṁ tikka-

⟨83⟩ payyana binnahadoḷdharmama-

⟨84⟩ dhārisi śrī maccakravartiyājñe-

⟨85⟩ yiṁ cāḷukya vikrama varṣa

⟨86⟩ da 34 neya virōdhi saṁvatsara

⟨87⟩ da viṣu saṁkrāṁtiyalu śrī sva-

⟨88⟩ yaṁbhu sōmēśvara dēvara raṁga

⟨89⟩ bhōgakkaṁ maṁgabhōgakkaṁ ka-

⟨90⟩ lvacēdu nālvattaṟa baḷiya sō

⟨91⟩ manāthabhaṭṭara prabhutvadagra-

⟨92⟩ hāraṁ tāṁḍipāmulaṁkaṁ cēniṁce

⟨93⟩ basadige | munne naḍeva dēvabhō-

⟨94⟩ gada taḷavittiyalli • nāḍadāḷvara-

⟨95⟩ sara koḷva tribhāgadoḷagāgi sa-

⟨96⟩ rvvabādhā parihāramāge koṭṭar ||

⟨97⟩ svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō ha-

⟨98⟩ rēta vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭhirvvarṣa sa-

⟨99⟩ hasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē

⟨100⟩ krimiḥ || bahubhirvvasudhā-

⟨101⟩ datta rājabhiḥ sagarādhi

⟨102⟩ bhiḥ yasya yasya yadābhū-

⟨103⟩ mi stasya tasya tadāphalaṁ || ©

Fourth Face.

⟨104⟩ sāmānyōyaṁ dharmmasē-

⟨105⟩ tu rnṛpāṇāṁ kālē kālē

⟨106⟩ pālanē yō bhavadbhiḥ

⟨107⟩ sarvvānētānbhāvinaḥ pā-

⟨108⟩ rtthi vēndrān bhūyō

⟨109⟩ bhūyō yācatē rā-

⟨110⟩ mabhadraḥ || madvaṁśa-

⟨111⟩ jāḥ ppara mahīpati

⟨112⟩ vaṁśajā vāpā pāda pē-

⟨113⟩ ta manasō bhuvibhā-

⟨114⟩ vibhūpāḥ | yēpāla

⟨115⟩ yanti mama dharmmami

⟨116⟩ maṁ samastaṁ tēbhyō

⟨117⟩ mayā vīra bilōṁ

⟨118⟩ jivitāṣa mūrddhne || ©

⟨119⟩ śatruṇāpi kṛtōdha-

⟨120⟩ rmmaḥ pālanīyaḥ pra-

⟨121⟩ yatnataḥ śatru tē-

⟨122⟩ va pāśatruḥ syā

⟨123⟩ ddharmaḥ śatrurnnaka

⟨124⟩ sya bitē | śrī śrī śrī ⟨Page 83⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0067⟩ No. 67. (A.R. No. 85 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar (No. 6) dugout from the main street in the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1110 A.D.

Mentions the rule of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla and states that prince Sōmēśvara made a gift of 12 mattar of wet land to Āditya-bhaṭṭa Sōmayāji on the occasion of offering mahādānas after dēvatārchana and that under his instructions mahāpradhāna, sandhivigrahi, daṇḍanāyaka Kāḷimarasa allotted at the donee's choice, land situated under the main canal (hiriya-kāluve) at Iṭṭikāla in Koḷḷipāke-7000.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 35, Vikṛiti, Kārttika, Puṇṇami, Ādivāra. It corresponds to 1110 A.D., October 29, Saturday (not Sunday). Lunar eclipse occured on that day.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta

⟨2⟩ bhuvanāśra-

⟨3⟩ ya śrī pṛthvīva-

⟨4⟩ llabha mahā-

⟨5⟩ rājādhirāja pa-

⟨6⟩ ramēśvara para-

⟨7⟩ ma bhaṭṭāra

⟨8⟩ kaṁ satyāśra-

⟨9⟩ ya kulatilakaṁ

⟨10⟩ cāḷukyābha-

⟨11⟩ raṇaṁ śrīma-

⟨12⟩ tribhuvanama-

⟨13⟩ lladēvara vija-

⟨14⟩ yarājyamu-

⟨15⟩ ttarōttarābhi-

Second Face.

⟨16⟩ vriddhi pravarddhamā-

⟨17⟩ namācaṁdrā(rkka)

⟨18⟩ tāraṁ saluttami-

⟨19⟩ re śrī mattribhu-

⟨20⟩ vanamalladēvara

⟨21⟩ magaṁ samasta nṟi-

⟨22⟩ pa janastutya sa-

⟨23⟩ tyavākyaṁ koṁgu

⟨24⟩ ḷi dharmma varmma 1

⟨25⟩ mahārājādhirā-

⟨26⟩ ja paramēśvaraṁ ko-

⟨27⟩ ḷāḷapuravarēśva-

⟨28⟩ raṁ naṁdagiri nā- ⟨Page 84⟩

⟨29⟩ thaṁ śauca māndhā-

⟨30⟩ taṁ madagajē-

⟨31⟩ ndra lāṁchanaṁ ma-

⟨32⟩ yūra piṁccha

⟨33⟩ dhvaja vīrājamā-

⟨34⟩ naṁ padmāvatīla-

⟨35⟩ bdha varaprasādaṁ

⟨36⟩ mrigamadāmō-

⟨37⟩ da jayadutta raṁ-

⟨38⟩ ga nanniya gaṁga

⟨39⟩ vibudha cintāma-

⟨40⟩ ṇi maṇḍaḷi-

Third Face.

⟨41⟩ kamakuṭa cūḍā-

⟨42⟩ maṇi dhairyyama-

⟨43⟩ hāvarāhaṁ vīra

⟨44⟩ śrī kē(ḷi)gēhaṁ ripu-

⟨45⟩ rāyamada nivā-

⟨46⟩ raṇaṁ bappana gaṁdhavā-

⟨47⟩ raṇaṁ nāmādi sa-

⟨48⟩ masta praśasti sa-

⟨49⟩ hitaṁ śrīmaccā-

⟨50⟩ ḷukya gaṁga permmā-

⟨51⟩ ḍi śrī manmahā-

⟨52⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ ku-

⟨53⟩ māraṁ sōmēśva-

⟨54⟩ radēvaru śrīma-

⟨55⟩ ccāḷukya vikrama

⟨56⟩ varṣa [3]5 ne[ya*] vikṛti

⟨57⟩ saṁvatsarada kārttika

⟨58⟩ da puṇnami ·ādivā-

⟨59⟩ ra daṁdu sōmagraha

⟨60⟩ ṇa nimittadiṁ dēva-

⟨61⟩ tārccanā naṁtara

⟨62⟩ dalu mahādāna-

⟨63⟩ ṁgaḷuṁ māḍu

⟨64⟩ tta

Fourth Face.

⟨65⟩ ·āditya bhaṭṭa

⟨66⟩ sōmayājiga-

⟨67⟩ ḷge haṁnirmmattaru

⟨68⟩ nīru nelanaṁ dhā-

⟨69⟩ rā pūrvvakaṁ

⟨70⟩ māḍi koṭṭa(r) || śrī

⟨71⟩ manmahā pradhā-

⟨72⟩ naṁ saṁdhivigrahi

⟨73⟩ daṇḍanāyakaṁ ⟨Page 85⟩

⟨74⟩ kāḷimarasa rddha-

⟨75⟩ samukhādēśadiṁ

⟨76⟩ koḷḷipāke nāḍoḷa

⟨77⟩ koṁḍūralu [12]

⟨78⟩ rmmattaru nīru ne

⟨79⟩ lana koḍiveṁdu be

⟨80⟩ sasalu koḷḷipāke 7

⟨81⟩ sāsirada baḷiya

⟨82⟩ ·iṭṭikāla hiriya

⟨83⟩ kālveyalu 12 ma-

⟨84⟩ ttaru nīrnnelana para-

⟨85⟩ mēśvara dattiyā-

⟨86⟩ gi koṭṭa śāsanaṁ [||*]

⟨87⟩ śrīśrīśrī [||*] 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0068⟩ No. 68. (A.R. No. 86 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar (No. 7) dugout from the main street in the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1111 A.D.

States that when Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla was ruling the empire from Jayantipura and his son prince Somēśvara, who is eulogized with a string of birudas, ruled over several territories including Koḷḷipāke-7000, sandhivigrahi, daṇḍanāyaka Kāḷimayya made the grant of three pieces of land of the extent of 3 mattar each to (i) god Mallikārjunadēva installed by his younger brother Tikkapayya, the daṇḍanāyaka of Koḷḷipāke-nāḍu, (ii) god Brahmēśvaradēva of the same place installed by his son-in-law Pratikaṁta Bammadēva-nāyaka and (iii) Svayampāki Mallu-bhaṭṭōpādhyāya, with the permission of the king.

A gift of one mattar of land to god Prabhudēva is mentioned in the post script. This gift is out of six mattar (of land) which point is not clear.

The record is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 35, Khara, Pushya śu. 11, Thursday, uttarāyaṇa sankrānti. It corresponds to 1111 A.D., December 12, [Tuesday]. [If the tithi was ba. 11 then it corresponds to December 28, Thursday. But there was no sankrānti on both the days].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī mahādaṁṣṭrāgra doḷa- 2

⟨2⟩ bhirāmatēyaṁ

⟨3⟩ taḷedu bhṛṁgikēdagegeḷa

⟨4⟩ sirddamāḷkevō vīra

⟨5⟩ negaḷduddāmaṁ rakṣi-

⟨6⟩ suge nimmanādiva-

⟨7⟩ rāhaṁ || svasti sama-

⟨8⟩ sta bhuvanāśraya

⟨9⟩ śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahā ⟨Page 86⟩

⟨10⟩ rājādhirāja paramē-

⟨11⟩ śvaraṁ parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ

⟨12⟩ satyāśraya kuḷa

⟨13⟩ tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyā bha-

⟨14⟩ raṇaṁ śrīmatribhuvana

⟨15⟩ malladēvara vijaya

⟨16⟩ rājyamuttarōttarā-

⟨17⟩ vṛddhi pravarddhamāna

⟨18⟩ mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁba-

⟨19⟩ raṁ saluttamire jayaṁ

⟨20⟩ tipurada nelevīḍino

⟨21⟩ ḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinō

⟨22⟩ dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyutta

⟨23⟩ mire tatkumāraṁ

⟨24⟩ svasti samastanripajana

⟨25⟩ stutya satyavākya

⟨26⟩ koṁguḷivarmma dharmma

⟨27⟩ mahārājādhirāja pa-

⟨28⟩ ramēśvaraṁ koḷāḷapu

Second Face.

⟨29⟩ ravarēśvaraṁ naṁdagi-

⟨30⟩ rināthaṁ rājamāṁ-

⟨31⟩ dhātaṁ madagajēṁdra

⟨32⟩ lāṁchanaṁ mayū-

⟨33⟩ ra piṁchadhvaja virā-

⟨34⟩ jamāna padmāvatī

⟨35⟩ tīlabdha varapra-

⟨36⟩ sādaṁ mṛgava-

⟨37⟩ dāmōdaṁ jaya

⟨38⟩ dhuttaraṁgaṁ nanniya

⟨39⟩ gaṁgaṁ vibudha ci-

⟨40⟩ ntāmaṇi maṁḍaḷi

⟨41⟩ makuṭa cūḍā-

⟨42⟩ maṇi dairyya ma-

⟨43⟩ hāvarāhaṁ vīra

⟨44⟩ śrī kōḷigēhaṁ ripu

⟨45⟩ rāya madanivā-

⟨46⟩ raṇaṁ bappana gaṁdha-

⟨47⟩ vāraṇaṁ nāmā-

⟨48⟩ di samasta prasasti sa

⟨49⟩ hitaṁ śrīmanmahā-

⟨50⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ

⟨51⟩ cāḷukya gaṁgapermmā-

⟨52⟩ ḍi kumāraṁ sō-

⟨53⟩ mēśvaradēvaru ko-

⟨54⟩ ḷḷipāke ·ercchāsira

⟨55⟩ mādiyāgi pa- ⟨Page 87⟩

⟨56⟩ lavu dēśaṁgaḷanā-

Third Face.

⟨57⟩ ḷuttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi

⟨58⟩ samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrī ma-

⟨59⟩ daṁtaḥpura verggaḍe saṁdhivigra-

⟨60⟩ hi daṁḍanāyakaṁ kāḷimayya

⟨61⟩ ṁgaḷe | cāḷukya vikrama

⟨62⟩ varṣada 35 neya khara

⟨63⟩ saṁvatsarada puṣya suddha

⟨64⟩ 11 bṛhaspati vāradaṁ-

⟨65⟩ duttarāyaṇa [saṁ*]krāṁti pa-

⟨66⟩ rvva nimittamāgi śrīma-

⟨67⟩ darasaṁge binnapaṁge-

⟨68⟩ ydu dhārāpūrvva-

⟨69⟩ ka māḍi paḍedu ta-

⟨70⟩ nna tammaṁ koḷḷipāke

⟨71⟩ nāḍa daṁḍanāyaka

⟨72⟩ tikkapayya māḍisi-

⟨73⟩ da mallikārjjuna dē-

⟨74⟩ vargge hoḷala baḷiya

⟨75⟩ rāmalakeṟiyalli

⟨76⟩ jagaddēva nārāya

⟨77⟩ ṇadēvara mānyadiṁ pa-

⟨78⟩ ḍuvaṇa gardde mattaru

⟨79⟩ 3 ·alliya tammaḷiyaṁ

Fourth Face.

⟨80⟩ pratikaṁṭa bamma-

⟨81⟩ dēva nāyaka(nu)

⟨82⟩ māḍisida brahmē-

⟨83⟩ śvaradēvargge gardde ma-

⟨84⟩ ttaru 3 svayaṁ

⟨85⟩ pāki mallibhaṭṭō

⟨86⟩ pādhyaya-

⟨87⟩ rgge kalyabīḍu

⟨88⟩ nālvatteṟa baḷi-

⟨89⟩ ya nellūṭina

⟨90⟩ hiṟiya keṟe

⟨91⟩ ya tegedu kā-

⟨92⟩ luveya moda-

⟨93⟩ lgāda gardde matta-

⟨94⟩ ru 3 [|*] svadattāṁ

⟨95⟩ paradattāṁ vā-

⟨96⟩ yō harēti

⟨97⟩ vasundharā ṣaṣṭhi

⟨98⟩ rvvarṣa sahasrā-

⟨99⟩ ṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ

⟨100⟩ jāyatē krimiḥ [|*] ⟨Page 88⟩

⟨101⟩ ·āṟu mattaroḷage

⟨102⟩ prabhu dē[va*]rgge vonda matta

⟨103⟩ ru [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0069⟩ No. 69. (A.R. No. 87 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar (No. 8) dugout from the main street in the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1112 A.D.

Mentions that Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla was then ruling the empire from the capital Kalyāṇapura. It records gift of ten nivarttanas of land each to the brāhmaṇas Kēśavabhaṭṭōpādhyāya, son of Mailara-nāyaka of Śānḍilya-gōtra and Vāmana-bhaṭṭa, son of Penna-bhaṭṭa of Bhāradvāja-gōtra under the main canal of the Brihat-taṭāka in the village Nellūṭu, and to Golaya-bhaṭṭōpādhyāya, son of Ellaṇa-bhaṭṭōpādhyāya of Harita-gōtra under the main canal of the village Vaḍḍagicheruvu, both situated in Kaluvachēḍu-40, a kaṁpaṇa of Koḷḷipāka-dēśa, by prince Sōmēśvara. Besides 40 nivarttanas of wet land and two house-sites were granted to each of the above mentioned donees in their respective villages.

The record is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 37, [Śaka 1034] Nandana, dakshiṇāyaṇasaṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1112 A.D., June 26, [Wednesday].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ © jayati dhṛtadharāḍhyā

⟨2⟩ yasya daṁṣṭrāgra kōṭīsphura-

⟨3⟩ tē mṛdumyaṇālī sūkṣma paṁ-

⟨4⟩ kāṁkitēvasanijakhura puṭā-

⟨5⟩ grakṣaṁṇa pātālapālapraba-

⟨6⟩ ladanu sutāriḥ krōḍarūpō

⟨7⟩ murāriḥ || ·anupama nija

⟨8⟩ śauryyaṁ kṛppavidviṣṭa lakṣmīrvvi-

⟨9⟩ naya vinata mitrakvatra

⟨10⟩ rakṣātidakṣaḥ ·anavarata

⟨11⟩ kṛtānēkāṣṭhi vikhyāta kīrttiḥ

⟨12⟩ sakalanṛpa guṇāḍhyā

⟨13⟩ bhāti cāḷukya vaṁśaḥ || tasmā

⟨14⟩ dudētyakṛtavatsunṛpē

⟨15⟩ ṣurājyaṁ satyāśrayādi-

⟨16⟩ ṣu bahuṣvanu gamya dharmmaṁ

⟨17⟩ jātastatō bahu kalānidhi vē-

⟨18⟩ śvarāṁśō bhūmērbbabhūva pa-

⟨19⟩ ti rāhavamallidēvaḥ || ta

⟨20⟩ syātmajō vikrama cakrava-

⟨21⟩ rtti permmāḍi rājñājita rāja

⟨22⟩ lōkaḥ viṣṇōrivāṁ śōdharaṇīṁ

⟨23⟩ vidhātuṁ niṣkaṁṭakāṁ jātaiva

⟨24⟩ prasiddhaḥ || tasminsamasta bhuva- ⟨Page 89⟩

⟨25⟩ nāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahā-

⟨26⟩ rājādhirāja paramēśvara parama

⟨27⟩ bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kula

⟨28⟩ tilaka cālukyābharaṇa śrī

Second Face.

⟨29⟩ matribhuvanamalla vallabhēṁ-

⟨30⟩ dro kalyāṇa puranivēśita

⟨31⟩ nijavijayaskaṁdhāvārē su-

⟨32⟩ khēna rājya sukhamanubha-

⟨33⟩ vati || tatkuṁtalēśasya su-

⟨34⟩ taḥ kumāraḥ sōmēśvarō

⟨35⟩ durddama bāhuśaktiḥ ni-

⟨36⟩ śāta bāṇāhata vairidai-

⟨37⟩ tyāvirājatē śāśvata rā-

⟨38⟩ jyalakṣmīḥ || sa samasta ma-

⟨39⟩ hāniyamahimāttuṁ-

⟨40⟩ ga cāḷukya gaṁga vijayala-

⟨41⟩ kṣmī nivāsa dakṣiṇadōrdda

⟨42⟩ ṇḍa dvādaka maṇḍiḷika

⟨43⟩ maṇḍala mārtāṇḍa pratā-

⟨44⟩ pākrāṁta navakhaṇḍa

⟨45⟩ bhūmaṇḍala rājavēlaṁca

⟨46⟩ matkṛtākhaṇḍala tribhuva-

⟨47⟩ naraṁga pravarttita kī

⟨48⟩ rtinartakī sūtradhāra

⟨49⟩ śaraṇāgata vajraprākā-

⟨50⟩ śa vibudha ciṁtāmaṇi

⟨51⟩ maṇḍaḷika makuṭa cū-

⟨52⟩ ḍāmaṇi kuntala rājyā-

⟨53⟩ bhyudaya kāraṇa bappa-

⟨54⟩ na gaṁdhavāraṇa śrīmanma

Third Face.

⟨55⟩ hāmaṇṇalēśvaraḥ kumāraḥ

⟨56⟩ sōmēśvara dēvō nijōpa

⟨57⟩ bhujyamāda kollipāka dē-

⟨58⟩ śa pratibaddha | kaluva cēḍa-

⟨59⟩ kaṁpaṇaka | catvāriṁśadgrāmē-

⟨60⟩ ṣu madhye nellūṭu grāmē

⟨61⟩ bṛhattaṭākōpa bṛṁpāta bṛ-

⟨62⟩ hatkulyāyāḥ prathama

⟨63⟩ pravēśa mukhē daśanivarttanāṁ

⟨64⟩ pānīya bhuvaṁ śrīmaccāḷu-

⟨65⟩ kya vikrama varṣa saptatriṁśa

⟨66⟩ ttamē nandana saṁvatsarē dakṣi-

⟨67⟩ ṇāyana saṁkrāṁti nimitta śāṁ-

⟨68⟩ ḍilya gōtrāya śrīmanmaylā-

⟨69⟩ ra nāyaka putrāya kē- ⟨Page 90⟩

⟨70⟩ śava bhaṭṭōpādhyāyāya

⟨71⟩ dattavān || tathā vaḍḍagi ceṟu-

⟨72⟩ vulu grāmē laghutaṭākō-

⟨73⟩ pa bṛṁpāta bṛhatkulyāyāṁ

⟨74⟩ prathama pravēśa mukhē daśani-

⟨75⟩ varttanāṁ pānīya bhuvaṁ hāri-

⟨76⟩ ta gōtrāya śrīmaddellana bha-

⟨77⟩ bhaṭṭōpādhyāya putrāya gō-

⟨78⟩ laya bhaṭṭōpādhyāyāya

⟨79⟩ tasminnēva nimittē dhattavān ||

Fourth Face.

⟨80⟩ tadhā tasminnēva nellūṭu-

⟨81⟩ grāmē tatkēśava bhaṭṭō

⟨82⟩ pādhyāya kēdāranaṁ

⟨83⟩ taraṁdaśanivarttanāṁbu

⟨84⟩ bhaṁvaṁ bhāradvāja gōtra

⟨85⟩ pennabhaṭṭa putra vāmana

⟨86⟩ bhaṭṭāya dattavān || tēbhya

⟨87⟩ stri bhyastattadgrāmē pratyē-

⟨88⟩ kaṁ catvāriṁśannivarttana ka

⟨89⟩ raṁbubhuvaṁ gṛhasthā-

⟨90⟩ nadvayaṁ ca dattavān ||

⟨91⟩ bahubhirvva sudhā dattā

⟨92⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādi bhiḥ |

⟨93⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhū

⟨94⟩ mistasya tasya tadā

⟨95⟩ phalaṁ || svadattāṁ parada-

⟨96⟩ ttāṁ vāyō harēta

⟨97⟩ vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭirvarṣa

⟨98⟩ sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ

⟨99⟩ jāyatē krimiḥ || śatru

⟨100⟩ ṇāpi kṛtō dharmmaḥ pā-

⟨101⟩ lanīyaṁ prayatnataḥ śa-

⟨102⟩ tru tēva pāśatruḥ syāddha-

⟨103⟩ rmmaḥ śatrurnna kasyabit ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0070⟩ No. 70. (A.R. No. B. 790 of 1962-63.) HOLKUNDA, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab in a locality called Khaṇḍāri.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1113 A.D.

This, a little damaged record, speaks of the rule of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla. It records the grant of 35 mattar of land to the west of the village by the mahājanas and 40 mattar of land to the east (of the village) by the queen Chandaladēvi, to the god Kēśavadēva of agrahāra Poḷagunḍe which is stated to be a bhattagrāma of the queen. ⟨Page 91⟩

The record is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 37, Śaka 1035, Vijaya, Bhādrapada, śu. lunar eclipse. It corresponds to 1113 A.D., August. 28 [Thursday]. Lunar eclipse occured on that day.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmaccāḷukya vikra-

⟨2⟩ ma varṣa 37 neya vijaya sa • • •

⟨3⟩ rada bhādrapada suddha puṇṇami

⟨4⟩ • • sōmagrahaṇadaṁdu

⟨5⟩ śrīmatribhuvanamalla • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • ḷa vakṣasthaḷa • • • niya •

⟨7⟩ • grāma caṁdaladēviya •

⟨8⟩ bhattagrāma ·agrahāra poḷa(guṁ)-

⟨9⟩ ḍeya śrī kēśavadēvargge mahā-

⟨10⟩ janaṁgaḷu ·uriṁ paḍuvalu biṭṭa

⟨11⟩ dharmmada keyi kālaḍiya

⟨12⟩ mattaru 35 ·aliṁbaḷika caṁḍala

⟨13⟩ dēviyaru mūḍaṇadariya

⟨14⟩ male biṭṭa keyi kāḍiya matta-

⟨15⟩ ru 40 | ·ī dharmmavakkaḷu(pi)da

⟨16⟩ vaṁ bāṇarāsiyalū gōsaha-

⟨17⟩ sravanaḷida (pāpakkaṁ)va • • ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0071⟩ No. 71. (A.R. No. B. 772 of 1962-63.) RAÑJŌLE-KHĒṆI, BIDAR TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Slab kept behind the Hanumān temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1115 A.D.

The slab is broken into three pieces and badly worn out. It belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva [Vikramāditya VI]. Then the record gives a long genealogical account of the Sindha family to which mahāmaṇḍlēśvara Bhairavadēva belonged. Bhairavadēva made a gift of lands and money to gods Hemmēśvara and Mailāḷēśvara of Ṟenjeṟu in the name of his parents (tammayyana tammabbēya pesaralu). The gifts were made over to after leaving the feet of ārādhya Davarēśvaradēva [perhaps he was the sthānapati of both the temples].

Also the record has registered gifts of land and money made by the mahājanas and other individuals to the god Hemmēśvara and to the Brahmaṇas of the Brahmapuri of that god and also to Bhāskara who wrote the record. Further, the record states that Jagatsēvya, one of the four sons of Niḍudōḷ-Sindha, the progenitor of the Sindha family, governed Ṟenjeṟu, situated in Aṭṭaḷe-nāḍu. The other three sons viz., Satyasēvya, Prabhusēvya and Budhasēvya administered over Paḷiyaṁda-maṇḍala, Bāgaḍge-dēśa and Baḷḷare-nāḍu respectively. Davarēśa, the receipient of the gifts is stated to be an expert in Vēdic tarka [logic] and vyākaraṇa [grammar] and a muni of Lākuḷa Samaya, with exceedingly high tapaśakti.

The record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 40, Manmatha, uttarāyaṇa. Though the information is insufficient the cyclic year can be equated with 1115 A.D. [Śaka 1037] which is the 40th year of the Chālukya Vikrama year and the tithi corresponds to December 25, [Saturday]. ⟨Page 92⟩

TEXT.

I Piece.

⟨1⟩ śrī jaṁjayadhi jagadhi dēśā dēvadātēya kōṭi makuṭarppuṭita (va)tṛnavadyāta vibrājitāṁghriḥ kṣitijaḷa śikhivāta cyāma caṁdrārkkā yajvanu pradita tanurumēśaḥ ssarbba lō-

⟨2⟩ ka kacarttā || ·eḷeyaṁ muṁna vanēkarāḷdararvasa ccāḷukyavantā mahītaḷa manāḷpaḷu māḍi kaṟeyavanaṁ kaṭṭiṭṭu kaṭṭanvaya taḷidati tanaga • nu mantarisida bhūcakra makāḍi badose-

⟨3⟩ ḷadiṁ ma(tta)magurbbidadēvana cāḷukyaṁ nataṁ tilapa || ·āvasudādipaṁ gōdaśaṁ vamuṁntapaṁ sutanānṛpaṁ gōdhātri vinutaṁge saṁda jayasiṁhanṛpa maganātmajātanantāvibhu geydapaṁ puvadadā

⟨4⟩ pūvamallanavaṁge puṭṭidaṁ bāvipa dhātri vikramane vikramanūrjita bāhuvikrama || ghana bārhāga badigarpita ripunṛpara yuvvadoḷu tūḻdu siṁhāsanamaṁ vaikoṁḍa vīra draviḷa magadha māḷa-

⟨5⟩ bu kāṁbōja rājadi narēṁdra vrātamaṁ sagaradoḷaḷaṟēcaṁ koṁḍa tējaṁ (ścē) sāmānyanē bāppa permma satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ vikramādityadēva || prasasti || sasti samasta bhuvanāśrayaṁ śrīpṛthvīvallabhaṁ ma-

⟨6⟩ hārājādhirājaṁ paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ caḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmattribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamānamā caṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ salutta

⟨7⟩ veyire matta(ṁ) || kaṁ || ·eḷeyāḷu migilenisida kuntaḷa viṣayottaṁsa mauni sīphala tāṟadiṁdaṭṭaḷenāḍu viśvanāgaravaḷuṁ bavanāḷka nāḍugaḷu paḍiyāḷave || ·ene pogaḷpa pogarttage neleyeni paṭṭaḷa nāḷka tiḷaka • •

⟨8⟩ ruṁ sajjanitā sabyaṁṟeṁjēṟu nivāsasyana menisi siṁdānvayada || ·āpuradāḷuvaga (kā)ḷaṁ maṇidipaṁ sukhasaṁkatā vinōda doḷirppa bhūva śikhāmaṇi hajjamahipana vaṁśāvatāra mentene peḷvā || śrī mallāra

⟨9⟩ traya cūḍāmaṇige śivaṁge tāne bhūṣaṇa menipuddā(ma) mahima bhujaṁga śikhāmaṇi dharaṇīṁdra nuragalōkādhīśa || dharaṇēṁdranagrama mahiṣi paramapadakhyāti vaḍeda • rtāvati yāḷu naridati-

⟨10⟩ śaya bhōgavati puradoḷu nijarājadhāniyoḷu sakhamidu • • • • • ka(li)dēva (sakā) dharaṇēṁdra (va)satige gaccha viṁghnaṁgaḷu bittarisida vatiśayamane bittaripantire sakaḷa sakaḷa bhuvana janapuṇya(ṣta)ḷa || taraḷa ||

⟨11⟩ kuḷanagagaḷa sānu naṁdanadoḷu vinōdamanādaluṁ kruḷirvvagaṁge (yō)ma siṁduvanira lōkuḷiyāḍalu beḍagutippa saśāṁka sūryyara nādavatthiye nōḍaluṁ jaḷajavaktravaḷuṁbamāgire garbbadāha-

⟨12⟩ ḷamappa || (du) || dharaṇītaḷake vimānaṁ cerasā daṁpatigaḷāgedu siṁdhukṣiti (yo)ḷu pariva nadi siṁdhu vinoḷātaraṇi jaḷakrīḍayāḍi tadanaṁtaradoḷu || v® || ·udayaṁgeyva rkkanaṁ paṁnagapati sati kaṁḍargvyamaṁ ko-

⟨13⟩ ṭṭuniṁnaṁdada kaṁdaṁ vaṁśaratnaṁ janiyisugenagiṁneṁbuduṁ maṁtra sāmartthyada mārttāṁḍa prasādadhārekāḷā taruṇārkkaprabhaṁ naṁdanaṁ puṭṭidanā padmāvatidēvige bhuvana janāścarya sāryya prabhāva ||

⟨14⟩ ·antupuṭṭuvadu || kaṁ || dharaṇītaḷadoḷagī vanavatarisidanīdharenosadu pāḷisugeṁdādaradiṁ (na)nasārddūḷigeniravinidaṁ patigaḷattavāpudumitta || mole yūḍidudahisutanaṁ puli siṁdhu-

⟨15⟩ ginaḍiyalārbbakaṁ maṟeyādanāpuliya moleyuṁḍu beḷadaṁ puliṁyuṁ moleyittadavana puṇyōdayadi || v® || ·adanāgaḷu kaṁḍu vīrōttamanenipa taḷāṟaṁ baruttaṁ dahicatra lōkakhyāta viprōttama ⟨Page 93⟩

⟨16⟩ rggaṟipu(ṭṭhi)duṁśāsa pūmāle kuṁbhaṁ pudidirdduttuṁga || vēdaṣṭannigudipa (di) hiṁtāraṇaṁ raṁjisalu baṁdidirggoṁḍuydaṁ dahi chatradoḷirisi kanatsōdadoḷu vipramukhyama || ka || dharaṇīṁdranoṁḍu paḍamaṁ bareduḍayoḷu

⟨17⟩ kaṭṭa pādaḍaṁto paṭamaṁnidutaṁ bājisi kaṁdādavadiṁ • • ta • rmmameṁ māḍisidaru || pātāḷa cakravartti vinūtaguṇaṁ bhōgavatige pati dharaṇēṁdraṁ tātaṁ padmāvati tāyi mātanītaṁ mahātmanuttama vaṁśa • siṁdhugina

⟨18⟩ neḷatāḷanu nayadiṁdamivaṁ puliya moreya nuṇutirddhuda • siṁdugi manedayaṁ pasariṁda mīva siṁdaneṁdu nuḍidarvvipraru || ·ā siśuratna kaṁnaprāśana (bhū)tōpa nayana maṁmāḍisi vāgīśa nīmaneṁbina nānāśā-

⟨19⟩ stragaḷu manarkkaṟiṁ mūvatteraḍaṟa mukta catuṣṭaya pariṇatiyoḷu tāne bhuvana bhuṁbōkaṇada || vacana || ·antu samasta śastra śāstra-

⟨20⟩ doḷati paricitanāgirddahi chatradoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyvuttamirdda kumārana nōḍi || v® || ·anupamayavva nōduyammivaṁga mardattu sīmaṁ lalāṭa lōcana mayūravarmma n®panirddapa nalte kadaṁba vaṁśa

⟨21⟩ nātana suteyoḷu vivāha manoḷavareva migaḷa pāgivoṁdu mājanapada paḷuduṁ kelabaraydidava banavāsadēśa || ka || badukaḍa banṛpaṁ gavareṁdarṇṇija suteya nosedu lakṣmīmatiyaṁ siṁdha mahīpati mṛdu

⟨22⟩ ba • vahi chatradiṁdavene munida (nṛ)pa || ma • ṇijanūkanrā || ·āvṛdātana kulaṁ balamāvṛjātaḍepiḷāva naṁbikeyadāvaḷā maṁḍaḷa mā(r)tthadiṁtāmṛda karamonōdileṁtanumaneṁnu maṁgāvilaṁ bayagadaddidaneṁdu mahībhuja || ka ||

⟨23⟩ kaḍumuḷidunosala kaṇṇiṁdaḍale nirīkṣipudu māyitaṁ karataḷavāgadā nimiḍu naṁdāvāyyalu paḍadaṁ niḍu(dā)ḷasidēva guṁrasiṁda || ·upēṁdravajra sāmarthyamaṁkadā mayū[ra*] varmmaṁtāmāṁbitāgeddi jaggeṁdanāgaḷā sāmānyaṁnyanallā

⟨24⟩ niḍudoḷa siṁdhanī māta nāgaṁbuda neyde pari || varanū ·eṁbuduṁ mavaroḷagabhinava byasanenisidanadācāryyaṁ baḷupātāḷadēva[ra*]saṁ dharaṇīṁdraṁ jatakanaḷpudaṟiṁ pātāḷa cakravarti padmāvatīdēviṣata (dō)hadiṁ paravaṁ ko-

⟨25⟩ ṭṭadappudaṟiṁ padmāvatīlabda varaprasādanuṁ bhōgāvati puramenijanvayi rājadhāniyarppādaṟi bhōgāvati puravarādhīśvaranuṁ ·ahichatrapura puravarāmararaṁ rakṣisidana ppudaṟidihachatra puravarāmara rakṣadakṣa dakṣiṇa

⟨26⟩ bhujā daṁḍanuṁ jagaṁmellaṁ naccimecci pogaḷpudaṟiṁ jagameccigaṁḍanuṁ kanasinalappaḍaṁ paraveṇṇa noḻtadudaṟiṁ paravarū kaṁdanuṁ vidagdha vidvajjanakke bēḍiduda nīvudaṟiṁ vidagdha vidvajjana pārijātanuṁ rājanītiyalu naḍavanappudaṟiṁ rāja māṁdhā-

⟨27⟩ tanuṁ puliya moleyuḍu baḷada nippudaṟiṁ byāghralāṁchananuṁ phaṇīṁdra vaṁśōdbhava nappudaṟi paṇīṁdra kētananuṁ niṁnanosalaṁ kaṇṇunidda(va)riyaṁ nimiddha karataḷaṁ dinaka (divo)ydanappuduṟiṁ niḍudoḷa siṁdhanumeṁba pāsā-

⟨28⟩ rkkaṁ pogadva pogarttā[da]ṁ neleyādanātaṁ ninagaḷiyanāgalu takka neṁbuduṁ mayūravarmmaṁ manadāgoṁdu ·ā • ya naṭṭi barisi || kaṁ || bhuvana prakhyāta kadaṁba vaṁśa tiḷakaṁ mayūravarṁmmanṛpānōtsavadiṁ nija putriyoḷā-

⟨29⟩ si(ṁ)dhu vivāhaṁ māḍaneṟda lakṣmī matiyoḷu || śrīmatu siṁdānvaya cūḍāmaṇige śrīkadaṁba vaṁśōttama lakṣmīmatigaṁ puṭṭiduruddādu parākramigaḷenipanā • lvettaneyaru || ·abyāja sauryyara prabhusēbyanumaṁ sa-

⟨30⟩ (tya)sēbyanu manaṁta jagatsēbyanumaṁ paḍedabbudha sēbyanumaṁ cu • naṁ buṁbhu karaṁ nātmajara || ·ātavanu śastraśāstradadoḷati pravīṇarāgi || ·aṁdu taṟisaṁdu nālvaṁṇaṁdana kuṁtarēneyda bāykaḷi savettaṁdadakṣiṇa bhū-

⟨31⟩ migasida rvikramadoḷesagaduṁtarirpparu || ·āgaḷu poṟamaṭṭurmanōrāgadi nudavaṁdaraṁdu māḍi(dda)vadōśamaṁ putarkkalaṁ barṇṇagadvaja sahita rivakṣahichatradavaru ⟨Page 94⟩ || ·aṁtavarbbara subadu || v® || paḷiyaṁḍakṣiti

⟨32⟩ maṁḍalarkkarasanādaṁ satyasēbyaṁ dharātaḷadoḷu mēlenisirvva bāgaḍege dēśā dhīśaṁnādaṁ bhujabaḷamataṁ prabhusēbyanalli budasēbyaṁ (tri)puraṁ kādaṁ nākuḷardiṁ baḷatināḍanā®vana sadatitalli siṁdānvaya || ka || ·avaroḷage jaga-

⟨33⟩ tsēbyaṁ bhuvana janāścarya(śau)ryyanuṁ siṁdakuḷārṇava mṛgalakṣanu meniputsōvadiṁdesedi(dde) • • • • • nāḍoḷu || bhuvanottama nenisida siṁdavaṁśa bevarādaneṁbaṁ dahichatrada bhūdivijargge namaśumanayyaṇa

⟨34⟩ dāyumaṁ koṭṭarā sadubhallāṁkayuma || kalitanadāḷdu caladoḷu bhujabaladoḷu tēja do • • • • • haṁsadoḷu tatkaladoḷmaṁḍaḷika (kku)nnulanuṁ boppulanumeṁba vī(rārṇṇada)ḻda(du) || ·atiśayamāboppala nī-

⟨35⟩ kṣitīśvararppalaru mavaniyaṁ pāḷisaluṁnata mārjjita tējarddugatiyāṁ harakateṁdu meṁba bhūbhu (desedarā) • • • • • ṁśadoḷudyāta bhujaṁga • • rbada • ta • hagaṁ(gha)raṁ negaḻdallamanaṁ tātanatanaya pratāpi badgega bhūpō(ku)la

⟨36⟩ vaṟoḷalla baddana haṁcalavalu gidaḍaḍaṟu vahita maṁḍa(kkirta)ra tāḷdalamuṁ (baḷpa) varedaṟuṁ tola (sagu)mā • • • • • ṁ karttānayaru || • • • • • diṁ kuṁdama(reya)ru camūnādarudu (vritti)ya mēdiniyaṁ • • • • •

⟨37⟩ sanamanemagānu tirppuduṁ cakripāḷalu (mā)nidu grāmātisyannaṁgaḷa nā taḷidu kādirkki cāḷukya siṁhasa • • • • • tāra sa(le) • • badu • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • •

⟨38⟩ rbbādavanarbbi saloṁdapagaloḷiṟidādinitudi yoḷu goṁkanaṁ (i)ḍa goṁkanṛpa || tava • • • • • 1

⟨39⟩ ne taripaṁ nṛpati • • • • • • • • • • sthānanahirāda vaśōdgānaṁ smaratilanatiga • • • • • • • • • •

⟨40⟩ ru || • dirājadi • nidarī nṛpāḷa • tāke nimaggulaṁ mugula muguḻiṁda nalida tama • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨41⟩ harjja nripēṁdra citracaritavaṁtidaḍu pariyida kā[salūra] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨42⟩ rṇarvvadāharjji mahīpana kāpavahniyiṁ(darudi) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨43⟩ ḍanuṟitā (haḻvida) rāhavadāḷa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨44⟩ rava mada • ṟadū • • • • • • • • • •

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⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • na • ma || v® || ·ān®patige tanayaṁ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yu ba • ga modalaneya (kkaṁ) tarada • hajjanṛpāḷavariseṁba libbaratiśaya sauryya

⟨4⟩ datage • rada • • ·aṁki tāparipālaṁ yanadeneṁbudu • • daṁkavabuda | baḍabāgniyaṁbudu ha(rjjiba)dēva kalikattala bhūpana

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śāleya baratidu janavādibhajanā • • daṁ padineyya rāṇa(taṁma) • • • ṇiṁga dāddacaḍa rāja mahīṁdra • ḷa • da gadu gaṁdaṁ • • tatu [śca]

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sa dinakadu • taḷavakkuvakrigaḷu karaguṁ [gō]viṁdu vaṁda • • kkārtika • bisi • • • bavadaregiḷi (taṁma) viśvakana [kā]ṭṭa pa mahōdayaru hajjamaṁ • • vapu gālu • •

⟨7⟩ • • • (ra) sōpakṣitipa nanibedārbbi • hajjakṣitipaṁ bhuvana pra • • • • • (dā) carasavanipa bihaṁgaḷa tadaneditadranitarpa nicakrakke kaivāvadina • • vavōlu nibhraluṁ pavapuridā •

⟨8⟩ • • • || ladhika virōdhisuvana japukavadida sāyu mudāva • • • • • bu patativina • tāvadi mahābaḷakirtti samsadika dēvadi nijarājanati vacaṇivara • • cadiṟāka prā- ⟨Page 95⟩

⟨9⟩ • • bba māpanoḷu mādapāḷu • neya • • tāta ṁkadoḷaga (mādhava) • • • lāde • • kadana prāṁgaṇadoḷaṁ pādaṁ pe • • • • • • • • • • danya vaggadināta suralōka • • • • • nagaṇa • • 1

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ti gōji vaṇalāni • • • • • ja[ḍa] • • haḷudiyā • • • • • na bhū • • menisida ·amara kīrti sthāna • • • • • yara dāḷa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • timāhita divya • • • di pati • • • • • ti śivālaya manija nāmadi nṛpā || va || ji • viradāda dharmmadoḷana • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (hanaga) • • ḷu najita samasta vādiprabhāva niḷu • • • • • • • • • • • (varti) • ru || ·ā • ḷa • • ga • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gōddūma • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • daḷaśvara • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • na śaramanadaṁ dāḷa bhavara jitā • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • da kavirāja geyyuṁ tāmale || ka || paramapita hajja

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mastaka hālarādi karbi • • dēva • • • • •

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⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • cāḷukya vikrama varṣada 40 neya (manmatha saṁva)tsarada uttarāyaṇa

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mataru 100 ·ātavi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī bhīmēśvara (dēvarge) • • •

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • māyaṇana gadde hadike • • mattaru 100 • • baṁmadē • • • • • • • • • • mūḍalu (haḍapada) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ • • • • • davariṁ paḍuvalu [hāḷi 2] ·ā [kūḍa] yiṁ baḍagalu tō[ṭiṁ] hiriya baḷi • • kāvalu tōṁṭa 1 • • • • • • • • • • gadā biṭṭa • • ya hērige hā 1 • • • • • ·aḍake 10 • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨28⟩ • • ge meḷasu (soṁ)ḍaḷa 1 ·iṁgu modalāgi (tūguva) bhaḍa [kkarhargge] • • • • • 2 ādiyalu • • • • • dalu • • • • • • • • • • ke pūmāle • • • śakti • • hari • • • lakṣigaṁ saṁta • marādi • • •

⟨29⟩ bīga nagaḻtidda jayaṁtanāda (naṁtira kāṁta) padma bhūpatige poḷaladēvige • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • nā duruva bhū bhujā • • • • • • • • • • divākara • • • siṁdha rājēṁdra • dadināvaga kō[ḷma]nana

⟨30⟩ rgvai maṇi vairiyida haraṇa sadamadoṁbu vida gadgaja moppuva ma • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • dīkṣāḷina (jō) • • • • • mādagra tēja nī || bṛṁda bhōga viśuddha satyanavanibhā • • maṁtāgi nalabareṇegīśvara • ni •

⟨31⟩ śubha gādya prabhu sōpayya || • lōttanenaleppu • • da • • • || • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • jāya (po) • nṛpaṁ bhairava || kaḍugali bhairava • tipanāta • bhūpaṁ • • khaḍadi • •

⟨32⟩ • • siḍilu (duraḻda) • mūdareyā • • • • • • • • • • • ṁdā garaṇa raṁga madaccari yā • • yu • • • • • • • • • • karā • biḍḍa haya • • • • •

⟨33⟩ • • ḷatāḍi bappa • ttara pāna • • sūsiṟida • • • • • • • • • • sāra tadu • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 96⟩ • • • • • kalpa bhaṭa (ḷi sūvisa diva kaḍu) loka • yiṟidu geldāraṇaṁ jagaduccagaṁḍana(ṁ) || ka || pemmāḍi nṛpatigamige taṁma

⟨34⟩ • • śiva grahaṁgaḷa māḍisida (bo)mmēśvara ma(bbhō)ra vanoṁ(ve)ṁdalu dammoḷa lēśaṁ ramyanatuḷa • • • • • • • • • • (rājyaṁ) geyyuttamire • • bharaṇaru śiṣyalākuḷa samayyaṁta ratna dīpaka nesadaṁ lōkake vaidikatarka vyāka-

⟨35⟩ (ra)ṇa ga(mu)nidava rēśamunīśa || • • • • • • • • • • parasamayavādi vādīvara gaṁgūrjjita • • ḷanu • • • • • • • • • • nakhiḷa bhuvanādhīśaṁ || tapadādavana ga • panaṁkritā yādavōjagatrayyuka karuṇa • • • • •

⟨36⟩ bhuviṇada vikṣa karṣaṇa vapuvanala vadatēja munīkritkāṁta jagadoḷu || grāma(lō) kābharaṇa prabhuparamārāruṁ jāgratraya śantumēśa cariteṁdunu municaritaṁ nīḍutaṁ tanagennedale śeyedhipati • nna || praśasti || svasti samasta guṇasā-

⟨37⟩ (dha)na vaḍḍu • madārādhyarenisidavarēśvaradēvara kālaṁkarcci śrīmanumahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara bhairavadēvara sa • • • • • hemmēśvara mailāḷēśvara vāḷutaṁmayyana tammabbeya pesaralu tānettisida dharmakke biṭṭa bhūmi hajāvaligeyalu ·u-

⟨38⟩ ·e mūḍalu śrī hoṁmmēśvara dēvargge mattaru 40 ·adakke sīme • kkalu (ā mēreya) barddu haḍavalu gaṁgeviya • ḍḍi baḍagalu neṭṭa kallu mūḍalu haḍiyaṇa raṁjemēre || śrī mailāḷēśvara (mēre)yiṁ baḍagalu mattaru 60 ·a-

⟨39⟩ radakke sīme teṁkalu hoṁmmēśvara [bhūmiya]naṭṭa kalluṁ paḍuvalu sitarigiya • ṭṭa baḍagalu mūliga ga(yi) būdayana reṁjamēre || mattaṁ śrī hajjēśvara dēvarge ·a bhūmiyiṁ baḍagalu mūlina nācarasana sthaḷa mattaru 30 mūli-

⟨40⟩ gara ka • rasana mūligagāya mūvatteraḍaṟa ·aruvaṇasa sābeḍaṁṇaḷa • • • ·āyadvāyaṁ naṁdiya kayyoḷage cavaḍābana maga cāmēyana ·aṁśagoḷagāduttama krayagoṁḍa mattaru 15 banadi mūḍalu naṁdādī-

⟨41⟩ vigeya bōga (kkettuva) mattaru 1(0 ·alliṁ) baḍagalu śrī hoṁmēśvaradēvara nivēdyakke puṇisayya koṭṭa 1 (tāḍa) tōṭa 1 ·aṁtami tumaṁ koṭṭidale mattaṁ śrīkhaṁḍakke ·ā martya drāmukha karaṇaṁgaḷuṁ prajegaḷuṁ reṁjēṟalu koṭṭa gadyā-

⟨42⟩ ṇa 2 haḷḷikhēraḍa • dāśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷu koṭṭa tōṭa 1 • ṟekallalu maijagāvaṁdana madavaḷu khābikājjaṁgāṁvaḍi koṭṭa tōṭa 1 haḍiya hajjarasanamaga vīraheṁmāḍi yarasaṁ sirisigeyalula [koṭṭiya hānoḷa]-

⟨43⟩ ggyaṁ ·agrahāra sirisigeya ·ā śrī heṁmmēśvaradēvara śrīkhaṁḍake biṭṭa ga haṇa 2 śrī heṁmēśvaradēvara brahmapuriya brāhmaṇarge ṟeṁjēṟa (ko)ṭigeya ·eḍavāladalu matta 60 śāsanava bareda bhāskaraṁge matta 5

⟨44⟩ ·anitarkke biṇḍōrake(la)gāravarge yī paḍuvalu maṁgaligegeya ṟeṁjēṟa holavadu baḍagalu haḷḷa mellēralu naṭṭa kallugaḷu mēru || śrī dattāka || sāmānyōyaṁ dharmasētu nṛpāṇaṁ kālē kālē pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ sarbbā[nē*]tān

⟨45⟩ bhāvinaḥ pārtthivēṁdrā bhūyō bhūyō yācatē rāmacaṁdra | bahubhirvvasudhā dattā rājabhissagarādhibhi yasya yasya (ya)dā bhūvi tasya tasya tadā phaḷaṁ || vidyādi viśvatōyaṣuḥ śuḥka kōṭara vāsīna kairṇisa-

⟨46⟩ rppā bhārjayāṁ daṁḍava(śō) gāparharēṇāṁ || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭivarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē [krimiḥ ||] • • • ggatsudā (nā) vanorbbaṁ rakṣisuvaṁge samasta bramavīyaṁ savarṇṇanāma 1

⟨47⟩ (davī) brāhmaṇargge dāna goṭṭa paḷmaḍi danaḷidavaṁge (brā)tuviya brāhmaṇa kṛta pāpanalu • • • • • maṁ vāraṇāsi prayāga (agvyu) tīrttha kurukṣētradalu koṁda dōṣaṁ sārgge || śrī śrī śrī śrī ⟨Page 97⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0072⟩ No. 72. (A.R. No. B. 543 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab set up in the Desai tōṭa.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1115 A.D.

It states that during the reign of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla, his queen Chandaladēvi made several grants viz., a land of 12 mattar extent, a flower garden of 1(0) mattar extent, a house site and an oil mill to the god Kalidēva for the worship, for the priest and for burning of perpetual lamp. It mentions Mānuve and god Dhōrapēśvara also.

It is dated in Chāḷukya Vikrama year 40. Manmatha, Pushya, śu. 1 Vaḍḍavara, uttarāyaṇa sankrānti. It corresponds to 1115 A.D., December 18. But, there was no sankrānti on that day. uttarāyaṇa sankrānti occured on December 25, Saturday and the tithi was śu. 7 [f.d.t. 43]. Probably this is the actual date of the record.

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⟨1⟩ [sva]sti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja pa(ra)-

⟨2⟩ mēśvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷu-

⟨3⟩ kyābharaṇaṁ śrīmatribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājya muttarōttarā-

⟨4⟩ bhivṛddhi pravardhamāna mācandrārkka tāraṁ saluttamire śrī svastyānavarata parama ka-

⟨5⟩ lyāṇābhyudaya sahasraphaḷabhōga bhāgini dvitīyalakṣmī samāne

⟨6⟩ kaḷa haṁsayāne śrī ś®tā[gā]ra vidyādhara sakaḷakaḷādhari kastūrikāmōde [dāna vi]-

⟨7⟩ nōde śrīmatribhuvanamalla viśāḷa vakṣasthaḷa nivāsiniyarappa śrī[mat]

⟨8⟩ caṁdaladēviyaru śrīmaccāḷukya vikrama varṣada 40 neya manmatha saṁvatsa(rada)

⟨9⟩ puṣyaśuddha 1 vaḍḍavāradaṁduttarāyaṇa saṁkrāntiya parvanimitta[vāgi]

⟨10⟩ • • • śrīmat kalidēvara naivēdyavaṁgabhōgakkaṁ khaṇdasphuṭita jīrṇnōddhāra-

⟨11⟩ kkaṁ mānuveya baṭṭeyiṁ baḍaga deseya dhōrapēśvara dēvara • • •

⟨12⟩ • • ḍaga sarvvabādhā parihāravāgi biṭṭa kariya nela mmattar 12 hūvina tōṁṭaṁ

⟨13⟩ mattar 1 • naṁdādīvigege gāṇa 1 pūjārige • • • nivartana 1 (śrī) [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0073⟩ No. 73. (A.R. No. B. 517 of 1961-62.) PĒṬHŚIRŪR, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the ruined Mallikārjuna temple outside the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1117 A.D.

The record mentions the rule of king Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla from the capital Jayantīpura. The record is badly damaged. It states that Rebbanayya-daṇḍanāyaka of Śrīpura built the temple of Rebbēśvara and endowed lands, a flower garden, three oil mills etc., for worship, repairs, burning a perpetual lamp in the temple and for feeding students studying in the maṭha. The endowments were made over to Sadyōjāta Panditadēva, the āchārya of Nūrēśvara (temple) of Bamukūru. The endowments were made in the presence of Nāyaka Kāḷidasa, Manneya gouḍa, Ambirāyarasa • • • • • sāhaṇi, Jingaḷada-arasa, his son Permādiyarasa, other officers and samasta prajes.

It is dated Chālukya Vikrama year 41, Hēviḷambi, Vaiśākha, Amāvāsya, Sunday, Solar eclipse. It probably corresponds to 1117 A.D., May 3 [Thursday]. There was no eclipse on that day. If the cyclic year is a mistake for Vilambi then the given tithi regularly corresponds to 1118 A.D., May 22, Wednesday [not Sunday]. Solar eclipse occured on that day. Perhaps this may be the ⟨Page 98⟩ intended date.

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⟨1⟩ © ·ōṁ nama śivāya | namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdracāvara cāravē trailō-

⟨2⟩ kya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē | svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabhaṁ

⟨3⟩ mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kuḷatiḷaka caḷukyā bha-

⟨4⟩ raṇa śrī mattribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamāna mā-

⟨5⟩ caṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire jayaṁtipura (nelevīḍinoḷu) • • • • • (gaḷiṁdaṁ)rā-

⟨6⟩ jyaṁgeyyuttamire • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • samasta rājya bhāramaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kāḷidāsa

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇanā (saṁka) •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sidegāśrita janakka • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (vacō) praḷaya • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • rēdyarakṣati paṁ • • sa

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • svasti śrīmaccāḷu-

⟨15⟩ kya vikrama varṣada 41 neya hēviḷaṁbi saṁvatsarada vaiśākhadamāvāsye ·āditya-

⟨16⟩ vāradaṁdu sūryyagrahaṇa (nimitta) • • • • • mahādānaṁgaḷiṁ nirvvartisi

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (ba) varasaṁ • • • • • śrī matyūvarājaṁ • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pra(dā)naṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ • • nāyaka kāḷidāsa • • • • • • • • • • kopaṇāpuravarā-

⟨20⟩ dhīśvara • • • • • • • • • • (tāti) maṁneya gauḍati śrī-

⟨21⟩ matu (tāmaṁbirāya)rasaru kattamarasaru • • • • • sāhaṇi jiṁgeḷada

⟨22⟩ [a]rasanuṁ ·avara maga pemmāḍiyarasaruṁ ·avara perggaḍe pramukha • • •

⟨23⟩ ṇa • ga(da) mūligaḷu paṁcamaṭa • • • • • | samasta prajegaḷuṁ ·attavare-

⟨24⟩ llamirddu śrī puradārebbaṇayya daṁḍanāyaka māḍisida rebbēśvara dēvaraṁ || svasti

⟨25⟩ yama niyama svādhyāya dhyānadāraṇa maunānuṣṭhāna japasamādhiśīḷa gu-

⟨26⟩ ṇa saṁpannarappa śrīmatu bamukūra nūrēśvaradācāryya sadyōjāta paṁḍitadē-

⟨27⟩ vara kālaṁ karcci dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍidēvaraṁgabhōgakkaṁ pātrappāvuḷavarggakkaṁ

⟨28⟩ • pākana varggakkaṁ maṭhadanōduva vidyārthi māṇigaḷāhāra dānakkaṁ caitra pavi-

⟨29⟩ trakkaṁ khaṁḍasphuṭita jīrṇnōddhārakkaṁ biṭṭa bhūmi paḍuvalu beṁḍanūrva baṭṭi baḍakalu

⟨30⟩ beṁḍanūra sīme re(bba) kaṇṭayahaḷḷa mūḍalu naṭṭa sāsana mōreyāgi

⟨31⟩ maṁneya voḷaladalu biṭṭa kōlamattaru nālvatu viṭṭa (pala)ṁkakāḷaṁ mattaru 45 matta(ṁ)

⟨32⟩ • ri mūḍalu naṭṭa sāsanaṁ mēreyāgi pūdōṁṭa 1 ·alliṁ baḍagalu paḷavaya ga-

⟨33⟩ ḍiya matta ·eraḍu dēvara puravarggakkaṁ brahmapuriya brāhmaṇarggaṁ biṭṭa kēriyo(ḷa)

⟨34⟩ • dēvara naṁdā dīvigege biṭṭa gāṇaṁ mūṟu ·eleyaḍake poṟagaḷa veccakkaṁ jalamaṁṭapa

⟨35⟩ rgge | svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harētu vasuṁdharā śaṣṭivarṣa sahasrāṇi mi(ṁ)ṣṭā

⟨36⟩ yāṁ jāyatē krimi || sāmānyōyaṁ dharmasētu nrupāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālani-

⟨37⟩ yo bhavadbhiḥ sarvvānētāṁ bāvinaḥ pārtthivēṁdrānu bhūyō bhūyō yācatērā-

⟨38⟩ macaṁdra || bahubhirvvasudādattāṁ rājabhissagadārabhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhū-

⟨39⟩ mi tasya tasya tadā phaḷa || nayadēva vāmunu(ṭṭu) rakṣisidavaṁ gāyaṁ mahāśrīṁ gā-

⟨40⟩ ma kupudaṁ kāyeḷakāyva pāḍigakuṁ marpātrānva dāḷvaraṁtāgi • māḷekōṭiya

⟨41⟩ (niṁkṣa)raṁ kapileya vēdāpura koḷudā(pi)ya prasūdda pujaṁ pusūṟida pudiṭṭa dā(kṣā)-

⟨42⟩ raṁ dhātriyōdaḷa dūrādayarakkaṇeṇārade hārōḷāya varggaḷarkke(ṁvīra)yara ⟨Page 99⟩

⟨43⟩ • tāvaḷidadami darmamaṇa kanive tōra parkkagaḷagaḷi vindagapu śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0074⟩ No. 74. (A.R. No. B. 783 of 1962-63.) GULBARGA, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the Municipal garden.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1117 A.D.

It belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva ruling from Jayantīpura. It records that mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Hemmādi[yarasa] made a grant of 40 mattar land along with four others [named] of Kadagaṅchi to the god Mallikārjuna, installed by Govindajīya at Kadaganchi. The grant was made for the worship and offerings to the god. The record is incomplete since the bottom portion of the slab is broken and lost.

It is dated in the Chalukya Vikrama year 42, Hēmaḷambi, Pushya, śu. 8, Monday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1117 A.D., December 3, Monday. There was no saṁkrānti on that day.

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⟨1⟩ namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarā-

⟨2⟩ raṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē || svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya

⟨3⟩ śrī prithvīvallabhaṁ mahārājādhirāja paramēśvaraṁ parama

⟨4⟩ bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīma-

⟨5⟩ tribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi prava-

⟨6⟩ rddhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ saluta • • jayantīpurada nelevīḍi-

⟨7⟩ noḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājya(ṁ)geyyuttami[rdu] tatpāda

⟨8⟩ padmōpajīvi samadhigata paṁca mahāsabda mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara vīra

⟨9⟩ māhēśvaraṁ nijakīrtti mandākini pavitrīkṛtadi gaṁganāyakhaṁ catu-

⟨10⟩ raṁgabaḷa samaraṣaṇmukhaṁ dīnanāthāśrita śiṣṭajanakanaka va-

⟨11⟩ rṣa sujanajana cittāpahāra [na]vadharimada nivāraṇa • kana gandhavāraṇa

⟨12⟩ nija kuḷakamaḷa mo[tta śvidalasi]va maṇḍaḷikara gaṇḍa śrīmattibhu-

⟨13⟩ vanamalladēva pādārādhaka parabaḷasādhakaṁ samādhi samasta pra-

⟨14⟩ sasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara hemmāḍi[ya]rasa • • • • •

⟨15⟩ ḻkeya kaḍagaṁciya gōvindajīyara śrīmallikārjunadēvara • • • • •

⟨16⟩ nivēdyakkavenu śrī macāḷukya vikrama varṣada 42 neya hēmaḷaṁbi sa-

⟨17⟩ vatsarada puśya suddha 8 sōmavāradandu ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti vya-

⟨18⟩ tīpāta nimittaṁ kaḍagaṁciya kāḷimarasanuṁ mallarasanuṁ

⟨19⟩ padmarasanuṁ sāvaṇadeyana magaṁ biṁbarasanuṁ minti nālvaruṁ (bi)ṭṭa

⟨20⟩ • • • • • kadagaṁciya mūḍaṇa ·asaganūra baṭṭeyiṁ teṁka •

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kālaḍiya mattarāṟu ·aṁkada 40 mattaṟu

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [ka]riṁ ·intī dharmmamaṁ pratipā[ḷi]

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • puṇya sva • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0075⟩ No. 75. (A.R. No. B. 576 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab near the temple known as Nelaguḍi.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] ⟨Page 100⟩ 1119 A.D.

It states that when Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla was ruling from the capital Jayantīpura, the mahājanas of agrahāra Rūḍhi made a grant of land for the benefit of the temple of Vāsudēva built by Madhuvapayya alias Madhusūdhana-daṇḍanāyaka whose genealogy is given. Of the lands granted, one was purchased by them from Chandikabbe, the wife of Chandraśēkhara-bhaṭṭa.

It also records grants of income from levies on articles such as pepper, ginger, suger, Jaggery etc., to the same deity by the nānādēśi and other bodies of agrahāra Rūḍi. The administrative division Karaḍikal-300 is mentioned here. The record is damaged. The top portion is broken, hence, a few lines in the beginning are lost.

It is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 43 • • • • • • • • • • Phālguṇa, Pūrṇima, Thursday. It probably corresponds to 1119 A.D., February 27, Thursday, [Śaka 1040, Vilambi].

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⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dvijanmārādhya-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kāśyapa gōtrana • • • ya-

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • navadya śritiyiṁ prabhutva guṇadiṁ satpōkti-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • manucāritra vivēkadiṁ vibhavadiṁ sāmrājyadiṁ sāmartthyadiṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ḷatva(da) śarahāṁsakaṟa gōtra vāranāgirddu māntanadiṁ dhātrige vāsu-

⟨6⟩ • • • • • karnnāṭa vaṁśōdbhavaṁ || (śā)rimahīsaṁbhavaṁ vāgmitege [pūṇdarade ?] sa •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • mauktikahāra kāramene baravaballe vicārisuvaḍe vāsudēva (agoḷunā)

⟨8⟩ • • • • • yyuguṁ ·avaroḷu sauṁdaryya mārggaṁ negaḻveḍedoṟenāḷkaṁ paṇaṁ nāḍu nibba-

⟨9⟩ • • • • • yoḷu mukuṁda riṣyāśramavenaladaṟoḷū nāgadēvaṁ vasiddha pra-

⟨10⟩ • • • • • diṁ tadvibhaṁgavolaviniṁ sāviyakkaṁgavakṣyatsavadindaṁ sāviyakkaṁ

⟨11⟩ • • • • • dadiṁ vāsudēvaṁ kritārtthaṁ || ·ādaṁpatigaḷegoppa putraresada

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī madhusūdhanaṁdharege sandā mū[ṣi]yakkaṁ dharitri dēvōtta-

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (ri dēvi bhū)dvaṁdyegaṁ [gāda]vistute lakṣmīdēviyenisirdda khyāta

⟨14⟩ • • • • • vipuḷa śrī stanakuṁkumāṁkita viśīḷōra sthaḷaṁ bhāratōlalane-

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • darppaṇa • • yaśōvalli pratāśāṁgaḷva prasabhā • • • • • dātta mārgganene peṁpa

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kāśyapagōtraṁ madhusūdhanaṁ parahita vyāpāra pārāyaṇaṁ ||

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tere • • yaṁ karaḍikalmūnuṟaṟoḷu mikku bannigoḷaṁ raṁjipudalli mā-

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • daṁ bharadhvāja gōtra guṇaṁtatsati jakkaṇabbeya • • ®piṁ puṭṭiya[kkaṁ] ma-

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vege kāntaṁ madhusūdhana prabhuvenalu peṁpaṁ mahībhāgadoḷu ||

⟨20⟩ • • • • • puṁṇya śakti manujākritiyaṁgeḍegoṁḍu pūṇvu puṭṭuvavolu dārimā-

⟨21⟩ carasa[nā] tanaḷāsuta vāsudēvanoppuva guṇa sāviyakkananavadyavacōṁbudhi

⟨22⟩ padmanābhaneṁbivara tanūjarāge madhusūdhananēṁkrita krityanādanō ||

⟨23⟩ © svasti samasta bhuvanāśrayaṁ śrīpṛthvīvallabhaṁ mahārājādhirājaṁ paramēśvaraṁ

⟨24⟩ paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmattibhu-

⟨25⟩ vanamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārkka

⟨26⟩ tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire jayantipurada nelevīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōda

⟨27⟩ diṁ rājyaṁ geyyuttamire || svasti śrīmacaḷukya vikramavarṣada 43 ne • • • • •

⟨28⟩ • • saṁvatsarada phālguṇa puṇname brahaspati vāradaṁdu śrī • • • • •

⟨29⟩ [rvva] namasyādagrahāraṁ rūḍhiya ·aśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷu madhuvasa • • • • •

⟨30⟩ yakaṁ māḍisida śrī vāsudēvarige gollageṟeyoḷagappeya kṣaṇaṁtiyara bā • • • • •

⟨31⟩ • • • • • biṭṭa gadde kamma 200 ·alliṁ paḍuvalu hūvina tōṁṭake biṭṭa kamma 200 ·ādē • • • ⟨Page 101⟩

⟨32⟩ [dī]vigege koṭṭa(gā) • yilevoṁ (1) rūḍiya hadinālvarūroḍeyaru madhuvaparu • • •

⟨33⟩ • (ru) māḍisida śrīvāsudēvarige tamma prathama sthaḷa gaddeyoḷage biṭṭa kaṁ • • •

⟨34⟩ samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahānāḍugaḷa nānādēśiyūmaṁ • • • • •

⟨35⟩ • • • • • (ḷa) mukhyavāgi rūḍhiyaluṁ madhuvapayyanāyakaru māḍisida śrī • • • • •

⟨36⟩ naivēdyakkaṁ naṁdādīvigegaṁ caitra pavitrakkaṁ koṭṭāyaveṁteṁdare samasta • • • • •

⟨37⟩ • • • • • meḷasu suṁṭhi hippali sakhkhare bella ·arisinavalla sāsave jīrage • • • • •

⟨38⟩ • • • • • daṁgaḷella • • • luṁ hoṁge koṭṭalliyaretīsa koṁḍalli • • • • •

⟨39⟩ ṭṭaru hēṟinge ·ele 100 hottaḷa • • [kra]tumaṁ koṭṭaru || śrī matsarvvana • • • • •

⟨40⟩ hāraṁ rūḍiyalu madhuvapayya nāyakaru tāvu māḍisida śrī vāsudēva • • • • •

⟨41⟩ draśēkharabhaṭṭara madavaḷige caradikabbeya kayyalu krayaṁgoṁḍā hāga vri • • • • •

⟨42⟩ sahitavādēvara pūjārigaṁ nivēdya raṁgabhōgakkavāgi dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi bi || • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0076⟩ No. 76. (A.R. No. B. 512 of 1961-62.) GŌṬŪR, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the compound of the Goṭēśvara temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1122 A.D.

This damaged record contains a genealogical account of the Chālukya family and refers to the reign of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla who is stated to have been ruling from the capital Jayantipura. It registers a grant of land and a garden for the worship of god Iśvara by manneya Bibbarasa and the prajes. Sōmēśvarajīya, the priest of the temple was also given 20 mattar land by the donors.

The record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 46, Plava, Phālguṇa, amāvāsya, Friday, solar eclipse. It corresponds to 1122 A.D., March 10, Friday. Solar eclipse occured on that day.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī ga[ṇādhipata]yē (namaḥ) || ·ōṁ namaḥ śivāya || namastuṁga śiraḥ

⟨2⟩ ścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē traiḷōkya nagarāraṁbha mūḷastaṁbhāya

⟨3⟩ śaṁbhavē || śrīmatu • • • • • ma • nayana vallabhana • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (napadā) dādya yuga(ḷa)ṁ • na • ṁdra caṁdrama

⟨5⟩ • • • • • rāja rā(ja)caḷalāmabaḷavāsuvadantādanta sa • • ḷa

⟨6⟩ • • • varṇnanivasu ·āvaṁ paḥ rakṣisuge jagaṁgaḷa || ·enisida kairaḷada •

⟨7⟩ • • • (ni)nupama guṇa namana kīrtti lakṣmīkāṁtaṁ vinamada rāja samū •

⟨8⟩ • • • śauryyaṁ viṣṇumūrti tailapanāḻda || narapati tailapāta • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nāta nātmajaṁ kariripu vikramaṁ • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • bhāsuratara kirttisiṁghanripanā • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • mahīdaravara mūrtti viśvabhuvanastuta • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • cāḷukya kuḷā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • sāma • • • • • [dēva kaṁnnolakāra] • • ridā mūlāta nelerppa • • • • •

⟨14⟩ (suvatakari) sakaḷa dhātriyaṁ • • yene vikhyādi bhuvanaṁ • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • (bridu) kuḷiśa vanipatāṁ • • • ḷappa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • muṁ catāṟipu māgava • • • dhiyoḷu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vaḷanaṁ (pā)ṁda saṁddha śāramupā • • nādana •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • nudi samasta dharitriyaṁ ciraṁ pāḷi • • • • •

⟨19⟩ • • vikrama vikrama bhūmipāḷakaṁ || jaḷanidhi parivrita • • • ⟨Page 102⟩

⟨20⟩ (rata) maṁbhujabaḷadināḻdu ripunāyaka sāṁdaḷeyaṁ mū • ṭṭi nadā

⟨21⟩ • • • • • viṣṇumūrtti permmāḍinripa || ·ā • • • • •

⟨22⟩ • bhūcakrajaḷa • mannedaḍi sāsiradā • lōcaradane (sehitaṁ) • • • • •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ttatuvāsura sūrarpparakīrttida • danteṇaṁndu

⟨24⟩ • • • suttira • • • nadiditta • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || • • • • • • • • • • gāmma nene(pe)mmaṁ • ṁṇdaparu

⟨26⟩ • • • • • sitaṁge mu • • • yada kaṁdavi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ • • • • • • • • • • navaṁ goṁka vicāḷaṟeṁ • kalikuladā • • • • •

⟨28⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kantu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨29⟩ gravanaṁdadoḷu karipukṛtānaṁ kaṟirāja poṁ • mālaga

⟨30⟩ • • • • • nesiṁga • • • (nātaṁ) viśrāṁta vijayavaśēṣa śāstra (ma) •

⟨31⟩ • • • • • kaṁndadaḷavikanu gō(paṁkṛṁntegana) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨32⟩ • • ·ā raṁgōjāta • nādaṁ • • • • • • • • • • śāstrāpā-

⟨33⟩ • rane lōpakṛ(tada) bageṁ • • • jaga (hanneraḍu varuṣa) • • • • •

⟨34⟩ • • • • • to grāma kaṭidaśīkanṭa (nabage) • ·ārājanātana •

⟨35⟩ bhū • • • • • seṭi (ka)neta niṁdāda • • • • • • • • • • ||

⟨36⟩ • • • tigata saṁbhava nāthaṁ kāpu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨37⟩ ·ādu tane • • • • • • • • • • ṇani • • • • • || (kīrttiga)

⟨38⟩ rājē(ṁdraja) samanudina (prabhutē)ja kīrtteṭṭadda kēśva bhūpāḷa • •

⟨39⟩ • rājaṁ (kahnara) • • magarājaṁ (karada) neṁdadda saṁka • •

⟨40⟩ parājaṁ || purōpa nidhānaṁ (marubhūmitāni) • • • • • maḷaśrīkīrtti •

⟨41⟩ • • • • • • • • • • raṁ (śrī rakṣa śēkara) baragaṁci sūrapuradā maṇḍa • •

⟨42⟩ • • dada gamane • • • mā • da kaṇbāṇa(liṁdū) • • • svādaduṁ paṇna

⟨43⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yaṁdariṁ • • nādāḍiga • pūja • •

⟨44⟩ • • • • • de haradeni śrī kūṭavaṁ māḍipanaṁ dadhikṣī • •

⟨45⟩ kanaṁ • • • • • • • • • • (aśēṣalakṣa) nirupa sūraparājanavanige sa-

⟨46⟩ rasvatige sirigaruṁdhati geṇeyeṁdene[taṁ] baṇṇisu[rttita] sajjana • •

⟨47⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || ·avargge taneyaṁbudha suttana vani •

⟨48⟩ taḷaviśada kirtti nārāyaṇanu[tsa]vadiṁ puṭṭidanāśrita jīvi sukṛtaṁ negaḻda

⟨49⟩ (nripa) vaṁśalalāma || • • • • • maṁṇḍa • • • tāṁde (gārāvā) sukṟu-

⟨50⟩ • • • yaṁdu baṇṇida(ḷā) • • • yaṁ gabhīrateyoḷāhava • triyaṁ-

⟨51⟩ ba • • • • • siṁ • • • • • yoḷiṁdranaṁ vibhuvajōtmanu(ma)ppa

⟨52⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (dhamma) caḷadaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ saṁtata || •

⟨53⟩ ṟi śrī kū • caṁdra • • • • • • • • • • guṇiyenipa nārāyaṇa sū-

⟨54⟩ rapa (jaṁ) • • • • • neṟeya • • (luṁ) māgavoṁdaṁ munnadāḷava nālku

⟨55⟩ tū(gu)gaḷā || (pālisida) nārāyaṇa • genisi • hadali • • • • •

⟨56⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dhāreyaṁ • • • • • vaṁ pājaḷaṁgada vaṇṇipudo ||

⟨57⟩ • • • nārāyaṇana (sadādina paryyaṁtra) gāyakaṁ kecaṁṇanaṁ (gōnidhigaṁ) •

⟨58⟩ rana nijada mānavanidhi viddā naṁdadē vaṇṇipudo || nārāyaṇa [bammajadā]

⟨59⟩ nārāyaṇa(namūrtti yā)diṣapādaṁ sūryyaṁ • • • • • ṁ bammaṁ

⟨60⟩ sōma • • • • • [kēḷvarkke] jaḍaṁntirppa • • • • • [kōca] • •

⟨61⟩ • • • • • • • • • • darā(śrī) yeṁbudanene sūrapasvā[mi]

⟨62⟩ • • • • • • • • • • da lītage taṁmaṁ negaḻda nārāyaṇa • • •

⟨63⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mūdara naimāra [dē]śvara vaneṁbina • ḍidari • • • • •

⟨64⟩ • || svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya pṛthvīvallabha mahā[rājādhirāja]-

⟨65⟩ rāja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya ka[ḷatiḷakaṁ]

⟨66⟩ cāḷukyābharaṇa śrīmatribhuvanamalladēvara vijeyarā[jyamutta]- ⟨Page 103⟩

⟨67⟩ rōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ[baraṁ salu]-

⟨68⟩ tta jayantīsurada nelevīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ-

⟨69⟩ geyyuttamire śrī maccāḷukya vikrama varṣa 46 neya plavasaṁvatsa-

⟨70⟩ rada pālguṇa • ·amāvāsya sukravāra sūryyagra-

⟨71⟩ haṇada(li) [ī]śvaradēva pūje punaskārakke manneya bibbarasa [modalāgi]

⟨72⟩ samasta prajegaḷu kūḍi biṭṭa dēvara teṁkaṇa tōṁṭa matta 1 • • •

⟨73⟩ ya biṭṭaṁ kāṁtara kūhilāre muddadatta • (41) • paḍuvaṇa [ke]yi

⟨74⟩ matta[ru] 40 • ḷage dēvaraṁgabhōgakke mattaru 20 ·alliya pūjā-

⟨75⟩ ri sōmēśvara jīyargge matta 20 • • teṁkaṇa kēriya manekeyi 10 • •

⟨76⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mūrti viśva bhuvana sutta • • •

⟨77⟩ • • • • • bhōga ·ella [ṭhāvu]ppajisuvada poje saluvadu tamma • •

⟨78⟩ ke (mattaru) • • vattayeṁdu keyimameṁnuṁ muttarōtta[ra] yeradu salla(ṭṭu)

⟨79⟩ • svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭi

⟨80⟩ rvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0077⟩ No. 77. (A.R. No. B. 526 of 1961-62.) SYED-CHINCHŌḶI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup infront of the Hanumān Temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1122 A.D.

This highly damaged inscription contains two records belonging to two different periods and dynasties viz., 1122 A.D. of Chālukya and 1173 A.D. of Kalachūri dynasties respectively.

The first one refers to the reign of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla from the capital Kalyāṇa. The beginning portion seems to contain the genealogical account of the Chālukya family and that of mahāmaṇḍḷēśvara Goṁkarasa. It then refers to the construction of a trikūṭa temple Barma-dēhara, consecration of the god (name lost) there in and to very rich land grants, oil mills and income from certain taxes for the worship and offerings to gods, burning of lamps and for maintenance and repairs of the (newly constructed) temple and that of Kēśavadēva by mahamaṇḍalēśvara Goṁkarasa, daṇḍnāyaka Nāra(sim)hayya and others. God Bhōgēśvara finds mention in the grant portion. There is a reference to Goṅkarasara nūrippat-taruvattara baḷi. It is the same as Goṅka 120+60[180] administrative division.

The record is dated in the Chālukya Vikrams year 46, Śubhakṛit, Chaitra, amāvāsya, Monday. It corresponds to 1122 A.D., April 8, (Saturday). [Śaka year was 1044].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē || traiḷōkya nagarāraṁbha mūla staṁbhāya śaṁbhuvē || śrīmadu bāḷa • duṁ lēkhāvaḷaya vidasitōttuṁga (bhō)-

⟨2⟩ lladabhirāmaṁ bavyōmātārādi caṁdrānirasavilladharātnāṁga prabhāsaṁpada • • grāmā vaṣṭaṁca pṛtukrī puravarē-

⟨3⟩ • • • • • jatā viḷāpa prēraka śrī caṁdra • • • • • • • • • • ḷa(līlā) • • • • • • • • • • ḷu bhūvaḷaya • vya vakhiḷa kathā vēnammanasa bāḷa virasa vri-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ nāti nādada śōka ne • ḷu yiddidaṁ vigāśraya • • • madō(du) lavaniyatra • • • • • nibratakada • • • • • daṁ kūlalāḷa pra • lalā mala(ṁ) • • •

⟨6⟩ ka(rda)nvira dāḍude ḷā(ge) cāḷukya kuḷa || • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 104⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ naya satyāśrayanū • • • ḷamānā jīyātya • • • • • • • • • • vāla kumudāḷi śu(vi) • • • • • • (mā)ḍi kīrtti • • • yanū • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ (spūrti)gaḷāḷu || jaya • • • • • • • • • • caḷukya • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • jayasiṁha • • • • • • • • • • mēśvara[da]dēva • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ (ḷi)goṁḍu • pareya (lu) cāḷukya narēśvara • • • • • • • • • • || ghana • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ pāḷaya(śa)ṁga • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • || ·ā jayasiṁha nripāḷa tanūjaṁ cāḷukya • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ ya niḷjuṟe suḷdu cōḷaniṁ koṁḍu ka • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ bhaṁ ripu prajāḷanājīyādādūva pāla vallabha • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ mmādi (nri) sa • • • • • • • • • • (vritaḷana tāraṁ teva daṁ) • daśa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ di rājanaṁ • • • • • • • • • • cakravarti • • • • • • • • • • ·ā nripatiya • • • • • jjanā • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ goṁkanripa nalviṁ dēvaḍaṁge || ·ī nripana vaṁśāvatāraveṁtene || • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ ḷa kirvvaṁka goṁka bhūpa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ ·ātanā putraṁ • • • • • dāta • • • • • • • • • • || goṁkanripa • • • • • jaṁ • • • • • gonkanripāḷa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ hā pradhānaṁ • • • • • • • • • • caṁdraṁ caṁdra || • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21-22⟩ completely damaged

⟨23⟩ ḷu mādudoṁdu sanmāna guṇaṁ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ śōjābhu kabbegaṁ suputra • niṁ • • dabbā • • • • • yāṁ [bhūṟuha] • • • • • • • • • • jana • ṁ śrī • • pāryyaṁ janani • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ taṁtaṁnagrajage bāvatagananujagenutsāhaṁ • mallidēvaṁ • • • • • • • • • • ṇḍa bā • • naṁ goṁka • • • taniya (dhva) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ caṁdira • • • • • || • • || • • ḷara(sa) vīra • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ patitōdati bhōgada • • • • • • • • • • dūḷu (rtipra) • • • • • • • • • • śa ®ta • ra (vidyādhara) • • • • • koṁbudu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨28⟩ dāḷa • • • • • • • • • • (khri)ta • • • • • • • • • • ḷugra vīra • • • • • • • • • • deni(dū • • gaḷvādārapiṁdayi) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨29⟩ (hāgda) naṁ karaṁ (hara) nana • • • sūḷu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨30⟩ (ḍinu) yaśakīrttilakṣmī • • • dēvi • • • lakṣmiyanupā(rtthi)si • • • • • • • • • • yāśanū(sō) bara caradikā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨31⟩ • tāya • śāgaṟe • ruvātadiṁ ho[dde]ya lakṣmī • • • • • • • • • • tāspada ⟨Page 105⟩ (atiḷdane) bhū • • • dira • (nāte) gaḍiṁ baḷani • • • • • • • • • •

⟨32⟩ • dida ra(ṇa)pare baṁḍi • • • • • • • • • • • • nirmmisidana rakṣitārttha • • • • •

⟨33⟩ dharegeseva • • • • • • • • • • prabhu • • • • • • • • • • (cama) pratiṣṭheyaṁ māḍidoḷu matākuravaṁśōdbhava • • sala • • • • • • • • • •

⟨34⟩ ḷanutara (tā)neṟesidana (barmma)dēhāraṁ ba • • • • • trikūṭaṁ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨35⟩ māḍi[dana] • • trikū • • • • • (śrī svasti samasta) bhuvanāśrayaṁ śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājadhirāja paramēśvaraṁ parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyā-

⟨36⟩ bharaṇaṁ śrīmatu vikrama cakravarti tribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamānamācaṁdrārkatāraṁbaraṁ salluttamire kalyāṇapuradā nele(vīḍi)

⟨37⟩ noḷu sukhasaṁkathā vi(nōdadiṁ rājyaṁ)geyvuttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi samadhigata paṁcamahāśabda mahāsāmasta vijayalakṣmī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨38⟩ ṟēvaṁtana jātakritāṁ(tha) nāmādi sarasapra • • sahita • • • nmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara • goṁkarasara nūṟippattaṟuvattaṟa baḷiya • • • • • • • • • • śrīkē

⟨39⟩ śavadēvarige • śrīkarahabva(dali) • • śrīmaccāḷukya cakravarti tribhuvanamalladēvavaṟiśada 46 neya subhakritu saṁvatsarada caitra ·amāvāse (sōmavāra) sūryagra-

⟨40⟩ haṇa vyatīpāta puśyanakṣatra dakṣiṇāyanaṁ • • • dalū (pādamaṁgaḷa) śrī manmahā pradhānaṁ (bivināyya) daṁḍanāyakaruṁ śrī manumahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ kaṟiṁkaseya gōn-

⟨41⟩ karasaruṁ śrīmatu(vi) • (ci)vaḷḷiya prabhu nāra(si)yyadēva daṇāyakaru taṁmoḷēkastarāgi • • dēvara pūje nivēdyakkaṁ (ci)tra chētraṁ dēvaraṁgabhōga raṁga bhōga (kkū) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨42⟩ natiṁṣatra(ka)dalu gāṇa khaṁḍika sāsirada • • • • • jīrṇnō(ddhārakaṁ) • • • • • • • • • • (mūḍalu) • • • • • • • • • • bhōgēśvara dēvara kārya teṁkalu

⟨43⟩ (gaṁji) • • • ḍada sīmeyiṁ paḍuvalu (teṁka) kuṁḍāḷipakalalage hāḷa[ha]da sīmeyiṁ paḍuvalu kāla • ya • ttapa • • • • • • • • • • re yiṁ mūḍalu bhōgēśvaradēvara tōṁṭiṁ baḍaga

⟨44⟩ lu saṭṭi kāladiya (kka) teru • • • • • mūḍalu bhōgēśvaradēvara tōṭadiṁ teṁkalu tōṭa kālaḍiya(ri)tta • • • dēvariṁ paḍuvalu • • • • • • • • • • pura(daṁ) • • • • •

⟨45⟩ teṁkalu maṭhadi • • • kaṇa parisūgryada gōḷayādiṁ paḍuvalu nāḍu (vāṇadiṁ)baḍagalu bāvi mūḍalu bā • • • • • na(ndā)purake catussīme ·āpuradiṁ teṁkalu • • • • •

⟨46⟩ • • hariya nivēśana 10 ·ā nivēśanangaḷaliha brāhmaṇarā dhōtra vastrakaṁ biṭṭa • • • • • • • • • • yadāriyiṁ mūḍalu harinahāḍadiṁ baḍagalu kāla(ti)ya • • •

⟨47⟩ • • • ṁ dēvara puradalu • (sthaḷa) vrittiyaluṁ harikāya (sahita) sarvasvāyadāya vellaṁ dēvage naḍemāḍuva pūjege nāḍarasaṁgaḷuṁ sōda(ra) ku(ṭṭāru) • •

⟨48⟩ repa gaḍḍagaḷu • • • veddake 200 mattaru biṭṭaru ·ā yaśōrbbhadāṁ ·ā bhāṟavettākaluṁ haṁ • koṭṭamāna • koṁḍavamāna • ṟatikkade dēvamānavaṁ biṭṭakalu • • • • •

⟨49⟩ ge vāḍa saragu nilayā ppūvamāṟida • • • ṁge(goṭṭa) • • • • • kāṁḍagirige • biṭṭaru dēvage vīḷaya(ke) hare(śa)vaṇigaru hēriṁge • • • • • biṭṭaru śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0078⟩ No. 78. (A.R. No. B. 572 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Pillar in the Īśvara temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI]. 1122 A.D. ⟨Page 106⟩

It records a grant of land at agrahāra Rūḍi for worship and offerings to god Niṁbaṇēśvara by daṇḍanāyaka Nimbaṇayya, after purchasing the land from Chandraśēkhara-bhaṭṭa, to whom it was originally sold by the donor.

It is dated is Chālukya Vikrama year 47, Śubhakrit, Pushya, ba. 10. Monday, uttarāyaṇasaṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1122 A.D., December 25, Monday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī maccāḷukya vikrama varṣada

⟨2⟩ 47 neya śubhakṛt saṁvatsarada puṣya ba 10

⟨3⟩ sōmavāra ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrāntiyaṁdu niṁbaṇa

⟨4⟩ yya daṇḍanāyakar niṁbaṇēśvara dēvargge pūjegaṁ

⟨5⟩ nivēdyakkaṁ naṁdādīvigegavāgi śrīmatsarvvana-

⟨6⟩ maśyadagrahāraṁ rūḍiyalu tā(ṁ)vu munna caṁ-

⟨7⟩ draśēkhara bhaṭṭarige krayavāgi koṭṭarddhavṛ-

⟨8⟩ ttiyanu tāṁvu maguḷe krayavāgi ko-

⟨9⟩ ṇḍāyarddha vrittiyaṁ baḷi sahitavāgi ma-

⟨10⟩ hājanangaḷa sannidhānadalu dēvara śrī pā-

⟨11⟩ dadalu dhārā pūrvvakaṁ māḍi biṭṭar ·ī dharmavaṁpra- 1

⟨12⟩ tipālisuvar mahājanangaḷu ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0079⟩ No. 79. (A.R. No. B. 573 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab kept in the Īśvara temple [No. 1].

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI]. 1122 A.D.

It refers to the reign of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva ruling from the capital Jayantīpura. The purport of the record is the same as in No. 78 above. Further it adds that the temple of Nimbaṇēśvara was constructed by Nimbaṇayya. It mentions mahāmaṇḍḷēśvara kumāra Tailapa and records further grants by the donor for a dharmēta (Charitable picotta).

The date is same as in No. 78.

TEXT.

[The slab is broken on top and top left side].

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • smara mukhābja do-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vogedaṁ vaditōdyama-

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • masāmartthyarakhiḷa vēdārtthama

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dharāmara mukhyaru || ·ā vaṁśadoḷu

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • hityavidu śrīva duraṁ sakaḷavacaśrī va- 2

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (pra) || ·ātana sati vimaḷaguṇōpēte dayānvite pa-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jagadēka pūte vinītōttame ciṁcakabbe peṁpina niḷaya || (e)

⟨8⟩ • • • • • vinayadamane dayeyamēre dharmmadakaṇi māntanada

⟨9⟩ • • • • • poḷḷi vanālayakka nātmaje yādaḻu ·āyabbe

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī mallidēvana maḷayaśa sachāditaga ⟨Page 107⟩

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ya • buganikhiḷa takha māṇikya || ·āyuyya

⟨12⟩ • • • • • naḷayaṁ śastra śāstra sāhitya kaḷājñānanidhi

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nijavaṁśa maṁḍana niṁbarasa || ·anavadya dhā-

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • hājana mānūṟaṟuvadiṁbariṁ sakaḷakaḷādhanariṁda veḷa-

⟨15⟩ • • • • • nalesedudu karame rūḍivara sasyapada © svasti samasta bhu-

⟨16⟩ • • • (ya) śrī pṛthvīvallabhaṁ mahārājā(dhirā)ja paramēśvaraṁ

⟨17⟩ • • • bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ

⟨18⟩ śrī matribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarōtta-

⟨19⟩ rābhivṛddhi pravardhamānamācaṁdrārka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire ja-

⟨20⟩ yaṁtēpurada nelevīḍiyoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ

⟨21⟩ geyyuttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi samasta [pra]śasti sahitaṁ śrī

⟨22⟩ manmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ kumāraṁ tailapadēvara śrīmanmahāpra-

⟨23⟩ dhānaṁ daṇḍanāyakaṁ niṁbaṇayyaṁgaḷu svasti śrīmaccāḷukya vikra-

⟨24⟩ mavarṣada 47 neya subhakritu saṁvatsarada pu-

⟨25⟩ ṣya ba 10 sōmavāra ·uttarāyaṇa sankrāntiyaṁdu tāṁvu mā-

⟨26⟩ ḍisida niṁbaṇēśvara dēvargge pūjegeṁ nivēdyakkaṁ naṁdādīvigegavāgi

⟨27⟩ śrīmatsarvvanamasyadagrahāraṁ rūḍiyalu tāṁvu munna

⟨28⟩ caṁdraśēkhara bhaṭṭarige krayavāgi koṭṭarddhavrittiyanu

⟨29⟩ tāmvu maguḷekoṁḍāyarddha vrittiyumaṁ

⟨30⟩ koṁmaṇayyana kaiyyalu koṁḍāyarddhavrittiya

⟨31⟩ lli prathama nivēśaṇa hoṟagāgi ·arddha vṛttiyuma(ṁ) koṁ-

⟨32⟩ ḍu vrittiyalli muppāgaṁ bēḷe vṛttiyaṁ baḷisahitaṁ dēvara śrī pā-

⟨33⟩ dadalu dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi biṭṭaru || tamma hokharaṇeya dhammē-

⟨34⟩ takke mattondu bēḷe vṛttiyaṁ bēḷe sahitaṁ biṭṭaru || ·asagegeṟeya ba-

⟨35⟩ ḍagaṇa kōḍiya mūḍalu nūṟu kaṁba niṁbaṇayya daṁḍanāyakara hokha-

⟨36⟩ raṇeyiṁ teṁka nūṟu kaṁba ·aṁtiṁnūṟu kaṁba tōṁṭa manittavarige mahājanaṁgaḷu biṭṭaru

⟨37⟩ svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭirvva[r]ṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jā-

⟨38⟩ yatē krimi [||*] 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0080⟩ No. 80. (A.R. No. B. 579 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall inside the temple called Nelaguḍi.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1122-23 A.D.

This slab is broken and very much damaged. Hence the information obtained from this record is dis-jointed. Probably it recorded a land grant for the [worship and] offerings to the god [name lost] and an oil-mill perhaps for the burning of Perpetual lamp. Probably a wet land of the extent of kamma 200 measured in a particular rod of measurement [name lost] was also granted. Names of the donor and donee are lost. There is a mention of mahājanas.

In the date portion it mentions 47th year (probably Chalukya Vikrama year). In the cyclic year only letter to is clear. Probably the intended year was Śubhakritu. The 47th year of Chālukya Vikrama era holds good with the cyclic year Śubhakritu. The name of the month is lost but the ⟨Page 108⟩ tithi seems to be ba. 5. Though the exact date of the record cannot be made out, 1122-23 A.D. may be stated as its year. On this basis it can be said that the record belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Vikramāditya VI. [Refer No. 78 above].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ matu cā(ḷukya) • • • • •

⟨3⟩ da nālvattē (ḷaneya) • • •

⟨4⟩ tu saṁvatsara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ ḷa paṁca • • • • •

⟨6⟩ svasti śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ ·aśēṣa [mahājana] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • naivēdyakkaṁ

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gāṇavoṁdu

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sakala • • • • •

⟨12⟩ vīsa • • ·alliṁ mūḍalu ·ā kōlalu

⟨13⟩ gadde kamma [i]nnū ṟu • • • • •

[Rest is broken and lost].

⟨SIIv29p0i0081⟩ No. 81. (A.R. No. 92 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

On three faces of a huge pillar in the tank behind the Sōmēśvara temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1125 A.D.

This very lengthy record engraved on three faces of a pillar refers to the rule of the king Tribhuvanamalladēva and is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 50, Viśvavāsu, Chaitra, ba. 3, uttarāyaṇa-saṁkrānti, Monday. It corresponds to 1125 A.D., March 24 f.d.t. 06 [Tuesday]. uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti is a mistake for mēsha saṁkrānti.

It records the gift of the village Pānupuṟa, excluding the dēvabhōga land formerly granted to Akkabasadi near Poḷalu to the goddess Ambikadēvi of Ambara-tilaka by prince Sōmēśvara at the request of daṇḍanāyaka, mahāpradhāna, maneverggaḍe Sāyimayya, the daṇḍanāyaka of Koḷḷipāke-7000. Kēsirāja, the perggaḍe of the goddess (dēvīya-perggaḍe), was made in charge of the gift.

On three faces of the pillar the record contains praśastis of prince Somēśvara and Svāmi-daṇḍādhipa.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ mudamabhimata lakṣmē bhavyakōṭiṁnayaṁ-

⟨2⟩ tē nirupama guṇaratnādanaṁta kāṁti

⟨3⟩ sphuraṁti sakaḷa samaya dharmmā cā-

⟨4⟩ ragamyārha mūḷa prakṛti ramṛta

⟨5⟩ mūrttiryyakṣiṇē rakṣitādvaḥ || ©

⟨6⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrīpṛthvīva-

⟨7⟩ llabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama ⟨Page 109⟩

⟨8⟩ bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābhara-

⟨9⟩ ṇa śrīmattribhuvanamalladēvaru sukhasaṁka-

⟨10⟩ thā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire tadātmajaṁ

⟨11⟩ samasta bhuvana mahānīya mahimōttuṁ-

⟨12⟩ ga cāḷukya gaṁga mahārājādhirāja para

⟨13⟩ mēśvaraṁ paramahēśvaraṁ vijayalakṣmī ni-

⟨14⟩ vāsa dakṣiṇadōrddaṇḍaṁ dvādaśa maṇḍa-

⟨15⟩ ḷika maṇpaḷi mārttaṇḍaṁ pratāpā-

⟨16⟩ krāṁta navakhaṇḍa bhūmaṇḍaḷa rāja

⟨17⟩ līlā camatkṛtākhaṇḍaḷaṁ kōdaṇḍa ca-

⟨18⟩ turbhbhujaṁ ś®ṁgāra makaradhvajaṁ tri-

⟨19⟩ bhuvanaraṁga pravarttita kīrtti narttakī-

⟨20⟩ narttana sūtradhāraṁ śaraṇāgata va-

⟨21⟩ jra prākāraṁ mūrurāyakali birudaku-

⟨22⟩ vara hṛdayākaṁ paṁtyāgajagajhaṁnanartthi

⟨23⟩ jina ciṁtitārddha ciṁtāmaṇi subha-

⟨24⟩ ṭa maṇḍaḷika makuṭa cūḍāmaṇi kuṁ-

⟨25⟩ taḷa rājyābhyudaya kāraṇaṁ bappa-

⟨26⟩ nagandhavāraṇaṁ śrī manmahā māḍaḷēśvaraṁ

⟨27⟩ cāḷukya gaṁga permmāḍi kumāraṁ sō-

⟨28⟩ mēśvaradēvaṁ || ·ā pūrvvādri śiḷāśi-

⟨29⟩ khaṇṭa kaṭakādāsētu sīmāvane ·āpāścā-

⟨30⟩ tyapayōnidēru pavanādhāramya hēmā-

⟨31⟩ caḷādākaḻpaṁ vasudhādipatya padavī mā-

⟨32⟩ ruvyā māṇaściraṁ jīyāda pratima pra-

⟨33⟩ tāpa vibhava sōmēśvarōrvvīśvaraḥ viśvadha-

⟨34⟩ rādharandhara bhujāparighaṁ draviḷā-

⟨35⟩ dinātha hastyaśva padāti sādhanavakṣa-

⟨36⟩ ya kāraṇa kōpa pāvakaṁ sāśvata kīrtti

⟨37⟩ yiṁdedhare baṇnisebāpu caḷukya

⟨38⟩ gaṁga sōmēśvaradēva voppida ni-

⟨39⟩ ḷāvaḷayādhipa rājaputraroḷ ||

⟨40⟩ tatpāda padmōpajīvi samadhigata paṁca-

⟨41⟩ mahāśabda mahā sāmaṁtādhipa-

⟨42⟩ ti mahāpracaṇḍa daṇḍanāyakaṁ ||

⟨43⟩ jayati bhuvana bhūṣābhūta vi-

⟨44⟩ khyātamūrttiḥ digibha daśana līlāśliṣṭha

⟨45⟩ vispaṣṭaṁ kīrttiḥ vividhanṛpama-

⟨46⟩ dēbhavrātayūdhādhināthaḥ pra-

⟨47⟩ dita vitaraṇa śrīsvāmi daṇḍādhināthaḥ ©

Second Face.

⟨48⟩ ·apratima pratāpananavadya guṇaṁ ni

⟨49⟩ jidānatṛpta dēvaprakaraṁ samasta jaga-

⟨50⟩ tītaḷa narttita kīrtti sāvidēva prabhu

⟨51⟩ daṇḍanātha tiḷakaṁ negaḻdaṁ jagadoḷ

⟨52⟩ jinānurāga prabhavāha sampadayē

⟨53⟩ virppa jinōkti saduktiyappinaṁ || pra- ⟨Page 110⟩

⟨54⟩ bhu śakti khyātiyiṁdaṁ nijipati

⟨55⟩ gatuḷaiśvaryyamaṁ maṁtraśakti prabheyiṁ

⟨56⟩ tatprājya rājyābhyudaya padaviyaṁ

⟨57⟩ svīkṛtōtsāha śaktiprabhava śrī yiṁtadu-

⟨58⟩ tsāha menōda vipadaṁḍe sāmānya

⟨59⟩ saṁpatprabhu maṁtrōtsāha śaktitrayanaya

⟨60⟩ niyataṁ svāmidaṇḍādhināthaṁ || śaranidhi

⟨61⟩ yaṁtaśēṣa mahimāsvadaneṁbara

⟨62⟩ daṁte mitrasadguru kanirājavaibhava karaṁ

⟨63⟩ raviyeṁtese dānabhōga naṁburu hatanū

⟨64⟩ jinaṁtē caturānana nagēṁdradaṁte su-

⟨65⟩ sthira taraneṁdu baṇnipudu sāvi camū-

⟨66⟩ patiyaṁ jagajjanaṁ || harihara ji-

⟨67⟩ na buddha padāṁburuhana madbhrama-

⟨68⟩ ranoppidaṁ sakaḷa vasundharege ca-

⟨69⟩ tassamaya samuddharaṇaṁ śrī svā-

⟨70⟩ midēva daṇḍhādhīśaṁ || 1

⟨71⟩ tṛkaḷiṁgāvani pāḷanaṁ samaradōḷ beṁ-

⟨72⟩ koṇḍu taddēśamaṁ prakaṭāṭō padasūṟe

⟨73⟩ goṇḍu tadudagrē bhaṁgaḷaṁ muttikoṇḍu ku-

⟨74⟩ mārāgraṇigeḷdaṁ cakritanayaṁ sōmēśva-

⟨75⟩ rōrvviśvaraṁ sakaḷa śrīvara niṁtidaṁniṟe

⟨76⟩ sidaṁ ś®ṁchajjaya staṁbhamaṁ ||

Third Face.

⟨77⟩ ·aṁbara tilakasthāna doḷaṁbara taḷatiḷa-

⟨78⟩ ka mesedu durvve lalanāḷaṁbana

⟨79⟩ ratnastaṁbha mideṁbinegaṁ svāmi

⟨80⟩ dēvakīrttistaṁbhaṁ || svasti śrī

⟨81⟩ maccāḷukya vikrama varṣada

⟨82⟩ ·ayvattaneya viśvāvasu saṁvatsara

⟨83⟩ da caitra bahuḷa tadige

⟨84⟩ sōmavāradaṁduttarāyaṇa saṁ-

⟨85⟩ krānti nimittaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṁṇḍaḷēśva-

⟨86⟩ raṁ cāḷukya gaṁga permmāḍi ku-

⟨87⟩ māraṁ sōmēśvara dēvarmmahā

⟨88⟩ pradhānaṁ maneverggaḍe koḷḷipāke

⟨89⟩ yerccāsirada daṇḍanāyakaṁ sāyi

⟨90⟩ mayyaṁgaḷa binnapadaṁ nijarā-

⟨91⟩ jadhāni koḷḷipākeya cāḷukya

⟨92⟩ kuḷatiḷakamenisidaṁbara ti[ḷa*]ka

⟨93⟩ daṁbigādēvi gaṁgabhōraṁga bhō

⟨94⟩ gaṁgaḷige poḷala baḷiya pānu-

⟨95⟩ puṟāyeṁbūraṁ sarvvanamasyaṁ

⟨96⟩ sarvvabādhā parihāramāge

⟨97⟩ dhārapūrvvakaṁ māḍi koṭṭar ||

⟨98⟩ dēviya perggaḍeyāgi kēsirāja nī ⟨Page 111⟩

⟨99⟩ darmma manūrjjita māge naḍesuvaṁ [|*]

⟨100⟩ bahubhirvasudhādattā rājabhissagarā-

⟨101⟩ dibhi ryyesya yesya yadā bhūmi stasya-

⟨102⟩ tasya tadāphaḷaṁ || madvaṁśajāḥ parama-

⟨103⟩ hīpati vaṁśajāvaṁ pāpādapēta ma-

⟨104⟩ nasō bhuvi bhāvi bhūpāḥ yē pāla-

⟨105⟩ yaṁti manudharmma mimaṁ samastaṁ

⟨106⟩ tēṣāṁ mayā viracitōṁjalitēṣa

⟨107⟩ mūrdniḥ | ·idanā caṁdrārkkaṁbara

⟨108⟩ muditōditamāge kādavaṁ para-

⟨109⟩ ma sukhāsvadanakkaṁ pāpadiṁ naḷida

⟨110⟩ durātmaṁ narakagatigegaḷagaḷa ni-

⟨111⟩ ḷiguṁ || śrī madakkabasadige pū-

⟨112⟩ rvvadalu naḍava dēvabhōga svāmyaṁ

⟨113⟩ poragāgi biṭṭar || śrī śrī śrī 1

[Pub. In APGAS No. 3-Ng. 43].

⟨SIIv29p0i0082⟩ No. 82. (A.R. No. B. 796 of 1962-63.) JĪVAṆAGI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Pillar setup in the Hanumān temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 1125 A.D.

It states that when Tribhuvanamalladēva was ruling the empire from the capital Jayantīpura, a grant was made for the worship, offerings, etc., to the god Nakharēśvara of Jīvanagi by the āchārya (of the temple), Śrī Lākuḷēśvara-paṇḍita along with the perggaḍes and the nakharas of the place. The details of grant are lost as the latter half of the record is heavily damaged.

It is dated in the Chālukya Vikrama year 50, Viśvā[vasu], Vaiśākha, śu, 13 Sunday. It corresponds to 1125 A.D., April 17, Friday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © © śrī śrī śrī śrī

⟨2⟩ © svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya

⟨3⟩ śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahā-

⟨4⟩ rājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bha-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭāraka satyāśraya kuḷati-

⟨6⟩ ḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīma-

⟨7⟩ tribhuvanamalladēvara vijayarā-

⟨8⟩ jya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddha-

⟨9⟩ māna mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ sa-

⟨10⟩ luttami[re*] jayaṁntipurada nelevīḍi-

⟨11⟩ noḷu sukhasaṁkhatā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ

⟨12⟩ geyuttamire śrī maccāḷukya vi-

⟨13⟩ krama variṣada 50 neya vi-

⟨14⟩ śvā[vasu] saṁvatsarada vaiśākha suddha

⟨15⟩ 13 ·ādivāradaṁdu śrīma- ⟨Page 112⟩

⟨16⟩ tu jīvanigeya na[kha]rēśvara dēvargge

⟨17⟩ ·alliya ·ā[cā]ryyaruṁ śrīlāku-

⟨18⟩ ḷēśvara paṁḍitaruṁ ·alliya

⟨19⟩ pergaḍegaḷuṁ ·aśēṣa nakharaṁgaḷu

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kya dēvara

⟨22⟩ pūje punaskāra nivēdya caitra pai-

⟨23⟩ tra • • • • • ga bhōga kkaṁ biṭṭa datti

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • maṁ biṭṭaru ·a

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ • • • • • • • • • • biṭṭaru ·ā

⟨28-38⟩ very much damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0083⟩ No. 83. (A.R. No. B. 115 of 1961-62.) BŌDHAN, BODHAN TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

Slab on top of the fort facing the newly discovered Ēkachakrēśvara temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 11th century A.D.

This badly damaged record seems to register some gifts to a Jaina establishment the nature of which is not clear. It refers to a family of Śreshṭins of which a lady (called Nālikāmbika) is mentioned.

The record is not dated but refers to the rule of Chāḷukya Tribhuvanamalladēva. It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ jīyājjinēndra caṁdrasya pūjyapādasya śāsanaṁ nirjjitēkānta vādīṁdra śāsanaṁ tatva śāsanaṁ || svasti sa-

⟨2⟩ masta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭāra-

⟨3⟩ ka satyāśraya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābharaṇa śrīmattribhuvanamalladēvra vijaya rājyābhivṛddhā-

⟨4⟩ mastakōttara mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ pravarttamānāyāṁ || prādbhu ślōtpaḷa patralōcana-

⟨5⟩ caḥ kṛṣṇēṣu sadṟuma • • mākanda stabakōnnata stanavati hemmāḍi (basa)vapati takṣaṇaya cittakṣaṇa

⟨6⟩ kṣaṇavatīdraṁ gōrasaṁ (pā)rvati vikhyāta | bahudhanya pa(pu)ṇya vanitā • • • bhōgiṇi vaṇikpati (stātra) pu-

⟨7⟩ ṇya kīrttibhūtē śrēṣṭā (vāraṁga) baḷakāra vaṁśakō śrī bhōpāḷaniṁ (bāḷiṁca)ra kāvaṁvāra nitya • • • • •

⟨8⟩ varya (tēśāva) lakṣalakṣitavapuśśrīlakṣanevō lakṣaṇa(śvadṛ)niḷpākaḷakaḷā (pā) kutaḷalōkaṁdārāpu-

⟨9⟩ • • • • • ḷvayaṁ • • pādana • • • kāraṇa da(śā)pā(ḷa)rśvāvakya va(śāpāḷa)rakṣacaraṇaṁ kādaśṛṁgō (naha)tē || 1

⟨10⟩ sūnuttasyādra (kā)battha (rukō) janapava • ṁdraṁ mumaṁ • ®padviśva (ṣu)ḥ nāmā pūjana caraṇa (kā)-

⟨11⟩ da • • kta cavēssa(dā)ssāma (ntāddā) śvatāraka • janjirvvaṇu saṁ • śva kāvyā ®pra sūtā • • duṁ barakhiḷa nṛpati bi • ⟨Page 113⟩

⟨12⟩ ppāda | (paṁka)niyaḥ || taddakṣa (gṛha) • • dbhōja vijayāṁganēva vikhyātā tēddakṣā • • vāṇi • kkīrttinna (nālikāṁbi)-

⟨13⟩ kā ta • • • • • (ssūnu) dārāṁ nagabhi • guṇa (trava) • • • vidara • • • (vi)jaya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • yāgre • • • • • ceṁdōjayā(ḷpi) vitaḷada nima • • • • • carā • • •

⟨15⟩ • • • • • māvikā • tighalira kaṇḍa vivasadra bhakānaśca • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ ka • • śā • • jāvalyassa • radā • rijiyātkhititā • krubhu • • ya(sya) • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • cyē syasu (dṛ) • • sāṁ koḷyanaṁ gābhuja gōpi • • ḷva drumā • va kudāpi (cā)kaya nityamanya

⟨18⟩ stha vipaga rūpādyana • k® • • tu mallinātha • • • • • jayā • • • • • (jebhadrā)

⟨19⟩ • • • • • pō • • bṛṁdāvana viṣaya (luṣṭiṁba) dharmma • • pri • kāvyarasāyanā (purva)ra •

⟨20⟩ • • • sa(maṁta) • • māna • • • nṛpa • • • • • • • • • • (ba pāttāta) • nā(da)ḥ sahasraṁ (kurihinna)

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tappigrama • vakā • • • • • tsa • • pātaḥ • dēva • nēva • • • • • ke sahasra • || • •

⟨22⟩ pa virpā • sya • • • • • denuṣipāgraha • • • pu • • • • • • • • • • (bi kiṣa) bhavatasya || (tatprākaṁta)

⟨23⟩ hita maḷōnnija mānata • tyāṁ dēva • • • tirtthājina • • • • • • • • • • me • • sarva samakṣa • ce

⟨24⟩ • • • tta(nā) • gra pramānā • ḷivanaṁ (mataṁ) n™ • • || • • • ca taḻu sāmagāraṁ nipraḷāhastaka • • • • •

⟨25⟩ kṟita dāgōdāni • • • • • kṣētraṣṭa • nakaṁ • • • • • dōsanmukhyaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • drātyā ghanaṁtthada dārādattā | • • caṁdrā dānvamāḷāṁ • • • • • • • • • • mā-

⟨27⟩ ḷda paḷāśritajita • me pratiha • • (ka) jivinuke dāte namā kāvani manavābṛrvva tō(mēka)ḥ || mēkaṁ • • • • •

⟨28⟩ kōṭikadira dṛtyaṁ tāṁ • ryya vapatyā vriddhitāṁ pavanavanā mānya • • • • • • • • • • | vapratu pṛti kātā

⟨29-32⟩ badly damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0084⟩ No. 84. (A.R. No. B. 190 of 1962-63.) MADDŪRU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On the slab in the ruined fort.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI]. 11th century A.D.

The top portion of the slab is broken and lost. It refers to Tribhuvanamalladēva, his subordinate Ayya and mahāpradhāna daṇḍanāyaka Śrī Rudra-bhattōpādhyāya who was governing Ayije 300 division along with other territories. Perhaps the record registered a grant. It is in characters of 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svastiya ©

⟨2⟩ nadhāraṇa maunānuṣṭhāna japasamā- 1

⟨3⟩ dhiśīla guṇasaṁpannarvvidha gudha (vidagdha ?) vidvajjana

⟨4⟩ pārijāta ṣaṭtarkka kumudinī vika-

⟨5⟩ sana sudhā daudhitimimāṁ sāmā-

⟨6⟩ nasa sarōvara rājahaṁsa ssakala sa-

⟨7⟩ dācāra paricālanaika rasikarvvaṁ-

⟨8⟩ du jintāmaṇi samāś®ta jana ⟨Page 114⟩

⟨9⟩ kaḻpa vṛkṣarnnāmādi sama-

⟨10⟩ sta prasasti sahitaṁ śrīma-

⟨11⟩ tṛbhuvanamalladēvarārādhya

⟨12⟩ rappa śrīmadayyaṁgaḷma-

⟨13⟩ hāpradhānaṁ daṇḍanāya-

⟨14⟩ kaṁ śrīrudrabhaṭṭō

⟨15⟩ pādhyāyaru ·ayije

⟨16⟩ mūnūṟuvaṁ palavuṁ

⟨17⟩ sarvvanamaśyaṁ kuttuṁ 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0085⟩ No. 85. (A.R. No. B. 233 of 1962-63.) DŪḌKI, BANASWADA TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

On the four faces of a broken slab lying in the Asharf-Khānā.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI]. 11th century A.D.

This fragmentary and badly damaged record refers to Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva ruling from the capital Kalyāṇa and to his mahāsāmatādhipati, mahāprachaṇḍa, daṇḍanāyaka Padmanābhayya. The latter was conferred with an administrative division (name lost) as tribhōgābhyantarasiddhi by the king. It refers to the gift of an oil-mill and income from tolls. Details of the gifts including the donor and donee including the date are lost. It is in characters of about the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

I Face.

⟨1⟩ pravardhamāna mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ

⟨2⟩ saluttavige rājadhāni kalyāṇa

⟨3⟩ [pu]rada nelevīḍinalu sukha saṁkatā vi-

⟨4⟩ [nō]dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire tatpāda

⟨5⟩ [pa]dmōpajīvigaḷappa svasti samadhigata paṁcamahā-

⟨6⟩ śabda mahāsāmaṁtādhipati mahāpracaṇḍa da[ṇḍa]-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yaṇa rāya

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • kṣamāṇi parava • putra

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • daṁḍanāyaka cūḍāratna

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • suka nikara vika •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • vitaraṇa [gāmuṇḍa] • • sāha

II Face.

⟨1⟩ padma nābhayyaṁ [ga]

⟨2⟩ [ḷge] śrīmattribhu

⟨3⟩ vanamalladēvaruga

⟨4⟩ [ḷu] kāruṇyaṁgeydu • •

⟨5⟩ • • suva māṟerppa

⟨6⟩ maṁtribhōgābhyaṁ-

⟨7⟩ [ta]ra siddhiyiṁ • •

⟨8⟩ • • • tpāda padmōpa • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 115⟩

⟨10⟩ • • sahitaṁ śrī • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • nāyaka •

⟨12⟩ • • • rasaru du [ṣṭa]

⟨13⟩ • • • śiṣṭa pra

III Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • varā • kaṁdaḷa • • • • •

Rest is completely worn out [about 12 lines].

IV Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • bi[ḷga] •

⟨2⟩ • • • ·alli • •

⟨3⟩ • • • vella kūḍibi •

⟨4⟩ • • • gāmuṇḍugaḷu

⟨5⟩ • • • gāṇa 1 suṁkada •

⟨6⟩ • • • dalu tiṁgaḷiṁge [pe] •

⟨7⟩ • • • dalli dramma 1 • ppa

⟨8⟩ • • • dalli dramma 1 vi •

⟨9⟩ • • • lli pa • • • • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0086⟩ No. 86. (A.R. No. B. 759 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the field of Saṅkarappa Biradar.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 11th century A.D.

The record contains genealogical accounts of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla and his feudatory chief.

It registers gifts of lands, house-sites, money income etc for the worship, offerings, rangabhōga and sahasrōpachāra to the god Rudrēśvara in agrahāra Gōranṭe and also for maintaining the students and teachers of an educational institution attached to the temple by Rudra-chamūpa and the mahājanās of Piriya-Gōranṭe. The record contains details of grants and the beneficiary sections. Among these Kannaḍāksharada khaṇḍike and vyākhyāna chhātraru attracts our attention.

The record was composed by [Parmmāka] Mallapayya. The record is badly damaged and worn out. Hence, much of the information including the date is lost. It is in the 11th century A.D. characters.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © jayatyā viṣkṛtaṁ viṣṇōrvvārāhaṁ kṣōbhitārṇnavaṁ dakṣiṇōṁnnata daṁṣṭrāgra viśrāṁta bhuvanaṁ vapuḥ || namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē || vṛtta || śrī divijēṁdra sāṁdra makuṭadyuti vaṁdita pāda pīṭha nātmōdita padma-

⟨2⟩ saṁjanita paṁkaja garbbhanaśēṣa lōka saṁpādana rakṣeṇaika caturaḥ sakaḷātmana saṁntana [mṟu] ta śrīdayitaṁ • • • dayage [yva] • [vṛtti]yanipa siddhiyaṁ || śrī madhu kaustubhaṁ berasu pālgaḍaliṁdoge taṁdu līḷeyiṁdāvana vakṣadoḷnela [si]-

⟨3⟩ [daṁ] • duraṁ • [se]yiṁ dharitri munnāvana • • ṟiṁdogeda sākuḷadiṁ nelegoṁḍu nindaḷādēvi [navantana] kṣaya sukha • • • • • • • • • • sura • • nargghya ratnōjvaḷa • [vaścuṁ]bitaṁ śrī padaṁ ⟨Page 116⟩ pārvvatī • [va]ra • [kṣōjā ?]ta śuṁbhadgha • • • • •

⟨4⟩ vakṣasthaḷa jāhnavī sikara mu[kta] mauḷikārā • takapiḷajaḷa śāśvata śaṁbhu rudrēśvara dēvaṁ dēva dēvaṁ tribhuvana • • • ṁ kūrttu rakṣaka nemmaṁ || • karmmajñānasvarūpaṁ triguṇa • • [ka .] raṁ divya yōgīśvarāṁtaḥ karaṇābhō[jā]ta pī[ṭhaṁ prithavi] parivṛtaṁ sūryya-

⟨5⟩ kōṭi prabhā bhā[su]rakarṇnaṁ sōma sūryyaniḷa [śikhi]jaḷa • • • nimūrtti rudrēśvara dēvaṁ dēvadēvaṁ tribhuvana janakaṁ kūrttu • • • nammaṁ || kamaḷā [kāṁte]ya • • kamaḷa [kaḍōḷa] pātrargga dāḷapa hastacchra vāravyomaṁ [dā]-

⟨6⟩ [ru]ṇa jaḷanidhi kudhara vāsi • • • tama(dyu) tama • srarcura stara puṇya guṇaniḷayaṁ • • • • • • • • • • • • • śrī [madru]drēśvararana[va]rataṁ rakṣisa • • nammaṁ || śāśvata saukhya • • • • • • • • • • • yajjakajjanava kāraṇaṁ • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • vādi yōgīsvara yōga • • • • • [seṭage] camūpati rudramaṁge rudrē[śva] • • • prabhuge • • • • • • • • • • vā(di)jana • • nāgi [vē]da trayaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • nādi braṁhma • • caturvvirasa svāmiya citta doḷmuni manu svāyaṁ bhuva • • • • • • • • • • • nātanamagaṁ karamiti nānā • • • mesedaṁ tatu prabhugādaru praḷaya tarvvi krānta kunvigana dharmma • dāṣa-

⟨9⟩ ḍalarvvallabha priyasuta rccaḷukya vaṁśōttamara || kaṁda || śatapatra saṁbhava • • • ti yenipā cāḷukya kuḷōdbhava • • • • • [ne]gaḷe jayasiṁha mahipa[ṁ] vijayāditya viṣṇuvarddhananā [magaṁ] || vṛtta || bhagavati koṭṭa • • • • • • • • • • bhavakoṭṭa • • • • • [vu]ge kamaḷākṣa

⟨10⟩ nakṣaya sukhāsvada niḻavarāha (ma)khya praśnarkvegāgāra vicittavāsu(ra)ma • • • • • • • • • • kuvara • • • • • • • • • • || • • • • • • • • • • satyāśraya vallabhaneṁba • • • • •

⟨11⟩ yoḷēkacca[tu] māge rājyaṁge[ydaṁ] || ·enisida satyāśraya dēvane cāḷukyānvaya [kkaṁ] • • • • • • • • • • || [vṛtta] || jayasiṁhanṛpa • • digvijaya doḷmēle • saṁgrāma daṭṭahāra (niyō) rāmamadāyu • • grā •

⟨12⟩ • • yoḷondu vijayalakṣmīpatiyā • • nṛpana vaṁśō[dbhūtaṁ] viśiṣṭa dhātriyanaḷdā ḷdannegaḻda[dhi] rāja • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • [rla]kṣisi taṁnṛpa sutaṁ śrī[kīrtti] va-

⟨13⟩ [rmma] • • • • • • • • • • maṁgaḷārṇnavanṛpaṁ tatsūnu satyāśrayaṁ || • • • • • bhūbhujaṁgātma [jaṁ] • • • • • • • • • • satyāśraya-

⟨14⟩ kuḷatiḷakarddhariṇī nātharādar || kaṁda || vijayāditya natanayaṁ bhujavikrama • • vikramaṁ • • • • • • • • • • vikramādityanṛpaṁge caḷukya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ rāṣṭrakūṭa • • [ḍava] dahana || vṛttaṁ || • • ddāyōrdamāpattane bhujabaḷadi rāṣṭrakūṭa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • śrī ma-

⟨16⟩ ttenala bhūpa || ·enipānūrmmraḍi tailapaṁge tanayaṁ satyāśrayaṁ taṁnṛpāḷana putraṁ ma • • pracaṁḍa vibhu cakraṁ vikramāditya nātana • • • • • • • • • • vairībha siṁhaṁ nṛsiṁhā[ri] jayasiṁha nātana magaṁ traiḷōkya mallanripaṁ || ·eṟagada vīra • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • raṇa • • • • • yā[reṁdeṁ]ḍaṁ virō • • vīśvara rjjanada hatiri • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • havamalla dēvana magaṁ sōmēśvaraṁ taṁnṛpāḷana • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • saṁkuḷa kirīṭa nargghya māṇikya nūtana kāntipra[da]rā[jya] • tpada • • • • • śrī vikramāditya dēvaṁ nṟi[paṁ] • • • • • • • • • • vikrama bhūpaniṁ tādi śēṣa mādi nṛpaṁ tānena • •

⟨19⟩ sakaḷa bhuvana[da]lesedaṁ || vṛttaṁ || puragādhīśaṁ bā • syaṁgā[dhīśaṁ] bhāvi kamaḷa sarōja dāvāni • • • kaḷāśva • • • • • • • • • • kīrti • • • • cakrēśvaraṁ • • • • • • • • • • bhuja śikharōjva • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 117⟩

⟨20⟩ [kra]madiṁ • tuvara • • • • • binaṁ niṣkaṁṭakaṁ māḍi • • • • • • • • • • (ḍiga) rāyara dēva • • • • • • • māpavadhāṟi • • • • • • • • • • (negaḷdu) ko • • • • • • • • • • cakrēśvaraṁ || udadhiparītaṁ bhūvaḷeyāmaṁ paripāḷisu-

⟨21⟩ • • dgha[śau]ryya saṁpadaṁ • • ḷādi • • [maḷidmarddā] • • • • • • • • • • (manēśvara budha) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • śakanna manakīrtti yaniḷeyoḷ cāḷukya vi-

⟨22⟩ kramābdaṁ sahasra • • • • • saledi(sā) maṁḍaḷa • • • • • [hermma] vikrama nṛpana [|| va ||] ·enenegaḷda vikramādityana • • • • • • • • • • taiśvaryyāma • . • • • • •

⟨23⟩ • • • vi cāḷukya vikrama cakrēśvarane • • cci dayaṁgeyda [vi] vikramā • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • seya sēnādhīśatva mu • •

⟨24⟩ • • • bhūpaṁ samasta [taṁtrā]dhi • • ra saṁpatti yumaṁ || ·enisida rudracamānātha[na] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • neṁbaṁ | tattanūjaṁ • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • • nananuttama brati bharadvāja | bharadvāja saṁtatiyiṁdaṁ negaḻda • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • viṣayadoḷ śōbhā • • •

⟨26⟩ mana poḷesutirppadu tardavāḍiyada ṟoḷmaṭhagrahāraṁ • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • munivara śrī budhajana vi[nutaṁ ka] bhūya kabhōga dēvaṁ • • • • •

⟨27⟩ nāgēṁdraṁ tanagagrajanā[ge] pesarnnāga rājanene nega[ḻda]ttā nāga • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • kuḷa bhūṣaṇa nātana kaiyiṁde viḍisi

⟨28⟩ • hēśvara || ·enisida nāgadēva prabhuge • vudayāditya nādaṁ tanūjaṁ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • [dharmmaṁ japa] • [vaṁśāgrati] negaḻdu dayādityanā-

⟨29⟩ ditya tējaṁ || ka || manu • • [sida] cāritraṁ dinapa • • [suta] nenisidārppadi • • • • • naṁdana nenisida • • • • • • • • • •

⟨30⟩ [rataṁ] || vṛtta || jagadoḷtadnajasaṁ po[da]ḷdu • • diṁda śrī • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • natakṣōṇīdharaṁ śrīdharaṁ || kaṁda ||

⟨31⟩ nuḍiyoḷṟusiya • • [citta]doḷoḍa baṁda dharmmado • • kama • • • ppudu durllabha menisida nuḍi cala • • • • • • • • • • doḷage vina śrīdadhinātha [bhṛtya]

⟨32⟩ vinayaṁ satyavudāra dharmmavibhavaṁ dānakṣamā vṛttiyeṁbinituṁ maṁgaḷa bhūṣaṇaṁgaḷene [ja]pamaṁ [pradihāramaṁ] || kaṁda || • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • || vṛtta || sarasijanābhana • • •

⟨33⟩ maṁ bhaktiyoḷarccisidā • • ṁ dharāmaranivahaṁgaḷa taṇipi • • [pi]gaḷaṁ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • prabhu • • • • • vanājjaḻadhi prabhuge • • traya mudi[yipa]vo-

⟨34⟩ le pu[ṭṭidī] śrīdharaṁga tyaudāryya śrīviḷāsaṁ dvija kuḷatiḷakaṁ rudra[dēvaṁ] • • • • • • • • • • satata manunibhava nidaḻa • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • ·amṟutāṁ bōrāśiyoḷ [caṁdra] ma[nu]di yi-

⟨35⟩ pa vo(ṁśa) jaduddhuni • • • rccemahībhṛtkūṭado[ḷbhā] • • • nuḍiyipa vo[lpe] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • vinayaṁ dhātrige • • mā • • • • •

⟨36⟩ saṁvarddhani • • • • • ya viśuddha nāmavāripaṁ [caṇḍa] • • śrī caṁdrā • • • • • || mahōdma • • kāravaridā • • • • • • • • • • ·ādya nāḷpavanu • • • • • • • • • • vacasaṁ vacanakke takka vinaya ⟨Page 118⟩

⟨37⟩ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • kanakādri pra • • sādu-

⟨38⟩ • [ma]ṇi[ga]ḷa • dāna • dāgi • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • tta mirddu

⟨39⟩ • • • • • • • • • • cāḷukya lakṣmī lasitaṁ banagada • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • puradā vitrihatra • • • • • radaścāri dyuta • •

⟨40⟩ • • • • • dādyaya • kprame maruḷagaḷa • rada (ṟa)da baṁma • • • yarima rudra nāga • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨41⟩ • • • • • vāla braṁhma • • • • • • • • • • didana • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨42⟩ [vādi] satpa saṁpasamaṁ baṇnisale • ninna [ḷavi]ya śrī [rudra]

⟨43⟩ ḍu vasuṁdhare baṇnise negaḻdavi • caritārtthaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨44⟩ ta jana cintāmaṇi śaraṇāgata rakṣāmaṇiyene negaḻdu • • • dayādityaṁ || ·ene • • • • •

⟨45⟩ ma • • • ka[ra] • • • gāramanudayādityaṁ cāru

⟨46⟩ muṁ vaḷadara dharmma • • • naṁte jagaṁ pogaḻe vibhu rudradēva • negaḻga • • • • • • • • • • śrī • • jyani-

⟨47⟩ kṣatayuga prāpa budhiru • • • • • ḷa niharāda rāpuru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨48⟩ • lliva • • para dhātrī • da jana • ge ruḍiyesida • • • • • • • • • •

⟨49⟩ • va hākri miṁgaraṇa vāvana maraṇeyiṁ pogaḷe sudēvaṇarā • • prayā • • •

⟨50⟩ damaged

⟨51⟩ • • rāma dē[va*]rasa mudayādri • • • • •

⟨52⟩ • • • ya bahavaḷi dōrppaḍi tēja [tamāḷva] dharma • • • • •

⟨53⟩ • mauḷitāṁghri • • • latanudāṁ pudinega • • • • •

⟨54⟩ • • • vatasyana mōḷā • ra dvirddutānā • • • reya nati • • • • •

⟨55⟩ • • kīrti lōkaṁ dharitri (taḷa)ka vadhari • • • • •

⟨56⟩ damaged

⟨57⟩ • • purigaḷu • • • • • (damaged)

⟨58⟩ • • tavimaḷa yaśō(dhara) palaviṁjava viṭṭa • • • • •

⟨59⟩ • • dadāri pura muṭṭaya • • • • •

⟨60-75⟩ damaged

⟨76⟩ • • • • • • • • • • haṁjikēśvarada lōduva mūṟu

⟨77⟩ vēdada brāhmaṇara • • • • • vartane mēlādavugaḷa • • • • • • • • • • hosakā • tavaddāradatā • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • tāṇakke vṛtti 1 kannaḍākṣarada khaṇḍikege vṛtti 1 ·a[ggi]ṣṭagege vṛtti 1 dharmmētakke vṛtti 1 ·ā • • ga brāhma-

⟨78⟩ ṇara bhōjanakke vṛtti 4 khaṇḍikeya vidyārtthi māṇigaḷa bhōjanakke vyākhyānada cchātrara [bhōjanakke] vṛtti 3 • • • [hā]ra • le nivēśana ma • • • koṁdumane ga[ḷi]ge ya vasatiya lirppa brāhmaṇargge vṛtti 2[0] • • • vṛttigaḷa lpu-

⟨79⟩ ṭṭida dravya maṁdānavalla[de] • • • • • • • • • • lladaṟiṁ vṛttigaḷa [de]seyalādi krayaṁ • • • vṛttigaḷa [ni]vēśanaṁgaḷa dēvarīpura • • • barage • • nivēśanaṁgaḷilla • • barage[yda] nivēśanagaḷellaṁ dēvara [sōmā] • • modalāda yōgakṣēma-

⟨80⟩ [muṁ] • • • yuvallavī [dāna] • • • brāhmaṇara • • vivaroḷage dharmmama sāra[ydu] vupēkṣisidaḍe brāhmaṇaṁge virōdhigaḷādoḍaṁ [durācāra] rādoḍā[vū barage] • • • mahājanaṁgaḷu vṛttigaḷoḷpaṭṭada dravyamanavaṁge [koḍḷa] salladā-

⟨81⟩ parihārakke svāmigaḷuṁ [vṛtta] maruvāgi [nōḍi] vicārisi [uṁ] barageydu mahājanaṁgaḷu gōraṁṭeyapura • • • • • brāhmaṇaruṁ nilisuvaru || dharmmakke biṭṭa vṛttigaḷoḷpuṭṭida dravya manakṣatama • • mānā • • • • • • • • • • rāgi tarisi

⟨82⟩ dēvara pūje punaskāra naivēdya raṁgabhōgavādiyāgi sahasrōpacārakke pūjārigaḷu pu ⟨Page 119⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gi dēvara parigrahakkaṁ • koṭṭu sa[ṁ]varisiyadariṁ • • ydu dēvara brahmapuri

⟨83⟩ yāgiddirppattu mānasa brāhmaṇara naḍeyisuvaralliya yōgakṣēma vellavavara bhāra | [khaṁ] ḍike [yu] • • • • • ḷudu tā nāḍaggiṣṭageyavaru dēvara samopadali • (lugra) • • daṁ vigaḍidararppadavara kaḷadu mattōrbbara ni[kki]suva

⟨84⟩ • va rāmadēyagevina salladu || [ā] mattavā piriya gōraṁṭeyaśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷu biṭṭa [tāḍi] kōla mattaru • • • • • • • • • • manaḷipisutā[ṟi]digaḷāda varggekurukṣētra prayāga bāṇarāsiyeṁba tīrtthaṁgaḷallū

⟨85⟩ • • ra kavilegaḷa koṁda pāpa • • • • • lēsāgi rakṣisi • • • • • ḷallāsira kavilegaḷa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harētuvasuṁdharāṣaṣṭi-

⟨86⟩ • rṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyā(ṁ) jāyatē krimiḥ || vṛtta || dharaṇī dēviya ratna bhūṣaṇadavole cilvāge gōraṁṭeyuttaṁ digbhāgadoḷoḻda • • • [si]da nī lōkaṁga • • • • • sthira vappaṁtire rudradēva vibhuvatyāścaryya

⟨87⟩ [sauṁ]daryya • • [re]nāḍāya [sō]marayyadēva bhavanaṁ brātādi dharmaṁgaḷaṁ || ·esevī dharmmama nōldu rakṣisuvava • tada dēvaṁgaśvamēdha [sahasra] • • • • • • • • • • makku • • • • • vakrisuvage kurubhūmi gaṁge gaye yeṁbī

⟨88⟩ [kṣētra] doḷādi tāpasi gobrāhaṇaraṁ ka(ṟu)ttaṟeda pāpa poddugu nireyaṁ || parama • • yāḷige rudra vibhuge gōraṁṭeyoḷu nira • kava nārāyaṇa • • mātṛgaṇālakṣmī viṣṇugauri mahēśvara (nāgādi) • • ha rudrara • • • • •

⟨89⟩ śrī nṛsiṁha [pari]tātmaja pannagābdi śayanaṁ dīrgghāyumaṁ śrī yu maṁ || dhareyeṁduṁ be[ḷe]yuttu • [ksa] satataṁ permmāḍidēvaṁ [va]suṁdhareyaṁ pāḷi • tikke dhārmmikka jana [kko]ḷpa[kke] santaṁ nirantara gōbrāhmaṇa śāniyakke jagavuḷannaṁ-

⟨90⟩ tirkke vistaradi rudra camūpa dharmmavinavaṁ bhadraṁ śubhaṁ maṁgaḷaṁ || © nirati śaya māge rudrēśvarakke śāsanada kabbamaṁ vistaradiṁ parammāka mallapayyaṁ viracisidani desege jagadoḷā caṁdrārkkaṁ || mattamā piriya gōraṁṭeya-

⟨91⟩ li • voladaynūṟa ṟoḷage toga(lū)ra baṭṭeyādi yāgi • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • biṭṭa mattalu 50 [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0087⟩ No. 87. (A.R. No. B. 784 of 1962-63.) HARSŪR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Three fragments lying near the Parvatadēva temple.

11th century A.D.

[Though the Report for the year 1962-63 has noticed three stone fragments, its published note [p. 138] is only on one piece. Since each piece seem to be different they have been identified here separately though the A.R. No. being the same].

This fragment-1 record in the 11th century A.D. characters is incomplete and contains only the genealogical account of Kāḷiseṭṭi partially and it seems, one of his ancestors made a gift, the account of which is not clear. This seems to be a Jaina record.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • stuṁga śira

⟨2⟩ • • • • • dvāṇiya • padmajage

⟨3⟩ • • • • • mōkṣamaṁ girijege

⟨4⟩ • • • • • lā bhūbhuja sutaṁ su-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • tana magaṁ mattāva ⟨Page 120⟩

⟨6⟩ • • • • • niyōḷoppuva kuntaḷa

⟨7⟩ • • • • • kābja sarōvaraṁ gaḷiṁ mēre

⟨8⟩ • • • • • rppara darttāvelladanamaṁ [ta]

⟨9⟩ • • • • • mābi seṭṭigaṁ lakṣmī da [la]

⟨10⟩ • • • • • mānadagaṁ vibhu kīrttige

⟨11⟩ • • • • • noppuva pārśva seṭṭiyiṁ •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • raṇya || kaṁda || dēḷvaṟavajage •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • ḍida dharmma || va || ·intu ma-

⟨14⟩ yiṁ girijā putriya nāpa-

⟨15⟩ ṇi kāḷiyakkananīḷālōkaṁ-

⟨16⟩ dāsuta kāḷiseṭṭiyuṁtā-

⟨17⟩ tu puṭṭidar || vacana || •

⟨18⟩ ṟe mādalōḷ śrī

⟨19⟩ (vajrā) •

The record is incomplete.

⟨SIIv29p0i0088⟩ No. 88. (A.R. No. B. 833 of 1962-63.) TUPDŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup on the hude.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI]. 11th century A.D.

The slab is broken into two pieces from top to bottom and the left portion piece is lost. On the basis of the information obtained from the right portion piece it can be said that it is a Kalyāṇi Chālukya record belonging to about the 11th century A.D. The king was ruling from [Kalyā]ṇada nelevīḍu. It mentions Tuppadūra prabhu [probably a subordinate ruler] and the installation of a god [name lost] at the place [a]grahāra [name lost] and records the grant of 400 kamma land-garden for the worship and offerings to the god.

There is a mention of god Māṇikēśvara. Perhaps it was this god installed [in the newly built temple] and the grant of land belong to this temple.

In the date portion only [Chālukya] Vikrama year, śu. 3, Thursday can be made out which is insufficient for verification. [Yet, it can be suggested here that the record belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Vikramāditya VI].

TEXT.

Right part of the broken slab.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • śrī pritvīvallabha

⟨2⟩ • • • • • mēsvara parama bha

⟨3⟩ • • • • • tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa

⟨4⟩ • • • • • ra vijayarājya

⟨5⟩ • • • • • rddhamānamācaṁdrārkka

⟨6⟩ • • • • • ṇada nelevīḍino-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • geyyuttamire

⟨8⟩ • • • • • maḷa parama pavitra-

⟨9⟩ • • • • • tuppadura prabhu ·a-

⟨10⟩ • • • • • vikrama kālada

⟨11⟩ • • • • • sudha tadige briha- ⟨Page 121⟩

⟨12⟩ • • • • • grahāraṁ teneya

⟨13⟩ • • • • • ṣṭeyaṁ māḍisi [pū]

⟨14⟩ • • • • • janada dasava-

⟨15⟩ • • • • • māṇikēsvara

⟨16⟩ • • • • • [nai]vēdyake naḍeva mā-

⟨17⟩ • • • • • tōṭa kamma 400

⟨18⟩ • • • • • ·iti dharmmavaṁ pra-

⟨19⟩ • • • • • kurukṣētra da

⟨20⟩ • • • • • [mmu] • • ḷa sa-

⟨21⟩ • • • • • da mu [vana] •

⟨22⟩ • • • • • ra dattaṁ vā 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0089⟩ No. 89. (A.R. No. B. 784 of 1962-63.) HARSŪR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Three fragments lying near the Parvatadēva temple.

Chālukya Permāḍi [Vikramāditya VI] 11th century A.D.

The record is partially preserved as the left portion of it [from top to bottom] is cut and lost. Even the bottom portion of it is also cut and lost. Hence the record in characters of about the 11th century A.D., is incomplete.

The record belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Vikramāditya VI who is mentioned as permāḍi chakrēśvaram. The record at the beginning, contains the genealogy of the king. The record provides a beautiful description of Goṅkana-nāḍu, a subdivision of Alande-1000.

Also, the record contains a genealogical account of Sāgara-Seṭṭi and Bhāskara-seṭṭi (probably the brothers). They are stated to have constructed two Śiva temples namely Kēdārēśvara and Baḷēśvara respectively and endowed them for the worship and offerings to the gods, (regular) maintenance and repairs of the temples and for feeding the ascetics in the temples. There is a mention of a Goṅka maṁneya about whom the information is incomplete.

The record tells us that besides Śiva the images of gods like Vināyaka, Ravi (Sun), Janārdana and Vāsudēva and goddess Durgā also installed in these temples and the endowment included the worship and offerings to these gods and goddess also.

TEXT.

[The left portion of the slab from top to bottom is cut and lost].

⟨1⟩ • • • • • ra cāravē traiḷōkya nagarāraṁbha mūḷa sthabhāya śaṁbhavē || śrīgaṇapatē namaḥ—

⟨2⟩ • • • • • śrīvatsa lakṣmaṁge lakṣmī mādēviya nākalōka vibhuviṁgiṁdra tamaṁ bhakta

⟨3⟩ • • • • • gamaṁ koṭṭeniṁ śrī māhēśa surāpagēśa mudadiṁ śrī caṁdra cūḍāmaṇi ||

⟨4⟩ • • • • • śrayaṁ matta mātana putraṁ vibhuvikramaṁ tadanujaṁ mattayyaṇaṁ mattamātana taṁ-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ṁkanātana satsūnuvē sōmanātananujaṁ permmāḍi cakrēśvaraṁ || va || ·ātana dēśa meṁtene ||

⟨6⟩ • • • • • lli vistāradalaṁde sāsirada madhyada goṁkana nāḍādāppa bhūtāraveyiṁta-

⟨7⟩ • • • • • te dēvabhavanaṁgaḷi(ṁ) śāleya śimaḷāppuguṁ || kaṁda || sallalita vipra saṁkuḷavellaṁ

⟨8⟩ • • • • • yarallaṁ patihiteyarellā subhaṭa bhaṭarkkaḷu || mattēvi || vinaya paradoḍa maṇiyeṁ

⟨9⟩ • • • • • bikabbegaṁnutatanayarśrī śrēṣṭha gōtra ciṁtāmaṇigaḷ || caṁdaka || jananuta

⟨10⟩ • • • • • rvvinayuta nebiseṭṭiyavariṁ kiṟiyaṁ guṇi caṇḍiseṭṭi mattanujanu nākiseṭṭi ⟨Page 122⟩

⟨11⟩ • • • • • ratunatrayaṁ dviguṇamaṁbina puṭṭidariṁtu dhātriyoḷ || va || ·aṁtavaroḷagaṇya pu-

⟨12⟩ • • • • • yoḷiṭarave yiṭṭa chatra vasumatiyoḷu kaṁgiṭṭaḷamappa śivālayaneṭṭaneyi-

⟨13⟩ • • • • • nama nānta kētiseṭṭiyarakāsthe || vṛtta || varasebhāgyade gaṁgeyaṁ sthirateyiṁ bhū

⟨14⟩ • • • • • (bra)rada sītādēviyaṁ pōltu vistaradiṁdaṁ kulakellameyde kuladeyaṁ tāneyeṁdartthi

⟨15⟩ • • • • • naṁgāḷvanaṁ || vṛtta || bhūnuta kētiseṭṭi vibhugaṁ satimānini kāḷikabbegaṁ mānita mābi-

⟨16⟩ • • • • • riṁda nerḷdhaṟeya baṁmaṇaseṭṭiya sāgarayyanuṁ bhānusamānaveṁbinega bhā-

⟨17⟩ • • • • • roḷu samasta vastuguṇa sāgaraṁ sāgara seṭṭiyuṁ śiṣṭajana kamaḷa bhāskaraṁ

⟨18⟩ • • • • • ddimadadiṁ māḍalke celvāgi niṁpudumattaṁtadu bhūmi laṁbadāḷa biḷvaṁtāge saṁ-

⟨19⟩ • • • • • gada lnētra saṁsēbya mapvudatāṁ bhāskaraseṭṭi māḍidanidaṁ bāḷēśvarā vāsa

⟨20⟩ • • • • • rtthiyāgiddava māḍidanaṁtoṁdu śivapratiṣṭheya nadakaṁtālayaṁ kāla

⟨21⟩ • • • • • nāṁ nōrppabudvatāṁ sāgaraseṭṭi nirmisida kēdārēśvara vāsamaṁ || vṛtta ||

⟨22⟩ • • • • • tri yarṇṇandi vināyakaṁ ravi janārdana durggi yu vā[su]dēva mābṛnda

⟨23⟩ • • • • • nanda menalke māḍidaru sāgara bhāskaraseṭṭi dhātriyoḷ || kaṁda ||

⟨24⟩ • • • • • tiveradaṁbina māḍidaru śivasadanamaṁ nirmmada sāgaraseṭṭi bhāska-

⟨25⟩ • • • • • rayya māḍisidaṁ tāṁ dhāreyittene dharmmasyatvaritā gatiyeṁba vākyama-

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jīrṇnōddharaṇa dēvara nivēdya pūjegaṁ tapōdhanaraṁna dānakkaṁ ||

⟨27⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya ku-

⟨28⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yarājya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamāna mācaṁdrārkka

⟨29⟩ • • • • • • • • • • diṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttumire tatpāda padmōpajīvi ||

⟨30⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vanaja nādāḍigaḷuṁba goṁka maṁneya (mai)da ||

⟨31⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śvaraṁ padmāvatīdēvi labdhavaraprasādaṁ mṛgamadā

⟨32⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kyaṁ maṁneya māṇikyaṁ parōpakāra jīmūta

[Rest is broken and lost].

⟨SIIv29p0i0090⟩ No. 90. (A.R. No. B. 582 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Broken slab near the temple of Rāmalinga.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI]. 11th-12th century A.D.

This damaged and very much effaced inscriptions is in 11th-12th century A.D. characters. It refers to the rule of king Tribhuvanamalladēva and a land grant for the worship and offerings of the god (name lost) by Rebbaladēvi, the wife probably of mahādaṇḍanāyaka Raviyana bhaṭṭa. Further, it registers land grants for burning of perpetual lamp in the temple and for offerings to the god Rebbalēśvara by the daṇḍanāyaka himself. Also, it refers to Ayyaṇavāḍi and sarvanamasya (agrahāra) Rūḍi.

The lands so granted are measured in two types of rods of measurement called (1) Kēśvadēva(ra) kōlu and (2) Māṇikēśvarada kōlu. The samashta prajes of the place also joined hands with the daṇḍanāyaka in making grants.

In the date portion only śu. 3 Vaḍḍavāra [aksha]ya tṛitīya in available and the rest of the information is lost. Akshaya tṛitīya occurs in the month of Vaiśakha.

TEXT.

[Few lines in the beginning are lost].

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • svāmi nāmadhēyā (nvayam) || ·āvibhu • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 123⟩

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (jja) yōgēśvarananā viprōttama[nā] • • • • • • • • • • khiḷa vēdi śaṁka[ra*] bhaṭṭa || ·avaroḍane puṭṭi • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • narddhāṁgi kavi varasute rebbaṇe lakkāṁbi vīra guṇōdāre negaḻdaḻava nītaḷa dōḷu || natariṁpu • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • mayūkhanavaprasūnu raṁjita padapaṁkajaṁ pra(vīra) vipravarāḻige vikramadharā pati padadi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yyaṇavāḍi nāḻkaḻaṁ śritimeneseda rūḍiyanadaṁ sarvvanamasya māgiralu || [anava]dya śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • veḷege tiḷaka midenalesedudā karame • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • maddapogasu(ra kavi) • • • • • kāledu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • vēḻapanardhāṁgi mahāsati rebbaladēvi • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ bhuvanamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarōttarā • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ dmōpajīvi samadhigata paṁcamahāśabda mahā • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ ḍa daṁḍanāyaka raviyaṇa bhaṭṭaru | • • • • • • • • • • (śu)ddha 3 vaḍḍavāra (akṣa)

⟨13⟩ ya tṛtīyā mahāparvva nimittaṁ dēsa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ vargge pūje punaskārakkeṁdu ·āryā • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ tta kēśavadē[va] kōlalu biṭṭanella mattaru • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ ṇikēśvarada mattaṟippattu || ·aṁtū • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ renisida nirmmaḻa bhāvandūṟayi(du) parōśidake • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ ta sukhasvadmanakalōsiri(yaṁ) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ janastutyamaṁ koṁḍu • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ tāraṁbaraṁ || © mattaṁ rebbalēśvaradēvara naṁdādīvigege saṁṇayile • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ ḷupidare • • daṁ (dōsa) • • • • • • • • • • ·ā • vūṟinava(rgge) māṇi(kē)śvarada ma • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ ḻalu māṇikēśvarada (kōlali kariya nelaṁ) mattaru hattu || mattaṁ muddhela (pe) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ gaḍakōḻoḷage rebbalēsvaradēvargge nivēdyakkaṁ naṁdādi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ • mattaṁ daṁḍanāyakara hattu vṛttiyaṁ māḍuva samasta prajegaḷa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 124⟩

⟨25⟩ ṟu śrī rebbalēśvaradēvarige vīsaveraḍu ·a(pta) muttarige vīsave • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ kāśiyoḷu sāsira kavilegaḷa (vade)ha dōsa | brāhmaṇaṟige dānakoṭṭa phala • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0091⟩ No. 91. (A.R. No. B. 153 of 1962-63.) GAḌIGARĒVULA, NANDYAL TALUK, KURNOOL DISTRICT.

Slab in front of the main shrine of the Bhōgēśvarasvāmin temple.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 11th-12th century A.D.

This damaged and broken record belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva. The king is stated to have been ruling from the capital Kalyāṇa.

It seems to register some grants for worship, offerings and perpetual lamp for a deity [name lost] probably by mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Gōvaṇachōḷa-mahārāja who was governing Heḍakal-800 [same as Pedekal-800] division. The chief bears the usual praśasti of Telugu-Chōḍas and is described as the lord of Noṟeyūrpura.

The slab containing details of grant and date is broken and lost. The record is in characters of 11th-12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī-

⟨2⟩ prithvīvallabha mahārājādhirā-

⟨3⟩ ja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya-

⟨4⟩ kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa śrīma-

⟨5⟩ tribhuvanamalladēva vijayarājyamuttarōtta-

⟨6⟩ [rābhi]vriddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārkka-

⟨7⟩ [tā]raṁbaraṁ saluttamire kalyāṇada nelevīḍino-

⟨8⟩ ḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyu-

⟨9⟩ ttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi samadhigata

⟨10⟩ paṁcamahāsabda mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ ·anēka

⟨11⟩ ripudurddharaṁ narabhujāsi bhāsura pracaṁḍa

⟨12⟩ pradyōta dinakara kuḷanaṁdana kāsyapa gō-

⟨13⟩ tra kallikālānvayaṁ kāvērīvallabhaṁ •

⟨14⟩ • balla ṟeghōśaṇaṁ mayūra • • •

⟨15⟩ siṁhalāṁchana noṟeyūrppu-

⟨16⟩ ravarēśvaraṁ pa[ṁ]cakraramaḷama • • •

⟨17⟩ • • maṇi [śara] ṇāgata rakṣāmaṇi • •

⟨18⟩ nmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara gōvaṇacōḷa ma • • •

⟨19⟩ • • heḍakalleṁṭu nūṟa • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • • dūrvasi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ dīvige gaṁ [dhūpa]kkaṁ nitya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ ya pūje • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ • manādiya • • • [gaḍi] • • • • • 1 ⟨Page 125⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0092⟩ No. 92. (A.R. No. 73 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On a pillar in the same Museum No. 90.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 12th century A.D.

This record in Kannaḍa script and Sanskrit language is very much damaged. It gives a genealogical account of the dynasty of Chālukyas of Kalyāṇa upto the reign of Tribhuvanamalladēva. It registers the grant of a village and mentions some āchāryas of some maṭhas as the recipients of the gifts by Svāmi-daṇḍādhipa. The gift was made at the behest of the Prince Sōmēśvara.

The date portion is very much damaged and only Chālukya Vikrama year • • • • • • uttarāyaṇa sankrānti can be made out. The information is insufficient for verification. It is in 12th century A.D. characters.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ siddhaṁ [||*] yasya • bhagavatē tēja gu-

⟨2⟩ • kaḥ samaṣṭī pyaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • gemesōpataḥ || • • • • • vija

⟨4⟩ • • • nūdaṁ vitōṁ(ṣu)bāḷāpu

⟨5⟩ radaranu • • • lla • ṟupu nāma

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dravini kāya

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • pu • • dāra talasa

⟨9⟩ nāhati prabhṛti • • sakha saṁka-

⟨10⟩ thānārāgōrājyaṁ vibhava manuva

⟨11⟩ hati || (tākū)nātha nijadināthara

⟨12⟩ guṇārvāptāsnada śrīnidhiḥ satya

⟨13⟩ dhāryya vipūta vikrama nidhiḥ sā-

⟨14⟩ hadā vidyānidhiḥ sadāvānvata sū-

⟨15⟩ kti ratna vilengeḷdākṣiṇya lakṣmī •

⟨16⟩ ti • svatkī rtthiramā pratidhvaṁja

⟨17⟩ yati śrīsvāmi sēnāpataḥ || la

⟨18⟩ kṣmī vinaye saṁpannaṁ sollikaḥ (svā)

⟨19⟩ ti kārasoṁ svādi • ṣacama •

⟨20⟩ dārājarappa svahitama • •

⟨21⟩ dākṣiṇyadāna sanmākṛḥ tyamā

⟨22⟩ dēva camūpatiḥ badaṁcavattē tāsā-

⟨23⟩ kṣātsahanāṁ hitamāca • na •

⟨24⟩ pa samasta rājyābhyudaya kara

⟨25⟩ vyapāranihapitāmahā

⟨26⟩ nyūta padavi virājamāna mā-

⟨27⟩ nōnnata prabhumaṁtrōtsāha śa-

⟨28⟩ ktitraya saṁpannaḥ pratipannaka-

⟨29⟩ ṇnaḥ svāmidēva daṇḍādhipā(śa)

⟨30⟩ ṅga svāmandē kumāra • sōmēśva-

⟨31⟩ radēva vijñā [pṛ]tedanujñeyā- ⟨Page 126⟩

Second Face.

⟨1⟩ śa jayativiśada daṁṣṭrāgrā-

⟨2⟩ dutāyasya dhātrivila-

⟨3⟩ (ta) satihari nīlākaṭikalīlā

⟨4⟩ ca kāṁti samadratā marōti vadrā

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ tākiṁdrāḷa rūpā murāḷiḥ ||

⟨7⟩ kāpiraṁdādradīkṣā pra • • • • • la

⟨8⟩ kṣmī • • bbaṁtaṁkṣvēravākā •

⟨9⟩ vadvā(ti)vaṁśa pālōkṛtūvala

⟨10⟩ śvō pāṁṅgadhvaśaṟipu bahudā

⟨11⟩ kṣiti pālakā (rucvākarṣa) • •

⟨12⟩ manunūṁ satthaphale lālyaṁ

⟨13⟩ • • • panvaya śrīsōma

⟨14⟩ • • • • • ṣṭa bhirāma • • • • •

⟨15⟩ dēvabhūpaḥ tadva(ṁśa) jō cakra

⟨16⟩ rāyarājaya śrīticayā •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • bhū jupāya •

⟨18⟩ dihāt® kānya bhūbujā

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • pādānētā nṛhāra neṁpati

⟨21⟩ śāṁta kōpaḥ satyāśraya nāma

⟨22⟩ ṣavidūtakali prabhuvadbhā(ggyē)

⟨23⟩ svarājō vibhavadra bivāma bhūmi ||

⟨24⟩ tadanvaya samutvannō jayasiṁ-

⟨25⟩ ha kṣitīśvaraḥ nijapādāna vārā-

⟨26⟩ ti rājasiṁhaḥ pratāpavān || ta-

⟨27⟩ syātmajā vijvikkavitā vibhāḍarā-

⟨28⟩ ja saṁjōvaha(ṁ)sādi (dhipi)śipravirā-

⟨29⟩ jamānaṁniḥ kaṁṭakā manupibhū-

⟨30⟩ va nṛpāla lakṣmī maudāryya śau-

⟨31⟩ ryya nirvitāhavamalladēvan

⟨32⟩ tatsutā vikramādityaḥ śatru kṣē-

⟨33⟩ tra jvālāṁtakaṁ vīramajñe ·itikhṛ-

⟨34⟩ taṁ snattamāvarkaṇṇa pa(ra)ddanaṁ • ||

Third Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī cālukya vikrama

⟨2-4⟩ damaged

⟨5⟩ ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti ni-

⟨6⟩ mittha koṭa • • • • • grā-

⟨7⟩ ma • • • • • nidhāṟiti

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • gādu • • yamāna

⟨10⟩ • • karmānu • • •

⟨11⟩ ttāṁ • pā • • svādhyāya •

⟨12⟩ (dā)rarppaṁ śrīmaḍviśiyaṁ ma

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 127⟩

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • kṛta • ṁ siṁmaṁ (mu)ni

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • tācāryya • ṁ māna

⟨18⟩ • • • dēvi • rājama • • •

⟨19⟩ • • ṁ ḍito(dani) pārjita

⟨20⟩ • • • darā vāpo • ṣakyalu

⟨21⟩ dēviyaṁ • • nētrada •

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ raduttara • grāmasya sī-

⟨24⟩ mā pū(rvva)taḥ jūnu ballisi

⟨25⟩ (yu)va dakṣiṇa • • • • •

⟨26⟩ ya svavi • • • • •

⟨27⟩ taḥ (tira) vādasi śu • • • • •

⟨28⟩ • • • lasidētra • traṁ catu

⟨29⟩ • • vilakṣitā • māya

⟨30⟩ pa(mandu) • caśēṣamāna • •

⟨31⟩ mi pālō kadirokṣitēṣahari •

⟨32⟩ ·aniyaḥ || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā-

⟨33⟩ yō harēta vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭirvva-

⟨34⟩ rṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāya-

⟨35⟩ tē krimiḥ | mahīpālyana dū-

⟨36⟩ • vya śivapātre samappātā

⟨37⟩ hatuḥ kulasyadōśa syādra

⟨38⟩ rvituśvōttarōttakaṁ || ba

⟨39⟩ hubhirvvasudhā dattāṁ

⟨40⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādhibhi yya-

⟨41⟩ sya yasya yadā bhūmista-

⟨42⟩ sya tasya tadā phalaṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0093⟩ No. 93. (A.R. No. 73 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On the same pillar in the same Museum No. 90.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 12th century A.D.

This record, engraved on the fourth face of the same pillar [Museum No. 90], seems to be a different record but damaged very much.

Dējarasa, Tribhuvanamalla and Sōmēśvara described as narēśvara, are mentioned in the record. Besides, there is a mention of Ganga, Kaḷinga and Siṁhaḷa kings. Since, the beginning is broken and lost and the end is completely damaged the purport of the record is not clear. It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • maṁ ·aḍi śiva mā-

⟨2⟩ • • ta rāja rājyavabhayō-

⟨3⟩ da jō drastarāna • • • ·acu- ⟨Page 128⟩

⟨4⟩ lā śra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • (vima) • • • ha • taḥ

⟨6⟩ • śōtakhadhvaja dhārāno •

⟨7⟩ dvādāratnaṁ kā • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • tōśa • ṟeyata mānā

⟨9⟩ rmmadhye rājōdaya (vi)tāṁ

⟨10⟩ mraṁ nitya bhū • • • na

⟨11⟩ tā bhayaṁ pālayandavaḥ (kāṁ)

⟨12⟩ talacala • • • • •

⟨13⟩ tama • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • sramāśrī • ṣṭita (caṁcatō)

⟨15⟩ rāja • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • rōddējarasa • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • cālukyābharaṇa śrīma-

⟨18⟩ ttribhuvanamalla • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ • • • • • śatanija vijaya

⟨20⟩ rkkaṣā(vi) tē(pu) • natājyasu •

⟨21⟩ • • • • • ti || • • • • •

⟨22⟩ ·āva tvirōdhi vilaṁ bōtsā •

⟨23⟩ pratāpōdayakhvala jyō

⟨24⟩ (ta)ya pādurvvadbane viduḥ

⟨25⟩ pāṇḍaryya lakṣmī sutaḥ

⟨26⟩ • dō gaṁga kaḷiṁga siṁha

⟨27⟩ (ḷa) mahīpāḷādi bhūpā

⟨28⟩ nama ccūḍā (bhōṁ khi) padāra(ṁ)

⟨29⟩ bhū jō vijaya taṁgamēśvara

⟨30⟩ rvvīśvaraṁ || (amala) vidyābhava

⟨31⟩ tkāra kōśala ·adōtra paśya(la)

⟨32⟩ māścaryya dēvarājākarṣa sō-

⟨33⟩ mēśvara narēśvara • • • mā •

⟨34-35⟩ completely damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0094⟩ No. 94. (A.R. No. B. 550 of 1961-62.) BĒVINŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in front of the ruined temple outside the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 12th century A.D.

This highly damaged record states that when Chālukya Tribhuvanamalladēva was ruling over the empire, Aṇnaladēva [a subordinate of the king] made a grant of land probably at Bhattagrama Bēvīnahā[ḷa]. In the date portion only Pushya, amāvāsya is available. It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanāśrayaṁ śrīpṛthvī vallabha mahārājādhirājaṁ paramē-

⟨2⟩ śvaraṁ paramabhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya • • • • • [cāḷu]kyā bhara-

⟨3⟩ ṇaṁ śrī tribhuvanamalladēvara (vija)yarājya • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 129⟩

⟨4⟩ ddhi pravardhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • ḷinalu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • svasti samadhigata (paṁca) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • giḷa viṣṭāya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ kaṁ pasāyitaṁ • ḷā • daṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ naṇnali dēvarasaruṁ śrīmatu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ vatsarada puṣyadamāvāsse • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ ṟa baḷiya [bha]ttagrāme bēvinahā(ḷa) • • • • •

⟨12⟩ [kti] pūrvakaṁ māḍi kutudi (gu)ḍi • • • • •

⟨13⟩ ḷiya nela pariya ko • • • • •

⟨14⟩ vine rājakke biṭṭa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ rā śrī [||*] 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0095⟩ No. 95. (A.R. No. B. 809 of 1962-63.) BASTIPURA, KOLLEGAL TALUK, MYSORE DISTRICT.

Slab built into a platform just outside the village.

Tribhuvanamalla [Vikramāditya VI] 12th century A.D.

It mentions Śrī-man-mahāmaṅḍaḷēśvara Tribhuvanamalla only.

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⟨0⟩ śrī manmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara tribhuvanamalla

⟨SIIv29p0i0096⟩ No. 96. (A.R. No. B. 761 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the courtyard of the house of Prayāgabāyi Nāgappa Hāḷuṁbare.

Sōmēśvara III 1128 A.D.

The top portion of this slab is broken and lost. As a result information regarding the king and the family to which he belonged, are lost. However, the date of the record indicates that it belonged to the reign period of Sōmēśvara III.

It registers gifts of lands for worship and offerings to god and burning of a perpetual lamp in the temple of god Mallēśvara situated near the temple of Nagarēśvara in Goranṭe, a sarvanamasyadagrahāra, by the mahājanas of that place. The record has eulogized the qualities of mahājanas. It also registers a gift of a garden to the same deity by Pullavaḍugara Māyipayyanāyaka and [Ra]yiṇa-nāyaka probably on the same date.

The record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year [5]3, Kīlaka, Pushya śu. 1, Monday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1128 A.D., December 24, Monday.

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[Top portion is broken and lost]

⟨1⟩ niyama svādhyāya dhyānadhāraṇa maunānuṣṭhāṇa japasamā[dhi]

⟨2⟩ śīḷa saṁpannaru nuḍidumattennaru yajana yājanādi śaṭkarmanira- ⟨Page 130⟩

⟨3⟩ ta[ru] śaṭtarkka ṣa[ṇmu]khōpamāna pratyakṣa nārāyaṇarumappa śrīmat [sarvva]-

⟨4⟩ namasyadagrahāraṁ gōraṁṭeyaśēśa mahājanaṁgaḷu © śvasti sama • •

⟨5⟩ ṇagaṇa mahāratnāḷaṁkrita śarīraruṁ • • kuḷakamaḷa vika[śi]ta • • •

⟨6⟩ raruṁ satyaśaucācāra cāritra cāturyya sauṁdaryya vi • • •

⟨7⟩ sarōvara rājahaṁsaruṁ śivaguru pādāṁbhōja mattamadu • • • • •

⟨8⟩ du madhuravacana racanarumappa śrī madgōraṁṭeya śē • • •

⟨9⟩ raṁgaḷu nagarēśvaradēvara samopadalli varaputra sthānamappa • • •

⟨10⟩ ṭṭeya mallēśvaradēvarige || goydēśvara tōṭadiṁ teṁkalu ·ā • • •

⟨11⟩ ra tōṭadiṁ baḍaga biṭṭa mattaru ·oṁdu | mattaṟa 60 ṟoḷagaṇa ·ujjaḷeya

⟨12⟩ nāyakana vrittigaḷaṁ māṟugoṁḍu dēvara ·aṁgabhōga nivēdyaṁ dīvige

⟨13⟩ [eṇne]gaṁ pūjisuva jīyarakkapparakā • nakku • biṭṭa vritti mūṟu ma-

⟨14⟩ ttaṁ || svasti samasta guṇasaṁpannarappa śrīmat pullavaḍugara māyi-

⟨15⟩ payya nāyakanuṁ [rā]yiṇa nāykanuṁ [niḻdu] dēvara tōṁṭada hāḷeya-

⟨16⟩ vaṁ biṭṭaru mattaṁ || svasti śrīmaccāḷukya vikrama varśada [5]3 neya kīlaka saṁvatsa-

⟨17⟩ rada puṣya suddha pāḍi[va] sōmavāra ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrāṁtiyaṁdu biṭṭaru

⟨18⟩ letters worn out

⟨19⟩ • dammavaṁ pratipāḷisidaḍe kurukṣētra vāraṇāsiyalu sāyira kavileyaṁ

⟨20⟩ suvarṇṇa berasi vēda pāragataru sāsira brāhmaṇarige koṭṭa phala keḍi[si*]davara • • •

⟨21⟩ mitraroḷagāgi ·āṟūra narakakkiḷiva kurukṣētra vāraṇāśiyalu sā[yi]-

⟨22⟩ ra kavilevaṁ sāyira brāhmaṇaruvaṁ koṁda pātakanakku || svadattaṁ parada-

⟨23⟩ ttaṁ vāyō harētu vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭirvarśa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ ||

⟨24⟩ [dita]doḷiṁtī dharmmavanu • • • ridisaleṁdu bagedaṁdava saṁsuttida ku • • [barva]llaṁ [ka]

⟨25⟩ • nisade rauravakke saṁdāga [da] niḍigeṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0097⟩ No. 97. (A.R. No. B. 575 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built in to the floor of the Īśvara temple.

Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] 1134 A.D.

This damaged record registers a grant of money by [Nārā]yaṇa bhaṭṭōpādhyāya, son of Sōma-bhaṭṭōpādhyāya to the mahājanas of agrahāra Rūḍi when Chālukya Bhūlokamalla [Sōmēśvara III] was ruling over the empire.

It is dated in the king's regnal year 9, Ānanda, Pushya • • • • • Tuesday, uttarayaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1134 A.D., December 25, Tuesday. The tithi was śu. 8.

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⟨1⟩ • • •

⟨2⟩ soḍare smogeveraḍu

⟨3⟩ gaḷabāṇa • • • • • 1

⟨4⟩ © svasti samasta bhuvana vikhyāta śrīpṛ-

⟨5⟩ thvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja paramē-

⟨6⟩ śvaraṁ parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya

⟨7⟩ kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmatsa-

⟨8⟩ rvvajña cakravartti bhūlōkamalladēvara vi-

⟨9⟩ jaya rājya[muttarōttarābhi]vṛddhi pravardhamā- ⟨Page 131⟩

⟨10⟩ namācaṁdrā • • • • • • • • • • salluttamire svastiśrī cā-

⟨11⟩ [lukya sarvvajña] bhūlōkamalladēva varṣada 9 neyānaṁda saṁva-

⟨12⟩ tsarada puṣya • • • maṁgaḷavāra ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti

⟨13⟩ yaṁdu ·ūṟu • • • • • śrī sōma bhaṭṭōpādhyāya

⟨14⟩ ra makkaḷu • • yaṇa bhaṭṭōpādhyāya śrī matsarvva namasya

⟨15⟩ dagrahāraṁ rūḍiyaśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷge poṁge tiṁgaḷge • • • • •

⟨16⟩ ka vṛddhiyiṁ • • • • • • • • • • poṁgadyāṇa • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • ṟa vṛddhiyā • • • • • • • • • • 1

⟨18-19⟩ very badly damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0098⟩ No. 98. (A.R. No. B. 565 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of the Māraṭēśvara temple.

Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] 1134 A.D.

It states that when Bhūlōkamalla was ruling the empire from the capital Kalyāṇa. mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Būchidēvarasa of the Haihaya family made a land grant to the god Māraṭēśvara of agrahāra Kallūru in the presence of all the mahājanas of the village. The donor was governing Mudugundūru-300 from his headquarters at Mudugundūru fort. It has also recorded a land grant made by hegaḍe Chavutaṇa to the same god.

The record is dated in the regnal year 9 of Bhūlōkamalla [Somēśvara III], Ānanda, Pushya, śu. 11 Friday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa. It corresponds to 1134 A.D., December 29, Saturday, [f.d.t. 06]. There was no saṁkramaṇa on that day.

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⟨1⟩ © śrī namastuṁga śiraccuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūla-

⟨2⟩ staṁbhāya śaṁbhavē | bahubhirvvasudhādbhi rājabhi ssagarādhipa yasya yasya yadā

⟨3⟩ mi stayya tasyatadā phalaṁ || © svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha

⟨4⟩ mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷu-

⟨5⟩ kyābharaṇaṁ śrī matsarvvajña cakravarti bhūlōkamalladēvara vijayarājyamutta-

⟨6⟩ rōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamānamācaṁdrākka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire kalyāṇa-

⟨7⟩ purada nelevīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire tatpāda

⟨8⟩ padmōpajīvigaḷappa śrī sastyanēka bhaṁgura taraṁga saṁghāta nicita lavaṇābdha[va]-

⟨9⟩ ḷaya vaḷayitavēḷāvana pāriyātra tanmadhya dēśādhīśvara māhiṣma-

⟨10⟩ tī puravarādhīśvara sahasrabāhu pratāpabhūpa diḷīpa ·ahihaya vaṁśōdbha-

⟨11⟩ va vivēka va[na*]jōdbhavanatyugra naraśirōdarppaṇa dhvaja virājamāna dānakānīna māle pa-

⟨12⟩ ṟe bhūṣaṇaṁ nrivaratna bhūṣaṇaṁ satyavikhyāta nītimāṁdhāta budhaja-

⟨13⟩ nastutyaṁ nayyaṇāditya virōdhi maṁḍaḷika (śu)ṁḍāḷa paṁcānana samaraṣaḍānana śā-

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • caturmmukha maṁneya goṁdaḷaṁ (ga)baḍiva siḍilamārkkoḷva •

⟨15⟩ • • ḷa gaṁḍa ·ubhaya • • • • • jaṁguḷi manneyara mālegōva baṁṭarabāva [permmāḍiya] •

⟨16⟩ kakāṟa raṇaraṁga nīṟa tappetappuvaḷa maguḷdaṭṭeṟeppuva mūppuri manneyara

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • parāṁganā putra gōtrapavitra sukavinikara

⟨18⟩ śukamākaṁda [naṁdana] lōkāṁbikā naṁdana śrīkēśavadēvara pādābjabhṛṁga sāhasō-

⟨19⟩ ttuṁga nāmādi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ cū[bū]cidēvara- ⟨Page 132⟩

⟨20⟩ saru muduguṁdūru munnūṟumaṁ duṣṭanigraha śiṣṭapratipāḷana-

⟨21⟩ di nijarājadhāniyappa maduguṁdūra kōṭeyoḷubhaya sāmyamanā-

⟨22⟩ ḷuttaḷi(li)rddu śrībhūlōkamalla varṣada 9 neyānaṁda saṁvatsarada puṣya suddha 11 su-

⟨23⟩ kravāra daṁduttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa nimittadiṁ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ bū-

⟨24⟩ cidēvarasaru śrīmatsarvvanamanaśyadagrahāṁ kallūra ·aśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷa

⟨25⟩ sannidhānadalu śrīsvayaṁbhu māraṭēśvara dēvaraṁgabhōgakke śrīmadvikramāditya bha-

⟨26⟩ ṭṭayyaga(ḷa) • biṭṭa keyyiṁda nintaraṁ gobbūra dāriyiṁ paḍuval

⟨27⟩ daśavaṁda bhūmiyoḷage hiriya kōlalu hannirmmattaru keyyaṁdhārā-

⟨28⟩ pūrvvakaṁ māḍi yācaṁdrārka tāraṁ biṭṭaru © hegaḍe cavutaṇaṁ daśava-

⟨29⟩ ṁda bhūmiyalli tārāṟagalli paḍuvalu ·ondu mattakkeyyaṁ śrī māraṭēśvaradēvara •

⟨30⟩ ha • dakke biṭṭaru | ·iṁtī dharmmamaṁ pratipāḷisidavargge śrī vāraṇāsiyalli sāsira kavile

⟨31⟩ yaṁ koḍukoḷagu mahallida baḍḍiṟeda kaṭṭisi sāsirvvaṣada pāragavappa brāhmaṇargge ·athadiṁge

⟨32⟩ koṭa phaḷamakku tadharmmamamanārānuvaḷida ghātakargge sāsira kavileyaṁ sāsirvvavēda pāraṁgatarppa

⟨33⟩ brāhmaṇarumaṁ śrī vāraṇāsiyalli koṁdaṁtappa pāpaṁ sārggu || ślōka || sāmānyōyaṁ dharmasētu

⟨34⟩ nripāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ • • nētānbhāvina(ṁ) pārttivēṁdrānbhūyōbhayō

⟨35⟩ yācatē rāma (bha)draḥ [||] (svadattaṁ paradattaṁ) vāyōharētu vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭirvvarṣasaha-

⟨36⟩ srāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0099⟩ No. 99. (A.R. No. B. 207 of 1962-63.) RĀJŌLI, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

A broken slab in front of Rāmēśvarasvāmi temple on the banks of Tuṅgabhadrā (about half-amile from the village).

Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] 1136 A.D.

It states that when Chālukya emperor Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] was ruling over the empire perggaḍe Sūrapayya, the adhikāri [officer-in-charge] of Yaḍanāḍu, made a grant of income from various taxes to the god Sahasralingadēva of Poḷasanūru for offerings to and worship of the god and the repairs of the temple at the instance of mahāpradhāna, maddverggeḍe, bāṇasuverggaḍe, daṇḍanāyaka Śrivatsadēvarasa, the mahāsāmanta of the emperor.

The record after referring to the rule of the emperor begins with an eulogy of this mahāsāmantadhipati. Poḷasanūru is stated to be a datti of Vinaya-Satyāśrayadēva. The 300 Viḷāsinis of Poḷasanūru, situated within Ayije-nādu division are also mentioned. The record also has registered another grant of income from shops, sale of betel leaves and areca, oil-mill etc., of Rājavoḷalu to the god. Rājavoḷalu seems to be the ancient name of the present village Rājōli.

The record is dated in Bhūlōkamalla year II, Naḷa, Chaitra, ba. Monday, Vyatipāta, Vishusaṁkramaṇa corresponding to 1136 A.D., March 23, Monday. [the tithi was probably ba. 4].

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⟨1⟩ © śrī śrī śrī śrī namastuṁga śirastuṁ-

⟨2⟩ ga caṁdra cāmara cāravē [|*] trailōkyanagarāṁbhaṁ mūlastaṁ-

⟨3⟩ bhāya svayaṁbhuvē || svasti samasta bhuvanāśra-

⟨4⟩ ya śrīprithvīvallabha mahārājā-

⟨5⟩ dhirāja paramēśra paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ sattyā- ⟨Page 133⟩

⟨6⟩ śraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-

⟨7⟩ matsarvvajña cakravartti bhūlōkamalladēvaravija-

⟨8⟩ yarājya muttarōttarābhivriddhi pravarddhamāna

⟨9⟩ mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ saluttamire tatpāda padmōpa

⟨10⟩ jīvigaḷappa samadhigata paṁcamahāśabda mahā-

⟨11⟩ sāmaṁtādhipati mahāpracaṁḍa daṁḍanāyakaṁ

⟨12⟩ vibudhava[ra]dāyakaṁ sujana nuḍidumatteṁna

⟨13⟩ gōtra pavitraṁ parāṁganā putraṁ turaya rēvaṁtaṁ

⟨14⟩ vairikritāṁtaṁ sāhasōtuṁganayyana siṁgaṁ

⟨15⟩ nāmādi samasta prasasti sahitaṁ śrīmanu-

⟨16⟩ mahāpradhānaṁ madverggeḍe bāṇasaverggaḍe

⟨17⟩ daṁḍanāyakaṁ śrīvatsadēvarasara besadiṁda

⟨18⟩ yaḍanāḍadhikāri perggeḍe sūrapayyagaḷu śrī

⟨19⟩ madhbhūlōkamallavarṣada pāṇnoṁdeneya

⟨20⟩ naḷasaṁvatsarada caitra bahuḷa sōmavāraṁ vitipā-

⟨21⟩ taṁ viśa(śu) saṁkramaṇadaṁdayije nāḍoḷagaṇa ||

⟨22⟩ mūnūrvvaru viḷāsinījanadaṁ poḷasanūra śisahasra-

⟨23⟩ liṁgadēvara nivēdyakkaṁ ·aṁgabhōgakkaṁ khaṁḍasphuṭi-

⟨24⟩ ta jīrṇnōddhārakaṁ sarvvanamasyavāgi naḍevu-

⟨25⟩ ttamippa vinaya satyāśraya dēvara dattiya poḷa-

⟨26⟩ sanūralu kāṇike sādavaruvaṇata(pō)bhōga suṁ-

⟨27⟩ kaveṁbivellavaṁ dēvarige koṭṭarīśāsana mani • • ṟa śā-

⟨28⟩ sana moṁbīdhammamaṁ bigedu nuḍidavara bāyalu kōṣṭaṁ mū • • ||

⟨29⟩ rājavoḷala laṁgaḍayalōṁdu saṭṭuga hēṟeṁge ·ele 50 ·aḍake hēṟeṁge 1(0)

⟨30⟩ bhaṁḍiyalu jōḷaṁ māna 2 gāṇadalu ·eṇne sollage 1 yiṁtī dharmma-

⟨31⟩ manārānuṁ keḍisidavaru gaṁgeya taḍiyalu sāyira kavile-

⟨32⟩ yanaḷida pātakaṁ || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēti vasuṁ-

⟨33⟩ dharāṁ [|*] śaṣṭirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi[ḥ*] ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0100⟩ No. 100. (A.R. No. B. 746 of 1962-63.) ANDUR, TULJAPUR TALUK, OSMANABAD DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA.

On a slab fixed in to a dilapidated wall in the village.

Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] 1136 A.D.

This record is engraved on the same slab above No. 63.

This damaged record has registered a grant of 5 gadyāṇas per year for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Māṇikēśvara by the queen Mājiladēvi probably in the presence of heggaḍe Mattiyaṇa-nāyaka of Hannipaḷḷi and karaṇās.

Nāḍa adhikāri was made responsible for maintaining this dharma. It is dated in Chālukya Bhūlōkamalla year 11, Naḷa, Kārttika, śu. 1, Monday. It corresponds to 1136 A.D., September 28, Monday.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī cāḷukya bhūlōkamalla variṣada 11 da neyanaḷa saṁvatsarada kārttika suddha pāḍiva sō- ⟨Page 134⟩

⟨2⟩ mavāradaṁdu śrī matu piriyarasi paṭṭamahādēvi mājiladēviya raṁgabhōga

⟨3⟩ • • ṇiṁpūrva ha[nni] paḷḷiya heggaḍe mattiyaṇanāyaka pramukha karaṇaṁga-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • harastaḷake ·āpaṭa mudreyalli śrī māṇikēśvara dēvara naṁdādīvige

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ge biṭṭa gadyāṇa 5 ·ide variṣaṁ prati koṭṭaru ·idaṁ nāḍadhikāri

⟨6⟩ • • • • • pāḷisidavaru svarggāpavargaṁgaḷaṁnu bhōgiparu kiḍisida

⟨7⟩ • • • • • rmmaru | śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0101⟩ No. 101. (A.R. No. B. 236 of 1962-63.) DŪḌKI, BANASWADA TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

On four faces of a pillar setup near the dhavajasthaṁbha in the Sōmēśvara temple beyond the Pirula-Cheruvu.

Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] 1137 A.D.

It refers to the rule of Chālukya Bhūlōkamalladēva who was ruling the empire from the capital Kalyāṇa and to his mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Sōma-permmāḍi who is described as Paṁpana gandhavāraṇa. The latter made a grant of the mēlāḷike including taxes like sēse, kiṟukuḷa, kāṇike etc., of Bāḍa-Bāṁsavāde, situated in Bolle-70 division, to Bālachandradēva for worship, and offerings and for feeding the guests and ascetics.

The record is dated Piṅgaḷa, saṁkramaṇa, sūrya grahamṇa, Monday. Probably it corresponds to 1137 A.D., November 15, Monday. Solar eclipse occured on that day.

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I Face.

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanā- 1

⟨2⟩ śrayaṁ śrīpṛthvī-

⟨3⟩ vallabhaṁ mahā-

⟨4⟩ rājādhirāja rāja

⟨5⟩ paramēsvaraṁ parama-

⟨6⟩ bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyā[śra*]ya

⟨7⟩ kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷu-

⟨8⟩ kyābharaṇaṁ śrīma-

⟨9⟩ tu bhūlō-

⟨10⟩ kamalladēvara vija-

⟨11⟩ yarājya muttarōtta-

⟨12⟩ rābhivṛddhi pravarddhamā-

⟨13⟩ na mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ

⟨14⟩ baraṁ saluttamire rāja-

⟨15⟩ dhāni kalyāṇa purada nela

⟨16⟩ vīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁkha

⟨17⟩ thāvinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyu

⟨18⟩ ttamire tatpāda pa-

⟨19⟩ dmōpajīvigaḷappa

⟨20⟩ svasti samadhigata paṁ-

⟨21⟩ camahāsabda ma-

⟨22⟩ hā maṇḍaḷēsvara ⟨Page 135⟩

⟨23⟩ ·aribiruda maṇḍaḷi-

⟨24⟩ ka sarabhabhēruṇḍa du-

⟨25⟩ ṣṭa maṇḍaḷika vainatē-

⟨26⟩ ya ·eḍagaṇḍike

II Face.

⟨27⟩ viḍiva rājāryya

⟨28⟩ savalakka malla śa-

⟨29⟩ ṇivārasiddhi paṁ-

⟨30⟩ panagaṁdha vāraṇa

⟨31⟩ śrīmatu sōma-

⟨32⟩ permmāḍigaḷu

⟨33⟩ bolleyeppatta-

⟨34⟩ ṟa baḷiya bā-

⟨35⟩ ḍa bāṁsavāḍeya

⟨36⟩ mēlāḷikeyanu

⟨37⟩ tri bhōgābhyaṁntara

⟨38⟩ voḷagāgi ·ā-

⟨39⟩ yadāya kā-

⟨40⟩ ṇike śēse keḻu-

⟨41⟩ kuḷa voḷagāgi

⟨42⟩ ·aṁgabhōgakkaṁ raṁga- 1

⟨43⟩ bhōgakkaṁ ·athiti ·a-

⟨44⟩ bhyāgatara tapōdha-

⟨45⟩ nara grāsakkaṁ mā-

⟨46⟩ ṭa kūṭakkaṁ svaśti

⟨47⟩ yamaniyama

⟨48⟩ svādhyāya dhyāna

⟨49⟩ dhāraṇa mōnā-

⟨50⟩ nuṣṭāna japasamā-

⟨51⟩ dhisīḷa saṁpaṁna

III Face.

⟨52⟩ rumappa śrīma-

⟨53⟩ tu bāḷacaṁdradē-

⟨54⟩ varige sūryya-

⟨55⟩ grahaṇa saṁkra-

⟨56⟩ maṇa vyatīpāta sō-

⟨57⟩ mavāra nimitta piṁga-

⟨58⟩ ḷa saṁvatsaradaṁdu

⟨59⟩ kālaṁkacci dhārā-

⟨60⟩ pūrvakaṁ māḍi

⟨61⟩ koṭṭa || ·irntirmmama-

⟨62⟩ nāvanōrvvaṁ pra-

⟨63⟩ tipāḷisuvarasu-

⟨64⟩ gaḷu vāraṇāsi ku-

⟨65⟩ rukṣētra prayāge-

⟨66⟩ yalu sāyira ⟨Page 136⟩

⟨67⟩ kavileya ·ubhaya • •

⟨68⟩ mukhiyāgi vēda-

⟨69⟩ vittugaḷappa sāyi-

⟨70⟩ ra brāhmaṇarige dāna

⟨71⟩ māḍida phaḷamakku

IV Face.

⟨72⟩ ·inti dharmmamanā-

⟨73⟩ vanōrvvaṁ kiḍisida-

⟨74⟩ nappaḍā tīrtthadalā

⟨75⟩ brāhmaṇaru ma-

⟨76⟩ nā kavilegaḷa koṁ-

⟨77⟩ da pāpamakku [||*]

⟨78⟩ bahubbhi rvasudhā[da]-

⟨79⟩ ttārāmabhisaga-

⟨80⟩ rādabhi | yasya

⟨81⟩ yasya yadā ka-

⟨82⟩ vyaṁ tasyatasya [ta]-

⟨83⟩ dā phalaṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0102⟩ No. 102. (A.R. No. B. 574 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a slab kept in the Īśvara temple. [No. 2].

Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] 1137 A.D.

It states that mahāpradhāna daṇḍanāyaka Niṁbaṇayya made a grant of land at agrahāra Ṟaṟāvi to Nāgaladēvi, wife of Śankarārya, as a present (baḷuvaḷi). Half of that land was made over by Nāgaladēvi to the temples of Sankarēśvara and Nāgēśvara at agrahāra Rūḍi probably built by her. Mention is made of mahāmaṇḍḷēśvara kumāra Tailapadeva. At the beginning the record has an eulogy of Nāgaladēvi.

It is dated in the regnal year 12 (of Bhūlōkamalla-Somēśvara III), Pingaḷa, [Śaka 1059] Pushya, śu. 11. Friday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti corresponding to 1137 A.D., December 24, Friday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti śrīmatsaneṁba riṣiya lasadvaṁśadoḷogedu gōtra maṁḍana [nese]-

⟨2⟩ daṁ śrīvatsapadavi śrutabhāvaṁ sōmēśvaraṁ mahākābyadhīraṁ

⟨3⟩ ·ātanaputraṁ vinaya vinūtaṁ caṁdrātapāvadātayaśa ssaṁpū-

⟨4⟩ taṁ samagra vidyānvitaṁ śutyartthavēdidēvarasākhya tadanujanaśēṣa vidyāsadanaṁ

⟨5⟩ vibhu śaṁkarāryyanātana tammaṁ vidita sakaḷāgamā-

⟨6⟩ rtthaṁ sadamaḷatara kīrtti negaḷdanī mahādēva || hariya viśāḷa vakṣamana-

⟨7⟩ ḷaṁ karisirdda sarōjavāsegaṁ girīśana dēhabhāgamanaḷaṁkarisirdda nagātma jāte-

⟨8⟩ gaṁ surapatiyaṁka pīṭha manaḷaṁkarisirddā puḻōma puttigaṁ

⟨9⟩ dore vibhuśaṁkarāryyana manappriye nāgaladēvi peṁpinoḷ ||

⟨10⟩ manu cāritrayenippa saduguṇe mahādēvigaṁ puṇyabhā-

⟨11⟩ jana niṁbaprabhuge mahōtsavadiṁ lakṣmīdēvivolu puṭṭi viṣṇu(dē)-

⟨12⟩ (vaṁ) śrīmahādēvaneṁbana viśāḷōra sthaḷasthāyiyāda navadyaṁ

⟨13⟩ (ṁ)ge gaṁgaṇabbegeṇeyāru viśvaṁbhārā bhāgadoḷu || doresuma- ⟨Page 137⟩

⟨14⟩ [ne]ge śāṁḍilyege sari sītege pāṭi saṁdarūḍhatigeṇe saccaritadoḷaṁ pa-

⟨15⟩ tibhaktiyu pariṇatiyoḷamendoḍuḷidarā vadhugeṇeye || natari-

⟨16⟩ pu bhūpanūtnamaṇimauḷi mayūkha navaprasūna raṁjita pāda-

⟨17⟩ paṁkajaṁ draviḷa vipravarāḷige vikramāṁka bhūpati paḍedittanu-

⟨18⟩ ttamikeyiṁ negaḷdayyaṇavāḍi nāḷdaḷaṁkritiyenesaṁda rūḍi-

⟨19⟩ yanadaṁ sale sarbbanamasya māgiralu || svasti samasta

⟨20⟩ bhuvanāśraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja paramē-

⟨21⟩ śvara parama bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmatsa-

⟨22⟩ rvvajña cakravarti bhūlōkamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarō-

⟨23⟩ ttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁ saluttamire kalyāṇa

⟨24⟩ purada nelavīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁge-

⟨25⟩ yyuttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanma-

⟨26⟩ hāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ kumāraṁ tailapadēvaṁ śrīmanmahāpradhānaṁ

⟨27⟩ daṁḍanāyakaṁ nimbaṇayyaṁgaḷu mānāḍu nāgaladēvige baḷavaḷiyāga tailapadēva-

⟨28⟩ [rgge] sarvvanamasyadagrahāraṁ ṟauṟāviyali ·ondu vrittiyaṁ koṭṭaru | ·ā vṛtti-

⟨29⟩ yoḷagarddhā vṛttiyaṁ baḷisahitaṁ nāgaladēvi [mānyada] ·agrahāraṁ rūḍiya-

⟨30⟩ lmāḍisida śaṁkadēśvara dēvarggaṁ nāgēśvara dēvarggavāgi śrīmaccāḷukya sarvvajña-

⟨31⟩ cakravartti bhūlōkamalla varṣada 12 neya piṁgaḷa saṁvatsarada puṣya śuddha 11

⟨32⟩ śukravāra ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇadandu dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi biṭṭaḷu || 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0103⟩ No. 103. (A.R. No. B. 760 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

On a slab lying in the field of Shankarappa.

Bhūlōkamalla [Sōmēśvara III] 12th century A.D.

This short and incomplete record engraved at the end of Inscription No. 86 above registers gifts of lands [probably to the god Rudrēśvara of agrahāra Gōraṇṭe] on the occasion of solar eclipse by Bhāskara bhattōpādhyāya, the preceptor of emperor Bhūlōkamalladēva. The gifted lands were measured in the measuring rod named Samkēśvaradēvara kaiyyakōlu. Kōḷanūru (village) is mentioned at the end. It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ matta malla śrīmadbhūlōkamalladēvara ma[pa]ramārādhyarappa-

⟨2⟩ yyāṁgaḷu bhāskara bhaṭṭōpādhyāyaru sūryyagrahaṇa nimittavāgi tamma • • • • • doḷage • • • • • • daṁ paḍuvalu maṁbava(ku) baḍa baṭṭiyiṁ baḍagalu saṁkēśvaradēvara kaiyyaṁ kolu biṭṭa mattaru • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • ḷa(da)geya baḷiya koḷanūru

[Stops here-incomplete].

⟨SIIv29p0i0104⟩ No. 104. (A.R. No. B. 769 of 1962-63.) AṆADUR, BIDAR TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Two faces of a slab lying in the grave yard behind the Hire-maṭha.

Jagadēkamalla II 1138 A.D. ⟨Page 138⟩

The record belongs to the first regnal year of the Chālukya king Jagadēkamalla II.

It states that a gift of lands, flower gardens, house-sites, income from taxes and oil mills for worship and offerings to god Nāraṇēśvaradēva of Aṇaṁdūr and for feeding Brāhmaṇas and ascetics in the choultry (sattra), by maṇḍalēśvara Baddarasa, the manneya, and mahāpradhāna, maneverggaḍe Bammaṇayya-daṇḍanāyaka, the sāmantikey-adhikāri of Ṟaṭṭale [Aṭṭale]-nāḍu under the orders of the king when, he visited the temple of Mahābhairava Maiḷāradēva in the first year of his rule and had the foot prints of the god Śrī Pādagaḷam installed in the temple. The record contains a long genealogical account of Baddarasa and mahāpradhāna Gopadēva-daṇḍanāyaka.

The record is dated Śaka 1059, Kāḷāyukti, Regnal year 1, Pushy śu. 15, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. The cyclic year Kāḷāyukti occurred in Śaka 1060 and the given tithi corresponds to 1138 A.D., December 18, Sunday.

TEXT.

Front Side.

⟨1⟩ © namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkyana-

⟨2⟩ garāraṁbhaṁ mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē || © svasti samasta bhuva-

⟨3⟩ nāśraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ sa-

⟨4⟩ tyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmat pratāpa cakravarti jaga-

⟨5⟩ dēkamalladēvaru paṭṭacaṁvōtsavaṁ māḍisikoṁḍu prathama rājyadalu śrī

⟨6⟩ manu mahābhairavaṁ maiḷāradēvara śrīpādagaḷaṁ • • • • • dēvara

⟨7⟩ dēvālyakkeradu • • paṇaṁ māḍi ·ālagna • • ·āṇaṁdūra śrī nāraṇēśvaradēva

⟨8⟩ ra ·aṁgabhōga raṁgabhōga naivēdyakkaṁ brāhmaṇargeṁ tapōdhanarggaṁ ·aṁnnadā-

⟨9⟩ nadādiyāgiṁ lesava kaṭṭaṁmāḍi mahāpradhānaṁ manerggaḍe ṟaṭṭaḷenāḍa

⟨10⟩ sāmaṁtikeyadhikāri bammaṇayya daṁḍanāyakargge vānāḍamaṁneyaṁ maṁ-

⟨11⟩ ḍaḷēśvara • baddhara • • • rasa mmukhā dēśadiṁ besagaleṁtavaru sahitaṁ dā-

⟨12⟩ rāpūrvakaṁ māḍidapa || ·a • tithiyeṁtene sakavarṣaṁ sāsiradayvattoṁbhattaneya 1059

⟨13⟩ ttaneya kāḷāyukta saṁvatsarada puṣyada paurṇṇamāsya vyatīpāta ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkrāṁti

⟨14⟩ yaṁdu biṭṭa datti mattaṁ mahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ baddarasana vaṁśāvatāramu •

⟨15⟩ madarāpradhānaṁ gōpadēva daṁḍanāyakana vaṁśāvatāra veṁteṁdare — ramanā-

⟨16⟩ yaṁ kaṟegoṁkabhūpasutanappa baddagōrvvēra gamanōkārada rājyamaṁ nilisi-

⟨17⟩ daṁ nārāyaṇaṁ tatsutaṁ kramamirataṁ mavagaṁdu baddarasaraṁ śrīma-

⟨18⟩ llidēvaṁge rājyamane pūrjjitamāge mādanegaḷdaṁ gōpaṁda daṁḍādhipa || kaṁ || calada

⟨19⟩ ḻigaṁḍanaṁ nirmmaḷaneriya nāvika dāna ciṁntāmaṇiyaṁ kalikāla karnnaṁ nabhōvaḷe-

⟨20⟩ yaṁ dorṇṇipudu gōpadaṁḍādhipana || ·innā pogaḷteveḍeda gōpadēva daṁḍanāya-

⟨21⟩ ka śathaśārdhatādapunteḷāḍe || vri || śrīlatitāraṇa surēṁdra mahīru-

⟨22⟩ hamūrtti viśvavidyallaḷankāricanū bidyāmaṇi dudhṛradhairya mādāpahaṁ jū-

⟨23⟩ śvaḷanarakṣa nētṛmaḷa kīrtti(su)dāndharthayōga nidrālasa pakṣalō-

⟨24⟩ bhana sarōruhanāgi mukuṁda nirppudu || ka || tadamaḷanābhi sarōṁcadoḷu-

⟨25⟩ dayisidaṁ (vi)dma(po)vevi(trō)ji caturvvadana samasta vidyā (sa)danaṁ mudadiṁ

⟨26⟩ hiraṇyagarbbhaṁ brahma(ṁ) ·enisida hiraṇyagarbbha samānaḥ ssaṁlōjatēnāḷa •

⟨27⟩ pārbuda nikāya meṁti(pi) rūpya janiṟusitene ·avaroḷadhikanādi-

⟨28⟩ vaḍaśiṣṭha • maniva śi • vināyvanava vaśiṣṭha gōtra mārātra dāḷpviṁ-

⟨29⟩ tanupama māśira baḷi • kaṁ • • yisidaṁdā śrīpogaḷe bā-

⟨30⟩ ṇabhaṭṭa || ·ādādyanā bhaṭṭaṁgada bōdhoḷā ·aḍita(lidyā) na • dana tiḷakaṁśrī (pi)-

⟨31⟩ ya sinereye kīrttha śrībaḷayatuḷābdhi caṁdranogedanupēṁdra || vri ||

⟨32⟩ tattanujaṁ triḷōbana dharāmaṁnātana sūnubikramā dāltayaśa(dbaḍivēsari) ⟨Page 139⟩

⟨33⟩ negaḷdaṁ prabhu bammadēvanarōtta manātanagrajanupēṁdrā nupēṁdra ma-

⟨34⟩ hādvijaṁge lōkōttamanā mahēśvaranē puṭṭidanaṁtenipa mahēśvara ||

⟨35⟩ va || ·antu pratāparoḷu mahēśvaranenisida mahēśvaraṁga ·umādē(vi)

⟨36⟩ samānavenisida bhaṁganobbera || vri || ·akaḷaṁkā caraṇakkaḷaṁ karaṇamā-

⟨37⟩ dārdviṁgaḍappaṁ dupēṁdra kuḷāṁ bō nidhivarddhanarge sasiyoṁdugrāri kāṁtāra

⟨38⟩ [pā]vakaṁ neḍujvaḷa kīrttiyaṁdu guṇiyeṁdi bhūtadaṁ kūrttu baṇṇiku(ṁ) veṁdaṁḍa

⟨39⟩ negarttivetta maganā gōvirudādipu || vri || śrīmantabhōga niḷayaṁ vi • ṁ

⟨40⟩ gāydaṇa daṁḍanātha cūḍāmaṇigaṁ samasta guṇaśīḷa samanvite pākaṇabbe gaṁpra-

⟨41⟩ ma(dē) huṭṭidaṁ negaḷda nāraṇadēvanupēṁdra vaṁśajōddhānu gu[ṇā]dhikaṁ [paḍava dē]vanu

⟨42⟩ śaratara daṇḍanāthanu || ṁ || ·avaroḷage || v® ||

Back Side.

⟨43⟩ — ·ā prathama pratāpana sahāya dhārākramanāśritāśra-

⟨44⟩ yaṁ viprakuḷāṁbara dyumaṇi maṁtrisikhāmaṇi pūjitaṁ vaśiṣṭha pra-

⟨45⟩ vara prabhūtananavadya caritrananūnadhāna kīrtti priyaneṁduṁ baṇṇi-

⟨46⟩ pudiḷāvaḷayaṁ vibhu nāraṇayyana || kaṁ || ·ātana kulavadhu

⟨47⟩ bhāmagiri dharegaruṁdhati garatige raṁbhege dharaṇī jātege sāvitri-

⟨48⟩ ge paḍhi bhūtaḷadoḷu tāne (gi)riya dēviyanippaḷu || va || ·anteśauryya

⟨49⟩ doḷu nārāyaṇanenisida nārāyaṇaṁ darṁmāta niviśāḷavakṣasthaḷa nivāsini

⟨50⟩ yenisida giriyā dēvige || kaṁ || ·udaya girīṁdrada sikharadoḷudiyi-

⟨51⟩ sudādityanaṁte nijakuḷanaḷinī mudavādave vaṁśavarddhananudayisidaṁ gōpa-

⟨52⟩ dēvadaṁḍādhīśa || vri || ·ānolleṁ maranāgi (vaḻti)pudaneṁdiṁdrādu-

⟨53⟩ masigadiṁ nānoleṁ brugavāganeṁderaḍu voṁmeyyāgi gō-

⟨54⟩ viṁdanaṁbenāmaṁ biḍidāvagaṁ manuja rūpāgirdda vāriddaḷuṁtānārbbaṁ bhu-

⟨55⟩ ja vikramāṁnatikeyiṁ gōviṁda (daṁ)ḍādhipa || śrī nāraṇēśvara dēvargge

⟨56⟩ pūje naivēdya jīrṇṇōddhāra nimittavāgi biṭṭadatti yeṁtene baḍagalu

⟨57⟩ gurukuṁdeya sthaḷadalli kebiṭaṇada gaḍiṁ (badalidu) sahitavāgi nigarta

⟨58⟩ kōla mattaru ·eraḍu 2 ·ūriṁ teṁka keṟeya kelagaṇa gadde kōla matta-

⟨59⟩ ru ·eraḍu 2 ·ūriṁ mūḍalu hūdōṭiṁ kōla mattaru mūṟu 3 mattaṁ

⟨60⟩ brāhmaṇargge tapōdhanarge bhōjanakke biṭṭa satraveṁteṁdaḍe ·ūriṁ paḍuvalu

⟨61⟩ giṇigeyereyaliddaḷupahithavāgi nigaraṁ kōlamattaru ·era-

⟨62⟩ ḍu 2 mattaṁ dēvargge biṭṭakkayadeṁnteṁdaḍe ·ūralā māḍida bhūmi

⟨63⟩ yalli nigavaṁ (kō)la mattaroṁdake pratyēka draṁmma ·era-

⟨64⟩ ḍuṁ binugumaḍiyalli pratyēka dramma (1) dēvara muṁntaṇa

⟨65⟩ keli ·eraḍu gāṇa ·eraḍu mattaṁ brāhmaṇa vritti

⟨66⟩ ·ippattakeṁ 20 biṭṭa dattiyeṁtene pratyēkaṁ nivēśana ·agala

⟨67⟩ veṁdu niḷaṁ haṁnneraḍu 12 kayyagalu ·aṁtā nivēśana

⟨68⟩ kke kaṁtidu kōla mattaru ·āṟu 6 gadde mattaroṁdu 1 karaṁbi-

⟨69⟩ kōla mattaru ·ippattu 20 ·alliṁ bināṇi basavaṁge karidu

⟨70⟩ kōla mattaru ·āṟu 6 ·ā mattaralu gadde mattaru 1 karaṁba

⟨71⟩ ṟa | 7 | © svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harētu vasuṁdharā

⟨72⟩ ṣaṣṭirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi |

⟨73⟩ © grāmēkaṁ ratni kāmēkaṁ bhūmiradyēka maṁgulaṁ haraṁ

⟨74⟩ naraka māpnōti yāvadā bhūta saṁpavaṁ || © © © ||

⟨75⟩ ·iṁta dhammamaṁ rakṣisidāraṁ vāraṇāsiyalu gō saha-

⟨76⟩ sra liṁga sahasra brāhmaṇa sahasravaṁ nilisidaṁ ·akṣa-

⟨77⟩ ya puṇyavaṁ paḍeva ·ī dharmmavaṁ keḍisida nappaḍe vāraṇā- ⟨Page 140⟩

⟨78⟩ siyalu sahasraliṁga bhēdamuṁ sahasra brahmāti

⟨79⟩ yuṁ gōvadhe sahasravaṁ māḍida ·akṣayanarakavaṁ

⟨80⟩ paḍeva maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0105⟩ No. 105. (A.R. No. B. 564 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab near the Salt-water well.

Jagadēkamalla II 1142 A.D.

It states that when Chālukya Jagadēkamalla was ruling over the empire from the capital Jayantīpura, Sātikavve made a grant of land in the presence of the mahājanas of agrahāra Kallūru to the temple of Kēśavadēva constructed by her. Mention is made of Būchidēvarasa and Kāvarājayya. The latter was the daṇḍanāyaka of Eḍedoṟe-2000 and the heggaḍe of paṭṭasāhaṇi hiriya daṇḍanāyaka Bīmaṇayya.

The record is dated in the regnal year 5, Dundubhi, Pushya, śu. 7, Friday, uttarāyaṇa saṅkramaṇa. It corresponds with 1142 A.D., December 25, Friday. However, the tithi was śu. 6.

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⟨1⟩ © svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhirāja

⟨2⟩ paramēśvara parama bhaṭṭāraka satyāśraya kuḷatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābha-

⟨3⟩ raṇaṁ śrīmatpratāpa cakravarti (śrī)jagadēkamalladēvara vijayarājya

⟨4⟩ muttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire ja-

⟨5⟩ yantīpurada nelevīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire

⟨6⟩ tatpāda padmōpajīvigaḷappa śrīmatpaṭṭasāhaṇe hiriya daṁḍanāya-

⟨7⟩ kaṁ bīmaṇayyaṁgaḷa heggaḍe yeḍedoṟeyicchāsirada daṁḍanāyakaṁ kā-

⟨8⟩ varājayyaṁgaḷu samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmāhāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ bhū-

⟨9⟩ cidēvarasaru śrīmatsarbbanamasyadagrahāraṁ kallūraśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷa di-

⟨10⟩ ntibara saṁnidhānadalu śrīmatpratāpa cakravartti jagadēkamalavarṣa

⟨11⟩ (dā) 5 neya duṁdubhi saṁvatsarada puṣya śuddha 7 śukravāra duttarāyaṇa

⟨12⟩ saṁkramaṇa nimittavāgi sātikavvegaḷu tāvmāḍisida śrīkēśavadēvaraṁga bhōga

⟨13⟩ naivēdya naṁdādīvigegaṁ caitrapavitrakkaveṁdu ballakabbegalu vīsakadalli baḍagaṇa ka-

⟨14⟩ ḍeyaloṁdu vṛttiya kaḷedalli • teṁkaṇa tammadoṁdu vrittiya keyyaṁ

⟨15⟩ samasta baḷi sahitavāgi dhārāpūrbakaṁ māḍikoṭṭaru ·ī dharmmamaṁ pra-

⟨16⟩ pāḷisidavargge śrī vāraṇāśiyalu sāvira kavilegaḷa koḍuṁ

⟨17⟩ koḷagu maṁgalavankadalu kaṭṭisi caturvvēda pāragarappa brāhmaṇargge dānaṁ

⟨18⟩ koṭṭa palamaku | ·idammamaṁ keḍisidavargge vāraṇāśiyalā kavile-

⟨19⟩ gaḷmanā brāhmaṇarumaṁ koṁda dōṣavakku | sāmanyōyaṁ dharmma sētuṁ nripā-

⟨20⟩ ṇaṁ kālē kālē pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ sarbvānētānbāginaḥ pārtthi vēṁdrān bhūyō

⟨21⟩ bhūyō yācate rāma bhadrāṁ | svadattāṁ paradattā vāyō (ha)

⟨22⟩ rēti vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭivvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi(ḥ) [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0106⟩ No. 106. (A.R. No. B. 577 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a slab near the temple known as Nelaguḍi.

Jagadēkamalla II. ⟨Page 141⟩ 1148 A.D.

The record is damaged and incomplete. It is engraved at the bottom of the slab containing record No. 75 above. The record says that the mahājanas of (agrahāra Rūḍi) made a grant of land of 4 mattar extent measured in the rod Beṁkoḷvana kōlu to the temple of Vāsudēva at the place during the reign of Chālukya Jagadēkamalla II. It is said that Mācharasa had made a request to the mahājanas for a little more land grant earlier at the time of the installation of the deity in the temple of god Vāsudēva built by his father Madhuvapayya-nāyaka.

The record is dated in the regnal year 10 [of the king] Pra[bhava]. Māgha, ba. 2, Sunday corresponding to 1148 A.D., February 8, Sunday.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī maccāḷukya pratāpa cakravartti jagadēkamalladēva varṣada 10 neya pra • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • rada māgha bahuḷa 2 ·ādityavāradaṁdu śrī matsarvvanamasyadagrahāraṁ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ ·aśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷu madhuvapayya nāyakaru māḍisida śrīvāsudēva • • • • •

⟨4⟩ ṣṭheyaṁdu ·avara magaṁ mācarasanu taṁma dēvarige kiṟidu bhūmiyaṁ kuḍalu • • • • •

⟨5⟩ mahājanaṁgaḷaṁ bēḍalu ·ā mahājanaṁgaḷu kāruṇyageydu hiriya keṟe • • • • •

⟨6⟩ ḍiyiṁ baḍagalu • • madyakadalli munna[mūrāgi] garuḍagaṁbada janārddana • • • • •

⟨7⟩ diṁ pattire mūḍalu beṁkoḷvanakōlalu nālku mattaru kayyaṁ ·ā (mara) • • • • •

⟨8⟩ dēvargge dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi koṭṭaru || śrīmanu mahāpradhānaṁ matta • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • yyadaṇḍanāyakaru hiriya gobbūra • • ·accina moḷeya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • yya nāyakaru māḍisida śrī vāsudēvarige • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0107⟩ No. 107. (A.R. No. B. 797 of 1962-63.) JĪVAṆAGI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup into the prākāra of the Bimbanātha temple, in front of the central shrine.

Jagadēkamalla II 1148 A.D.

It states that when Jagadēkamalladēva was ruling over the empire from the capital Kalyanapura, Kriyāśakti-paṇḍita, the ācharya of the sthāna of god Bibbēśvara of Jīvanige, along with the prabhus and the samastanagaras made some grants of land to the god Pārśvanātha of the village, attached to the Śāntinātha [basadi] of Alande. The grant was made at the instance of Bhānusēnayya.

The grant was made for raṅgabhōga and offerings to Pārśvanāthadēva and for feeding the ascetics living there. It included one garden of two matter extent. The record has a description of the ascetic qualities of Kriyāśakti-paṇḍita.

It is dated in the Jagadēkamalla year 2, Vibhava, Mārggaśira, ba. 14 Monday. It corresponds to 1148 A.D., December 11, Saturday (not Monday).

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⟨1⟩ śrī matsarama gaṁbhīrasyādvādāmōghalāṁchanaṁ jīyātraiḷōkya nātha-

⟨2⟩ syaśāsanaṁ jinaśāsanaṁ || svasti samasta bhuvanāśrayaṁ śrīpri-

⟨3⟩ thvīvallabhaṁ mahārājādhirājaṁ paramēśvaraṁ parama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷa- 1

⟨4⟩ tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmajjagadēkamalladēvara vijayarājyamuttarō-

⟨5⟩ ttarābhivriddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁdrārkkatāraṁbara kalyāṇapurada nelevīḍinoḷu

⟨6⟩ sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyuttamire śrīmaccāḷukya pra- ⟨Page 142⟩

⟨7⟩ tāpa cakravartti jagadēkamalla variṣa 11 neya vibhava saṁvatsarada

⟨8⟩ mārggaśira bahuḷa caturdaśi sōmavāradaṁdu || jagatī jaṁgamaraḷda bhū-

⟨9⟩ jajagatisaujanya ratnākaraṁ jagatī • • • mahāṁburāśi jagatīvādī-

⟨10⟩ bha vajrāṁkuśaṁ jagatībandhura bōdharūpaṁ jagatī sāhitya vidyāvidaṁ

⟨11⟩ jagatī śaṁkaraneṁdu baṇṇipudiḷā cakraṁ kriyāśaktiyaṁ || ghanadī-

⟨12⟩ rgghōdbhāsi mūḷaṁ jaḍekusmarajalla pūrṇṇagucchaṁ nijādhāra nijāṁgā

⟨13⟩ lagna valkalāṁciḷavaḷita latābhrāta kāntōpavītaṁ munimārggākāradiṁ-

⟨14⟩ dirddudu • vinuta niḷiṁpācaḷō pānta[doḷ] vāgvanitākānta kai[kṛ]yāśaktiya vitara-

⟨15⟩ ṇa[bhītāḷu] kalpāvanīja || svasti yamaniyama svādhyāya dhyānadhāra-

⟨16⟩ ṇa mā[mau]nānuṣṭhāna japasamādhisīḷa saṁpannaruṁ lākuḷāgamavanavasantaru-

⟨17⟩ mappa śrīyajjīvanigeya bibbēsvaradēvara sthānadācāryya śrīmatkṛ-

⟨18⟩ yāśakti paṇḍitadēvaru prabhugaḷaṁ samastanagara mukhyamāgi

⟨19⟩ bhānusēnyeyaṁgaḷau kāraṇamāgi ·alaṁdeya śāntināthadēvara pratiba-

⟨20⟩ ddhamappa jīvanigeya śrīpārśvanātha dēvaraṁgabhōga nivēdyakkama-

⟨21⟩ llirdda riśiyarāhāra dānakkeṁdu būyārada baṭṭeyiṁ paḍuvalu go-

⟨22⟩ ddedēvana bīḷoḷage hiriya kolomattaru keyaṁ kuruvakuṁṭeya

⟨23⟩ baṭṭeya baḍaga deseyaloṁdu tōṭaṁgaḷidalli kālaḍiyimmattaru tōṁ-

⟨24⟩ ṭa haḷḷada mūḍadeseyoḷ māṟidalli hoṁgommān bhattamuṁ sa-

⟨25⟩ ṭṭuga bāḷaminti nituma sarvvābādha parihāramāgi dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi

⟨26⟩ koṭṭaru || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyōharētu vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭhirvvarasa [sa]ha-

⟨27⟩ srāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi || ·ivaniyaṁda[drine]yde pāḷisuvava-

⟨28⟩ rgge [klē] • saṁbaddhi saṁbhavikuṁ koṁḍaḷidaṁge gaṁge gaya kēdāra kuru-

⟨29⟩ kṣētrameṁbivaṟoḷ hēsade pārvvaraṁ goravaraṁ gōvṛṁdamaṁ peṁḍiraṁ tavekoṁdikki

⟨30⟩ dāpāpameydugumavaṁ bīḷguṁ nigōdaṁgaḷoḷ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0108⟩ No. 108. (A.R. No. B. 567 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab set up in the compound of the Māraṭēśvara temple. [First Face].

Rakkasagaṁga [Tailapa III] 1151 A.D.

It records a grant of income occurring from various taxes such as hejjuṅka, bilkoḍe, baṇnaya and vaḍḍarāvuḷa for the worship, offerings and perpetual lamp to the god Māraṭēśvara. The grant was made by heggaḍe Mallidēvarasa and Kopparasa on behalf of daṇḍanāyaka pasāyita surigi Vēmṇnamarasa, the heggaḍe of Ayyaṇavāḍi and mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Būchidēvarasa.

The record speaks of the rule of Chālukya chakravarti, Rakkasagaṅga [Tailapa III] and is dated in the king's regnal year 1, Pramōdūta, Phālguṇa, amāvāsya, Monday, solar eclipse corresponding to 1151 A.D., March 19, Monday. There was no eclipse on that day. Solar eclipse occured on February 18, Sunday. But the tithi was Magha, Amāvāsye.

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⟨1⟩ © svasti śrī namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdracāmara cāravē

⟨2⟩ trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē ||

⟨3⟩ svasti śrī cāḷukya cakravarti rakkasagaṁgadē-

⟨4⟩ va variṣada 1 neya pramōdūtha saṁvatsarada phālgu-

⟨5⟩ ṇadamavāse sōmavāra sūryyagrahaṇa nimi-

⟨6⟩ ttavāgi śrīmadayyaṇapāḍināḍa heggaḍe daṁḍanāya- ⟨Page 143⟩

⟨7⟩ kaṁ pasāyitaṁ surige veṁṇnamarasaruṁ svasti śrīmanmahā-

⟨8⟩ maṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ būcidēvarasaruṁ biṭṭa darṁmmavāgi ·avara

⟨9⟩ heggaḍe mallidēvarasanuṁ kopparasanuṁ tavage naḍa-

⟨10⟩ va hejjuṁka bilkoḍe [ba]ṇnaya vaḍḍarāvuḷa ·eṁtenisa-

⟨11⟩ ṟaluṁ huṭṭuvarddhadalli hoṁge hānavaṁ śrīmatsarbba-

⟨12⟩ namaśyadagrahāraṁ kallūra śrī māraṭēśvara dēvaraṁ-

⟨13⟩ gabōgakkaṁ naṁdādīvigegaṁ biṭṭaru yī dharṁmmavaṁ prati-

⟨14⟩ pāḷisuvaraśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷuṁ ·alliyūroḍe-

⟨15⟩ yaruṁ sakaḷa bhaktaruṁ pratipāḷisuvaru maṁgaḷamahā- 1

⟨16⟩ śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0109⟩ No. 109. (A.R. No. B. 544 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the Desai tōṭa.

Vikrama chakravarti Rakkasagaṁga [Tailapa III] 1151 A.D.

It records a grant of land for the worship and offerings to the god and repairs of the temple of Kalideva by mahāmaṇḍḷēśvara Ghaṭṭidēvarasa of the Haihaya family during the rule of Chālukya Vikrama chakravarti Rakkasagaṁga. It also registers a grant of land to the god Āditya.

It is dated in the regnal year 2, Prajāpati Āshāḍha. śu. 11, Tuesday, dakasiṇāyaṇa, saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1151 A.D., June 26, Tuesday.

This record is engraved on the same slab [No. 19 above].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ (śrī) svastyānēka bhaṁgu

⟨2⟩ ra taraṁga saṁhata vīcīnicaya niritalavaṇābdha hōvasa vaḷaya suvaḷayi-

⟨3⟩ ta gaṁgā pāriyātra tanmadhya dēśādhiśvaraṁ māhiṣmatī puravarēśvaraṁ sahasra bā-

⟨4⟩ hu pratāpaṁ bhūpadiḷāpana tyugra naraśika darppaṇa dhraja virājamānaṁ

⟨5⟩ dānaśānī naṁ mūlapaṟē ghōṣaṇaṁ nṛparatna bhūṣaṇanahihaya vaṁśō

⟨6⟩ dbhava kanyāṁganā tanūbhavaṁ śrī mallikārjjuna dēvalabdha vara prasādaṁ vairi

⟨7⟩ maṇḍaḷika mastaka divya pra(pā)daṁ nāmādi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrī-

⟨8⟩ manmahā maṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ ghaṭṭi dēvarasaru śrī maccāḷukya vikrama cakra-

⟨9⟩ vartti rakkasagaṁga dēva varṣada 2 neya pra[jāpa]ti[saṁva]tsara dāṣā-

⟨10⟩ [ḍha] śuddha 11 maṁgaḷavāradaṁdu dakṣiṇāyana saṁkrānti parvva nimitta

⟨11⟩ [vāgi] śrī matkalidēvara naivēdya[mā] • • • • • • • • • • jīrṇnōddhā-

⟨12⟩ • • kaṁ kētēśvara dēvara kayya mūḍa sarvva[bādhā pari] hāravāgi

⟨13⟩ koṭṭageya nela mattarppanneraḍu || ślōkaṁ || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēti

⟨14⟩ vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi [||]

⟨15⟩ mūlasthāna dēvara muṁdaṇāditya dēvarggā dēvara keyya mūḍalu biṭṭa kari-

⟨16⟩ ya nelaṁ mattarāṟu ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0110⟩ No. 110. (A.R. No. B. 568 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT. ⟨Page 144⟩

Slab setup in the compound of the Māraṭēśvara temple [Second Face].

Tailapa III 1153 A.D.

This incomplete record states that at the instance of mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Būchidēvarasa, his feudatories, such as heggaḍe Chāmaḍāṇa and another person (name lost) who was a mahāpradhāna and taṁtrapāla, made a grant of income from certain taxes for the haḍapa of god Mārateśvara. The guild of Hamnavaṇa-1000 made a grant of betel leaves for the same purpose. The record mentions the 500 svāmis of Mahānāḍu (the assembly) which was probably in-charge of the entire administration.

It is dated Chālukya Vikrama year 4 (the record year - 4 of Tailapa III) Śrīmukha, Pushya. śu. 8, Friday. uttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa corresponding to 1153 A.D., December 25, Friday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti śrīmaccāḷukya vikrama varṣada

⟨2⟩ 4 neya śrīmukha saṁvatsa-

⟨3⟩ rada puṣya śuddha 8 śukravāradaṁdu-

⟨4⟩ ttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa nimittavāgi ©

⟨5⟩ svasti samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrī[maṁ]

⟨6⟩ mahāmaṇḍapē(ḷē)śvaraṁ būcidēva-

⟨7⟩ rasa tatpāda padmōpajīvigaḷappa śrī[ma]-

⟨8⟩ nmahāpradhānaṁ taṁtrapāḻa • • •

⟨9⟩ kaṇanu herggaḍe cāmaḍāṇanuṁ [śrībū]-

⟨10⟩ cidēvarasara hēḻuvikeyiṁ śrīmatsarbbana-

⟨11⟩ maśyadagrahāraṁ kallūra

⟨12⟩ śrīsvayaṁbhū māraṭēśvaradēvara ha-

⟨13⟩ ḍapakke ·ā sthāḻadaṁgaḻalli ha-

⟨14⟩ ṇaviṁge hadineydele kīḷāya-

⟨15⟩ vāgi naḍa[vu]du ·āyāyavaṁ

⟨16⟩ dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi koṭṭaru ©

⟨17⟩ haṁnavaṇa sāsirbbaru neredu ko-

⟨18⟩ ṭṭa dēvara haḍapa gavaḻige hēṟiṁgayva-

⟨19⟩ ttele hēṟegippattaydu mahānāḍa-

⟨20⟩ ynūrbba svāmigaḷu neredu sama-

⟨21⟩ sta byavahāradalliyuṁ

[stops here abruptly].

⟨SIIv29p0i0111⟩ No. 111. (A.R. No. B. 535 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup behind the Hanumān temple.

Nūrmaḍi Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara IV] 1154 A.D.

This fragment belonging to the reign period of Chālukya nūrmaḍi Traiḷōkyamalladēva refers to the prabhu of Baḷḷaniṭṭage.

It is dated in the 4th regnal year (of the king) Bhava, Pushya, śu. 10. Thursday, uttarāyaṇa ⟨Page 145⟩ saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1154 A.D., December 16. But there was no saṁkrānti on that day.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti śrīmaccāḷakya nūrmaḍi traiḷōkya-

⟨2⟩ malladēvara varṣada ḷaneya

⟨3⟩ bhāva saṁvatsarada puṣya śuddha 10 bṛhaspa-

⟨4⟩ tivāra daṁduttarāyaṇa saṁkrāti-

⟨5⟩ ya parvva nimittadiṁ baḷḷaniṭṭageya prabhu

(Incomplete).

⟨SIIv29p0i0112⟩ No. 112. (A.R. No. B. 516 of 1961-62.) MUPTI, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the Īśvara temple.

Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara IV] A.D. 1156.

The record is partially damaged. This record registers grants of land and flower gardens for the worship of and offerings to the god Kalidēva, Saṁkaradēva and Kēśavadēva of Bāḍa Muppaṭi, a village in Goṁka-nūrippat-aruvattu [120+60=180] in Alaṁde-1000 when mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Goṁ karasa was governing the division from the capital Kopaṇapura during the reign of Chālukya Trailōkyamalla (III) ruling from the capital Kalyāṇa.

It is dated in the regnal year 8, Dhātu, Pushya ba. 10, Thursday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti. It corresponds to 1157 A.D., January 8, Tuesday. But uttarāyaṇa saṁkrānti occured on śu. 11 of Pushya month and it corresponds with 1156 A.D., December 24 Monday. Probably this may be the intended date of the record and ba. 10 is a mistake for Śukla 11. Regnal year 8 seems to be mistake for 6.

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⟨1⟩ © ·ōṁ namaḥstuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdracāmara cārave trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūḷastaṁbhāya śaṁbhaveḥ || jaya

⟨2⟩ tyā viṣkṛtaṁ viṣṇōrvvārāhaṁ kṣōbhitārnnava[ṁ*] dakṣiṇōṁnata daṁṣṭrāgra viśrāṁnta bhuvanaṁ vapuḥ || śrī

⟨3⟩ śrīramaṇī priyanābhi sarōvara doḷpuṭṭidaṁ jagatsriṣṭi vyāpārābhi mukhaṁ śrutirava pūrita diñamu-

⟨4⟩ kha hiraṇyagarbhabrahma || ·enisirddaṁ bhōjagarbbhaprabhuge manumuni prakhyānātaṁge mānavyagiḷāsaṁ sēvyanātaṁge khi-

⟨5⟩ ḷa guṇasarītaṁ harītāṁka nātaṁ ganaghaṁhurītitatpaṁca śikhanōgaranātaṁ trisaṁdhyāgghaidiṁ dēva nimittaṁ koṭṭa cu-

⟨6⟩ ḷkōdakadiṁdogeda [rīlōkanākya]rccaḷukyaru || bhujabaḷada viṣṇuvardhana vijayādityaṁ tudṛmanaridalavanitāṁbu • jamanava

⟨7⟩ koregisidaṁ nijabāhu daṁḍamaṁḍaḷāgra prabheyiṁ || jayalakṣmīkānteyaṁ meccisi dhareya nayōdhyādi •

⟨8⟩ (sa)ṁda satyāśrayanāḷdaṁ taṁnṛpāḷāgraṇi modallu navedōna ṣaṣṭidrutama tūḷi yōḍi dvaṁrssiṁha piraṁgaṇa • • baridāpā(da)

⟨9⟩ (di)ṁdalittalu jayasiṁhōrvvīśanāḷdiṁ baḷika (ra) veḷeyanā pādadōvettarāḷdarū avariṁda vittalukṣayana vāryya • ṁ

⟨10⟩ (jai) rājyalakṣmī • ttaṁdavaḷaya śaṁkatyara nāḷdavaniṁda baḷika kaddiruvila maināḷamu(ṁ) ⟨Page 146⟩ pariye(dvē)maṁ paka(daḷa) •

⟨11⟩ naḍi • nuṟa • kādiṭṭaraṁ vaḍḍitaṁ saṁgamaṁ vōdsuhādi siṁhātana manadadu koṁḍanya rādanyareṁ (pa)dnuradaṁ • • • • •

⟨12⟩ nuṁde • (ya) • • • yāravaṁ tāḷduvaratādadavaddiṁdaṁdāḷde daṁgūri bhudi śikharadoḷu māmayaṁ kulabhūpa

⟨13⟩ mana śauryyāgraṇi tyalpadūma ja(su)taṁ gumyaśyapaṁtara pāḷanapu praṁdi bhuvikramaṁ tadanujaṁ paṁdayyaṇaṁ tannadē-

⟨14⟩ śana tammaṁ jayasiṁha • • • putraṁ • • • • • • • • • • jagajjana (vi) • ma • • nṛpāḷatanayaṁ śōmeśvarā • •

⟨15⟩ • • va vaṇēśana tammaṁ (u)disidaṁ vasuveyaṁdu rātrāyajadiṁdaṁ bōdirvvara pannarāgāda rādhiparēṇa vīra (ca)krēśa • •

⟨16⟩ • (nṛ)taṁ || paripūrttiṁ teṁkalaṁkāpuri • • • kṣadaraṁ meveyākāntāri pūkṣitādharaṁdiṁ masadidani (ṁ)de dōha(ra)

⟨17⟩ dāniyiṁ koṁḍu raṇaprāgaṁba nirbā(daṁpanetimi)da naṁmma mmahadū nṛnenikaradiṁgetrāna kudrā pitaripu hrudayaṁ vikramā(di)

⟨18⟩ tyadēva (||) ·āmirāma nṛpata(nayaṁ) bhu • • • • • viśe harisakaḷa kaḷākādṟividanakāri hatakhiryyavadi cāḷukya ku(ṁ)ta-

⟨19⟩ lāduṁ sōma(ra) • nijabāhu baḷidiṁdide bediripuprātaladiṁ gemagemdu jagajimene māḍi (maṁdi) jagamaṁ kaikoṁḍu kṣīkoṁḍukaḍi

⟨20⟩ • • bra • • • ṁ yeṁ (ba) • kōpōdāpadiṁ po • • • • • putraṁ jagadēvamalla nesedaṁ cāḷukya cakrēśvara || ·ā rājadi •

⟨21⟩ daṁ kiṟiyananire cāturyyadoḷā śauryyadoḷuga • • rōdāvappu (gā)ḷu • • • • • • • • • • • • kādaṁ satyadoḷu ma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ (rmma) • • ya • • • • • ṁ • • • • • rāśōvaṁtraiḷōkya • • ṁdu negeḷdaṁ rājavidyādharaṁ • kuṁtaḷa kāntāviru • ḷita kuṁtaḷa • • • • •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • ḷagatyaṁtu • nāntaradoḷu • daḷagāṁta nūṟippattuṁ || ·ā (kuḍaṁdū) rājya saṁpadava • ma •

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (tānaḍadu) bhōga bhūmi yani • • • • • • • • • • bhi rājavaṁśaga bhūpa mū(rti) arakāḷagamāḍi mettaṁ bhuvaneṁ baṇni • •

⟨25⟩ ḷāradige • • • dēvaḷige • ṁ paripū[rṇnē]ṁdu • • • • • • • • • • nabāḷa | ·ā kṣētra nṛpana (putraṁ) • • • • • pravarttitōjvaḷa • •

⟨26⟩ śrī vāsaṁ ripunṛpahrudayākaṁpaṁmalidēvani • • dēva || • • • • • mallidēvana • • tanuja • • • • • vaṁśāgra • • • • •

⟨27⟩ maṇijanapada vanaja mādabhramita braṁhāladēvēdara || maneya maidaḷāṁbiga manneya • • • • • • • (vaḷira) dhairyyēṁ • • • • •

⟨28⟩ • • • • • ṁ haṁ • neyavana dāvahāvaṁgā • • nṛpa || ·asahāya sāhasa • kuṁdaṁ kuṁda murāri koṁpanāpuravaranāthaṁ (vapu)

⟨29⟩ rāyakaramaṁ mudrisidaṁ || • • • • • goṁkanṛpāḷa(ṁ) • • • • • maṁneya ku • • • • • maṁ catyatibhāge(ṁda) tavakīrtti • •

⟨30⟩ śaramauḷi kaḷānidhe dēvavitta maṁdira • • • • • pāṁḍū • • bhiryya brahma(sva) • • kāryya nēmamacciṭaṁ dēvē • • • • • puda • • •

⟨31⟩ mādinī goṁkabhūpaṁ || baragiladaḷu mauryyaḷugara • • da(sau)yyaṁ • • • • • gācaṁ • reya • da • •

⟨32⟩ • • dāreya(tsita)gaṇḍa goṁkabhūpāḷa [kane] || • • • dāḷu pūrrvadoḷagaṇi (ma)negidda dēvagriha saṁkuḷammaṁ migecalvaṁ nijanāḍi • •

⟨33⟩ • • • • • (ne)duni gōṁka [nṛpāḷa] pudugarāṁjavvīśvaraṁ hegeṟeyāneseyaṁ vikhyātiya māḍi kaḍaṭṭakkatā • • ⟨Page 147⟩

⟨34⟩ • • • • • tiya manidādaḷiṁta • ve (pi)danattaṁ naguvaṁturyāpāhadiṁdaṁ vaḷabhiya • • yaṁ • • • • •

⟨35⟩ • • daṁ digamelaṁ baṇnisalu kaṭṭisidake maga kīrttipriya goṁka bhūpa || ·ānṛpana saṁdhi vigrahi • • • • •

⟨36⟩ • • • taga (ṇa) kaga śōvāyakanaṁbō nidhigabhira natisayadānaruṇaṁ mādirāja nūrjjita ja • • •

⟨37⟩ yanidhi caṁdimayyaṁganupama sati jakaṇabhegaṁ puṭṭijagajjana sēvyanenisi negaḷdaṁ manucaritaṁ ja • • dirā [jaṁ]

⟨38⟩ khiḷāvaniyoḷu || parahitadali saucaguṇada batti nijēśvara rājayyadalli bhāsuratara kīrttiyali cadurvanditadalli • •

⟨39⟩ kadalli śaṁkara padavartiyalidayeyalli parīkṣēgu mādirājanoḷu saridāre pāḍivāsaḍige va • •

⟨40⟩ navati dharitriyoḷu || śrī vatsakulalalāmaṁ bhūvinutaṁ mādirājanaṁganedritiyoḷu bhūdēvigū

⟨41⟩ (ta)yenipaḷu tivaḷava mādiyarvvaniṁti(dā)gadoḷu || patihitadāḷu paṁpinoḷuṁnnati kayoḷali mānado

⟨42⟩ ḷugāvita doḷatṟūḍita guṇadāḷu mādiyaruṁ ppariyenisidaḷatte mādiya kaṁdaṁ (yo)du || ·adariśvaridaṁ

⟨43⟩ puṭidana vājaryya śauryyaṁ nagēṁdra vaiyyaṁ paddārava cāturyyaṁ dugairṇnava dāṁbayyaṁ pa(tōttaraṁ)

⟨44⟩ (kaḥ) goṁka || goṁkaṁ lalitākṛti maka(tārakaraṁ)pa madavadviśōdhi samudaya hrudayākara

⟨45⟩ (tō)drāhavani śśaṁkaṁgala jana jananayanu kumuda śatāṁka || ·avaniṁdaṁ naggiṟeyaṁ kuvaḷaya kaṁvaḷeya vibhā-

⟨46⟩ sicaṁdraṁ caṁdrabhuvana sutanavaniṁ kiṟiyavana taṁmaṁ guṇake nallanādāva malla || kuḷadīpakakenipa surarbbaḷa girirkuḷa

⟨47⟩ śikhari kuḷada pudṛ(da) hēmācaḷaka dhāreyenisi paṁpaṁtageḍidaṁ mādirāja nūji(ka) tēja || ·ā dhīkṣamānarāḷadāḷa(ṟe)kdamana • •

⟨48⟩ ranidanāḷiṁ kāṁdēva gṛhaṁgadiṁ sevasijakaradiṁ navagaṁdhaśāḷi ṟiṁgāvajari punnadāḷekuḷadiṁ kaḷadi kaṭikāḷeyeṁ(da) mādē-

⟨49⟩ viyaratna kāṁciya pōlippudu muppaḍi bhōgabhāgavaṁ || ·alli paḷakārge māḍi pari(lsi)da palakālavarli taggida girijāvallabhanā ·a • ya

⟨50⟩ maṁtaḷvalladē māḍisuveneṁdu kaikoṁḍāgaḷu || paramōtsavadiṁ (kai)vidēvara dēvālaya punabh® tāleya maṁdisavadiṁ māḍisiha

⟨51⟩ mādirājanidaṁ • deṁ kṛtātṛnuṁ jagadāḷu || kuṟeyamagu mṛdaṁgaṁ mana(si) jagagutvaḷēka • • (rbba) gōpāla • ṁ • ḍani • • gaḍatiṟadiṁ

⟨52⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇya lāvaṇya surāṁganeyanipa mādiyakkaṁ

⟨53⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [ge] bhōgapa • ya datiśaya guṇavatiyaṁ natārddōdeḍe pāya • na

⟨54⟩ • • • • • nijapatiṁ • • • • • mādiya • • • • • • • • • • svastiśrī macāḷukya cakravartti nūrmaḍi traiḷōkya malladēva vijaya

⟨55⟩ rājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamāna mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ salutta kalyāṇapurada nelevīḍinoḷu rājyaṁ

⟨56⟩ ggēyuttamire tatupāda padmōpajīvi śrī svasti samadigata paṁcamahāśabda mahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ kopaṇa puravarādhīśvaraṁ nāciya (rā)

⟨57⟩ jānvayāṁbhōja divākara gaṁbhīra ratnākarayaleṁda vēdaṁge nōḍuva biruda manmeya ⟨Page 148⟩ dāraṇḍaka (nārasiṁha) • • • rāti maṁneya

⟨58⟩ (gā)dari maṁgeya (voydaṁ) kamada mugari paranāri kaṁdamuppa sumaṁneyara gaṁdha • namane (ya • lāda) • • ddaṁ śrīmannū-

⟨59⟩ • • traiḷōkyamalladēva pādārādhakaṁ śrī manmahāmaṁṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ goṁkarasaru yalade sāvirada baḷiya goṁkananū-

⟨60⟩ rippattaṟuvataṟa baḷiya bāḍa muppaṭiya kalidēvara pūje punaskāra nivēdyake munna biṭṭa keyi valliva-

⟨61⟩ (ḷasi) • • • • • matiyama koṭa sīme(yiṁ) paḍuvalu kōlamattaru 4 yalliṁte vāsa(bha)na dēvarige

⟨62⟩ kōlamattaru 2 haribaṁkana • • kōlalu ·areba • ma (40) • sarrva namaśyavāgi gavuḍugaḷu biṭṭaru || (malliṁ) paḍuvalu hūdōṭaṁ

⟨63⟩ kālamēśvara • • • • • • • • • • (mu)ḍalū saṁkhara dēvarige hūdōṭaṁ kāla mattu ma • jatiyara kaṟeyiṁ • •

⟨64⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || svasti śrīmacāḷukya nūrmmaḍi traiḷōkyamallavarṣa 8 neya dhā-

⟨65⟩ (tu saṁvatsarada pauṣya) ba 10 brihaspati vāradaṁduttarāyaṇa saṁkrāṁti nimittavāgi gāpudu

⟨66⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī kēsava dēvara pūje • • • • • • • • • •

[Rest is very much damaged].

⟨SIIv29p0i0113⟩ No. 113. (A.R. No. B. 775 of 1962-63.) DHARWAR, DHARWAR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Impression received from Dr. G.S. Dixit, Karnataka University, Dharwar [Findspot-Kolhapur].

Nūrmaḍi Chakravartti Trailōkyamalla [Sōmēśvara IV] 12th century A.D.

The record is broken and damaged. It belongs to the reign period of Chālukya Nūrmaḍi Trailōkyamalla. It seems to register a gift of land to the god Sankēśvaradēva. It refers to Bijjala and mahājanās of an agrahāra [name lost]. The record gives the genealogy of the king and the general Kāḷidāsa.

Regarding the date only Śivarātri 14 Monday is available. It is in the 12th century A.D. characters.

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⟨1⟩ — namastuṁga śirastuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūla staṁbhāya śaṁbhavē [|*] • jaya

⟨2⟩ • • • netadaṁṣṭra (grati) • śrāṁtabhuvaneṁ • • • śrīma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ ka tuṁgaṁ • dṛḍhakara bahuśākhaṁ ·adudrāgaṟē(cyu) • • • • • • • • • • ṁ . •

⟨4⟩ mātābaṇṇisalemaḷavēdaraṇiyoḷikka • • • • • • • • • • ·āvaṁśād® varapratu

⟨5⟩ vadyaṁ jayasiṁhadēva • dadiṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ vaṁ • jagadēkamallaneseda lō • kaḷpadrūma • • • • • ṁ || • •

⟨7⟩ tāḷida bhūbhāra bhāramanā • • varāhanenuta • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ nadāḷuvī • • • • • daṁ nūrmma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ (ya) śrīpativallabha mahārājādhirāja (paramēśvara) • • • bhaṭṭāraka • • • • •

⟨10⟩ nūrmaḍi cakravarti trailōkyamalladēvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ geyyuttamire • śrīmalla • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ yaṁ pogaḷalu pāgusōmaṁ brahmadēvaridu • • vara • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 149⟩

⟨13⟩ • kāvyāgama saṁhā • • • yaṁ stōti samudita • • (hayaṁ) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ dā bhāgadoḷāntā prayāga baḍagalu teṁkalu bāgi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ ·enisidā mahōgrahāradali svasti yamaniyama svādhyāya • • • • •

⟨16⟩ saṁpannarappa śrīmatsarvvanamasyada piriyagrāhāra • • • • •

⟨17⟩ doḷagaṇita guṇaniḷaya • [śaṁkaradēvaṁ] • gavaṟaya • • • • •

⟨18⟩ riśvarigaṁ puṭṭidanavani prasūtyanappa [gārinaṁ] • • • • • salekā[ṇe] • • • • •

⟨19⟩ nūbhavanādaṁ śrīripudēvanā[pu]ṭakuśaṁga[tyā]daredēva nitinṛtasaṁ(prā) • • •

⟨20⟩ ditri dēvigeṁ sutappunoḍḍidavairāvaṇa • danadaṇḍa kevaḍava (di) • • • ra vate • disi •

⟨21⟩ śrēṣṭhanuṁ satkanīṁdranutaṁ śaṁkaradēva[nudara] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ ralmana yajña budhamāgada praṇayēyādaṁdadudha[rmmā]

⟨23⟩ navinōdaṁ kalikāla kaḍḍamabṛhajaṁpūḷanu dvitaḷa[siṁhāyaṁ]prabhu-

⟨24⟩ vanābhāga dāḷeyda śaṁkarana [prā]sādaṁ jagadalla bhū • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ kaḻa kaḷābrajidāḷaru rā • • • jīyāḷsarikā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ yoḷunegada rāya • • śāma • kāḷidāsane dhāreyane • • • • •

⟨27⟩ ḷidāsa • tanādipaniṁ kiṟiyaṁ samasta sajjananuta kāmadhēnu [kali kāla] • • • • •

⟨28⟩ payōja bhāskara vinuta yaśadharitrīge pādavi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨29⟩ vikramābharaṇaṁ ti[kkaḍu]daṇḍanāthanu • tā bā(dye) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨30⟩ yaṁtaḷedanintī lōkadoḷakara[de]ntuśvāmi sa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨31⟩ vāge māḍisidanoppiri • tanṁaya janmabhūmiyiṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨32⟩ sannidhiyoḷu ramaṇīyavāgi [śaṁ]karadēva • • • • •

⟨33⟩ [ḷa] vidalte tāraśveḷāvra saṁpadariṁ • • • • • bhū • • • • • • • • • •

⟨34⟩ tritaḷaṁ permmevetudu saṁkēśvara dēvatthā niḷaya • mu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨35⟩ duraṁ bhāgadiṁbugavinnuṁ dadhibhāga • • gadiba[ha] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨36⟩ teneḍige paldottutabarppa • • taya • nā bijjaḷāvēśvarā • • • • •

⟨37⟩ lapadēvaṁ kūmeya • (nūrmmaḍi) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨38⟩ paranāri tiḷakaṁ śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨39⟩ bagiṁ māṁtanadi pōvalla hāyajjana • • • • • • • • • •

⟨40⟩ rpa cittavalla[ve]nedattaya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨41⟩ ki sarasvati tā[ne] lōkadoḷu || © • • • • • • • • • •

⟨42⟩ • dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire śrīmanmahā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨43⟩ ḷaneyaṁ dāḷuttavāḷdu śrīmaccāḷukya cakravartti • • • • • (śi)-

⟨44⟩ varātriya 14 sōmavārada puṇya dinadaṁdu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨45⟩ dvārakaṁ bhūmirāḷu seṭṭiya santānamilladiralā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨46⟩ ḍibaṇaṁ[vi]maḷaṁca bāḷasahita sarvvabādhā parihāravāgi • • • • •

⟨47⟩ mahājanaṁgaḷu sadhammadiṁ pratipāḷisuvaru || • • • • • • • • • •

⟨48⟩ stasya tasya tadāphaḷaṁ || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨49⟩ jāyatē krimiḥ || • • • • • • • • • •

⟨50⟩ tasaṁ pavaṁ || kaṣṭa varṣa sahasrāṇi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨51⟩ yaṁ dharmma • ruṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨52⟩ bhūyō bhūyō yācatē rāma[caṁdra] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨53⟩ [ri]na ha [ṁtri] brāhma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨54⟩ makke miḷaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨55⟩ dile yaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

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KALACHŪRIS OF KALYĀṆA.

⟨SIIv29p0i0114⟩ No. 114. (A.R. No. B. 481 of 1961-62.) JĀGANŪR, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Slab built into the backside wall of the shrine of the Māruti temple.

Pratāpa • • • • • • • • • • Malladēva [Kalachūri Bijjaḷa] 1167 A.D.

The right side of the slab is broken causing a loss of 8-10 letters in each line. It records a gift of land to the god Svayambhu Siddhēśvara of Bayināḷa situated in a division (name lost) consisting of 120 villages by several persons of whom Vaijarasayya, Viṭṭharasayya and Guḍḍagāmuṇḍa are mentioned. Padmarāsi-paṇḍita, the āchārya of the temple received the gift.

The grant (of land) was made specifically for the worship and offerings to the god and maintenance of the temple.

The record states that mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Tribhuvanamalla Bijjaṇadēva was in charge of the mēlāḷke of a division (name lost), while daṇḍanāyaka sēnādhipati Dhannugidēvayya and mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kattamadēvarasa were together administering the manneya of Kūnḍi-3000.

The record is dated Śaka 108(9), Pushya, Śu. 7, Sunday, uttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa probably corresponding to 1167 A.D., December 20, Wednesday. There was no saṁkrānti on that day.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ caṁdra cāmara cāravē traiḷōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya • • • • •

⟨3⟩ masta bhuvanāśraya śrī pṛthvīvallabha mahārājādhi rāja para(mē) • • • • •

⟨4⟩ satyāśraya kuḷatiḷaka cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmatu pratāpa • • • • •

⟨5⟩ malladēvaru kalyāṇada nelevīḍinoḷu sukasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ • • • • •

⟨6⟩ tpāda padmōpajīvi samadhigata mahāśabda mahāmaṇḍaḷē • • • • •

⟨7⟩ rādhīśvaraṁ suvarṇna vriṣabhadhvaja ḍamaruga tūryyanirgghōḷa • • • • •

⟨8⟩ maḷa mārttaṁḍa kadanapracaṁḍa manakanakācaḷaṁ subhaṭarādi • • • • •

⟨9⟩ masta saraṇāgata vajrapaṁjaraṁ pratā[pa*] laṁkēśvara vairibhakaṇṭhīrava • • • • •

⟨10⟩ giridurgamalla nissaṁkamalla nāmādi samasta praśasti sahi • • • • •

⟨11⟩ thvīśvaraṁ bhujabaḷa cakravartti tribhuvanamalla bijjaṇadēva • • • • •

⟨12⟩ sirada melāḷkeyaṁ sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rā • • • • •

⟨13⟩ tpāda padmōpajīvigaḷappa svasti samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrī • • • • •

⟨14⟩ naṁ sēnādhipati daṁḍanāyakaṁ dhannugidēvayyaṁgaḷuṁ • • • • •

⟨15⟩ svasti samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ • • • • •

⟨16⟩ raṁ suvarṇa garuḍadvajaṁ trivaḷi paṟeghōśaṇaṁ ṟaṭa • • • • •

⟨17⟩ dhūra lāṁcchanaṁ sāhitya vidyāviriṁcanaṁ sityarādhēyaṁ saucāṁ • • • • •

⟨18⟩ sāhasōttuṁga kīrttyāṁga nāliṁgita ·aṁmana gandhavāraṇaṁ bhuja • • • • •

⟨19⟩ taḷaprahāri nāmādi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ • • • • •

⟨20⟩ vardamāna mācaṁdrārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire kūṁḍi mūṟu sāsirada manne • • • • •

⟨21⟩ dadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamirddu śrīmatu ka[ttama]dēvarasaru dhannugidēva • • • • •

⟨22⟩ yya nāyakaruṁ vaijarasayyaṁgaḷu viṭhṭharasayyaṁgaḷu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ le nūṟippattaṟabaḷiya bāḍa śrīmatu bayināḷiya mūli • • • • •

⟨24⟩ gavaṟeya • liṁgādhipatiyappa guḍḍagāmuṁḍanuṁ sakavarṣa 108 • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ puśya suddha saptami ·ādityavāra ·uttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇadaṁdu ba • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ va hoḍeya śrīmatu [sva]yaṁbhu siddēśvaradēvargge khaṁḍasphuṭita ji • • • • • ⟨Page 151⟩

⟨27⟩ dīpa nivēdyakkaṁ ·alliyācāryyarppadmarāsi paṇḍitargge • • • • • • • • • •

⟨28⟩ śrīmatu bayināḷiya mūḍaṇa holada [lo]ṁdana bāginiṁ • • • • •

[Stops abruptly here].

⟨SIIv29p0i0115⟩ No. 115. (A.R. No. B. 560 of 1961-62.) HIREKOṬNAKALLU, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup on the Banni-kaṭṭi.

Tribhuvanamalla [Sōmēśvara IV] 1191 A.D.

It states that during the reign of Chālukya Tribhuvanamalla Sōmēśvara and when mahamaṇḍaḷēśvara Maiḷugidēvarasa of Mānuve was administering, Brahmadēvabhaṭṭa, the grandson of Tippaṇa bhaṭṭōpādhyāya made a grant of land in the presence of the mahājanas of agrahāra Koṭṭukuṇuhe for a feeding house (choultry). The gifted land was earlier purchased by the donor from Iśvaraṇṇama of Bāguḷahāra.

The record is dated śaka 1113, Virōdhikṟit, Chaitra, śu. 13, Sunday corresponding to 1191 A.D., March 10. Sunday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī ·ōṁnamaḥ śivāyaḥ || namastuṁga siraścuṁbi caṁdracāmara cā-

⟨2⟩ ravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē || svasti sama-

⟨3⟩ sta bhuvanāśraya śrīpṛthvīvallabhaṁ mahārājādhirāja paramēśvaraṁ pa-

⟨4⟩ rama bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśrayaṁ kuḻatiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇa śrīmatribhuvanamalla sōmēśvara

⟨5⟩ dēvara vijayarājyamuttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravardhamānamācaṁdrārkka tā-

⟨6⟩ raṁbaraṁ saluttamire || tatpāda padmōpajīvigaḷappa svastyānēka bhaṁgura taraṁga saṁ-

⟨7⟩ ghātavīcī[vi]jaya lavaṇābdhivaḷaya vaḷayīta vēḷāvana gaṁgāyātra tanmadhye

⟨8⟩ dēśādhīśvara māhiṣmatī puravarādhīśvaraṁ madhyadēśādhipati sahasrabāhu pratāpabhū-

⟨9⟩ padaḷīpa haihaya kuḷasaṁbhava vivēka śaṁcōdbhavanatyugra narasira darpaṇa ga-

⟨10⟩ ja virājamāna dānakānīna mūlasaṟeghoṣaṇaṁ nriparatna bhūṣaṇaṁ śrīmanmahā-

⟨11⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ mānuveya maiḷugidēvarasaru sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ

⟨12⟩ geyuttamire || svasti yamaniyama svādhyāya dhyānadhāraṇa maunā-

⟨13⟩ nuṣṭāna japasamādhiṟiṁ guṇasaṁpannarōpāta guṇāgni hōtra dvijaguru

⟨14⟩ dēvatā pūjātadbhaktaru mātādādvija kīrttiyaṁ karuṁ sakalaśāstra vi-

⟨15⟩ śāradarumappa śrīmatribhuvanamalladēvara nitya bhūmidānada

⟨16⟩ śrī matsarvanamasyadagrahāraṁ koṭṭukuṇuheyaśēṣa mahājanaṁgaḷa

⟨17⟩ saṁnidhānadalu sa[ka]varṣada 1113 neya virōdhikritu saṁvatsarada caitra śuddha 13

⟨18⟩ yādivāradandu yāsadavisakadalli cikkatippaṇa bhaṭkōpādhyāyara

⟨19⟩ mammanu brahmadēva bhaṭṭaru taṁma vrittiyoḷage pādavṛttiya [ca]-

⟨20⟩ kanabaraviyaṇna[ga*]ḷa dēvaṇaṁ yakkara makkaḷu traipudaṁṇaḷi-

⟨21⟩ ge bāguḷahāṟa ·īśvaraṇnamaṁgaḷa kaiyalu krayavaṁ koṇḍu pā-

⟨22⟩ da vrittiya pratinidhige yiṁ pādavṛttiyaṁ koṁḍu ba-

⟨23⟩ ḷi sahitavāgi dharmatakkevu satrakaṁyā mahājanaṁgaḷege

⟨24⟩ pādapūje koṭṭu pādavrittiyaṁ biṭṭaru yā mahā-

⟨25⟩ janaṁgaḷu sarbbabādhā parihāravāgi koṭṭu pratipāḷisu

⟨26⟩ varu — svadattaṁ paradatta vāyōharēti vasuṁ-

⟨27⟩ dharā ṣaṣṭi varṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē kri-

⟨28⟩ mi || ⟨Page 152⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0116⟩ No. 116. (A.R. No. B. 485 of 1961-62.) KERŪR, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Slab built upon the platform in front of the Māruti temple.

1148 A.D.

The record is damaged and the top portion of which is broken and lost. It refers to the rule of a king (name lost) and to his subordinate (name lost) who is stated to be the lord of Kāḷanjara. It registers a grant of land, a house, a garden etc., to the god Mūlasthāna Koppēśvara of agrahāra Keṟevūr in Koravaḷḷi-150. The grant meant for the worship and offerings to the god and for the maintenance of the temple was made over to Vāmarāsi-paṇḍita, the āchārya of the temple. The grant was made by mahāpradhāna sēnādhipati daṇḍanāyaka Jayadēvayya, mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Jayasiṁhadēva who was governing the manneya of Kūnḍi-3000, mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Kattamadēva, mahāmaṇḍaḷika Hemmāḍidēvarasa who was administering Koravaḷḷi division from Gōkāge and other mahājanas when mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kaḷachurya Bijjaladēva was in charge of the mēlāḷke of Kūnḍi-3000.

The record is dated Śaka 1071, Vibhava, Pushya, śu. [1]4 Thursday. It corresponds to 1148 A.D., December 26, Sunday. [The Śaka year was 1070].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire tatpāda padmō-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kāḷaṁjara puravarādhīśvaraṁ [suva]

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kaḷacuryya kuḷakamaḷa mārttaṁḍa ka • •

⟨4⟩ • pracaṇḍa mānakanakācaḷaṁ subhaṭarādityaṁ kaligaḷaṁ kuśagaja sāmanta śaraṇā • • • • •

⟨5⟩ jrapaṁjaraṁ pratāpalaṁkēśvara vairībha kaṁṭhīrava paranārī sahōdara giridurgga • • • • •

⟨6⟩ kamalla nāmādi samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara bijjala • • • • •

⟨7⟩ kūṁḍi mūṟu sāvirada mēlāḷikeya nāḷutta[mire] tatpāda padmōpajīvi samasta pra •-

⟨8⟩ sti sahitaṁ śrī manmahāpradhānaṁ sēnādhipati daṁḍanāyakaṁ jayadēva-

⟨9⟩ yyaṁgaḷu samadhigata paṁcamahāśabda mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ kūṁḍi mūrusāvirada [maṁ]-

⟨10⟩ neyaṁ jayasiṁhadēvanuṁ samastaprasasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ kattamadēvanuṁ

⟨11⟩ samasta praśasti sahitaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍaḷikaṁ koravaḷḷiya hemmāḍidēvanuṁ gōkāgeya

⟨12⟩ nelevīḍinalu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire koravaḷḷiya (nū)ṟayvattaṟa baḷiya

⟨13⟩ ya tammāḷikeya śrīmadagrahāraṁ keṟe[vū]ra prabhu • • • • • janaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ sakavarṣa 1071 neya vibhava saṁvatsarada puṣya śuddha [1]4 brihavāra[mutta]rāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa

⟨15⟩ daṁdu keṟevūra [mūla]sthāna koppēśvaradēvara khaṁḍasphuṭita jīrṇnōddhārakaṁ • • • • • nivēdyakaṁ ·alli-

⟨16⟩ yācāryyarvvāmarāsi paṇḍitargge śrīmanmahāpradhānaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ gaḷuṁ jayasiṁhadēvarasaru kattamadēvarasaruṁ koravaḷḷiya heṁmāḍidēvarasaruṁ pra-

⟨18⟩ bhu mukhya mahājanaṁgaḷu dhārāpūrvvakaṁ nā(divi)geya baṭṭeyiṁ baḍagalu • • •

⟨19⟩ ḍalu bāviyiṁ teṁkalu • naliṁ paḍuvalu koṁḍiya • • sāyira kamma keyya • •

⟨20⟩ (ka)yya maneyuṁ laṭṭiyana (hadi)yaṁ baḍagaṇa tōṁṭa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ ṇabeyiṁ koṭṭaru kayyaṟuvaṇaṁ • • • • • (vidanu) maṁ kāpu • • • • • pratipāḷisu-

⟨22⟩ varu ·īdharmmama naḷidavaruṁ vāraṇāsi • • • • • kṣētradalū • • • • • kavileyaṁ

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • brāhmaṇarumaṁ kondāpātakamageydāparu [||*] © svadatta paradattaṁ

⟨24⟩ (vā)yō harēta vasuṁdharā śaṣṭhirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate krimi |

⟨25⟩ • • bhirvvasudhā dattā rājabhissagarādhibhiḥ yasyayasya yadā bhūmi tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ ⟨Page 153⟩ śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0117⟩ No. 117. (A.R. No. B. 774 of 1962-63.) RAÑJŌLE-KHĒṆI, BIDAR TALUK & DISTRICT.

Slab built into the right wall (outside) of the Hanumān temple.

Rāyamurāri Sōvidēva 1168 A.D.

This very much damaged record belongs to the reign period of Rāyamurāri Sovīdēva of Kalachūri family which ruled from the capital Kalyāṇa.

The record registers a gift of land, gardens and income from taxes for worship and offerings to the god Brahmēśvara, for the repairs of the temple and for feeding ascetics by śrīkaraṇa, and antahpura verggade, mahapasāyita Brahmadēva-daṇḍanāyaka after laving the feet of Chandrābharana-munīndra. The temple of Brahmēśvara seems to have been established at Ṟenjēṟu by Bāchidēvarasa, the mahāmaṇḍalēśvara. The record contains genealogical accounts of both Brahmadēva and Bāchidēvarasa and also of the preceptor Chandrābharaṇa-munīndra, the āchāry of Ṟenjēṟu Hejjēśvara temple. There is a reference to the construction of the temple of Hejjēśvara with pond and a shikhara over the temple by Hejjabhūpa, the Sindha chief.

The record is dated in the 2nd regnal year of the king Śaka 1091, Sarbbadhāri, uttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa. The cyclic year Sarbbadhāri occurred in Śaka 1090 corresponding to 1168 A.D., which happens to be the 2nd regnal year of king Sovidēva. uttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇa occured on 25th December, Wednesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ (śrī) śrīma(dbha)drādi nānāsutana karmaṇi mauḷi(vri)lōjja[mma]racatvā • • pārccati bavaranibiḍa kubā • • vaṁśyasya ca • •

⟨2⟩ • gri vraṇatraṁtrabhuvana (bhavaṇāri) śāśvatrīśvaryyanāgiddādi brahmaṁśvajavanakṣī sugama vanamaulyōmakāśaṁ mahā • •

⟨3⟩ • • tpālina nānāja • • • ma • • • kuṁbi kuṁbīna saprācchaditāduttuṁgattavaḷa takaraṁgābbi vidā viḷāsa •

⟨4⟩ • • dvīpadāḷvaṁ kaḷādurati sakaḷadvīpa sā(mrājya) la(kṣmī)tiḷakaṁ tadvīpamadya • • dā • • • ddā(ma) himācaḷēṁdraṁ • • ga

⟨5⟩ • • memabhū(varadaha)lakṣaṇa bhāgadāḷāḷpatittu tā • • • • • • • • • • taṁcaśatabhūtva • • • • • ta •

⟨6⟩ ṟepiṁda bhūmi(dē)kādavaṁge saṁbhacana vaḷaṁtrihaṁ sucaritra puṇyagāviḷeṟeva • • dhammarate varmane kuṁtaḷa • • poppū • mahimā •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • kuṁtaḷa kalitricakramaṁ duṣṭanigraha śiṣṭapratipāḷana paṇutanēkacchatradi • • • • • yaṁ pāḷisida nijaprabhaḷaṁ nāyā-

⟨8⟩ • • nbhāvajaḥ bahitasyāta catussamudrataṭi niśuṁbajjalaṁ bijjalaṁ || tōṟena mātugaḷdu • • • • • • • • • • • ·i caḷudigeyaṁ goṁḍāvi-

⟨9⟩ (rāgi) bhūbhuja • sēnayugadavagaṁḍage camu(ṁ) • • • • • (ca) mukaḷadi • ḷisi • pāpa (vina) • bāṟe • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • naṁ kali pracaṁḍanaṁ || baladiṁdaṁ su[vādā]gādhavavenisade • • tāyurādataṁ bijala • • • • • • • • • • • magana • • • • • • • • • • (ka)ḷa dikpāḷa • •

⟨11⟩ • • • ḷakhaḷa diśācaṁda madaṁḍaṁgada • • • • • nacāvipra • • • • • vima[ḷa*]jaḷāsvāda brige praṇītaṁ || samā • • [para]maydā • • •

⟨12⟩ • yāḷa vijageya • • yuṁ • • manittu [u]ttuveṁdu benisida • sinaṁtthāḷdiyuṁ ni • • • tu krama (daḻka)lāḍa bāḍanaḍavemāṇa sama(saṁ) • ⟨Page 154⟩

⟨13⟩ • vaṁ binaṁ • • • manā • • tmaṁ kīrtti • • taṁ • • • (kaṁ) tiḷaka vija • • • dāḷaṁ || • • • jaladhātri • • • tanūjanāgi vēma • • • • •

⟨14⟩ da nādaṁtavaṇi • janāśrita(ciṁ)tāmaṇi sakaḷa (kalā)madi sōma || pari[vāraṁ] • ñajavāra [pa]ritāpamataḷāvinaṁ vājadayaṁ cēti • • •

⟨15⟩ dāḷa • • ja • daṁbikaṁ taḷadānaṁ maryyāde (vibhu)dhātri susthi • • • tiya nāvagaṁ taḷavina • khyati viśaṁ bhūcaḷi mayūña bhujāgradāda • • •

⟨16⟩ • • bhū pāḷakaṁ || naḷa māṁdhārtta • pa naṁdanahuṣā • • • • • gatuhita [kadā]ḷana dōśadoḷu vibhava [viṇā] • ryya vidaryya vicala

⟨17⟩ • hāsa • • saṁnaguṇa mayya • • • • • vila nitā • • • • • vaḍaṁ bhūpana | bhūpāḷaṁ • • • sudādite gāmanō vallabhaṁ

⟨18⟩ paṭṭamādēviyanirppa • bhuvabhāsiya • • dēvitamāda dēviya(ra)jesaṁ • tipa • yuva • kaḷāva • saubhāgyavare viḷāsa • ti saḷa •

⟨19⟩ vati lāvaṇyavatiyene taḷadaḷese • • ·ava • • ṟadaviyaṟe • • • • • • • • • • yanenuta • • • yā • • re viṟane (bi)gutirppa

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • va śakaḷā kaḷāpavāga • • • • • na bhūpatidēvigā • • • śīḷajaḷa mādādēvaru sōma(ru)pa satibhāṟana[śā]ḻige •

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dā variḷāpa(ma)himā • • • vi • • • • • [dō]tavadita kamaḷāpava(pri)ya (sēvrā)va(ha) • (ta) samastasadbhāvasuta(ṁ)

⟨22⟩ • • • • • bhaja dāḷaṁ navāliṁda śōvaṇṇa haravisalisē[r]tikali ku • hemmāḍi • • • dā (taṁ) • • • ṇiṁ • • negaḷdādātaladē • vāṇiya samasta prājyusu-

⟨23⟩ • • • • • pūrṇacaṁdranene nā • • maṁtradiṁtāne mauḻiga • • • • • salisa • ta yiṁ (varāḷi paṁ) • samānaguṇāḷaṁkri tana pōtarkya pā-

⟨24⟩ • • • madaṁ vārehinēkadiraṁga • • • trage vesale • harmmasivēgaṁ savidelavida śōḷvididāyata sucanita vasudivyavāda pakādāvargge

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sidataṟurū pudi • • • • • • • • • • ṇa[mā]bāṁbikā de • ge • • • sidaṁ bharmadiṁdādinātha || ·abhimā(na) dānaśīḷa nayavi •

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jā viḷāsaṇa śutaladvīḻasaṁdapaṁ diśaṁbhādvayadayi(ṁ) • • kōttamaṁ • • dēva prabhugaṁ bāhu • • dava • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ • • • • • bhūpāḷa • • • • • • • • • • putranōdiśiṁtā sadana niyama • • • • • • • vānaḷa • • •

⟨28⟩ • • • • • litanē phaḷa[naṁ] vippsudivatadagraṁ • • • • • • • • • • tirāśi vaṁśōdbhavaṁ • • • ·aḍavi rājyada • • • kavatuhanakāvaṁbaḷi

⟨29⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nenetōsaṟū • • najagadāda bhū • • • • • • • • • • kāvya[gelanākṣa] • • kāvya [pra] vālaṁ • • dēva ·āsōyinirmaḷa kāvyaṁ(buda) •

⟨30⟩ • du budavarakṣi svīmāṁtaṁ tadāṁvalage vipraṁ bā[ḷu]dānati • • • • • • • • • • gaṭṭa gavakāśa • • padaḷuveṁ gu • •

⟨31⟩ neśau caṁ pālavile (sa)cayā śutusalatāyuṁ taṁ(tā)mūṟuvigōphala • ya kalki kula ma(ṁ)tri nārādhyaḍappaṁdadamā • • • • • valadēvagraphaḷa • •

⟨32⟩ (ti)ḷaka śrī baṁ • daṁḍādhipaṁ phalavastutiyi pādava • • • • • • • • • • (ga) dāḷana sāvaṁdānala dēviya maṁtri(maṁ)ḍanavi-

⟨33⟩ saṁ || haḍiyoḍadāda pa • • baḷalipuvalidana kā • • • • • • • • • • ḷāka • • • • • darā maṁdākila dēviya maṁtri mādana baṁmarasaṁ || ·antenipā sarvada

⟨34⟩ • kāṁtana nijajanma bhū • miṇaḻeṁjeṟadu • • ṁtadaḷipuda • • • • • • • • • • kāṁbanda bhadra • • • • • di vīraṁ bhūdēva mārthakatthanavakā(ya)

⟨35⟩ • bhūdēvi maṇi kaṭikaṁ bhūdēvi kaḷādēvi • • • • • • • • • • sya vidunārāsīna pudrikṣudādidinudyana •

⟨36⟩ • ḷiṁ kaḷama(kā)dā kaṁgaḷiṁ • • kūḍidīmuttuṁga śivālaya • • • • • bhatadi • • • • • ⟨Page 155⟩ radāśava • • • • • mavayādyakāra śāvāsyadaṁ • •

⟨37⟩ (vā)ḍa vistāravaṁ • • • tiḷiḷāḷadiṁ latayilathikāgri • • • • • • • • • • nataśukadiṁ • ka diṁdesedirppā bhūradiṁ tiḷaka bhājatā-

⟨38⟩ ḷalāṁ didanaṁdanabriṁda (daḍa)gataḷa kāvanataraṁ disavaha • ḷanādudāṁvahā • • • • • • • • • • purajisuvaththanāda vāriṇi kāṁtanati prabhā • • • • •

⟨39⟩ • pa kāḷāpa kuḷā(pa)ggēṁdracaṁdra dharaṇīprabhu pratimati talavīraṁ • • • • • • • • • • danugoppa baṁpuvadiṁdaṁ subhadagranera hajjabhū bhu • • •

⟨40⟩ tanavimaḷvānvaya[māna]bhūpaṁ siṁdhavaṁśavāṁśange(du)rtādu || • • • • • • • • • • mahā[puṇīśvaraṁ] mātta • • • || ·adaṁ tējōṇa bhōgavati •

⟨41⟩ dāḷdu saṁbhōga sudānaṁdadiṁda • • vatiyuṁ • • • • • • • • • • saṁbhavaṁ || patisahitavormepadavati siṁdhu •

⟨42⟩ gavaḷu [siṁmanaṁ] dēviśrutajaḷakaḷiyāḷidā sati[tapanaṁ] taradā[tō]dayara vilasi kaṁḍaḷa • • • • • na nastutayisiṁ niṁna • • • • • • • • • •

⟨43⟩ • ṁ janiyi koḍataneyeṁ ha • • prabhanene lavane • ḍitakavijana nijjana tamā || • • neya śārapādidanivaṁ dharaṇīpatiya kuvaṁṭada • • •

⟨44⟩ nippasidāgiya taṁṇaḷalāḷu nilisidāpā • bhōgaṁ vepuniṁbaduṁtina voleya • • • • • dana ḷuḍe nōḍidaḍanudura bhuja • • • didisame

⟨45⟩ purōttama nitya pārakaṁ || citravidadaṁ • gaḷa bhācakradōpragi paḍelā bāḷakanaṁ dhātridaveyaṁgada pātrānaka ninadaśa selayataṁ •

⟨46⟩ (nisidatu) || ·aṁtukari bayaḷinadāḷu • vidataya ·ā • vvana nirpudu • • • māraṁge nādala nripati mayūravarmma (saṁbana) magaḷaṁ (caḍiki)

⟨47⟩ • • vaṁ nivākali saṁghātaniggaḷagaṁṇana davāyvuḷuṁ menepe[lakṣmī] • • • • • teya nattā • • yāḷu sukhasaṁkathā vinōdadi • •

⟨48⟩ • • • ppa matanayaṇātvajaniya sa(ṁ)dharssatya banāprabhu • • • • • • • • • • naṭṭanetā • bivasa(buṇā) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨49⟩ [varāga taraṇa] lōmaga(rā)ja praṇīta [na]gvijaya keḷagadaddu • • • • • • • • • • saṁta sutāgraṇigaḷu [bhūpādada ḍamā]-

⟨50⟩ maṇigaḷu • • • • • vātanahāga • • nāthasavā paḷiyaṁ dānā • • • • • • • • • • dranapya budhasabya nināpra(bhō) sēbyaniṁdaṁ[da kāḷada veṁbuṁbu]

⟨51⟩ tāḷakoṁḍa nripāgraṇi satya[nibya]viṁdaḷi nelakvānāḍugaḷa ma • • • • • • • • • • va kāḷage jagatsavyaṁ budhasu • • • • •

⟨52⟩ ḷanaṭṭada nāḍiṁ gavanīśanāda ki(ri)vala caṁpūlitadula caṁdra • • • • • • • • • • llabhai vasaṁta vanadoḷeseva hajjabhūpāḷa • • • • •

⟨53⟩ geyvadagiṁta reṁjāṟu tājavānisaṟeṁna || varayādviśvā[yuṁ] • • • • • • • • • • vīra hajja bhūpāḷajaṁ kathamaśavaṁ reṁjēṟu[pitāma]

⟨54⟩ • dāta nijavimaḷākhyātiṁ (vṛṁdārkka tāraṁbara) • • • • • • • • • • ttuṁga maṁkūḍa hajjēśvara dēvāgāra maṁmā-

⟨55⟩ ḍisidiṭa narupamaṁ siṁda vaṁśāvatanuṁ || vasavatyanata • • • • • • • • • • dadāḷa mada sarōvaramaṁ kaṭṭisidaṁ sthirataravana māḍi-

⟨56⟩ • di mu managanāvāḍi • • || • • • • • viṁ nidhidoḷunāḷda[ḻva] • • ku suttalu kūḍāviniśtaḷa sīmā • • kritiviḷa

⟨57⟩ • • • tuṁga gōparaṁ • gayisuguṁ || ·ā • • • (hajjabhūpāḷa kana]vanaṁ suta vīrapammagadideyanthātana • • • • •

⟨58⟩ • • • ·asavasika • • • • • ra • • tthanujaṁ hēmaṁtritaḷapati • • • • • jayaśrī vadhūmandōnara •

⟨59⟩ bācedēvaṁ negaḷa negaḷdurutkraṣṭa sindā • ya • ḷa • • • • • • • • • • hejjēśvara (nṟi)pāḷa puradāḷāppā-

⟨60⟩ di brahmēśvara • pratiṣṭhāthiya susthiravāgi • • • • • • • • • • divasa mitiyanthā nāda ⟨Page 156⟩

⟨61⟩ • neyara taṇilaṟuṁbaṟāḷu saṁdādi brahmaśa • nāmādi • • • • • • • • • • jayaṁ vīra [bisaṟāpamaṣaktai] • rida • jaga

⟨62⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dindra • maṁ [paṇudāsira]ththarasanā nidhaisitaṁ basava[pa]na • • • • • rirggema [śiddarggava] • • • • •

⟨63⟩ • • • • • • • • • • brāṇarggi (kali)nāgaḷa vida kadātiḻarṇṇ maṁ svarṇṇa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨64⟩ • • • • • yāga pratiliśvayamāḍi || • • viraḷa sarāvādri nitya pravaca • • • • • ṁdini • • •

⟨65⟩ • taḷādudbhatpuṇya(maṁ)jiṁ puṭṭidā • • • • • dāviśva • • • • • puḷa • • • • • • • • • • sōya • • sa • • •

⟨66⟩ • • [gāva]ghāta sthaḷa pāḷaprajvāḷi māsa • • • • • savinegaṁ māḍida • brahmadēva (su)sthira venelādi (brahmādi)

⟨67⟩ [dēvā]gāramaṁ vinirmisi • • dāpuradā • • ḷugaṁ • • • • • śrī brahmatīrthamaṁ vīra • • • lā || va || ·ā • ma • • • • •

⟨68⟩ • • sāsiyuramaṁ vaiśaṁpāḷāyana sarasiyuma • • • • • da nikṣēpaṁ banōdaṁ gāṇvinōdaṁ [sā]pinoḷabrahma •

⟨69⟩ • tavanādavagādaṁ || ·anupamara dvadāgriha • saratnā[caturanita] vottharaṁ vinūta vanava māḍisi • taṭiya sa[mi]ra pada-

⟨70⟩ dyagāra pāvana vanamaṁ sa(rō)vara manōppuvesadisi • jaḷa • • ·appu puṇyabhāra jasavene baṁmadēva vibhuṁ nirmmaḷa •

⟨71⟩ kāda ·ānanda narasaṁ dinānāthaṁ nilpa nandiga • • • • • nthiṇpine bhūtaḷaṁ nilvinavaṁ bhārā śiragaḷneśvanavama(ra)na

⟨72⟩ [dalvinā]śrītabhavaṁ nilpinamiśaṁ nītvrabhuṁvākṣa • • • gaḷnilviṁlōnadāḷa dhammanivāsaṁ ba[mma]dēvaṁ vi • •

⟨73⟩ • dharmmaṁ salutakanibbhaṁ sadalegittaluvāra [laṁḍupura]kāḷasavasava sōmēśvara sthānadājārya • • • • •

⟨74⟩ vennegaḻdaravara kāṣyaṁ ·a[su]bavēśa sukīdha gurudāsa[tāḻadākā]bhuva [nayariga] pratāpa saṁdrage ·ācaṁdrā bharaṇaṁ • • • • •

⟨75⟩ śruta sahita • gaṇyanu tkṛṣṭapuṇyaṁ || yamaniyama balidanintu yamaniyava pavitra nallanene tāḻdediruddhanā • • •

⟨76⟩ • • yi ·uttamanenisidana khiḷa • • caṁdrabhu • [ṇmu]niya matanuta sātyāya dhyānadhāraṇa monānuṣṭhāṇa japa

⟨77⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vinnavappa ṟeṁjēṟa śrī hejjēśvara dēvasthānadācāryya • • • • • caṁdrābharaṇa munīṁdrara kālaṁkarcci svasthisamasta praśasti sa-

⟨78⟩ hituṁ śrīmadantarppura verggaḍe śrīkaraṇaṁ mahāpasāyitaṁ barṁmadēva daṇḍanāyaka samadhigata paṁcamahā[maṇḍaḻēśva]-

⟨79⟩ raṁ bācidēvarasara • • • • • • • • • • māgaduḍādupa • • • śvarada (di) • • • • • māḍi sakavarṣa 1091 neya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨80⟩ baṟa cakravarti rāyamurāri sōyidēva varṣada 2 neya sarbbadhāri • • • • • duttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇadoḷu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨81⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī brahmēśvaradēvara sthāna gandhadhūpadīpa nivēdyādi • • • • • tapodhanaraśanā bhōdhanakkekhaṇḍa sphuṭita jīrṇṇōdhārakke • •

⟨82⟩ • • • śrī[manmahārā]jadhāni • • • • • mūḍadolaṁdu • siṁdha nārāyaṇa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨83⟩ • • • ntada (riṁ) paḍuvalu neṭṭakallu baḍagalavara vāḍeya baṭṭiva hāḍulu hoḷeyaṁciṁda teṁkalu ṟaṁkaḷigeyaṟeholadava [dēvavana] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨84⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [matttharu 10] • koṁ[ḍa]gasīme mūḍalu hajjēśvara dēvara huṇaseya [tōṁṭa] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨85⟩ • sōvarasina [tōṁ]ṭa ·ā banadiṁ[da paḍu]valu pūdōṁṭa 1 reṁjēṟa nāḍunagara ⟨Page 157⟩ [ga]ḷaṁ biṭṭayaṁ bhattha hēṟeṁgemāna 10 • • • • • • • • • •

⟨86⟩ sāmānyōyaṁ dharmmasētu nṛpāṇaṁ kālē kālē pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ sarbbētā nbāvinaḥ pārtthi vēṁdrān bhūyō bhūyō yācate [rāmacaṁdra] • • • • •

⟨87⟩ • • • rva su dhādatthāṁ rājabhiḥ sagarādhibiḥ ryasya yasya yadā bhūvi tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ || svadattāṁ para • • • • • • • • • •

⟨88⟩ • • ṣaṣṭhirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ ·i[ti]nmita nāvanu rjji • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨89-90⟩ damaged• • • • • śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0118⟩ No. 118. (A.R. No. B. 787 of 1962-63.) HARSŪR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup against the wall inside the Boslingēśvara temple.

Rāyamurāri Sōvidēva 1172 A.D.

It carries a very long genealogical account of the family of Kalachūris and states that the king Rāyamurāri Sōvidēva was ruling over the empire from the capital Mādiganūru.

It records grant of the village Ankulage for the worship of the god and repairs of the temple of Bhōgēśvaradēva by mahāpradhāna, sēnādhipati, bāhattara niyōgādhipati, hiriya daṇḍanāyaka Mādhavayya-nāyaka along with mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Vīra kāmadēvarasa and Vīra Goṅkarasa. Also it registers further grant of an oilmill, income from the sale of arecca-nut, pepper etc and land.

The village Ankulage is the same as Ankulage of Bāḍa situated with in the administrative division Goṅka-nūrippat-taṟuvattu [120+60=180 viz, Goṅka-180]. River Beṇṇeyatoṟe is mentioned as one of the boundary lines of the granted village. The grant was received by Hariharajīya, the āchārya of the temple.

The record is dated in the cyclic year Khara, Māgha, śu. Huṇṇime, Thursday corresponding to 1172 A.D., January 13, Thursday. Lunar eclipse occured on the previous day January 12, Wednesday.

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⟨1⟩ © • śrīmahōdāta cakravarttiya pratiṣṭheyeṁ śrībhōgēśvara dēvanirtthi . sarvanamasyahita(vā) girpparu © bhōgēśvaradēva-

⟨2⟩ ramaṁṭapamurmmāḍidaga(vi)goṁjaga(re)ṁbādēvara dēgulada(le)bidda kaḍadude nyēdhāṟeveṁbāṁ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ svasti śrījayaścā rbhudayaśca || namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē traiḷōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya

⟨4⟩ śaṁbhavē || śrīkadu gītamaru[da]gra śrīvallabhaniradā nāmāditija vijaya śrī vamagupāyaṁ manevā kśrī valla-

⟨5⟩ bha naḷa vēdāgaḷa liṁgadalāḷupaṁ || neledu surāsura kaḍeya liṁgadaliṁdāgadaṁ nijāṁśu saṁstara paripū-

⟨6⟩ ritākhiḷa diśāvaḷayaṁ kamaḷāsa vīradharaṁ suragaja sōdaraṁ śaśitaḍiya kuḷābharaṇa kaḷāpta śaṁkara vararādaraṁdu ci-

⟨7⟩ tabhadra kuḷābharaṇarmmāhībhujar || ·antaparoḷākhiḷā vasudhā kāṁtācitanucita nāḷda nakhiḷāvaniyaṁ santamenetatta nū-

⟨8⟩ jana navaravasagarasanāḷda nakhiḷārvchareyaṁ || tattaneyaṁka (nvā)manṛpanuttaṁ biḷināḷda niḷeyaṁnātana tanayaṁ matta (ki) ⟨Page 158⟩

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • duttamarene rāja bijjarāgedarttanayar || mallikāmāle || ·aṁtavikramadiṁda vāḷdiḷeyaṁ nimi(dbi)-

⟨10⟩ • yatigaḷaṁtaku • • • • • nāgi bijjanṛpāḷakaṁ • • gāgidaṁ sutaṁkantu vairi varaprasāda sulabdha dōrvvaḷadhairyya vikrānta vānō • • •

⟨11⟩ • • ṇḍa kīrttiyenippa • • • nṛpājaḷakaṁ || ·āka(rṇṇa) • • nṛpati gāgadakhiḷākarṇṇita viśadakīrti bhōga marā(ṇaṁ) śrī bhū-

⟨12⟩ kāṁta nenisi negaḷdana • • • • • na vijaya nijabhuja vaṣaṁcala || ·ā jōgamaṁge maganudvajita ripucakra nārjitārjjita

⟨13⟩ tējōbrājiṣṇu jiṣṇu vikrama • • • ya prathita pṛthubhujaṁ permmāḍi || ·ā permmāḍi nṛpāḷaṁgā pādita sakaḷa kuṁ-

⟨14⟩ taḷavirājyaṁ vyapādita cāḷukya va • • • • • • • • • • || nābhija • • (pa)ṁ || ·ā pāḻitane pāḷa mahīpāḷaka nākramārtta • • • kaḷidā-

⟨15⟩ rakṣmāpāḷa rājyanatibaḷa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ gāḷaṁ keḷalaridapa dinadaṭiṁ poḷaladāraḷamebijja bhōjapāḷakan || ·ātaṁge pratima pra • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ [mra] bhūpavrajō pātaṁgaduta vikramyēkaniḷayaṁ sājamēśvaraṁ puṭṭi tattātaṁgemmige leṁbinaṁ ripubaḷākrāṁtakṣarō

⟨18⟩ bhāgamaṁ mā[te]nāntadaṭi barppaḍallaḍu vinaṁniḥ kaṁṭaka māḍidaṁ || vacana || tatpratāpa mentene || neṭṭanerāyaṁ

⟨19⟩ murārige paṭṭaṁgaṭṭipudegaḷdu vairi nṛpāḷarttoṭṭu neḍegeṭṭu bāyveṭṭaṭṭida rātmīḻ karituraṁgātkara maṁ ||

⟨20⟩ balavajrāyamurāri sōma nṛpati prasthāna citiravaṁ nelanākaṁpisalaṇmi vairigaḷa dirddāḍiṁdaraṇyaṁ-

⟨21⟩ gaḷa • kelarāḷdakkelarāḍidakkelarusirbbiṭṭa kelarttarggida kelaraḍḍakkerarggidakkelaraḍaṁgirdda rkkelarmmaggidal || ·aṁga nṛ-

⟨22⟩ pāḷakāṁ gajamahēśvara naṁdra nṛpēṁdra mattamātaṁga mṛrggādhipaṁ capaḷa cōḷa nṛpācaḷa vajra pā-

⟨23⟩ ttanuttuṁga kaḷiṁgarāja rajanīcara rāghava rāmanendudinneṁgaḷa baṇṇisallamege gōcaranā prabhu sōmabhūbhujaṁ ||

⟨24⟩ kaḷacuri cakravartti vibhudōrvvaḷa mallanenippa sōma bhūtaḷa pativādiyādrita mahītaḷamaṁ parirakṣisutta nā-

⟨25⟩ kuḷamige daṁḍanāyaka śikhāmaṇi mādhavanāḷdanīdharātaḷamā ·ā sāvaṁtatu mannedaḍi ḻdāda ·atidīranēkavēśamaṁ ||

⟨26⟩ ·ā daṁḍādhipānvaya meṁtene || sarasīruhanābhanābhī sarasīruha vibhagaḍana jana jaṁgātmamanaḥ sarasīruha jananāthaṁ sura- 1

⟨27⟩ muni samabiṣṭutaṁ vasiṣṭha munīṁdraṁ || ·ānimittaṁ muniditta śāpadi nimikṣmāpāḷakaṁ gāytu tattanuhinatvama-

⟨28⟩ dāyakauśika balākya śrīkāḷadaḷtaṁdu tammaniyaṣṭyāgniyoḷādudāhuti pāleṁdandanya sāmānyenē munīrvvaraṁ-

⟨29⟩ dāvaṁdita padadvaṁdvaṁ vasiṣṭhāhvayaṁ || ·ā munipāncayagagana nabhōmaṇiyaṇṇama camū-

⟨30⟩ panā vibhusūtanuddhānuyaśaḥparipūrṇṇa vyōmataḷaṁ viṣṇudēvara rathaninādaṁ || ·ā viśva vinū-

⟨31⟩ takīrttivallabhanenipa viṣṇugāgadaṁ tanayaṁ bhūvaḷaya vitatakīrtti śrīvallabhanenisi māyeda vacaryē-

⟨32⟩ paṁ || ·ā māyidēva vipra śirōmaṇi gati vimaḷa caritācāryyaṁ padamaṁ pramaditaḷadathuḷa ⟨Page 159⟩ cintāmaṇi sāvitridē-

⟨33⟩ vi sapatiratnaṁ || ·ā sāvitri satigaṁ bhū surapati māyedēvapṛta nā patigaṁ vāragava vibhavaṁ puṭṭidanā saka-

⟨34⟩ ḷaṁ pogaḷeredava dvajaniśaṁ || vacana || ·ā mahānubhāva saccarita mentene || kaḷacurinṛpa kuḷa (rā)jyaṁ baḷavaḍḍurmmaṁtriṁ kasapha-

⟨35⟩ yādigaḷiradaṁgaḷa kuḷamādirē nijadōrbbaḷa diṁdaḷavaḍisi mādhavaṁ pesarvaḍedaṁ || adentene || ·ākramisi rājyala- 1

⟨36⟩ kṣmīyana kramadiṁdāḷda kaṇnanaṁ koṁdudharācakramanaḷavaḍisiṭṭa nanukramadiṁ gāmanṛpaṁ nabhuja maṁḍaḷa do-

⟨37⟩ ḷā | baḷavavripu saṁharaṇaṁ kaḷacuri bhūpāḷa vipuḷa rājyōddharaṇaṁ viḷasacchāryyā caraṇaṁ kuḷakudarasthira namātya

⟨38⟩ gajapaṁcāsyaṁ || ripu pādānidhi bāḍavaṁ ripuvanaprōddhāma dāvānaḷaṁ ripumēgha • samiraṇaṁ ripumahīcṛ-

⟨39⟩ tkhaṁḍa nākhaṁḍaḷa ripupaṁkaja sitaprabhū ripumadacaṁdrā(rka) paṁcānanaṁ ripu kōḷāhaḷakaṁdāḍapogaḷpudā śrīmādhavā mātya-

⟨40⟩ naṁ || ·ā saciva patige vipuḷa śrī satiyuṁtānumā camūpati vakṣa vāsiniya(ṁte)nisi negaḷda mahāsati sati-

⟨41⟩ yādaḷ sāvarikaḻadēvi || satiyantē pativratāvāksatiyantekaḷā kaḷāpa kōvida lakṣmī satiyantadiśa vakṣa-

⟨42⟩ sthita mēkaladēviyaṁdu pogaḷpudulōkaṁ || gadya • • • svasti samasta bhuvanāśraya śrīpṛthvīvallabhaṁ mahārā- 2

⟨43⟩ jādhirājaṁ paramēśvaraṁ kāḷāṁjara puravarādhīśvaraṁ suvarnna vṛṣabhadhvajaṁ rūpamakara dhvajaṁ kaḷacūreya ku-

⟨44⟩ ḷakamaḷa mārttāṁḍaṁ kadana pracaṁḍaṁ ḍamarugatūryyanirrvōṣaṇa vairikuḷa bhīṣaṇaṁ śaraṇāgata ga-

⟨45⟩ ja sāmaṁta vajrapaṁjaraṁ vairidikkuṁjaraṁ pratāpa laṁkēśvaraṁ subhaṭarādityaṁ kaligaḷaṁkuśaṁ nāmādi pra-

⟨46⟩ śasti sahitaṁ śrīmadrāyamurāri sōyidēva vijayarājya muttarōttarābhivṛddhi pravarddhamānamācaṁ-

⟨47⟩ drārkka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire mādiganūra nelevīḍinōḷsukhasaṁkathā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyvuttamire tatpā-

⟨48⟩ da padmōpajīviyappa śrī manmahā pradhānaṁ sēnādhipati bāhattara niyōgādhipati hiriya daṁḍa-

⟨49⟩ nāyaka mādava(yya) nāyakaṁ svastisamadhigata paṁcamahāśabda mahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ kopaṇapura-

⟨50⟩ varādhīśvaraṁ nābhirājānvayāṁ bhōjadivākaraṁ satyaratnākaraṁ śrī madalaṁdeya sōmanāthadēvalabdha varaprasāda

⟨51⟩ • • maḷāmōdaṁ manneyasiṁhaṁ manneya baṁgāṟaṁ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara mallidēva naṁka-

⟨52⟩ kāṟaṁ nāmādi praśasti sahitaṁ śrī manmahā maṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ vīrakāmadēvarasanuṁ vīra goṁkarasanuṁ

⟨53⟩ ·iṁtivarirbbaru sahitamāgi śrīmatsarvvanamasyadagrahāraṁ śāṁbhusiguḷa śrībhōgēśvara dēvara·aṁga

⟨54⟩ bhōga raṁgabhōgakkaṁ caitrapavitrakaṁ khaṁḍasphuṭita jīrṇnōddhārakaṁ goṁkanūṟippattaṟuvattara baḷi-

⟨55⟩ ya bāḍadaṁkulageyaṁ khara saṁvacarada māgha śuddha paurṇṇamāsya bṛhaspati vāradaṁdu ⟨Page 160⟩ sōmagrahaṇa nimitta dhā- 1

⟨56⟩ rāpūrvvakaṁ sarvvanamasyamāgi koṭṭa(ru) || ·āgrāma sīme yeṁteṁdaḍe • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨57⟩ vaṇṇiṁ • tāṟiṁmakke teṁkalaḷeya haḷaṁ mēre ·ā haḷḷadiṁ paḍumu kha • • • loḷu naṭṭakallu mēre ·alliṁ baḍaga mā-

⟨58⟩ gadhātri puruṣa ·ibaḍalavaravāḍiya sīmaiyanāḷdamaraṁ mēre ·alliṁ paḍuva mukhadiṁbare nairutyada kā[ḻi]nalli ·a-

⟨59⟩ paravāḍiya kaggalla moraḷeyaṁ kulageya mugguḷaṁ neṭṭa kavileya kallumēre paḍuvalaḍḍa veṭṭidiṁ keḷagiḍuda gu-

⟨60⟩ ttimariṁ vāyuvyadalu hūvina hekhkharaṇe mēre baḍagalu bimmātipaḷḷada mēre ·īśānyadalli yā haḷḷa-

⟨61⟩ da beṇṇeya toṟeya kūḍalalli naṭṭa kallumēre || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harēti vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭhi va-

⟨62⟩ rṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ || gāmē kāṁratnikāmē kā bhūme rāpu kamaṁgulaṁ harasmara kamō-

⟨63⟩ pnōtiyāṁvadā bhūta saṁṣavaṁ || sāmānyōyaṁ dharmmasētu nṛpāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ

⟨64⟩ sarvvā nētānbāvinaḥ pārtthivēṁdrā nbhūyō bhūyō yācate rāmacaṁdraḥ || ·iṁtī sthāna ma nūrjjitaṁ

⟨65⟩ māḍi paḍedācāryyaṁ harihara jīyaṁge maṁgaḷaṁ || mattamā bhōgēśvara dēvarige dēsi ga-

⟨66⟩ ḷuṁ nakharaṁgaḷuṁ koṭṭayī gāṇadalaḍḍa sālageyeṇṇe • ge māṟidaḍakeyaliyayda ḍake hēṟiṁgippa[tto]

⟨67⟩ ṁmdule (bhatta)dali koṭṭivara lōmānaṁ koṇḍamattaṟa mānaṁ meṇasu jīrage hoṁge • ya [hāga] ma-

⟨68⟩ ttamā nāḍiyiṁ baṁdakeymattaru • • • ·ūra • • • • • kōṇinali • dara suttuṁnaṭṭa kallugaḷe(re) || [ā] •

⟨69⟩ • da prabhu heggaḍegauḍana mallibīra gauḍa ma • • • yā prabhutvada • • • dalli vaṣṭaṁ [bāḍa] •

⟨70⟩ • manayaṣṭa baṁdada keyvanuṁḍa • • • • • • • • • • rā prabhugaḷuṁ kāpāḍuvaru ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0119⟩ No. 119. (A.R. No. B. 527 of 1961-62.) SYED-CHINCHŌḶI GULBARGA TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab setup infront of the Hanumān temple.

Rāyamurāri Bhujabalamalladēva 1173 A.D.

This record is engraved in continuation of No. 77 above. It belongs to the reign period of Kalachūri Rayamurāri Bhujabalamalladēva. It states that mahāpradhāna Mādhavaiah after appealing to the emperor, made a gift of land in Bāḍa-uppaḷa-vāvi situated in Goṁka-nūrippattaru-vattu [120+60=180], which was under the jurīsdiction of his administration, to the worship and offerings and for various services and maintenance of the temple of the god Nāraṇēśvara of Cheṁchavaḷḷi and also for the feeding of the ascetics and for maintaining a choultry there in.

Chaṅḍimarasa, who was them administering Cheṁchavaḷḷi made over the gift to Vāraṇāsi Sṛishṭikāchārya Tējōnīdhi paṅḍitadeva. Details of land so gifted is mentioned in the record. The responsibility of maintaining and protecting the gift was made to vest on the prabhus and gāvuṇḍas (of the place). ⟨Page 161⟩

The record is dated in the 7th regnal year (of the king), Vijaya [Śaka year not mentioned], Jyēshṭha, amāvāsya, Monday, solar eclipse, Pushya nakshatra and Vishu saṁkramaṇa. It probably corresponds to 1173 A.D., June 12 (Tuesday). There was no saṁkramaṇa on that day but the solar eclipse occured. The eclipse occurred on Tuesday. But the nakshatra was Ardrā.

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⟨1⟩ śrīmaccaḷukikuḷa • • • • • samādhavana • • • kaḷacūryyana kuḷabhōraṇa bijjabhūpa prathōdāna jarbbāja thāḷi(ṣṭāḷaṁ)sidā • niṁda || ·ā • • traṁ bhuvabhāgya(daṁndu)

⟨2⟩ • ṁ ripuśrapācarēsvara vi • • • • • ta (mrigē)ṁdraṁ negaḻveṁ bhūtaḷadoḷu • • • • • • • • • • • • ḷatri siṁha(rasara)voḷa guṇi • mādirāja daṁḍādhīśvaraṁ

⟨3⟩ mudadiṁda vaṁdā • ḍaṁ paduḷa ·ara • • • bhi(kṣu) pāryyanaṁtarūkṣakke • • • • • (sati) śrī magakṣa • • • • • ṁśu mādhava maṁtri śrīkāṁta yenisija • • ṁ

⟨4⟩ • • dāvi sthirātma guṇi tāḷdirddaḷu || (mo)dhareyaṁ śrī (rāsā)nāḷvaṁ tire • • • • • ṁ • • rēcasiṁhaṁ • (ra) māgalu • (va) dēvaṁ sakaḷā ripu • brigēṁ[dra] nāgāṁka • • •

⟨5⟩ • • gra dramma(kaṁ) svāmige vinaya paraṁ beṁ • daradādināthaṁdārāgara • • • yiṁ • • vīsadaraṇiyaṁ biṭṭa (rācūrra tāra) || paḷadi prātāṁta kīrtti pra • • | taredā

⟨6⟩ nūddāragaṁkāramūrtti si(ḷi)tārāti pratāpaṁkṣitipati(kuḷa) • ṁdakāra • • • • • • • • • • duṣṭakṣiti • • na • • • • • tavātaṁniḷa sadviḷvāvinitaṁ negaḻdana •

⟨7⟩ paraṁ caṁdra daṁḍādhinātha || vārijanābha ni(r)ddāmritavājja tējōśva(śū)rddhagaṁ • (ri)ṁ cāḷu bāvinarddaśaṁ (pradhā)nanidda • • • • • ṁgade • bhāda • • • nōśvala(kṣmī) nelasidda •

⟨8⟩ rā guṇāvāradaṁtā vistārētakīrtti caṁdranripa nirdudēsipudāni taḷāgradoḷu || śrīsvasti śrīmatu kaḷacūryya cakravarti rāyamurāri bhujabaḷa malladēva varṣa-

⟨9⟩ da 7 neya vijaya saṁvatsarada jēṣṭhadamāvāse sōmavāra sūryyagrahaṇa vyatīpāta puśya nakṣatra viśusaṁkramaṇa(daṁdu) ceṁcavaḷḷiya śrīnāraṇēśvara dē-

⟨10⟩ vara pūje nivēdyakaṁ bhṛtadhōtrakaṁ dēvakaṁgabhōga raṁgabhōgakaṁ tapōdhanarā (pātra)dānakaṁ satrakaṁ (pu)rāṇa khaṇḍikakaṁ khaṁḍaspuṭita jīrṇnōddhārakaṁ yiṁdō śrī manma-

⟨11⟩ hāpradhānaṁ sēnādhipati bāhattara niyōgādhipati hiriyadaṁḍanāyakaṁ mādavayyaṁgaḷu taṁmāḷkeya goṁkanūṟippattaṟuvattaṟa baḷiya bāḍaṁ ·uppaḷavāvi (ya)

⟨12⟩ mēlāḷiya cakravarttige biṁnnapaṁgeydu dēvange sarvanamasyavāgi dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍikoṭṭaru [|*] śrī mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvarara kāḷadēvarasa(ruṁ) śrīman mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ vīra-

⟨13⟩ goṁkedēvarasaruṁ ·uppaḷa vāviya taṁma (maṁneya) • • • sarbba namasyavāgi dhārāpūrbbakaṁ māḍi • • • • • vriti • • • • • • • • • • hāḷada ciṁcavaḷḷiya

⟨14⟩ prabhu caṁdimarasayyaṁgaḷu ·uppaḷavāviya śūlasāmi • • • • • • • • • • [ḷake yallā] prabhu • • • • • • • • • • dhārā pūrbba-

⟨15⟩ māḍi koṭṭaraṁtu tribhōgā bhṛṁdarāgahitaḷa dēvarige • jjanarāśyavāgi dhārāpūrbbakaṁ māḍikoṭṭaru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ yaśō guṇanidhi tatpāmrita nidhiya(ṇa)trame sanu • • ṁ(dra) tējōnidhigaḷu || svasti yamaniyama svādhyāya dhyānadhāraṇa maunānuṣṭāna japasamādhiśīḷa guṇasaṁpaṁnarappā śrī vā-

⟨17⟩ raṇāsiya sṛṣṭikācāryya tējōnidhi paṁḍitadēvara padakamaḷaṁgaḷaṁ nā(ḍi) sōvare ceṁcavaḷḷiya prabhu caṁḍimarasayaṁgaḷu (taṁma) kara • • • • • • • • • • ceṁcavaḷḷiya sthaḷa(vri)-

⟨18⟩ ttiyumaṁ ·uppaḷavāviya caturāpū • sa(bā)ta tribhōgābhyaṁtara kara sarvvanamaśyavāgi dhārāpūrbbakaṁ māḍikoṭṭaru || • ·uppaḷavāviya • • • yeṁtene ·ā mā • • mū- ⟨Page 162⟩

⟨19⟩ ḍalu tāvaregeṟeyiṁ paḍuva mūḍaṇa naṁdavāṭada pūrbataṭaṁ pramāṇa • • • teṁkaliṁ • • • • (pra)māṇu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • • ṁ paḍuvaluttara mukhavāda mālegārttiya holadiṁ baḍagalu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ galu (kaṁge) mageya • ṁ mālagārttigaṁ • me māḍadā • • pūjāṁ pramāṇe • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ya kaṁtiyiṁ paḍuvaṇa hutina gutti

⟨22⟩ pramāṇa | ·alliṁ baḍagaluttara mukhavāda kappanūra (ho)ladiṁ mūḍalu mārana bāvi pramāṇu ·alliṁ baḍagalu • • ra (ho)ladiṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ bahuśile pramāṇa | ·alliṁ baḍaga ·ālabōvanakeṟeyiṁ vāyūbbaḷa caṁdraśilā puṁjaṁ pramāṇa | ·alliṁ mūḍalu vāyūbba[ruvāḷada] tāvaregeṟeya holakā teṁkalu

⟨24⟩ paścima mukhavāda tāvaregeṟeya holakā paḍuvalu ·asiyakoḷḷadiṁ • • • • • ya śilā pūṁjaṁ pramāṇa || dēvara prittiya bayaliṁ • • dēvara pūje nivēdyakaṁ cchatraputra

⟨25⟩ kaṁ pūjarigaḷibbara jīvitavaṁtu dēvaraṁga bhōgakkekēya kālamattaru 100 . yya kāṟadibbaru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ ru pātraveraḍaṁtu dēvaraṁgabhōgakke kēyakāla mattaru [1]40 • nidana kāmākaraṁ vidū • gaḷa pravā(si)garā • • • • kēyakāla mattaru 110 purāṇa khaṁ-

⟨27⟩ ḍikadupādhyāyaribbarigu jīvitakālaṁ mattara 50 khaṁḍasphuṭita jīrṇnōddhārakaṁ keya kāla mattaru • • • • • ḷi yārada pramāṇadabbarivaṁkaya kāla mattaru [2]0 ja •

⟨28⟩ ḷisalabadavarige kālamattaru 20 yedūvāreṁ nāḍa mēlāḷkeyuṁ maṁnēya • • • • • • • • • • • prabhu gāvaṁḍu saha • • • • • • • • • • pratipāḷisuvaru | bahubhirvvasu-

⟨29⟩ dhā datta rājabhi ssagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmi tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ | svadattāṁ paradattā vāyō harēti vasuṁdharāṁ śaṣṭirvvaśa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi |

⟨30⟩ grāmēkāṁ (ratki) kāmēkāṁ bhūmēka maṁgula • • • • • • • • • • yāvēdā bhūta saṁpa • ṁ || • • • • • • • • • •

⟨31⟩ daṁ kāyada pātakaṁge phala (mu)nitiḷḷugaḷoḷu vāraṇāsiyoḷu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0120⟩ No. 120. (A.R. No. B. 817 of 1962-63.) GŌGĒBĀḶ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying by the side of the path leading to the field of Kawtal Sivappa.

Rāyamurāri Sōvidēva 1174 A.D.

This highly damaged record belongs to reign period of [Kalachūri] Rāyamurāri Sōvidēva described as Kāḷanjara puravarādhīśvara (lord of the city of Kāḷanjara). It mentions vīrabaṇanjudharma, nānādēsis, seṭṭiguttu, mummuri-daṇḍas, nakhara, Aruvattokkalu [a group of 60 landed property] etc. Perhaps all these together made some grant of income from tax to a god [name lost] and also to the sthānika Chavuḍa of the place. Also it seems to record an additional gift of 31 haṇa per month [probably arising out of the tax collected] to the same god.

It is dated Śaka 1097, Jaya, Mārggaśira, huṇṇime. It corresponds to 1174 A.D., November 10, Sunday. Lunar eclipse occured on that day.

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⟨1⟩ namastuṁga • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ mara cāravē trailō • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ mūla staṁbhāya (śaṁbhavē) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ svasti samasta bhuvanā • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 163⟩

⟨5⟩ llabha mahā • • • • • • • • • • kāḷāṁjara pu-

⟨6⟩ ravarādhīśvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ [rāyamurāri sōvidēva] vijayarā-

⟨8⟩ ·āya muttarōttarābhivriddhi pravarddhamāna mā-

⟨9⟩ na • • • • • • • • • • mire sakavarṣa

⟨10⟩ 1097 neya jaya saṁvatsarada mārggaśira

⟨11⟩ puṇnami • • • vāra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12-16⟩ worn out

⟨17⟩ © svasti • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ śāsana labdhānēka guṇagaṇāḷaṁkrita satya śau-

⟨19⟩ cācāra cāritrya nayavinaya saṁpanna vīra-

⟨20⟩ baṇaṁju dharmma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ kramōnnatarumappa śrī ma[ḍamada] nānādē-

⟨22⟩ si seṭṭiguttu mumuridaṁḍagaḷuṁ nakhara

⟨23⟩ ·aṟuvattokkalu [ta] • • • • • • • • • • śrī mā-

⟨24⟩ • • • • • [dē]vargge • • • • • • • • • • ko-

⟨25⟩ ṭṭalli ya[re]kāṇi māṟu koṁḍalli [yare]

⟨26⟩ kāṇi ·alliya sthānika cavuḍa • • • • •

⟨27⟩ māyava[rggakke] dēvakāryya • • • • •

⟨28⟩ svadattaṁ para[dattaṁ] vāyō harētu vasuṁdhara

⟨29⟩ ṣaṣṭirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jā-

⟨30⟩ yatē krimi || hejjuṁkadadhikā-

⟨31⟩ ·e • • • • • ṁ kara • • • • • tiṁgaḷiṁga ha-

⟨32⟩ ṇa [3]1 • • • • • • • • • • llidēva • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0121⟩ No. 121. (A.R. No. B. 160 of 1962-63.) ĀLAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On the pedestal of an image in the open air museum, Alampur.

Bhujabaḷamalla 12th century A.D.

This very much damaged and incomplete record belongs to the reign period of Kalachūri Bhujabalamalla. [Bhujabalamalla was one of the titles possessed by the Kalachēri king Bijjaḷa]. The purport of the record is not clear. Probably it registers a grant (of land), the details of which are lost and to the son (name lost) of Māramayya.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī matkaḷa

⟨2⟩ curyya cakra-

⟨3⟩ varti bhujabaḷa-

⟨4⟩ malla [da] • • •

⟨5⟩ vadhā • • •

⟨6⟩ vatsara •

⟨7⟩ tra su

⟨8⟩ • da dā • •

⟨9⟩ da • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 164⟩

⟨11⟩ • māramayya

⟨12⟩ na maga puligeyu

⟨13⟩ māḍi • • • gadegaḷa

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ ya (ti) • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • kā(ḍi) sā • sā[mi]

⟨17⟩ dēvarasara [mā]

⟨18⟩ • radalu

(Incomplete).

TELUGU CHOḌAS.

⟨SIIv29p0i0122⟩ No. 122. (A.R. No. B. 192 of 1962-63.) MADDŪRU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Third face of the same slab [No. 52] in the ruined fort.

Kāvaṇa Chōḷa-mahārāja 1091 A.D.

It states that when mahāmaṇḍḷēśvara Kāvaṇa Chōḷa mahārāja was ruling the kingdom from the capital Mosaḷemaḍuvu, made a grant of 20 mattar land measured in the scale Śatyaratnākarana kōlu in Rēkalūru for worship, offerings, etc., of the god Chinchaka Rēchēśvara whose temple was situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadrā at the capital Maddūru located in Aje [Ayije] 300 division.

The record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 16, [Śaka 1013] Prajāpati, Mārgaśira, śu, 12, Tuesday corresponding to 1091 A.D., November 25, Tuesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ ruha vihita vi-

⟨3⟩ [ḷō]cana triḷōca-

⟨4⟩ na pramukhā khiḷa pṛ-

⟨5⟩ [thyē]śvara kārita kāvērī tī-

⟨6⟩ ra karikāla kula-

⟨7⟩ ratna pradīpa kumā[rāṁ]-

⟨8⟩ ku [śa] śrīmanmahā-

⟨9⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvara kāva-

⟨10⟩ ṇa cō[ḷa] mahārā-

⟨11⟩ jaru mosaḷe maḍuvi-

⟨12⟩ na nelevīḍinoḷiḻdu na-

⟨13⟩ • ḍi nāḍumaṁ sukhasaṁka-

⟨14⟩ thā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁge-

⟨15⟩ yyuttamire cāḷukya-

⟨16⟩ vikrama kālada 16 ne-

⟨17⟩ ya prajāpati saṁvatsarada

⟨18⟩ mārggaśira suddha dvādasi maṁgaḷavāraṁ • • 1

⟨19⟩ saṁkramaṇa parvva nimityamāgi ·aje 300 ba-

⟨20⟩ ḷiya rājadhāni maddūralu tuṁgabhadrā nadī- ⟨Page 165⟩

⟨21⟩ tīrada ciṁcaka rēcēśvara dēvargge sarvvanama

⟨22⟩ śyamāgi rēkulūra ·ūriṁ baḍaga dēva

⟨23⟩ raṁgabhōgakkaṁ [pā]trakkaṁ pāvuḷakkaṁ

⟨24⟩ nivēdyakkaṁ biṭṭa keyi satyaratnākarana

⟨25⟩ kōlalu biṭṭa matta [2]0 ·idharmma

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

YĀDAVAS OF DĒVAGIRI.

⟨SIIv29p0i0123⟩ No. 123. (A.R. No. B. 747 of 1962-63.) ANDUR, TULJAPUR TALUK, OSMANABAD DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA.

On a slab fixed into a diapidated wall in the village.

Bhillama 1184 A.D.

This damaged and incomplete record refers to the rule of Yādava king Bhillamadēva. It mentions mahāpradhāna Gaṇḍarayya and Vachōrāśī.

It is dated in Bhillamadēva year 6, [Śaka 1106] Krōdhi, Ā(śvīna), Thursday, vishu saṁkramaṇa. Probably it corresponds to 1184 A.D., September 27, Thursday [tithi ba. 6]. There was tulāsaṁkramaṇa on that day.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • ma(ru) yādava kuḷatiḷakaṁ pratāpa cakravarti śrī

⟨2⟩ • • • • • bhillamadēva varṣada(li) 6 neya krōdhi saṁvatsarada ·ā

⟨3⟩ • • • • • brihavāradaṁdu viśusaṁkramaṇa ma-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrī manmahā pradhānaṁ gaṁḍarayya

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śrīmatu vacōrāśi

[The slab is broken here].

⟨SIIv29p0i0124⟩ No. 124. (A.R. No. B. 482 of 1961-62.) JĀGANŪR, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Slab in the ruined Gavi-Siddēśvara temple on the bank of the Hirehaḷḷa about a mile to the south of the village.

Mahādēva 1186 A.D.

This very badly damaged record seems to have registered a grant mentions to a basadi of which details are lost. It refers to Kūṇḍi-3000 and to piriya agrahāra Kabbūr, Kallarasa, an officer probably in charge of a division is also mentioned.

It is dated in the (regnal) year 7, Prabha(va), Bhādrapada, śu. 3 Monday. The date is wrong. Regnal year 7 falls in the cyclic year Viśvāvasu. The cyclic year Prabhava mentioned here do not tally. It may be a mistake for Parābhava which occured in Śaka 1108. Then the given tithi can be equated with 1186 A.D., August 19, Tuesday. In the cyclic year Viśvāvasu the given tithi occured on 1185 A.D., July 31, Wednesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © namastuṁga • • • • • • • • • • traiḷōkya ⟨Page 166⟩

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śraya śrīpṛthvīvallabha

⟨5⟩ mahārājādhirāja • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ madanatriṇētra gūrjjara • • • • • • • • • • sūṟekāṟa •

⟨7⟩ hosaṇa rāya di • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • bhujabaḷa pratāpa cakravarti śrī ma-

⟨9⟩ hādēvarāya [vija]ya rājyōdayada [yē]ḷaneya prabha • saṁvatsarada bhādrapada suddha 3 [sō]-

⟨10⟩ mavāradaṁdu • • • • • • • • • • (ka)llarasa rāḷevāḍaṁ kūṁḍi mū-

⟨11⟩ ṟu sāvira • • • • • • • • • • (hāḍiya) sarvvanamasyada piriyagrahāraṁ [ka]-

⟨12⟩ bbura śrī • • • • • • • • • • naṁge • • • • • yā basadiyalu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ ra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ ·āditya sarbatēja (śiti) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • puda • ryyāpura dakṣiṇavāraṇāsi satyāśraya • •

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • keṁdu biṭṭu • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • svadataṁvā paradataṁ

⟨20⟩ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharāṁ saṣṭi rvvaruṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē kri-

⟨21⟩ miḥ maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0125⟩ No. 125. (A.R. No. B. 773 of 1962-63.) RAÑJŌLE-KHĒṆI, BIDAR TALUK & DISTRICT.

Slab kept behind the Hanumān temple.

Singhaṇa II 1209 A.D.

This damaged record is engraved as post script to the record No. 71, A.R. No. 772 above but 94 years after that of the Chālukya record dated 1115 A.D. It belongs to the reign period of Yādava Śinghaṇa, the king of the Yādavas of Dēvagiri family. The record is dated in his 10th regnal year, [Śaka 1130] Vibhava, Māgha, śu. Puṇṇame, lunar eclipse. Thursday, Pushya nakshatra corresponding to 1209 A.D., January 22. The nakshatra was however Āślēsha and not Pushya. The week day was Thursday and the lunar eclipse occured on that day.

It mentions Ayaryaṇa bhūpa of Aṭṭaḷe-nāḍu and refers to the great qualities of ārādhya Ballahadēva.

The record states that mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Ādyarasa had the god Hajjēśvaradēva reinstalled besides installing god Ādyēśvaradēva and made a gift of 300 mattar of his own land at Hajuvalige for the repairs of the temples after laving the feet of ārādhya Ballahadēva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ virūraḻte ṟevalliḷutiṟevaraṁ koluvalli koṭṭāgaḷiṁ [nāvara] • • • • • • • • • • riga nāmaṁ kāvallitānelā samīraṁ madhyamahāṁḍavalaradbhaya jyō-

⟨2⟩ • ṣṭaṁ pratiṣṭaṁdariṁdāraṁtellamamkāldu [keṟepu]va[ḷi] śrī • • • • • • • • • • naya śaśmudākarana lakṣadavatālu nagamāge niṁna tāchaṁna[va]ti braraśmivāḷa-

⟨3⟩ girddasāgarggeṇeyāgi bhāskaraṁ niṁna kripāṇarjjaḷadāda gaddaḷa • • • • • (śrōtri)gaḷu ⟨Page 167⟩ biṁnanevāganiṁ negaḷdayaryaṇabhūpa mahītaḷāgradoḷu • ·aṭṭaḷda nāḍi •

⟨4⟩ dunegaḷda • • • kamaḷōdbhavanāṁ (jī)raṁgadoḷu [tā]ḷdanēkayduvaṁ • • • • • • • • • • caṁgaḷāḍi bāybiṭṭa • bhūmivallaḷsitabdikuḷaṁ kali • • • ṁdra mutārddinarkkeltu bi-

⟨5⟩ rddanene śauryyadamaya maḻudiṁ vicitra • || hejjēsvarada • • • • • • • • • • pojjavali • • • • • nittaṁtidyatiśaya dinadoḷu tāṁ tathyadēvartti • • mi-

⟨6⟩ rkkadācaṁdrārkka || kāmaṁmaṟamagika • • dēvaṁ mecviḍuha bhavana • • dhareyoḷa gāvaṇāletigaḷa ballarhadavaṁgupamāna dānaguṇadoḷudayadoḷu

⟨7⟩ valara nuḍivānuḍigaḷa vā • (danru)ta vanrūtaveṁdu bhāvisalaṟeyaṁ ballahadēva • ttī(ṁ) draṁ mallanatāṁ nuḍidaḍa • vekkarṇana vacanaṁ || ·ivaṁ bhakti janake • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ kartthavanulāvaṁ karmmakaḷaṁkavaṁ sakaḷajīvaṁ jīvi(tṛ)kṛtva sadbhāvanu bhāvita muktivallabha niḷā lōkayka pūjyaṁ mahādāvaṁ ballahadēvaneṁdu bhuvanaṁ baṁṇārppadi dēvanaṁ || svasti śrī

⟨9⟩ madārādhyarenisida ballahadēvara kālaṁ karcci śrī manumahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ ·adyarasaru śrīmatu yādava nārāyaṇaṁ pratāpa cakravartti siṁgaṇa

⟨10⟩ • • • • • 10 neya vibhava saṁvatsarada māgha sudda puṇṇame sōmagrahaṇa brahaspativāra puśya nakṣatra vetipāta yōgadaṁdu śrī hajjēsvaradēvara punaḥ pratiṣṭeyaṁ

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ralu ·ādyēsvaradēvara pratiṣṭeyaṁ māḍi jīrnnōddhārakkemeṁdu biṭṭa datti hajuvaligeyalli taṁmākamma mattaru 300 maṁ sarvanamasyavāgi koṭṭaru (anu) hajuvalige

⟨12⟩ • • • • • bhōgābhyaṁtarasiddhidaṁ sarbbābādha parihāravāgi catusīmābhyaṁtara(meṣṭa) nidhi nikṣēpa jalapāṣāṇa mādu • • • • • • • • • • diṣṭaliṁgaḷiṁ sarbbanavasyavāgi dhārāpūrbbakaṁ māḍi bi-

⟨13⟩ • • • • • || maṁgaḷa mahāśrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0126⟩ No. 126. (A.R. No. B. 508 of 1961-62.) BEṆṆUR, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the ruined temple.

Rāmachandra 1288 A.D.

It refers to Rāmachandra ruling from the capital Dēvagiri and to his subordinate mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Goṁka-bhūpāla administering from his head quarters Kōpaṇa [described as Kōpaṇa puravarādhiśvara].

It states that manneyas of the 18 santatis of Goṁka-nāḍu including mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Nāgadēva, Nāchideva, Mailugidēva and Satyadēva made a grant of the village of Beṅdanūr, situated in Saravaḍige kaṁpana, a sub-division in Goṁkana-180 of Alande-vishaya to mahāpradhāna Mallināthadēva-daṇḍādhiśa who was ruling over Tardavāḍi, Banavasi and Halasige situated with in Eḷambi-600 division.

The record is dated Śaka 1210, Sarvadhāri, Kārttika, śu. 5, Thursday corresponding to 1288 A.D., October 31, Sunday [not Thursday].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ⎯⎯ namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdracāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē || svasti samadhi-

⟨2⟩ gata paṁcamahāśabda dvārāvati puravarādhīśvara viṣṇuvaṁśōdbhavaṁ suvarṇa garuḍadvajaṁ yādavakuḻa ka-

⟨3⟩ maḻa kaḻikāvitāsa bhāskara ·arirāya jagajvāṁgha māḷavarāya madana trinētra gūrjara rāyaca (bha) ⟨Page 168⟩

⟨4⟩ yaṁkaraṁ teluṁgarāya sthāpanācārya kadaṁbarāya diśāpaṭṭa hoysaḻarāya kaṁdakuddāḍa śrī-

⟨5⟩ matu prauḍhapratāpa cakravarti rāmacaṁdrarāya vijayarājya ·uttarōttarābhivṛddhi pra-

⟨6⟩ vardhamānamācaṁdrārka tāraṁbaraṁ saluttamire dēvagiriya nelevīḍinoḻu sukhasaṁka-

⟨7⟩ thā vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁgeyyuttamire tatpāda padmōpajīvi • • • samadhigata paṁca mahāśabda mahāmaṁḍaḻēśvara

⟨8⟩ kopaṇa puravarādhīśvaraṁ nābhirājāṁnvayāṁbhōja divākaraṁ gāṁbhīryya ratnākaraṁ maṁnovā-

⟨9⟩ siṁganalaṁ dōvōḍaṁgaṁ vaṁdijanakalpabhujaṁ hayavatsarāja lōjitāṁ timuṇayagōḍha-

⟨10⟩ ti muppurivoṇayara gaṁḍaṁ kadana pracaṁḍaṁ paranārīṁ kaṁdaṁ maṁṇaya maṁdaṁ alaṁdōya śrī sva-

⟨11⟩ yaṁbhu sōmanāthadēvara labuda varaprasādanu menisirppa siṁga śrīnābhirājānvaya kuḻatiḷakaṁ goṁka bhū-

⟨12⟩ pālakaṁgaṁ pesariṁdō kāḷikāṁbā satige tanayanurbhīśvaraṁ vi(ṭhṭha)rājaṁ vasedādiśā virājaṁ śrīpu-

⟨13⟩ jaḻadilayōrvānalaṁ vāranārikusumāstraṁ viśvalōkastuta viśadayaśō rāśi mārtaṇḍa tējaya

⟨14⟩ ·ādibhugaṁ kāsāvaḻadēvigamādartthanūbhava bhūbhuvanabyamruta kīrti gaḻakhiḻadarāvaḷaya vīrājamāna-

⟨15⟩ renisida nālvaro || ·avara nāmavaḷiyadeneto || lōkastutanyenisirpa mahitāṁtanapāra vīranā mahadēvaṁ nā-

⟨16⟩ rkadra(vi)bhavanujananēkaguṇācaraṇanenipa nāganṛpālaṁ || ·enenegaḻda nāgadēvaṁganu jāthanudātta kīrtti goṁka-

⟨17⟩ nrupālaṁge negiṟeyanā bedavaṁ janatādi śōdirāja nūrjitējaṁ || ·ayama (ḻu) dāyura || māḷaladēviyaṁ

⟨18⟩ goṁnanrupālaṁgaṁ rebbalāṁbegāṁ janisidarnuḻugi satyāśraya bhūpālakara kāḷāvani janasuta mahōrvaru || ·a-

⟨19⟩ rama modalāgirdanūvoṁtasaṁ (nā)nrūgaḷvadinēṁdu ṁdoḻaṁ matyamāgi || — śrī rāmacaṁdra pādapadumā-

⟨20⟩ rādanakhiḻavayari bhūpālaka madavāraṇa mrugēṁdranopuvadāryayanunappa tikkasāḻivanesadaṁ || ·aṁtā-

⟨21⟩ tana prājyarājya samudaramamenisi negaḷtāgaṁ pogaḷtāgaṁ netoyādamātya kula kamaḷādithyarappa pracaṁḍa daṁḍā-

⟨22⟩ dhipara • ṁndarvaṟa madeṁtano || bhūkulalāṁbhare tarubetayatāvibhu bhūsura kuḷādubhavaṁ manucā-

⟨23⟩ ritaṁ dēvarasa vārtisaṁtharigirvaḍhōga (vā)rāva nijanārjita tējaṁ || ratigamaruṁdhatigaṁ bhāratigaṁ pārvatige māśajāsatigaṁ dā

⟨24⟩ sati jātāṁbike bhāgyōṁnatiyaṁ migilenisi vibhavadiṁ sukhamidaḻu || dēvarasaṁgaṁ jākala dēvigamāda[rttanū] jarū-

⟨25⟩ rjitatējarbhūvinuta viśadakīrtti gaṟāpogaḷpāṁṟāgaḷpuḷi prabhu kulatilakaru || nityaranaśēṣa jananiṁ sutara (vipra)tāna

⟨26⟩ kara kamaḻavanādityaranavanīpālanamātyaranāpoḷpādēva bhūpanapattṛra || ·adeṁtene || bhūmaṁḍalaṁ pārvvatī vallabha

⟨27⟩ caraṇa payōja dayāmōda bhruṁgaṁ bhūmaṁḍaṁ bhōga rāgānubhava bhavasukha śrī vadhūnrūtyara-

⟨28⟩ ṁgaṁbhōmaṁḍaṁ sārvabedaprabhuta sakalavaṁtrāṁgavidhasamudraṁ bhōmaṁḍaṁ ⟨Page 169⟩ vīravvārī prakara samara saṁghaṭṭa

⟨29⟩ kāḻāgnirudraṁ || dinakaratējaṁ mānavatenōjanāśrī rajanēka varasura bhūjaṁ vāsumārgē nṛsidanakhaḻāva-

⟨30⟩ ni suta bhōmaṁḍa daṁḍanāthavarēṇyaṁ || ·ā bhōmaṁḍaṁganujaṁ bhūcakra vinūta vikramārjuna nenisirppā

⟨31⟩ ca(kha)mūpati vijitadadhi bēga nasahāyakhiryya nāhavadauryyaṁ || ·aṁtavaniṁ kiṟaya nenippa || mallaṁgōca (ha)lla

⟨32⟩ ripu hrutsōllaṁgakhiḻāvanī janastuta lakṣmīnanallaṁgamātya madagajamallaṁga narēṁdra daṁḍanātha do-

⟨33⟩ reye yeḷaṁbitaradaṟunūṟaṁnu ·agsānagiḷdida taddavāḍi banavāsiyanā halasige yāhira dēśa ma-

⟨34⟩ ṇāludāḻdaṁ malinātha daṁḍādhīśaṁ || ·aṁtavarsaṁta tavanaṁtasukha satukathā vinōdadiṁda (mgi)rutire

⟨35⟩ • • svasti śrī śaka varṣaṁ 1210 neya sarbadāri saṁvatsarada kārttika śuddha 5 bruhaspati vāradaṁdu śrī manumā-

⟨36⟩ ha maṇḍaḷēśvararnāgadēva goṁkidēva nāṁcidēva maiḻugidēva satyadēvaṁ modalāda goṁḍavāḍa hadineṁṭu saṁ-

⟨37⟩ thatiya maṁtāyarkūtu śrīmanumadaṁ pradānaṁ daṁḍanātha dēvēṁdra śrīmallināthadēvage a-

⟨38⟩ laṁde viśayadoḷagaṇa goṁkananūṟeppattaṟuvattaṟa saravaḍige geṁpaṇada baḷiya bāḷabāḍaṁ beṁdanūra sakala sāvaṁta sā-

⟨39⟩ ṁmyaṁgaḷanā caṁdrārkaṁbaraṁ biṭṭu dhārāpūrbaka sarvvanamaśya śāsanikrutya māgi hālugeṟetaṁgeya ho-

⟨40⟩ rasiṁdu biṭṭu koṭṭaru || ·āvanida kaḷipidātaṁ gāmāgaḷaṁ dhāraṇāśrīyoḷu pā • caranaṁtāvado

⟨41⟩ koṁdā narakaradarivina kāṁḍadāḻanaṁ (da)tālaṁnamemmu || battaradi dharmmavatānūttadisida nāvanāmahāpāthake

⟨42⟩ tāṁ katteya thuṇneya tiṁbaṁ mattenisade nāyamāṁsavaṁ mellutippar || nāyatati yaṁḍinoḻagāvā

⟨43⟩ yasi yaḍagiṁge kaḻḻanaṟadaṭṭudanaṁtāyatigeṭṭu tiṁbathāyigaḷipuvataṁtidakke yaḻipidaruṁ duṁ ||

⟨44⟩ sarvē śāṁ bhṛditaṁ bhu jōkti svānaṁspabudhitaṁ napāapikaṣṭa tarō nicaḥ svadattasyāpahārakaḥ || śrī śrī 1

⟨45⟩ • • • malinātha daṁḍanāthana lalitayaśa śśāsanaṁ • dmanaṁdana māgida heggaḍe luṁḍanūroṁdu salai

⟨46⟩ tebaraḻisida caṁdramaṁ mudadiṁdaṁ || (gi)ttisiri mūrtti caṁdramanāttarsaṣṭa ganātha saṁtaḻaganiśaṁ kūrttavara

⟨47⟩ manaṁ hūvina nārttasvara bittaṁ mudadā sukhadiṁ viṣṭāṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0127⟩ No. 127. (A.R. No. B. 832 of 1962-63.) TAḌKAL, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the house of the Patel.

Rāmachandra 1292 A.D.

This very much damaged record mentions the rule of Yādava Rāmachandra. Here only ⟨Page 170⟩ the date and the village Bāguḷahāḻu can be made out. It seems to record the death of a hero.

It is dated in the cyclic year Nandana, Āsvija, ba. 13, Monday. It corresponds to 1292 A.D., October 9, Thursday [The Śaka year was 1214].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī rāmacaṁdra

⟨2⟩ dēva[r] naṁdana saṁva-

⟨3⟩ tsari ·āsvija ba 13 sō

⟨4⟩ bāguḷahāḻu mukhya

⟨5⟩ grāma • • śōtra pa •

⟨6⟩ marahi • rā • •

⟨7⟩ kīrti • • •

⟨8⟩ pa 1

THE KINGS OF VIJAYANAGARA.

⟨SIIv29p0i0128⟩ No. 128. (A.R. No. B. 499 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

Slab near the western side of the Ānjanēya temple (behind the Vidyāśankara temple.)

Harihara I 1346 A.D.

This is a very important inscription from the point of both the history of Vijayanagara empire and the maṭha of Śringeri.

It records a grant of nine villages (named) of Kela-nāḍu situated with in Sāntaḷige-nādu after deducting 150 gadyāṇa towards taxes payable by the cultivators within, by the king Śrī Vīra-Hariyapoḍeya and his brothers Kampaṇṇoḍeya, Bukkaṇṇoḍeya, Mārapoḍeya, Muddapoḍeya, son-in-law Ballappa-daṁṇāyaka and kumara Sōvaṇṇoḍeya to Śrī Bharatitīrtha Śripāda, his disciples and the forty Brahmin attendants.

It also registers a grant of Kela-nāḍu and Kaimaleya Hosaūru and Kanyana situated with in Sāntaḷige-nāḍu to the attendants of Śrī-Bharatitīrtha Śrīpāda by Vira Kikkayi-tāyi who is described as Pānḍya chakravarti. The record begins with salutations to the Vidyātīrtha. Lingōja, son of Chiṁna-Mallōja wrote this record.

The record is dated Śaka 1268, Pārthiva, Phālguṇa, ba. 1, Thursday corresponding to 1346 A.D., March 9, Thursday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī vē-

⟨2⟩ dabhyā-

⟨3⟩ sa

⟨4⟩ caturmmu-

⟨5⟩ kha bra-

⟨6⟩ hmā

⟨7⟩ ṁ śrī vidyātīrthāya guravē parasmaitējasē namaḥ | yasya nāṁgīkṛta snēhadaśāhāniḥ kadācana ||

⟨8⟩ namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya ⟨Page 171⟩ śaṁbhavē ||

⟨9⟩ pūrvāpara samudrāṁtāṁ jitvāhariharō bhavaṁ | jayōtsavaṁ khyāpayitu makarōddharma mu-

⟨10⟩ ttamaṁ || svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śakavaruṣa 1268 neya pārthiva saṁvatsarada phālguna ba 1

⟨11⟩ guruvāradaṁdu svasti śrī manmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ ·arirāya vibhāḍa bhāṣege tappuva rāyara gaṁḍa

⟨12⟩ śrī vīrahariyapoḍeyaru kaṁpaṁṇnoḍeyaru bukaṁṇnoḍeyaru mārapoḍeyaru mudda-

⟨13⟩ poḍeyaru ·aḷiya ballappa daṁṇāyakaru kumāra sōvaṁṇnoḍeyaru mukhya || yivo-

⟨14⟩ ḷagādavaru bhāratī tīrththaśrīpādaṁgaḷū ·avara siṣyādigaḷū ·ā siṁgēriya tīrththa vāsadalu

⟨15⟩ ·anuṣṭānava māḍikoṁḍihadakke ·ā paricārakarāgi māḍuva brāhmaru nālvattakke koṭṭa śilā

⟨16⟩ śāsanada kramaveṁteṁdaḍe sā(ṁ)taḷige nāḍoḷagaṇa kelanāḍiṁge saluva haḷiya vivara he-

⟨17⟩ ddase | hoṁna hoḷe | babbi | haravari | beḷḷūru | ·aṁbalūru | beḷaṁdūru | haḷaka |

⟨18⟩ kayimaleya hosaūru | ·aṁntu ·ūru voṁbhattu voḷagāda ·adaṟa kāluvaḷisa

⟨19⟩ hitavaha | ·ā kelanāḍanū ·ā sā(ṁ)taḷige nāḍoḷagaṇa kuḷake ga 150 nū kaḍidu

⟨20⟩ ·iṁnu ·ā kelanāḍiṁge saluva catussīmeyoḷage ·uḷḷa gadde beddalu ·ēnuḷḷa suva-

⟨21⟩ rṇnāya bhattāya ·aṣṭa bhōga tēja sāṁmya pūrvāya | ·apūrvāya | hiṁdehu-

⟨22⟩ ṭṭida ·apūrvāya muṁde huṭuva ·apūrvvāya ·ēnuḷadakkevū ·ā kelanāḍa

⟨23⟩ modala siddāya nūṟa·aivattakke | vuṁbaḷi | dēvāsa | khaṁḍike | daṁḍige | vuḍu-

⟨24⟩ goṟe | matte ·ēnuḷḷadakkevū śelavāgi ·aivattu hoṁnanuḷidu | modala ku-

⟨25⟩ ḷaga 1000 ·i gadyāṇaṁ nūṟanū ·ā baḷi sahitavāgi ·ā sā(ṁ)taḷige nāḍa mēlu bā-

⟨26⟩ gi sāviradoḷage ·ā kelanāḍiṁge ·aivattaṟa kuḷavanū kaḍidu | ·ā bhāra-

⟨27⟩ tī tīrtha śrīpādaṁgaḷigevū | ·avara śiṣyādigaḷigevū | ·āparicārakarāgi māḍuva ·ā

⟨28⟩ nālvattu prajege svarūci·iṁ voḍaṁbaṭṭu dhārāpūrvvakavāgi māḍi koṭṭevāgi ·ā sā(ṁ) taḷi[ge]

⟨29⟩ nāḍa mēlubhāgi sāviradoḷagevū kuḷavanu kaḍidevu | kaḍidu ·ā kelanāḍanū ·idha-

⟨30⟩ rmmakke ·ācaṁdrārkka sthāiyāgi naḍavaṁttāgi ·ā bhāratītīrththa śrīpādaṁgaḷa ·ā śiṣyādi-

⟨31⟩ gaḷa ·ā paricārakarige ·ā hariyappoḍeyaru kaṁpaṁṇnoḍeyaru | bakaṁṇnoḍe-

⟨32⟩ yaru | mārappoḍeyaru | muddappoḍeyaru | ·aḷiya ballappa daṁṇnāykaru | kumāra sō-

⟨33⟩ vaṁṇnoḍeyaru koṭṭa śilāśāsana śrī || nyūnākṣaramadhikākṣaraṁ vātatsarvvaṁ pramāṇamiti ||

⟨34⟩ ṁ svasti śrī matpāṁḍya cakravartti ·arirāya basavaśaṁkara rāya gajāṁkuśa | śrī vīrakikkāyitāyi

⟨35⟩ gaḷu sā[ṁ]taḷige nāḍoḷagaṇa mēlubhāgadaluḷḷa kelanāḍanū kaimaleya hosavūra kanyāne

⟨36⟩ gūḍi bhāratītīrtha śrīpādaṁgaḷa paricārakarige dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi koṭṭarū | śrī ||

⟨37⟩ sāmānyoyaṁ dharmasēturnṛpāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālanīyō bhavadbiḥ sarvvānētānbhāvinaḥ pārththi-

⟨38⟩ vēṁdrānbhūyō bhūyō yācatē rāmacaṁdraḥ || yasya yasya yadā bhūmistasya tasyatadāphalaṁ

⟨39⟩ tasyāhaṁkāralagnōsmi mayādattaṁ prapālaya || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharāṁ | ṣaṣṭivarṣa sa-

⟨40⟩ hasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ || śatrūrēvahi śatru syāddharmmaḥ śatrurna kasyacit | śatru ṇāpi kṛ-

⟨41⟩ tō dharmmaḥ pālanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ || dānapālanayōrmadhyē dānācchrēyōnupālanaṁ | dānātsvarggama ⟨Page 172⟩

⟨42⟩ mavāpnōti pālanādacyutaṁ padaṁ || maṁgaḷamahāśrī || yiśāsanava baradavanu ciṁna

⟨43⟩ mallōjana maganu liṁgōjanu || śrī ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0129⟩ No. 129. (A.R. No. B. 621 of 1961-62.) KERGĀL, COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab in the Durgaparamēśvari temple.

Harihara I 1347 A.D.

It registers a land grant for the offerings of god Trimūrti in order to expiate the sin of killing a Brahmana. The grant was made probably by Huṇisemane Govinda and Kuyalamane Kṛishṇa when mahāpradhāna Maleya daṁṇāyaka was administering the region from Bārahkanyāpura.

Since the record is damaged not much information is available regarding the murder of a Brahmana and the responsibility of the donors in this regard. At the end the record informs that the donors were granted with 2 gadyāṇā cash and probably with some tax relief.

It is dated in the cyclic year Sarvajitu, Vaishākha, ba. 5 [Vrishabha māsa 4] Monday. The given tithi corresponds with [Śaka 1269] 1347 A.D., April 30.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu [sarvajitu] saṁvatsarada

⟨2⟩ [vaiśākha] bahuḷa 5 vṛṣabha māsa [4] neya

⟨3⟩ [sō]mavāradaṁdu śrī manumahāpradhā-

⟨4⟩ [naṁ] maleya [daṁṇāyakaru] bārahakanyāpuradarama-

⟨5⟩ neya • • • • • • • • • • ḷidu • • • pradhānaru

⟨6⟩ muṁtāgi • • • • • • • • • • ra karu • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • huṇise

⟨8⟩ [yama]neya gōviṁdanū kuyala maneya kriṣṇa

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • bra[hmahatyā dōṣa] parihā-

⟨10⟩ rā[rtha]vāgi kēṟiyaluḷaṁthā [trimūrtige] 8

⟨11⟩ hāneyakkiya naivēdya naḍava [hā]ṁge pāḷu

⟨12⟩ sa • • yeṁba mū(vara) • • • 12 mūḍe

⟨13⟩ baruva bāḷanu dhārāpūrvakavāgi ·eṟedu

⟨14⟩ koṭṭaru kuyalamane kriṣṇarige ga 2 [pā]-

⟨15⟩ [ḷu] huṇise maneyagōviṁdarige ga[2]

⟨16⟩ • • nū barsi koṭṭaru ·ā 2 manege ve • biḍusa-

⟨17⟩ lla || śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0130⟩ No. 130. (A.R. No. B. 620 of 1961-62.) KAÑCHIGĀN (BIJUR), COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab in a field called Nils-Kal-hal-hāne.

Bukkaṇṇa Voḍeya I 1349 A.D.

It registers a tax free gift for offerings to maṭhada Śālagrāmadēva probably by mahāpradhāna Maleya daṁṇāyaka and Chika Maleya daṁṇāyaka during the rule of Bukkaṁṇa-voḍeya. It mentions Amaḷa-Śrī-nandi-Śripāda. ⟨Page 173⟩

It is dated Śaka 1271, Virōdhi, Kārttika, śu. 2, Thursday corresponding to 1349 A.D., October 14, Wednesday. The record is a little damaged.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayā[bhyu]daya śakavaruṣa [vā]-

⟨2⟩ da 1271 virōdhi saṁvatsarada kārttika [śu]-

⟨3⟩ dda 2 guruvāradaṁdu śra manumahā maṇḍaḷē-

⟨4⟩ śvaraṁ ·arirāya vibhāḍa bhāṣege tappuvarā-

⟨5⟩ yaragaṁḍa śrī vīra bukkaṁṇa [voḍeyara] rājyā-

⟨6⟩ bhyudayadali śrī maṁ[ma]hā pradhānaṁ ma[leya]

⟨7⟩ daṁṇāyakaru cika maleya daṁṇāyakaru

⟨8⟩ [śā]leṁbaḷiya [amaḷa śrī naṁdi ?] śrī pādaṁga[ḷu]

⟨9⟩ maṭhada śālagrāma dēvarige ·amritapa-

⟨10⟩ ḍige naḍava • • • • • • • • • • mūḍe • • hāne

⟨11⟩ hadi • • • varege [baṁdaṁthā] pū bāyi

⟨12⟩ ·ā pūbāyi • • • • • ṁda • dā • • •

⟨13⟩ gi sarba māṁnyavāgi baṁdaṁthā pa(ṇa) • silā

⟨14⟩ śāsanavāgisi[lā] pritiṣṭeyanu māḍiko-

⟨15⟩ ṭṭe [u] [|*]

Rest is badly worn out.

Top of the slab.

⟨16⟩ kālē kālē pālaniyō bhavadbhiḥ sarvānēvaṁ bā-

Left side.

⟨17⟩ vinaḥ pārthivēṁdrān bhūyō bhūyō yācatē rāmacaṁdraḥ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0131⟩ No. 131. (A.R. No. B. 500 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

Slab kept near the eastern side of the Aṅjanēya temple.

Vīra Bukkaṇṇa I 1356 A.D.

This inscription has recorded grant of lands in some of the villages (named) situated in Sātaḷige-nāḍu and Kikunda-nāḍu with an annual yield of 300 gadyāṇa and confirming the old grants of the yield of 60 gadyāṇa (total of 360 gadyāṇa) for the maintenance of the attendants of the maṭha and for continuous feeding of ascetics in the maṭha by the king Śri-Vira-Bukkaṇṇoḍeya when the latter paid a visit to Śringeri and had the darshan of Śri-Vidyatīrtha-śripāda. The record begins with a salutation to Śri Vidyatīrtha yati. It has no imprecatory section at the end.

The record is dated Śaka 1277, Manmatha, Phālguṇa, Śu. 1, Tuesday corresponding to 1356 A.D., February 2, Tuesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ vidyātīrththayatīṁdrōya matiśētēdivākaraṁ tamōhara

⟨2⟩ ti yatpuṁ sāmaṁtarbbahiraharnniśaṁ || svasti śrīmatu jayābhyu-

⟨3⟩ daya śakavaruṣa 1277 maṁnmatha saṁvatsarada phālguṇa śu 1 maṁgaḷa vāra 1

⟨4⟩ dalu śrī maṁnmahā maṁḍaḷēśvaraṁ ·arirāya vibhāḍa bhāṣege tappuva

⟨5⟩ rāyaragaṁḍa vubhaya samudrādhipati śīvīra bukkaṁṇoḍeyaru ⟨Page 174⟩

⟨6⟩ siṁgērige baṁdu śrī vidyātīrththa śrīpadaṁgaḷa daruśanava māḍidalli ·ā maṭhada pa-

⟨7⟩ ricayakkevū yatigaḷa bhikṣegevū ·eṁdeṁdū naḍavahaṁge dhārāpūrvaka

⟨8⟩ vāgi koṭṭa ga 300 ṟa sthaḷakke śalavāgi sātaḷige nāḍoḷagaṇa kelluvaḷḷi grāmaṁ-

⟨9⟩ gaḷalli pūrvadattiyāgidda dēvassu brahmassakaḷadu teṁganateṟugū

⟨10⟩ gūḍi maṭhakke teṟuva ga 240 ·akṣāradali yiṁnūṟa nālvattu yiṁnnūvuḷida (ga)

⟨11⟩ ga 60 kke koṭṭa sthaḷa kikuṁdanāḍoḷagaṇa haravarigaḷeraḍu ·adake

⟨12⟩ giḷikallu ·ikkuva bhatta sa 440 voluvoṁnnu ga 4 bēḷūru ·iruvabha • •

⟨13⟩ ḍisa 110 mēluvoṁnnu ga 2 pa 6 ·aṁnnu ga 300 kke ·uḷḷa sthaḷaṁgaḷi • •

⟨14⟩ hiṁgisida daṁrmma ·ācaṁdrārkka sthāyyāgi naḍavaṁtāgi kuḷava kaḍidu koṭṭaru

⟨15⟩ kelluvaḷḷiya grāmaṁgaḷalli pūrvadattiya kaḷadu ·ānāḍavaru barasida mo-

⟨16⟩ dala kuḷa ga 68 pa 2 ge vivara maḍalu ga 13 hebase ga 3 kaṁmaṟūḷḷiga (3)

⟨17⟩ gōḷigōḍu ga 10 pa 3 kelluvaḷḷi ga 3 pa 3 vuḷuve ga 4 hosakopa ga 4 haḷugalu

⟨18⟩ ga 3 pa 3 siṁdhavaḷi ga 10 pa 2 cidruvaḷḷi ga 12 teṁginateṟu ga 3 sāraḍu hoṁnāṟu

⟨19⟩ haṇavinamōḍi || teṁginateṟu ga 3 kaṁ varāhaga 12 ·uḷida ga 65 pa 2 kaṁ ga 1 ke mū 1

⟨20⟩ ṟuvareyū bēḷeya hadikeya lekkadi ga 65 pa 2 kaṁ varāha ga 228 pa 2 ·aṁntu

⟨21⟩ taṁna modala kuḷa ga 68 pa 2 kaṁ teṁganateṟugūḍi varāha ga 240 pa 2 sari maṁgaḷa śrī

⟨22⟩ kellanāḍalli pūrvadattiya kaḷadu ·ā nāḍavaru barasida modala kuḷakke vivara hoṁ-

⟨23⟩ nna hoḷe ga 11 ·aṁbalūra ga 4 pa 2 heṁmāni mēlu beḷaṁdūru ga 6 pa 2 keḷabeḷaṁ-

⟨24⟩ dūru ga 2 pa 3 kānagōḍu suḷḷigōḍu pa 2 bobbe ga 7 pa 3 ·aṁntu heṁmāniya

⟨25⟩ bhāgi ga 34 kaṁ mānya pa 8 nuḷi·e ga 33 pa 2 hebase ga 9 bōḷaguḍe toṟavaḷḷi ga 3 haravari

⟨26⟩ ga 8 beḷḷūru ga 13 pa 8 ·aṁntu hebaseya bhāgi ga 33 pa 2 ·ubhayaū ga 66 pa 4

⟨27⟩ kaṁ ga 1 kke ga 5 haḍikeya lekkada varāha ga 260 saha maṁgaḷamahā śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0132⟩ No. 132. (A.R. No. B. 625 of 1961-62.) KOḌĒRI [hamlet of] KIRIMANJĒŚVARA, COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab setup in front of Hakre-maṭha.

Bukkaṇṇa Oḍeya I 1358 A.D.

It states that when mahāpradhāna Maleya-daṁṇāyaka was governing the Bārakūru-rajya, Vissaṇṇa, son of Vīraṇṇa made a grant of land called Āneya-bāḷu after purchasing it by paying the prevailing rates, to the god Kiru-manḍilēśvara for feeding 14 brahmanas and burning a perpetual lamp in the temple. The record gives details of boundaries of lands and also details of daily expenditure. It is said that the grant was made on the day of solar eclipse [the previous day after record]. Also the record speaks of a grant made for burning a perpetual lamp (in front of) Kōṭīśvaradēva.

Also the record says that Vissaṇṇa got renovated the Hosakēṟi maṭha at Bayidūru which had been heavily damaged by the floods and made some grants to it. Earlier Kōṭi-seṭṭi of Mangalūru had made some grants to this maṭha. Since the record is very much damaged details of grants are lost.

It is dated Śaka 1280, Viḷambi, Śrāvaṇa, śu. 1, Vaḍḍavāra. It corresponds with 1358 A.D., July 7, Saturday, f.d.t. 01. ⟨Page 175⟩

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Front side.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipatayē nama[ḥ*] | śrī sarasvatyeyēṁ namaḥ [|*]

⟨2⟩ namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cārave

⟨3⟩ [trai]lōkya nagarāraṁba mūlastaṁbāya śaṁbavē [|| sva*]-

⟨4⟩ sti śrī jayābhyudaya śakavaruśa 1280 neya viḷaṁ-

⟨5⟩ bi saṁvatsarada śrāvaṇa śu 1 vaḍavāradaṁdu śrīma-

⟨6⟩ nu mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvaraṁ ·arirāya vibhāḍa bhāṣegeta-

⟨7⟩ ppuvarāyara gaṁḍa śrīvīra bukkaṁṇa voḍeyara ni-

⟨8⟩ yāmadiṁ śrīmanumahāpradhānaṁ maleya daṁ-

⟨9⟩ ṇāyakaru bārakūra rājyavanāḷuvalli nāgū-

⟨10⟩ ra grāma doḷaguḷḷa (naṁda) ·eriya ka(ṭṭe)ya bāḷanū ·ā

⟨11⟩ bāḷina mūligaḷa keyyali tatkālōcita krayadra-

⟨12⟩ byava koṭṭu mūlavanu ·ā vīraṁṇaṁgaḷa makkaḷu [vissa]-

⟨13⟩ ṁṇaṁgaḷu dāreyaneṟasikoṁḍu kiṟu maṁḍi-

⟨14⟩ lēśvara dēvaralli māḍi • • • • • barasida śilā śāsanada

⟨15⟩ kramaveṁteṁdaḍe [āne]ya bāḷina catussīme mū-

⟨16⟩ ḍaṇa gaḍi hoḷeyiṁdaṁ paḍuvalu teṁkaṇagaḍi [saṁ]

⟨17⟩ [ni] viṣṇu ·āne saṁteya hebāruva dāmōdara hebāra

⟨18⟩ • • yiyya[kki] bayala nāḍaṇakuṁni birāva yiṁ-

⟨19⟩ • ·āru prajeya gaḍiyiṁ baḍagalu paḍu-

⟨20⟩ valu beṭṭinali vo[ṇa]bayala bhīmayya viṣṇu-

⟨21⟩ va gaḍiyiṁ mūḍalu baḍagalu hoḷeyiṁ-

⟨22⟩ da teṁkalu yiṁtti catussīmege nāgūrali ma(taṁ)ja-

⟨23⟩ da[lū] voppi yi • • gaḍiya kaṭṭiṁda voḷa guḷa ba-

⟨24⟩ yalu tōṭa makki mara nokki nidilu ·allivuḷaṁ-

⟨25⟩ thā samasta svāṁmyavanū kiṟu maṁḍalēśvara

⟨26⟩ dēvarali ·ā vissaṁṇaṁgaḷu sūriya grahaṇadali

⟨27⟩ dāna dhārāpūrbakaṁ māḍida dharmma ·ā dēvālya-

⟨28⟩ dali ·uṁba brāṁhmaru pratidina 1 kkaṁ ·uṁba

⟨29⟩ brāhmaru jana 12 ·ā(a)ḍigeya māḍuva jana 1 [e]-

⟨30⟩ [kā]daśiya [uḷa]paḍiya koṁḍu ·aḍigeya mā-

⟨31⟩ ḍuva jana[1] ·antū brāhmara jana 14 kkaṁ ·a-

⟨32⟩ kki hāne 12 mēluvecca haṇa 1 ṟalekkadali va-

⟨33⟩ ruśa 1 [ka]ṁ ·akki hāne (30) ṟatikka mūḍe 1kkaṁ

⟨34⟩ 19 hoṁnu ga 45 haṇa 6 hoṟe kūli ·akki •

⟨35⟩ mūḍe 2 hāne 20 kiṟukuḷa veccakke ga 1 ha-

Back side.

⟨36⟩ [ṇa] 2 ·akki mūḍe ga hāne 12

⟨37⟩ ·ā kiṟumaṁdilēśvara dēvarige naṁ-

⟨38⟩ dā veḷaku 1 kkama gā[3] kōṭēśvara dēva-

⟨39⟩ rige naṁdā veḷaku 1kkaṁ ga(4) hoṁnu maṁgalūra

⟨40⟩ kōṭiseṭṭi bayidūra hosakēṟiya maṭhada

⟨41⟩ lli māḍida dharmmakke [yi kēri] ya bāḷinali (naḍḍūra)

⟨42⟩ li voḷaguḷḷa • • gadde hoḷe [kaḷi] yāgi hō-

⟨43⟩ dalli vissaṁṇaṁgaḷu jīrnōddhārava mā[ḍi] ·ā

⟨44⟩ hosa kēṟiya marada chatrakke • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 176⟩

⟨45⟩ • • 1 hāne • • • • • mūḍe • lekkadali • • •

⟨46⟩ 10 kkaṁ ·akke mūḍe [40] ·aṁntu yi[kṣē]tradali

⟨47⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ra lekkadali mūḍe 22 • • •

⟨48⟩ • • • • • naṁdā veḷakiṁge [ga 52] ·ayivatte-

⟨49⟩ raḍu hoṁnanū naḍasuvaṁtāgi vissaṁṇagaḷa

⟨50⟩ kayyali nāyaru mūlavāgi koṁḍa mū •

⟨51⟩ lu padmanābhana • • • mādhavaṁge siṁnegēriya •

⟨52⟩ • • • • • siṁnegēryya bayala viṣṇuviṁge • • •

⟨53⟩ gōpināthana kēśavaṁge siṁnegēri sthaḷa kariya gōppaṇa

⟨54⟩ na kēśavaṁge siṁne[ya kēryya] kēśavaṁge siṁnegēryya

⟨55⟩ bayala vāsudēvaṁge • • • • • • • • • •

⟨56⟩ māgi • • • kēriya gauḍana nāraṇaṁge • • • • • • • • • •

⟨57⟩ ·appaṁṇa sēna bōvaṁge • • • • • • • • • •

⟨58-59⟩ -damaged-

⟨60⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·ā ·ūralu saluva hāne • saluva • ·a

⟨61⟩ ḷateya • • • • • • • • • • mūḍe [10] hāne • • • ·antu

⟨62⟩ • • • • • dalu naḍeva nāyaru mūlavāgi baḍa

⟨63⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vāgi baredu koṭṭa śilāśā-

⟨64⟩ sanakke maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0133⟩ No. 133. (A.R. No. B. 497 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

Broken slab in front of the Ādi-Śankara temple.

Bukkarāya 14th century A.D.

In this fragmentary inscription Bukkarāya is mentioned and all other details are lost. It is in 14th century A.D. characters. Probably Bukkarāya made some grants, the details of which are lost.

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⟨1-2⟩ letters are badly damaged

⟨3⟩ caturbhuvanavaṁ ·aśrāṁta padi

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [ṟi talai]

⟨5⟩ (māya) • • • • • (rū) bukkarāyaru

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • koṭṭaru • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0134⟩ No. 134. (A.R. No. B. 626 of 1961-62.) NANDANAVANA(Uppuṇḍa Po), COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab in the prākāra of the Mahābalēśvara temple.

Harihara II 1389 A.D.

It states that mahāpradhana Mallapa-Voḍeya, while governing the Bārakūru-rajya under the orders of the king Harihara II, made a tax free gift of land to Vidyāpuriya Śrīpāda. The gifted land was within the Mahābalēśvarada-sthāna. The details of purpose and grant are lost since the record is damaged. ⟨Page 177⟩

It is dated Śaka 1312 Śukla, [Jyēshṭha] śu. 5, Sunday corresponding to 1389 A.D., May 30. The month was nija Jyēshṭha.

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⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipatayē namaḥ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailō-

⟨3⟩ kya nagarāraṁba mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē | svasti jayābhyu-

⟨4⟩ daya śālivāhana śakavaruṣa 1312 śukla saṁvatsarada [jēṣṭha] śudha 5 [ādivāra]

⟨5⟩ svasti śrī madrārājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara ·arirāya vibhāḍa bhāśe(ṣe)-

⟨6⟩ ge tappuva rāyaragaṁḍa pūrvadakṣiṇa paścima ·uttara samudrā-

⟨7⟩ dhipati śrī vīra pratāpa harihara mahārāyara nirūpadi-

⟨8⟩ ṁ śrīmanmahāpradhāna mallapavoḍeyaru bārakūra rājyavanu

⟨9⟩ pālisuva kāladalli vidyāpuriya śrīpādaṁgaḷige sarvvanamasyavā

⟨10⟩ gi biṭṭa śrī mahābalēśvarada sthānada • • • • • • • • • • kaṭi(ṁ)

⟨11⟩ (da) naṁmiṁda sahiraṁṇyōdaka dāna dārāpūrvakavāgi • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vana • • • sa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mu 100 • • • • • yaha • • • vana • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • baḷiya ·ūra

⟨15-25⟩ completely damaged

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ge mallu •

⟨27⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·eṟadu koṭarū

⟨28⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pālanayōrmmadhyē dā-

⟨29⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vāyō harēti [vasuṁdharā]

⟨30-31⟩ completely damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0135⟩ No. 135. (A.R. No. B. 638 of 1961-62.) CHANDKŪR, PUTTUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the Durgaparamēśvari temple.

Dēvarāya I 1417 A.D.

It states that when mahāpradhāna Kēsappa-Oḍeya was governing the Mangaḷūru-rājya during the reign of Devarāya-Voḍeya, Bīraṁṇa of Anegallu made a land grant yielding 600 muḍe paddy for feeding 12 brāhmaṇas daily in the choultry attached to the Durgāparamēśvari temple at Chandakūru. The record gives details of boundaries and income from each piece of land. Sēnabōva Dēvarasa wrote this record.

It is dated Śaka 1339, Dundubhi, Pushya ba. amāvāse, Sunday, Śrāvaṇa nakshtra, Brihaspati in Kuṁbha. The cyclic year Dundubhi is a mistake for Durmukhi. The given details of tithi correspond to 1417 A.D., January 18 when Dēvarāya I was ruling over the empire of Vijayanagara. The tithi amāvāse occured on both 17th and 18th [Sunday and Monday] of the month January. But the nakshatra Śrāvaṇa was on Monday the 18th.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī gaṇādhipatayē namaḥ || śrī durgāyai namaḥ namastu-

⟨2⟩ ṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mū-

⟨3⟩ lastaṁbhāya śaṁbhave || śubhamastu || śakavaruṣa sāvirada mūnūṟa mūvattavoṁbha-

⟨4⟩ ttaneya kuṁbha brihaspatiya duṁdubhi saṁvatsarada puṣya bahuḷa ·amā-

⟨5⟩ vāsiyū ·ādityavāra śravaṇa nakṣatra vyatipāta ·ardhōdaya kāladalū ⟨Page 178⟩

⟨6⟩ śrī madrājādhirāja rāja paramēśvara śrī vīra dēvarāyavoḍeyaru sa-

⟨7⟩ kala rājyavanū pratipālisuva kāladali śrī maṁmahāpradhāna kesappa ·o-

⟨8⟩ ḍeyaru maṁgalūra rājyavanu sthira rājyaṁgeyi·uttidda kāladalu

⟨9⟩ śrīmata naḍasina māḍu bīraṁṇara maga mayidāḷuvarāda ·ānega-

⟨10⟩ lla bīraṁṇaru caṁdanūra durgāparamēśvariya sthānadalū māḍida dharma

⟨11⟩ brāhmaṁṇa bhōjanake pratidivasa voṁdakkaṁ ·uṁḍu hoṟavaḍu-

⟨12⟩ vajana ·aḍigeyātanoba sahita ja 12 yi haṁneraḍu ma-

⟨13⟩ ṁdi brāhmarige bhōjanakke naḍava braṁhasva bhūmi ·uḷuvayi mūnūrā

⟨14⟩ vāsudēvana bāḷige || ·ā ·uḷuvayya bhūmige gaḍi mūḍalu tāhina beṭṭa-

⟨15⟩ dagaḍiyiṁdaṁ paḍuvalu | teṁkalu nelliṁjada mattitimara gaḍiyiṁ-

⟨16⟩ daṁ baḍagalu | paḍuvalu bareyada heggaḍeya magaḷiya gaḍiyagaḍi-

⟨17⟩ yiṁdaṁ mūḍalu | baḍagalu yeṟagida beṭṭada gaḍiyiṁdaṁ teṁkalu

⟨18⟩ yiṁti catusīmeyiṁdoḷage yeṇalu suggiya bittuva yeraḍu

⟨19⟩ beḷeya bhūmi prati mū 1 kkaṁ hāṁ 30 lekkadalu mūla ·ā gaddeya ga •

⟨20⟩ ddeyiṁ caṁdakūra chatrada maṭhake naḍava bhatta pramū 1 kkaṁ hā 30

⟨21⟩ lekkadalu 450 mūḍe bhatta mattaṁ ·uḷuvayoḷage jitamūṟara kayyalu

⟨22⟩ bīraṁṇaru koṁḍa gadde mū 12 yi gaddeyiṁda maṭhakke naḍava bhattada

⟨23⟩ mū 50 ·ubhayaṁ ·uḷumeya bayalu mū 100 kkaṁ chatrakke naḍa-

⟨24⟩ va bhatta mū 500 mattaṁ puruśōttama yirāyanamaga subraṁhma-

⟨25⟩ ṇyana bāḷikeya hosamaṭada bayaliṁge gaḍi mūḍalu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ gaḍi teṁkalu beṭagaḍi | paḍuvalu ·āyilada keṟeyagaḍigadde • (ba)

⟨27⟩ ḍagalu koḷaceya gōviṁdana gaddegaḍi | yiṁti catusimeyiṁ-

⟨28⟩ doḷage bayalu mū 10 majalu mū 10 ·ubhayaṁ 20 mūḍegadde

⟨29⟩ • gaddeyiṁdaṁ caṁdakūra catrada maṭhake kālaṁ pratiyalā caṁdrārkka

⟨30⟩ vāgi naḍasuva bhatta prati mū 1 kkaṁ hā • ṁ lekkadalū mū 50 ·akṣa-

⟨31⟩ radalū ·ayivattu mūḍe batta | mattaṁ yi ·ayila hiriya gaddeya keḷa

⟨32⟩ gaṇa hosa māṭada gaddege gaḍi mūḍalu hoḷegaḍi | teṁkalu mūḍappa-

⟨33⟩ viya vrittigaḍi | paḍuvalu beṭṭa gaḍi baḍugalu hiriya gaddegaḍi | yiṁti

⟨34⟩ nālku gaḍiyiṁdoḷage yeraḍa beḷe bittuva bayalu mū 10 yi ha-

⟨35⟩ ttu mūḍe gaddeyiṁdalu chatra maṭhake naḍeva bhatta pramū 1 kkaṁ hā 30 le-

⟨36⟩ kadalū mū 5 ·akṣaradalū ·ayivattu mūḍe bhatta | ·aṁtu 600 mūḍe

⟨37⟩ bhatta ·akṣaradalu ·āṟunūṟu mūḍe bhatta caṁdakūra durggāparamēśvariya sa-

⟨38⟩ ṁnidhiyalu brāhmaṇa bhōjanakke ·ācaṁdrārkka sthāyiyyāgi naḍeva dharma yidharmma-

⟨39⟩ vanu baṁgarū naḍasina jananeva bāḷuva bīraṁṇarū nālkūra sāvirada nūṟava-

⟨40⟩ rū grāmau pālisi baharu yiṁtappudakke sākṣigaḷu ·āditya caṁ-

⟨41⟩ dra ·anilāna lōcaḷa ·urbhūmirāpōhrudayaṁ yavaśca ·ahaśca

⟨42⟩ rātriśca ·ubhayeca saṁdhyē dharṁmmaṁna jānāti narasyavittaṁ | dānapā-

⟨43⟩ lana yōmmadhye dānāśrēyōnrupālanaṁ dānāsvargamavāpnōti pālanādacyu-

⟨44⟩ taṁ padaṁ [|*] sudattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyōharēta vasuṁdhara ṣaṣṭivaruṣa saha-

⟨45⟩ srāṇi vriṣṭāyāṁ jāyate krimi | yidharmmavanū ·aḷupi ·āvanobanu keḍi-

⟨46⟩ sidātaṁge vāraṇāsiyalu nāvirada nūṟu kavileya koṁda dōṣa ku-

⟨47⟩ rukṣētradalū taṁma tāyitaṁdeyanū vadhisida dōṣa | gōkaranada śrīma-

⟨48⟩ hābala dēvara liṁgava kittadōṣa | śrī durgāparamēśvariya mūrttiyanū ki-

⟨49⟩ tta dōṣa || yidharmavanū yi sthānada jananigaḷu pālisi baharu | yiṁtivaru

⟨50⟩ bhayāṁmatadiṁ bīraṁṇara sthaḷada sēnabhōvaru dēvarasara baraha | śubhamastu [||*] ⟨Page 179⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0136⟩ No. 136. (A.R. No. B. 637 of 1961-62.) BEḶAMANJE, PUTTUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab in a field called Kaḷḷi-maru.

Dēvarāya I 1418 A.D.

This badly damaged record states that haḍapada Nagaṁṇa-Oḍeya was governing the Mangalūru-rājya under the orders of Virapratāpa Dēvarāya-mahārāya and refers to Pānḍyapparasa, the younger brother of the Banga Chief (name lost).

It is dated Śaka 1340, Bhādrapada, ba. 30, Monday. The cyclic year is not mentioned. Probably the given tithi corresponds to 1418 A.D., August 31. [In Śaka 1340 the cyclic year was Viḷambi].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṁ namastuṁga • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jayābhyudaya śakava-

⟨3⟩ ruṣa sāvirada mūnūṟa nālvattaneya bhādrapada ba 30 sō • •

⟨4⟩ • • mahārājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrī vīrapratāpa dēvarā-

⟨5⟩ ya mahārāyara nirūpadiṁda haḍapada nāgaṁṇa ·oḍeyaru

⟨6⟩ maṁgalūra rājyavanu pratipālisutta mirddakāladalū • • • • •

⟨7⟩ ra sarāda baṁgara taṁma pāṁḍyapparasaru

Rest is totally worn out.

⟨SIIv29p0i0137⟩ No. 137. (A.R. No. B. 622 of 1961-62.) KERGĀL, COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

In a field called Maṭṭan-kaṭṭe.

Mallikārjuna 1455 A.D.

This is a badly worn out record. It states that Panḍaridēva voḍeya was governing the Bārakūru-rājya under the orders of Timmaṇa-daṇāyaka when Mallikārjuna was ruling over the empire from the capital Vijayanagara. It seems to record some grants which were entrusted to the care of Gaṇapu-setti. The details of which are lost.

It is dated Śaka 1377, Yuva, Jyēshṭha, ba. 1 Sunday corresponding to 1455 A.D., June 1, Sunday.

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⟨1⟩ • • ṇādhipatayē namaḥ śrī gurubhyō namaḥ śrī sarasvatyē namaḥ

⟨2⟩ • • • ṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mū-

⟨3⟩ la staṁbhāya saṁbhavē || svasti śrī jayādbhudaya śakavaruṣa [1377 neya]

⟨4⟩ yuva saṁvatsarada jēṣṭa ba 1 ·ā śrī manmahārājādhirāja rāja-

⟨5⟩ paramēśvara śrī vīrapratāpa mallikārjuna mahārāyaru [vije]ya

⟨6⟩ • • • • • siṁhāsanadali • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • sakala sāṁbrājyavanu pratipāḷisuva kāladalli mallikārju-

⟨8⟩ na mahārāyara nirūpadiṁ bārakūra rājyavanu [ti]mmaṇa [daṇā]ya-

⟨9⟩ karige pratipāli • ·avara nirūpadiṁ bārakūra rājyavanu

⟨10⟩ paṁḍiri • • voḍeyaru pratipā • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 180⟩

⟨11⟩ • • • • • barasida śilāśāsanada kramave[ṁdare] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • [nā]raṇa hebāruvage • • • • • jaga • da •

⟨13⟩ hebāruva • • • • • • • • • • nāraṇa-

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·ā gaṇapuseṭṭi

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vāgi • ṁgarsa voḍeyaru keṟagāla

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gaṇa puse[ṭṭi]yara kaiyalu dhāreyaneṟa • • bārakūra •

Rest is effaced.

⟨SIIv29p0i0138⟩ No. 138. (A.R. No. B. 623 of 1961-62.) KHAMBADA KŌṆE COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab setup in a field called Kallu-toḍame.

Kṛishṇadēvarāya 1516 A.D.

It states that Vijayappa voḍeya son of Ratnappa voḍeya, while governing Bārakūru-rājya under the orders of Kṛishṇarāya mahārāya who was ruling over the empire from the capital Vijayanagara, made a grant of 20 ghaṭi-varaha-gadyāṇa equivalent of 50 Kāṭi-gadyāṇa, for the amritapaḍi offerings to Chandranātha and for burning a perpetual lamp there (in the basadi). The grant of money was made from out of the income from siddhāya tax of Kambada-kōṇe, a place of Bhanḍāra-sthaḷa of the palace situated within the village Kerugāla. The grant was made free of all taxes for the merit of the king. Mallarasa, the karaṇika of Bārakūru wrote this record.

It is dated Śaka 1438, [passed nine] Dhātu, Mārgaśira, śu. 15 corresponding to 1516 A.D., December 9, [Tuesday].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṁ svasti namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cārave trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mū-

⟨2⟩ ṁ la staṁbhāya śaṁbhavē svasti śrī jayāda(ṁdaya) śālivāhana śakavaruśa

⟨3⟩ ṁ 1438 saṁdu voṁbhattaneya vartamāna dhātu saṁvatsarada mārgaśira

⟨4⟩ ṁ śu 15 lū śrī maṁnmahārājādhirāja rāja paramēśvara śrī vī-

⟨5⟩ ṁ ra pratāpa śrī vīra kṛṣṇarāya mahārāyaru vijayanaga-

⟨6⟩ ṁ riya siṁhāsanadalu cittayisi sukhasaṁkathā vinōda-

⟨7⟩ ṁ diṁda duṣṭanigraha śiṣṭapratipālaneyāgi sakala varṁnnadhaṁ-

⟨8⟩ ṁ rmā[śrama]vanū pratipālisuvali ·ā rāyara nirūpa-

⟨9⟩ ṁ diṁda bārakūra rājyavanū ratnappavoḍeyara ku-

⟨10⟩ ṁ māra vijayappavoḍeyarū pratipālisuva kāladalū

⟨11⟩ ṁ śrī kṛṣṇarāya mahārāyarige śatrukṣaya mitrārjita

⟨12⟩ ṁ ·āyurārōgya ·ayiśvaryyabhi ·uradhiyāgabēkeṁ-

⟨13⟩ ṁ du vijayappavoḍeyaru caṁdranāthasāmige ·amru-

⟨14⟩ ṁ tapaḍi naṁdādīptige dhāreyaneṟadu barasi koṭṭa

⟨15⟩ ṁ dharṁmma śāsanada kramaveṁteṁdare naṁma ·aramane bhaṁ-

⟨16⟩ ṁ ḍāra staḷada keṟagāla grāmada voḷagaṇa kaṁbhada-

⟨17⟩ ṁ kōṇeya ·ūravoḷage naṁma ·aramanege tettu ba-

⟨18⟩ ṁ ha sidhāyada hoṁnina voḷage caṁdranāthasvāmi-

⟨19⟩ ṁ ge kuḷava kaḍidu dhāreyaneṟadu koṭṭa kāṭi

⟨20⟩ ṁ ga 50 kaṁ ghaṭi varaha gadyāṇaṁ 20 ·akṣāra-

⟨21⟩ ṁ dalu varaha gadyāṇa yippattu yi hoṁnanū

⟨22⟩ ṁ sarvvamānyavāgi kuḷava kaḍidu dhāreya neṟadu ko- ⟨Page 181⟩

⟨23⟩ ṁ ṭe·u caṁdranāthasvāmiya ·amrata paḍi naṁdā[dī*]ptiyana-

⟨24⟩ ṁ ḍasi ·ā caṁdrārka sthāyiyāgi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ ṁ sahiraṁṇyōdaka dāna dhārā pūrvakavāgi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ ṁ • • • • • • • • • • ·anubhavisi bahiri yeṁdu

⟨27⟩ ṁ • • • • • • • • • • keṟagāla grāmada • • • • • nāraṇa hebā-

⟨28⟩ ṁ ra [sōmanātha] hebāra yiśvara hebāra • • • • • • • • • • kaṁbhada-

⟨29⟩ ṁ kōṇeya gōviṁda hebāra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨30⟩ ṁ dake • • bārakūra karaṇika [mallarasara] bara[ha] vi-

⟨31⟩ ṁ [ja]yapa voḍeyara vopa [|*] śrī vītarāga [|*] yīdharmmake ·āro-

⟨32⟩ ṁ baru ·aḷupidare vāraṇāsiyalū [sāsira] kavile ko-

⟨33⟩ ṁ ṁda dōṣakke hōharu [||] śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0139⟩ No. 139. (A.R. No. B. 624 of 1961-62.) KHAMBADA KŌṆE COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Another slab in the same field called Kallu-toḍame.

Kṛishṇadēvarāya 1516 A.D.

This seems to be a replica of the previous [No. 138] record. The king, the governor, the grant, the donor, the purpose of the grant and the date-all being the same as in the previous record. The only difference we find here is the recipient and the amount of the grant. The amount was 60 dod[ḍ]a varaha gadyāṇas equivalent of 150 Kāṭi-gadyāṇa and it was given to Vīrasēna-dēvācharya of Penugoṁḍe. Bārakūru karaṇika Mallarasa wrote this record.

The date of this record is as in No. 138 i.e., 1516 A.D., December 9, [Tuesday].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti namastuṁga śiraścuṁbi caṁdra cāmara cāravē trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mū-

⟨2⟩ la staṁbhāya śaṁbhave | svasti jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakavaruśa 1[43]8

⟨3⟩ [saṁdu] voṁbhattaneya vartamāna dhātu saṁvatsarada mārgaśira śu 15 lū śrīma-

⟨4⟩ nmahārājādhirāja rāja paramēśvara śrī vīrapratāpa śrīvīra kṛṣṇarāya

⟨5⟩ mahārāyaru vijayanagariya siṁhāsanadalu cittayisi su-

⟨6⟩ kha saṁkathā vinōdadiṁda duṣṭanigraha śiṣṭapratipālaneyāgi saka-

⟨7⟩ lavaṁrnna darṁmāśramavanū pratipālisuva kāladalū ·ā rāya-

⟨8⟩ ra nirūpadiṁda bārakūra rājyavanū ratnappa voḍeyara kumā-

⟨9⟩ ra vijayappa voḍeyaru pratipālisuva kāladalū ·ā

⟨10⟩ kriṣṇarāya mahārāyarige śatrukṣaya mitrārjita ·ā-

⟨11⟩ yurārōgya ·ayiśvaryyābhivridhi yāgabēkeṁdu ·ā vija- 1

⟨12⟩ yappa voḍeyaru penuguṁḍiya vīrasēnadēvācāryya-

⟨13⟩ rige dharṁmavāgi dhāreyaneṟadu barasikoṭṭaṁthā śā-

⟨14⟩ sanada kramaveṁteṁdare naṁma ·aramaneya bhaṁḍārastaḷada

⟨15⟩ keṟagāla grāmada voḷagaṇa kaṁbhada kōṇeya ·ūravo-

⟨16⟩ ḷage naṁmma ·aramanege tettu baha sidhāyada hoṁnina vo-

⟨17⟩ ḷage vīrasēna dēvācāryyarige kaḷava kaḍidu dhāreya neṟa-

⟨18⟩ du koṭṭadu kāṭiga 150 kaṁ doḍavaraha gadyāṇa ga 60 ·a-

⟨19⟩ kṣāradalū varaha gadyāṇa ·aṟuvattu varahanū sarvamā-

⟨20⟩ nyavāgi kuḷava kaḍidu dhāreya neṟadu koṭṭe·u yī hoṁnanu ⟨Page 182⟩

⟨21⟩ nimma śiṣya pāraṁpareyāgi ·ā caṁdrārkkastāyigaḷāgiyū

⟨22⟩ ·aṟuvattu varahanu • • • • • ya kuḷava kaḍidu koṭṭe·u-

⟨23⟩ ·anubhavisi bahiriyeṁdu vijayappa voḍeyaru vīrasēna

⟨24⟩ dēvācāryyarige sahiraṇyōdaka dhārāpūrvakavāgi

⟨25⟩ dhāreyaneṟadu barasikoṭṭa dharṁma śāsana [|*] yī śāsa-

⟨26⟩ nakke • • • • • • • • • • vopa nāraṇa hebāra sōmanātha

⟨27⟩ hebāra • • • • • • • • • • ti dēvaru kaṁbada kōṇe gōyiṁda

⟨28⟩ hebārara voppa gōviṁda dēvaru bārakūra karaṇika mallara-

⟨29⟩ [sara baraha] [vija]yappa voḍeyara vopa[|*] śrī vītarāga [|*] yī dharmma

⟨30⟩ kke ·ārobaru ·aḷupidare vāraṇāsiyalu [nūṟa ·eṁbhatu]

⟨31⟩ kavileya koṁda dōṣakke hōha[ru] • • • • •

⟨32⟩ damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0140⟩ No. 140. (A.R. No. B. 552 of 1961-62.) CHIKALPARAVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Four slabs setup at the entrance of the village.

Kṛishṇadēvarāya 1521 A.D.

The record is highly damaged. It states that Krishnadēvaraya, after his conquest of Raichūru, Alaṁpūru, Mānve, Hānumagalu and Māgaḍe forts Visited Kāḍalūru at the confluence of the Kṛishṇa and Bhimārathi and made a grant of the village Chikalparvi in Mānuve-sīme to god Tiruveṅgaḷanātha while performing ratna-dhēnu, gōsahasra and Kanakāśva mahādānas in association with his queens Chinnādēvi and Tirumaladēvi. Gods Virūpāksha-dēva, Kālahāstikēśvara and Sangamēśa are mentioned in the record.

It is dated Śaka 1443 Vṛisha, Śrāvaṇa śu 12. Monday corresponding to 1521 A.D., July 16, Tuesday.

TEXT.

Slab-I

⟨1⟩ śubha mastu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (hari)

⟨3⟩ hara bhūpacca pūjyaṁ || • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ -damaged

⟨5⟩ (haṟa) bhūpa

⟨6⟩ ddēva

⟨7-11⟩ damaged

⟨12⟩ • • • • • || • • cūḍākku mājāni viśvarakṣa

⟨13⟩ • pālakaḥ | (atrēsa) cētaguṇa cūḍā • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • | • • • padapā • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • • • • ṁdanāḷe volaviṁda • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ [vādattiṁ] pathāvidhi | (budha) • • va • ninānā (va)

⟨18⟩ sāna • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ khyātaṁ yaśapṛtaru • • || • • • • • mēśa

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ • ra vēva grāhāṁge • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 183⟩

⟨22⟩ (lātaṁ) ca rājāṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨23⟩ • • • nijava • • • • • • • • • •

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨25⟩ • • jāṁbavāṁdyaṁta mapibharu • • • • •

⟨26⟩ māne (mā)kṣara vīryōda hrata • • • • • • • • • •

⟨27⟩ patiṁ bā • • ḷāta dha • ne • • gaṁgāḷi (karaṁ)

⟨28⟩ • pragama cēta mucaṁdrārkka • • • • • ṁni • •

⟨29⟩ bhṛtaḥ kṣitipati nāṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨30⟩ tāpanaṁ • • • • • || triṣṭyabenānalā

⟨31⟩ vē vai • • salā | bhūmitrayōbave (vairiva)

⟨32⟩ nya nōhidra vapatu (beśagāvame) || 10 || vika •

⟨33⟩ (naṁ) ·a • • vālakṣaṇa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨34⟩ • tiranya • • • • • • • • • • mābāpa

⟨35⟩ tā || • • || nirāśri nāku • • • ṣaṣmati jaya

⟨36⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

Slab-II.

⟨37⟩ • • • • • jānā puvasya mahī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨38⟩ • • ravi (bha)ṁganuta (ppe)ramā bhāva yādra • (śvārvva)

⟨39⟩ • lāṁttāda mala hṛdaya mā (vajya) rājyaṁ

⟨40⟩ tā śāsana || 12 || nānādāna kuḷārjita • sada jayaḥ śrī

⟨41⟩ virūpākṣa dēva (sthana) śrī kāḷahasti (kēśvara) bana • • •

⟨42⟩ • • • • • ṁ śrita • • • śvara • • • • •

⟨43⟩ • mābaśi saṁgamēṣa • taṁge (kuṁbhaṭa) • hatata(vā)

⟨44⟩ • • hānuṁ (otti) • • • • • • • • • • [la] lāma

⟨45⟩ pitājana • • • • • • • • • • ṣi • • • • • nā • vā

⟨46⟩ runānāvida bevā • maka • pāna • • • • • • • • • •

⟨47⟩ • daṁ (ba) saraṁ • • • • • • • • • • daṁ • • •

⟨48⟩ • • caitra • • • dya(ka)ratā vōra • • • • •

⟨49⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (nya nimi) • • • • •

⟨50-80⟩ highly damaged

Slab-III

⟨81⟩ yara gaṁḍaḥ | • • kaidadi • •

⟨82⟩ yo • • • ṁḍaḥ || 22 || • •

⟨83⟩ rājāvirāja ·i(tyu) kāyārā • •

⟨84⟩ rāmēśvaraḥ | mūrurāyara gaṁḍa(śca)-

⟨85⟩ tura rāya bhayaṁkaraḥ || 23 ||

⟨86⟩ hiṁdurāya suratrāṇa • • •

⟨87⟩ • • • • • naḥ vīrapratāpa • •

⟨88⟩ tya • (pi)ru • ru • • raṁkaḥ || 24 || ·ā

⟨89⟩ [tō]raya mahārāja jaya(dē)va (ki) • vi •

⟨90⟩ [ṭi] • ·āga[daṁ] • • • dyerāja • • • • •

⟨91⟩ bhayaḥ || 25 || mu(ccā)dara sudhi • • vi-

⟨92⟩ jayanagaraṁ • kajā(na)na śrī kaṁ (dvē) lō

⟨93⟩ ka(ja)rāya kṣatipati rathare kṛtya (ni) • •

⟨94⟩ • • (ṣya) • • ra (thā) • • • da kaṁṭa kādhā-

⟨95⟩ ra hēmācaṁ • • sakāraliṇāgra •

⟨96⟩ rraya • ha • • • • • miri • • || ⟨Page 184⟩

⟨97⟩ (ihakeli) sagati saṁkalakavi kulō • • •

⟨98⟩ vaṁ (śā)rāryyadeyanyadya vijānitaya

⟨99⟩ • • • • • • • • • • brahmāṁḍara raṁda •

⟨100⟩ • mara caṁdana (vidaḻdu) • • • • • ranaha [pu]

⟨101⟩ nābāgipuṁ gumāra muṁdātra bharata

⟨102⟩ • • • • • daśaratha rāmā vicakkitana kṛtā-

⟨103⟩ (bhūpara) • • santāna (hā) bhūsura • • ḥ

⟨104⟩ (nānā) japa • • • • • • • • • • naviva • nā-

⟨105⟩ nākavana vadana vijatāṁca vijana (bhā)janā

⟨106⟩ paraṇa kāvana • kālaṁ kā • ma māja • na

⟨107⟩ • darmma rājya (vaha pratu) • • • • •

⟨108⟩ • • • hūtavarna • • • • • • • • • •

⟨109⟩ • • (sādarṣa) nikhila (gru)ha mudanyanada

⟨110⟩ • • • gā(ra) • • • • • panaṁ(dane) • nikhi

⟨111⟩ laṁ hrudayānaṁdana • • • • • (vija)-

⟨112⟩ yana • • ya • viśāṁ vijayanagari • • • • •

⟨113⟩ • • • • • (kāṁ) kāsa kālāṁbhu • • • • •

⟨114⟩ • • • parāyaṇa kṛṣṇadēva mahārāya

⟨115⟩ bhuvanacaraṇa • • • nāyakana • • • • •

⟨116⟩ • • nāya nāga • • • nū • • • vāsanagra sa-

⟨117⟩ (ca)kula vāsana vinama • • • • • • • • • •

⟨118⟩ vāyasurā • • • (tā) • ra sīmā

⟨119⟩ māma(yaṁ) • mā vahā • • • • •

⟨120⟩ davavani (vā)nipakavi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨121⟩ rāyasya • • namukhata vidya • va •

⟨122⟩ damaged

Slab-IV-(1)

⟨123⟩ hinadāna svaniṣa || jānasya vīrāgrēsarā kruṣṇarāya • • •

⟨124⟩ grāma raṁgādru • sakāda (kāvi)vāya • • • kara • • • • •

⟨125⟩ (vārasudāpa) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨126⟩ (kaitavaṁnya sara) • • • • • manātharu | • • • • • • • • • •

⟨127⟩ padaṁ || • • • ramani • • nārasiṁha tanaya śrī kṛṣṇarāya

⟨128⟩ najayarhatāḥ saṁyaṁ(ta) sārasthari paśāya(ḥ) prā[cārya] •

⟨129⟩ • • • bhānavase kāpila • • • • • • • • • •

⟨130⟩ • • (hri dōtta) līlā (maulika) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨131⟩ • • • (bā) • ya • • • • • ya mā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨132⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨133⟩ • • • vāsita | bhūyarddha • • sāha • • • • • • • • • •

⟨134⟩ • vāpi balaṁ kanyadatāra māguvi (kāvaṁkā) parru-

⟨135⟩ yaviṣa hariṇada • • • • • veyiṁ • • • • •

⟨136⟩ sōma (re)nnikāra (lli) nārasiṁha • • • • • rāya

⟨137⟩ • • • • • prabhō sarva bāṁdhava • • siṁdhura • • • • •

⟨138⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨139⟩ rmana • yāra • • • • • (vegu)ḷānaru • • •

⟨140⟩ • • ruṣa • • • | • • tu ma[hā]rājādhirā(ja) • • •

⟨141⟩ • tu • (mū) • rāyara gaṁḍa ·a(pa)rāya • •

⟨142⟩ (śā) • • midarāmanō bayakārā bhāṣege ta- ⟨Page 185⟩

⟨143⟩ ppuvara rāyara gaṁḍa pūrva dakṣiṇa paścima samu-

⟨144⟩ drādhīśvara • | yavana rājya (sthā)panāvāra(ga)ja pativi-

⟨145⟩ (bhudaya) śrī vīra (pratāpa) • • śrī vīra • • • • •

Slab-IV-(2)

⟨146⟩ mahārāyaru vuvirāvi gaya • • •

⟨147⟩ bhōga | • • • • • biṭṭu • • yaya • la manasa

⟨148⟩ maneya • • • • • kumāra vodalāgi sarvaśvāsa

⟨149⟩ ravanu tegedukoṁḍu | sa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨150⟩ ·aṁbaṭa jalāhira • | midujāhīra mo-

⟨151⟩ dalāda saradāranū heḍemāne hiḍidu koṁḍu

⟨152⟩ rācūru | ·alaṁpūru | mānave | hānuṁgalū | māga

⟨153⟩ de durgaṁgaḷanu tegedukoṁḍu | kāḍalūru saṁgama

⟨154⟩ ke cetaisi svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śāli-

⟨155⟩ vāhana śakavarṣaṁgaḷu 1443 • ? • • •

⟨156⟩ • naḍava vṛṣa saṁvatsarada śrāvaṇa śuddha 12

⟨157⟩ sōmavāradalu kṛṣṇaveṁṇila bhīma rathi

⟨158⟩ saṁ(ga)madali ratna thēnu mahādānavanū •

⟨159⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dēviyaru | ciṁnādēvi

⟨160⟩ yammanavara kaiyali sahasra gōdānavanūti-

⟨161⟩ rumaladēviyammanavara kaiyali kanakāśva

⟨162⟩ mahādānavanū māḍi • • • • •

⟨163⟩ mānuveya sīmeyavoḷagu(ḷḷa) cikalaparaviya

⟨164⟩ grāmavanu tiruveṁgaḷa nāthage ·amṛtapaḍi(nayi)

⟨165⟩ (vē)dyake samarppisi yi(dharmmā) ·ācaṁdrārkka

⟨166⟩ sthāyiyāgi naḍeyabēkeṁdu koṭadu (maṁgaḷa)

⟨167⟩ (mahāśrī) [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0141⟩ No. 141. (A.R. No. B. 183 of 1962-63.) CHENNIPĀḌU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Slab kept in front of Kēśavaśvāmi temple.

Vijayanagara Krishnadēvamahārāya A.D. 1527.

The record belonging to the reign period of emperor Krishnadēvamahārāya registers a gift of the village Gōkulapāḍu alias Bhandarada Pēdāpura to god Chennakēśva of Chennipāḍu by Peddināyaka son of Bhandarada Siddhināyaka for the merit of the king.

The gift village was situated in Alampura-Sīme which was given to the donor by the king as Amaranāyakatana.

The record is dated Śaka 1449, Sarvajitu, Chaitra, Śu. 1. It corresponds to 1527 A.D., March 3, [Sunday].

This is the date of issuing the record. But the grant was actually made some time back, the date of which is available in the record. The grant was made on Pushya, ba. 10 of the cyclic year Vyaya. It corresponds to 1526 A.D., December 29, [Saturday]. ⟨Page 186⟩

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⟨1⟩ ṁ śubhamastu || namastuṁga śiraśuṁ(ścuṁ)bi caṁdra cāmara cāra[vē] [|*]

⟨2⟩ trailōkya nagarāraṁbha mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē || svasti śrī ja-

⟨3⟩ yābhyudaya śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁgaḷu 1449 neya sarvajitu saṁ-

⟨4⟩ vatsarada caitra śu 1 lu ceṁnipāḍa śrī ceṁnnakēśvara dēvarige | śrī manmahā

⟨5⟩ rājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrīvīra pratāpa śrī vīra kṛṣṇadēva mahā-

⟨6⟩ rāyaru ratna siṁhāsanā rūḍharāgi pṛthivi rājyaṁ gēyitaṁ yiralāgi | bhaṁḍā-

⟨7⟩ rada sidhināyakara makaḷu peddināyakaru sāṣṭāṁga namaskāra māḍi samarppisikoṭṭa

⟨8⟩ grāmadharmma śāsanada kramaveṁteṁdare śrī kṟuṣṇarāya maharāyaru namage ·ama-

⟨9⟩ ra nāyakatanakke pālisida ·alaṁpūra sīmeya voḷagaṇa gōkulapāḍa grā-

⟨10⟩ makke pratināmavāda bhaṁḍārada pedāpurada grāmavannu ceṁnnakēśvara dēvara

⟨11⟩ ·amṛta paḍi ·aṁgaraṁga vaibhavakke veyasaṁvatsarada puṣya ba 10 saṁkrāṁ-

⟨12⟩ tiya puṁṇya kāladalu naṁmma svāmi kruṣṇarāya mahārāyarige pu-

⟨13⟩ ṁṇyavāgi sahiraṁṇyōdaka dānadhārāpūrvakavāgi trivābā dhāreya

⟨14⟩ neradu koṭevu | ·ā gōkulapāḍa prati nāmavāda bhaṁḍārada pēdāpu-

⟨15⟩ rada grāmakke saluva ·aṣṭa bōga tēja sāṁmya sakaḷa suvarnādāya sa(ṁ)-

⟨16⟩ kaḷa dhāṁnya ·ādāya ·a grāmakke saluva catusīmevoḷagāda | nidhinikṣē-

⟨17⟩ pa jala pāṣāṇa ·akṣīṇi ·āgāmi sidhasādhyaṁgaḷeṁba ·aṣṭa bhōga tē(ṁ)-

⟨18⟩ ja sāṁmya sarvōtsatya samasta baḷi sahitavāgi | ·ā caṁdrārkastāyi

⟨19⟩ ·āgi ceṁnipāḍa ceṁnnakēśvara dēvarige gōkulapāḍa grāmakke pratinā-

⟨20⟩ mavāda bhaṁḍārada pedāpurada grāmavanu dhāreyaneṟadu ko-

⟨21⟩ ṭevu | stānamāṁnya pūrvamariyāde || svadattā dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

⟨22⟩ paradattānu pālanaṁ | paradattāpa harēṇa | svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ |

⟨23⟩ bhavēt | svadatāṁ(ttāṁ) paradattāṁ vā | yō harēti vasuṁdharā[ṁ*] | śaṣṭhirva(ṁ)

⟨24⟩ ruṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē krimi[ḥ*] || dānapā(ṁ)

⟨25⟩ lana yōrmadhye | dānācchrēyōnupālanaṁ | dānā[t*] svargama-

⟨26⟩ vāpnōti pālanādacyu(ṁ)taṁ padaṁ || śrī bhayirava ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0142⟩ No. 142. (A.R. No. B. 184 of 1962-63.) CHENNIPĀḌU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Slab (2) kept in front of Kēśavasvāmi temple.

Kṛishṇadēvarāya 1529 A.D.

The record belongs to the reign period of the Vijayanagara emperor Krishnadēvarāya. The inscription records a gift of the village Pūsalapāḍu alias Krishnarāyapura together with the income from various taxes by Dīkshitayya, the younger brother of Chandrasēkarayya and the son of Aṇṇāji-ayya to the god Chennakēśava of Chennipāḍu for the merit of the king and also of Dēmarasayya. Nothing is known about Dēmarasayya. Based on the suffix, it may be suggested that he might be a respectful elderly member of the family of Dīkshitayya. The gift village was situated in Alampura-sīme which was given to the donor as amaranāyakatana by the king.

The record is dated Śaka 1450 [wrong for 1451], Virōdhi, Vaiśākha Śu. 15 (on the occasion of lunar eclipse). It corresponds to 1529 A.D., April 23, [Friday]. The Lunar eclipse occured on that day.

The last two lines contain imprecatory portion in Telugu. ⟨Page 187⟩

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⟨1⟩ ṁ | śubhamastu || namasuṁ(stuṁ)gaśirasyuṁ(ścuṁ)bicaṁdra-

⟨2⟩ cāmara cāravē [|*] ttrailōkyanagarāraṁbhā(bha)mūlastaṁbhā-

⟨3⟩ ya śaṁbhavē || svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śaka-

⟨4⟩ varuṣaṁgaḷu 1450 neya virōdhi saṁvatsarada vayiśākha

⟨5⟩ śu 15 lū sōmagrahaṇa puṇyakāladalu ceṁnipā-

⟨6⟩ ḍa cennakēśvara dēvarige ·aṁṇaji ·ayanavara makaḷu caṁ-

⟨7⟩ drasēkharayyana taṁmma dīkṣitayyanavaru namaskarisikoṭṭa bhū-

⟨8⟩ dāna dharmaśāsana grāmadānapatrada kramaveṁteṁdare [|*] śrīma-

⟨9⟩ nmahārājādhirāja rājaparamēśvara śrīvīrapratāpa śrīvī-

⟨10⟩ ra kṛṣṇadēva mahārāyaru ratnasiṁhāsanarūḍharāgi

⟨11⟩ pṛthvī rājyaṁgeyutaṁyiralāgi namage ·amaranāyaka-

⟨12⟩ tanake pālisida naḍugaḍayastarada ·alaṁpūri sīmege saluva

⟨13⟩ pūsalapāḍa grāmakke pratināmavāda kriṣṇarāyapurada grāma 1

⟨14⟩ nu ceṁnipāḍa ceṁnakēśvara dēvara ·amṛtapaḍige sōmagrahaṇa puṁṇyakā-

⟨15⟩ ladalu naṁmmasvāmi kṛṣṇadēvarāya mahārāyarige puṇyavāgiyu dē-

⟨16⟩ marasayyanavarige puṇyavāgi pūsalapāḍa grāmakke pratināmavāda kṛṣṇarāya-

⟨17⟩ puravaku sahiraṇyōdaka dānadhārāpūrvakavāgi dhāreyaneṟadu samarpiside-

⟨18⟩ vu ·ā pūsalapāḍu grāmakke pratināmavāda kṛṣṇarāyapurakke saluva catusīmeya do-

⟨19⟩ ḷagaṇa nidhinikṣēpa jalapāṣāṇa ·āgāmisidasādyaṁgaḷeṁba ·aṣṭabōga sakaḷa suva- 2

⟨20⟩ rnādāyaṁ sakaḷadhānya ·ādāya suṁka sūtra modalāgi ceṁnupāḍanu sarvamānya-

⟨21⟩ vāgi dhāreyaneṟadu samarpisi koṭṭevāgi ·ārobbaru yī dharmakke ·anu-

⟨22⟩ kūlavāgi naḍusūdu ·eṁdu koṭa bhūdāna dharmmaśāsana grāmadā-

⟨23⟩ na patra sānamāṁnya pūrva mariyāde [||*] svadatta dviguṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

⟨24⟩ paradattānupālanaṁ [|*] paradattāpaharēṇa svadatta niṣphalaṁ bhavēt [||]

⟨25⟩ svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdarā(rāṁ) [|*] ṣaṣṭirvaruṣa sa-

⟨26⟩ hasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi[ḥ*] dānapālanayōrmadhye dānā-

⟨27⟩ tse(cchē)yōnupālanaṁ [|*] dānātsvargamavāpnōti pālanādacyutaṁ

⟨28⟩ padaṁ [||*] svadattā ru(du) hitācaiva paradattā sahōdara [|*] pitrudattāta-

⟨29⟩ thāmātā tribhiḥ triṣuḥ (ṣu) vivarjayēt [||*] yēkaiva bhagini lōke sa[rvvē]-

⟨30⟩ śāṁmye [ṣā mē]va bhūbhujāṁ [|*] na bhōjyā nakaragrāhyā vipradattā vasu-

⟨31⟩ ṁdharā [||*] ·i dharmmānaku tappinarā tama tallitaṁḍ®lanu vāraṇāsi

⟨32⟩ lō caṁpina pāpānaṁ bōduru maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0143⟩ No. 143. (A.R. No. B. 601 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a boulder known as Jīnagāra-baṇḍi.

Sadāśivarāya 1553 A.D.

It states that during the reign of Sadāśivarāya that mahāmaṇḍlēśvara aḷiya Rāmarāja, on the request of Timmoja, Bhadrōja and Koṇḍōja, exempted the barbers of the Rāyachūr area, from the payment of certain taxes with a view to wishing the welfare of the king.

The record is dated Śaka 1475, Pramādi, Chaitra, śu. 15. It corresponds to 1553 A.D., March 29, [Wednesday]. ⟨Page 188⟩

TEXT.

M zrI virUpAkSa || —

⟨1⟩ ṁ || śubhamastu || gaṇādhipatayē[nu] nama(ḥ) | svasti jayābhya-

⟨2⟩ daya [śā]livāhana śakavaruṣaṁgaḷu 1475 neya saluva pramādhi[nā]-

⟨3⟩ ma saṁvatsarada | cayitra śu 15lu śrīmanumahārājādhirāja rāja

⟨4⟩ paramēśvara śrīvīrasadāsivadēvamahārāyaru pruthvīrājyaṁgēvutaṁ-

⟨5⟩ miralu śrīman(ṁ)mahāmaṁḍalēśvara ·aḷiya rāmarājayadēvama-

⟨6⟩ ha ·arasugaḷu | tiṁmōja koṁḍōja bhadrōjanavara biṁnahavanu kēḷi | sadā-

⟨7⟩ sivadēvamahārāyarige puṁṇyavāgi [rācūrina] sīmege saluva ·ayidu •

⟨8⟩ tra sīmeyoḷagāgi [rāhuta] nāviṁdarige • • • nubhavisi birāḍa sidāya [se]-

⟨9⟩ sa kōṭiya birāḍa suṁkadāgaḷa beḍukōlu yivu muṁtādunu sarvvamānyavā-

⟨10⟩ gi harasevu yidake ·ālāudu ·āvubadu nijavarutaṁma taṁdetāya (sa)ṇivu

⟨11⟩ braṁhmākaḷuvārana ·uyaridaḷi sahā(rada vi) varāhanu sārāvā • • (ka bhu) mane

⟨12⟩ (vadista) pāpakke hōharu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • na ha(tya)da • hōharu ||

AḶUPAS.

⟨SIIv29p0i0144⟩ No. 144. (A.R. No. B. 743 of 1962-63.) PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM, BOMBAY.

Third slab kept in the Museum.

Baṁmadēvāḷpēndra 13th century A.D.

It records the grant of land in Kanyana (the village) situated in Yijapu by Pāṇḍyachakravarti Baṁma-dēvāḷpendra-dēva to Gagana-Śivēśvarāchārya of the Dūrvāsa munīndra lineage. This grant was in turn made over for the offerings [nivēdya] to the god Vighnēśvara of Nagareśvara by the muni.

In the Annual Report for the year 1962-63 the king's name has been wrongly read as Pāṇḍyachakravarti Dattāḷpēndradēva. The engraving on the stone slab is very clear and the king's name Baṁma-dēvāḷpēndradēva can be read without any ambiguity. In characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī pāṁḍyacakravarti rāya

⟨2⟩ gajāṁkuśa baṁmadēvā(ḷvē)ṁdra

⟨3⟩ dēvarasaru śrīdurvāsa manīṁdra

⟨4⟩ vaṁsatilaka lakṣādhyāyasaṁ-

⟨5⟩ tati saṁjātarappa śrīmatu gagana-

⟨6⟩ śivaśvadācāryyarige dhammōtta-

⟨7⟩ ravāgi koṭṭa yijipinalu ka-

⟨8⟩ nyānada beṭṭu karamarasa-

⟨9⟩ hitaṁ ·ācāryyaru [tā]

⟨10⟩ vu nagarēsvarada vighnēsvaradēva-

⟨11⟩ rige nivēdyakke kalpisidaru ·ida-

⟨12⟩ nu ·avara saṁtatiyavaru

⟨13⟩ koṁḍanubhavisuvaru • • • ⟨Page 189⟩

⟨14⟩ ·idakārānu vakrastarāda-

⟨15⟩ [re] vāraṇāsiyali sā-

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pā pa [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0145⟩ No. 145. (A.R. No. B. 618 of 1961-62.) HOSAKŌṬE, COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab in a field called Vishṇumūrti oḷa-māḍu.

Vira Sōyidēvāḷpēndra 1324 A.D.

It seems to register a grant (details are lost) made by the king Vīra Sōyidēvāḷpēndradēva while giving audience at his court in the palace at (the capital) Barahkanyāpura (Bārakūru) and in the presence of mahāpradāna Sōvaṇṇa sēnabōva, Siṅgaṇa sāhaṇi, Eraḍu-Kōlabaḷiyavaru, the bāhattaraniyōgi, Viṭhaṇa and others. The place Rājāḍi is mentioned.

It is dated Śaka 1247, Raktākshi, Āshāḍha Śu. 7, Thursday. It corresponds to 1324 A.D., June 29, Friday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇapatayē namaḥ | svasti

⟨2⟩ śrīmatu śaka varuṣa sāsi-

⟨3⟩ radayiṁnūṟa nālvatta ·e-

⟨4⟩ ḷaneya raktākṣi saṁvacharada ·ā[ṣā]-

⟨5⟩ ḍha suda saputami bṛhaspativāra-

⟨6⟩ daṁdu svasti śrīmatu pāṁḍyacakravarti

⟨7⟩ ·arirāya basava saṁkhatha[kara] vīrasōyi dēvā-

⟨8⟩ ḷpēṁdra dēvarasaru vijeyarājya[mu]-

⟨9⟩ [tta]rōttarābhi[vṛddhi]pravardhamānamāca-

⟨10⟩ ṁdrārkatāraṁba[raṁ sa]luttamiddu bā-

⟨11⟩ rahakaṁnyāpurada ·aramaneyalu sthira si-

⟨12⟩ ṁhāsanārūḍharāgi voḍḍōlagaṁ goṭṭiralu

⟨13⟩ • • • • • ·ā sthānadalu śrīmanumahā pra-

⟨14⟩ [dhānaṁ] sōvaṁṇa sēnabōvaru śrīmatu siṁgaṇa[sā]

⟨15⟩ haṇiyaru ·eraḍu kōla baḷiya bāhattara

⟨16⟩ niyōgi ra • • • ·upādhya śrīviṭhaṇa-

⟨17⟩ ṁgaḷa • • kā • • • • • ḷikeya • barasidaṁthā

⟨18⟩ śilāśāsanada kramaveṁteṁdare rāya (jā)ḍi

⟨19⟩ ya bā • • • • • • • • • • ·u yi •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ḷaṁ • •

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨22⟩ ra ru(gā) • • • • • • • • • •

Rest is effaced.

RULERS OF KAḶASA-KĀRKAḶA.

⟨SIIv29p0i0146⟩ No. 146. (A.R. No. B. 629 of 1961-62.) KERAVASE, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the prākāra of Hirebasti of Vardhamanasvami. ⟨Page 190⟩

Vira Pāṇḍyadēvarasa 1449 A.D.

It records a gift of land and 5 Bārakūru gadyāṇa by the king of Keravase-Karkala, Vira-Pānḍyadēvarasa to Sanjāra seṭṭi, the nephew of Sanjaraḍahā of the Puḷi-seṭṭi baḷi (lineage) with the stipulation that the donee should maintain the burning of a perpetual lamp in front of Vardhamānaswamy of Keravase. The record gives details of land so granted and made free of all taxes. Panḍari sēnabova son of Dēvappa sēnabova wrote this record.

It it dated Śaka 1371, Śukla, Kartika, śu. 1, Sunday. It corresponds to 1449 A.D., October 17, Friday [not Sunday].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatparamagaṁbhīrasyādhvādāmōghalāṁchanaṁ [|*] jīyā-

⟨2⟩ trailōkyanāthasyaśāsanaṁ jinaśāsanaṁ || svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śaka-

⟨3⟩ varuṣa 1371 neya śukla saṁvatsarada kārttika śu 1 ·ādivāradaṁdu śrī matpa-

⟨4⟩ ṭṭipoṁbucca purēśvarādhīśvararuṁ padmāvatīdēvilabdhavaraprasādaru śrī jinada-

⟨5⟩ ttānvayavārdhivardhasudākararuṁ kalikālasuvarṇnakalaśasthāpa-

⟨6⟩ nācāryyaruṁ bhāṣegetappuvarāyaragaṁḍaṁ śrī madabhinavacāuṁ-

⟨7⟩ ḍarāyarumappa ·arirāyaragaṁḍarādāvaṇi śrīvīra pāṁḍyadēvara-

⟨8⟩ sa ·oḍeyaru keravase kārakaḷadalu sthira rājyaṁgeyyutteha kāla-

⟨9⟩ dalu puḷiseṭṭi baḷiya saṁjaraḍahānaḷiya saṁjarase-

⟨10⟩ ṭṭi muṁna rāmanātha ·oḍeyaruyiddalliye pāṁḍyadē-

⟨11⟩ varasa ·oḍeyara sēveya māḍidanimitta ·avarutā-

⟨12⟩ rājyastharāgirddu ·a saṁjaraseṭṭige māḍikoṭṭa śilā-

⟨13⟩ śāsanada kramaveṁteṁdare ·a saṁjara seṭṭigū māṇikase-

⟨14⟩ ṭṭiṁ baḷiya [gūhudu] vinabāḷu ·akkurkkala koṭṭi-

⟨15⟩ rāḍiya beṭṭu ·ā koṭṭa rāḍiya bayalalu bittu hā-

⟨16⟩ ne mūvattaṟa lekkadamūḍe hadimūṟakkaṁ kūvettimaru

⟨17⟩ ·oṁdu mattaṁ ·ālekkada bittumūḍe ·āṟakkaṁ gōḷitti maru

⟨18⟩ ·oṁdu mūḍalu teṁkalu ·ayitegadeṁ baḷiya melaṁṭa-

⟨19⟩ na ·ōju paḍuvalu ·ā baḷiya dattu kāḍana ·ōju baḍagalu ko-

⟨20⟩ ṭṭarāḍiya bayala ·ōju yiṁti catussimeyoḷagā-

⟨21⟩ gi sarvamānyava māḍi ·aliguḷa hadike bārakūra ga-

⟨22⟩ dyāṇa ·ayidu hoṁnanu kuḷava kaḍidu keravaseya

⟨23⟩ vardhamāna svāmigaḷa naṁdādīpti [ge pra]tivaruṣadalū naḍasuva

⟨24⟩ yeṇṇe [hāḍa] ·oṁdu yiṣṭanū naḍasi ·ā saṁjara seṭṭi tanna sa-

⟨25⟩ ṁtāna paraṁpareyāgi ·ā caṁdrārkka stāyigaḷāgi bāḷi bahareṁ-

⟨26⟩ du māḍikoṭṭa śilāśāsana || dānapālanayōrmmadhyē dā-

⟨27⟩ nāt śrēyōnupālanaṁ dānātsvargamavāpnōti pālanādacyu-

⟨28⟩ taṁpadaṁ || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭi-

⟨29⟩ rvvaruṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ || yi

⟨30⟩ dharmavanu pālisidavaṁge vāraṇāsiyalu sahasra kavi-

⟨31⟩ leya dānava māḍida puṇya yidharmakkārobbaru ·aḷipi-

⟨32⟩ davaru vāraṇāsiyalu sahasra kavileyanu vadista dōśa

⟨33⟩ kadalli hōharu || yiṁtappudakke pāṁḍyadēvarasa ·oḍeyara

⟨34⟩ (vapa*) śīkaraṇa sthaḷada dēvappasēna bōvara maga paṁḍarisēnabō-

⟨35⟩ vara baraha || varddhatāṁ jainaśāsanaṁ || ⟨Page 191⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0147⟩ No. 147. (A.R. No. B. 627 of 1961-62.) KERAVASE, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab [1] setup in the mūḍa-basti of Vardhamāna Svāmi.

Pānḍyadēva 1161 A.D.

It records a political agreement entered into by Pāñḍya-dēvarasa of Keravase and Kāmirāyarasa Banga of Bangavāḍi. Both the rulers agreed to suspend thence forward all acts of hostility against each other, that when one was to be attacked by an outsider, the other will rush to the help of the defender and none of the two shall unilaterally enter into any pact with the Chauṭas.

It is dated Śaka 1083, Vishu, Āśvīja, Śu. 1, Thursday. It corresponds with 1161 A.D., September 21. But the Śaka year given is too early and wrong for the record is in the characters of the 15th century A.D. If it is taken to mean a mistake for Śaka 1383 then the given tithi corresponds to 1461 A.D., September 5, Saturday [not Sunday]. This date falls with in the reign period of both the kings mentioned in the record.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatparamagaṁbhīrasvādvādāmōghalāṁchanaṁ jīyāttrailōkyanāthasyaśāsanaṁ ji-

⟨2⟩ naśāsanaṁ | svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śakavaruṣa 1083 neya viṣu saṁvatsarada ·āśvayija śu 1 guruvārada-

⟨3⟩ lu śrīmatu pāṁḍyadēvarasarige kāmirāyarasarāda baṁgaru barasi koṭṭa śilāśāsanada kramaveṁteṁdare nā-

⟨4⟩ ·ū nīu kaṁḍu mātanāḍi baṁgavāḍi keravase ·uḷalli paryyaṁtara ·ācaṁdrārkkasthāyiyāgi yeraḍu śā-

⟨5⟩ sanada vakhaṇebhiṁnavāgadahāṁge yeraḍu kōlabaḷi sāviradavaru | cikarasaru hari·adhikāri dēvarsaru | gōpaṇa sēna bōvaru kūḍi

⟨6⟩ koṁḍu jinēśvarana muṁdiṭṭu | naṁma niṁma keḍuvanu kōlabaḷi sāviradavaru keḍvanu dāṁṭisalu kaṭṭu pramā-

⟨7⟩ ṇava māḍi koṁḍevāgi baṁgavāḍi keravasege ·arasanu pariyiṁdavoḷage baṁdu hoṟagaṁnya riṁda tetare

⟨8⟩ yi taṁḍau kūḍi ·anubhavisuve·u niṁma kūḍārobbaru kādidare ·avarigu navagū gaḍi uṁṭādare mukha-

⟨9⟩ dalli kāduve·u gaḍilladidare naṁma sāviradavaranu kaḷihi lōsu hollehavanu kūḍi anubhavisuvevu [namma]kū-

⟨10⟩ ḍe ·āru kādidaru ni·u ·avara kūḍe gaḍi ·uṁṭādare kāduviri gaḍiyilladdare kōlabaḷiyavara kaḷihikū-

⟨11⟩ ḍanu ·anubhavisuviri navagunivagu naṁdaḷike koṟamaḍiyalu cavuṭaralli tettaṁthā kelalake naṁdaḷike koṟama-

⟨12⟩ ḍiyalliya taṁḍau ·āḷanirisi sādhyava māḍi koṁbaṁna[bara] ·obbarannobba[ru] biṭṭu cauṭara

⟨13⟩ kūḍi saṁtaisikoḷasalladu navagunivagu ghaṭṭada mēle keḷage manuṣya dōṣadiṁda vaimanasu baṁdare sāvirada-

⟨14⟩ varu kōlabaḷiyavaru budhivaṁtaru kūḍi saṁtaisi koḷuhudallade kāḷagavanu māḍikoḷasalladu nīvu baṁga-

⟨15⟩ vāḍiyiṁda maṁgalūra tanaka ·āvallige baṁdaru nāvu keravasege baṁdaru manuṣya baṁdare māta-

⟨16⟩ nāḍithaṁde[daṁthe]ve māḍikoṁbevu hoṟagāvalli·uyēnu kelasa tettaru nāunīu ⟨Page 192⟩ kūḍi lēsu

⟨17⟩ hollehava ·anubhavisuve·u ·āṁmara baḷavanu nāunīu kūḍi sādhyava māḍikoṁḍu yibbaru ha-

⟨18⟩ cikoṁḍu bāḷuve·u yi śāsanadalli barada vakhaṇegaḷelladakku tapade naḍave·u tappidare lōkadoḷa-

⟨19⟩ guḷa cayityālayagaḷa jina pratumegaḷanu yellā dēvasthānagaḷa dēvaranu biṁnava māḍida dōṣakke

⟨20⟩ hōharu yella gō brāhmaranu vāraṇāsiyalli vadhista dōṣakke hōharu taṁma yippatto-

⟨21⟩ ṁdu talahina pitrugaḷanu kayiyūra vadhista dōṣakke hōhareṁdoṁḍaṁ biṭṭu barasida

⟨22⟩ śilāśāsana [||*] yi śāsanava barasida nimitta keravaseya vardhamāna dēvarige nayivēdya baṁgavāḍiyalu

⟨23⟩ pāḍi [gāṟa] ·appu hebbāruvara bāḷinalu naḍava saṁṇa pratāpa 12 nu naḍasi ba-

⟨24⟩ he·u [|*] kāmirāyara sarāda baṁgara·oppa [|*] śrīvītarāga yī śāsanavanu kāmirāyarsara taṁma pā-

⟨25⟩ ṁḍyapparasara ·anumatadiṁda barasida śāsana maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0148⟩ No. 148. (A.R. No. B. 630 of 1961-62.) KERAVASE, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the Mahālingēśvara temple.

Vira Pānḍyappa oḍeya 1546 A.D.

It records the grant of several lands for offerings during Ushā-pūje to the god and various services in the temple of Mahādēva by Timmaya sēnabōva and his sons when Vira Pānḍyappaoḍeya was ruling the kingdom from the capital Keravase.

The record is dated Śaka 1468, Parābhava, Mēśha 15, Sunday corresponding to 1546 A.D., April 11, Sunday.

TEXT.

Front Side.

⟨1⟩ namastuṁgaśiracuṁbicaṁdracāmaracāravē trailōkyanagarāraṁbhamūlastaṁbhā-

⟨2⟩ ya śaṁbhavē | svasti śrī jayā[bhyu]daya śālivāhana śakavarṣa 1468 neya parābha-

⟨3⟩ va saṁvatsarada mēṣamāsa 1[5] ·ādivāradalu śrīmatu ·arirāyagaṁḍara dāva-

⟨4⟩ [ṇi śrī] vīra pāṁḍyappa ·oḍeyaru keravaseyali sthirarājyadalū sthirapaṭṭavanāḷu-

⟨5⟩ va kāladalu keravaseya mahādēvara saṁnidhiyalū keravaseya baraha-

⟨6⟩ da kāśyapa gōtrada tiṁmayya sēnabōvanu ·uṣāpūje naivēdyakke pāda-

⟨7⟩ mūlārthavāgi dārāpūrvvakavāgi koṭṭa ·akki staḷada vivara naṁma braṁhādāyada

⟨8⟩ kaṁṇa mūḍara beṭṭina bāgila gadeyiṁ teṁka paḍuvaṇa beṭṭu bittuva bīja

⟨9⟩ 1 kaṁ | hariya makkida bayalalū teṁkaṇa hoyige gaddeyiṁ baḍagaṇa • •

⟨10⟩ • | kha 13 teṁkaṇa beṭṭina gadde 2 kkaṁ kha 2 sekuṁjada bayala mēlaṇa beṭati-

⟨11⟩ maru kha 3kke ·aṁtu bīja kha 12 kaṁ naivēdyakke beḷatige ·akki pratidina ·oṁ-

⟨12⟩ dakkaṁ ·akki hāne 1 moḷanuddada tuṁbe hūvina māle bilvapatre vīḷaya pratidina-

⟨13⟩ gaḷalū naḍasuvanu gaṁdake harḷe 1 dīptige yeḷeṁṇe hāne 1 paḍuva beṭṭina

⟨14⟩ lu paḍuvabe bāḷa bittuva bīja kha 2 kaṁ ·amavase 12 ke naivēdyakke ·akki hāne 12

⟨15⟩ varuṣa 1 sōmavārada ·akki naivēdyakke ·akki hāge 24 yigaddeyalū namage

⟨16⟩ koṭṭadu teṟu hā 24 naivēdyakke kaṭaṇi beṭṭinalu naḍubeṭṭu niṁtipaḷi baḷiya

⟨17⟩ heggaḍeyiṁ dattakke biṭṭa beṭṭu bayalu bittuva bīja kha 6 kaṁ • ·akki ⟨Page 193⟩

⟨18⟩ kha (1) bhāradvāja gōtrada rāmacaṁdra bhaṭṭariṁ kha 1 jāmadadyanavagō-

⟨19⟩ trada rāyasta tiṁmeyya sēnabōvarū ·ā rāmacaṁdra bhaṭṭara svāsteyalli ho(ṁ)

⟨20⟩ na koṭu kaṭida kha 3 vasiṣṭa gōtrada padumarasara svāsteyalū dēmakka honakoṭu kaṭida

⟨21⟩ kha 1 padumaka jakiya kruṣṇa niṁ kha 2 ·a[ṁ]tu ·akki kha 12 kkaṁ pratidinagaḷalū

⟨22⟩ hāne 1 titiyalū naḍasibaharu yīdharmava saṁtāna pāraṁpareyāgi naḍasuvanu

⟨23⟩ ·a kāśyapa gōtrada tiṁme sēnabōvara makkaḷu viṭharasa sēnabōva gaṁgaṇa sēna-

⟨24⟩ bōvanu mahādēvara naivēdyakke pādamūli mādhage dhārāpūrvakavāgi koṭṭa

⟨25⟩ ·akke staḷada vivara ·ā rāmacaṁdra bhaṭṭara svāsviya paḍuvaṇa beṭṭu bittu[va]

⟨26⟩ bīja kha 6 sekuṁjada bayala mūḍa bedi timaru kha 3 ·utimagāla ke-

⟨27⟩ ḷagaṇa hala • • bi gaṇa kha 1 ·aṁtu bīja kha 10 bayala kereya ·aruḷi kru[ṣṇa]

⟨28⟩ niṁ maṁgarasara beṭige ·aki kha 2 mūḍe kajakeyalu ·aruḷigeṁṇanavariṁ-

⟨29⟩ da kha 3 yiṁdapaḷiya kommeyiṁ seṭi june ·akki ha 24 giḷipaḷi baḷiya

⟨30⟩ hā 6 | hilaṇana pāṁḍiyara sekuṁjada bayalalū kha 3 ·a-

⟨31⟩ ṁtu ·akki kha 9 bittuva bīja kha 10 ra sthaḷake saha pratidinavoṁdake ·a-

⟨32⟩ ki hā • • ralekadali naḍasi baha dharmma svāsteya [liṁda] na[ḍeva]

⟨33⟩ trayōdaśigaḷalu pradōṣa pūje naivēdyakke ·akki hā 1 • • •

Back Side.

⟨34⟩ ke ·aki vīḷya tuṁbe hūvinamāle bilvada tekkeṁpina hū-

⟨35⟩ vinamāle māru 12 brāhmaṇa bōjana ja 1kke ·akki hā-

⟨36⟩ ne 1 tuppa kuḍute ·aki hālu mēlōgara ·uppinakāyi vīḷeya

⟨37⟩ dele 1 kke 3 hā 4 kke ·akki hā 24 tuppa ku 12 brāhmaṇa bhōjanakke ·akki

⟨38⟩ [hā 10] tuppa kuḍite 12 ·aṁtu ·akki hā 48 tuppa ku [25] yipūjeya naḍa-

⟨39⟩ suvanu śivarātri raṁga pūjege periyaḍukada hoyi-

⟨40⟩ ge gaddeyiṁ mūḍa nāgaṇa bittu bīja hā 20 kkaṁ ·akki kha 1 ke naivē-

⟨41⟩ dyake hā 4 ·udina kaḍubige hā 6 tuppa kuḍite 1 ·akki hā 2 naṁdige

⟨42⟩ pusuvare kaiyaṁṇe ku 1 ke hā 2 teṁginatāre(yi) bāḷehaṁṇu 10 ·a-

⟨43⟩ ḍake 20 yele 100 kke saha hā 5 dīptige teṁginayeṁṇe ku 10 ·akki

⟨44⟩ hā 11 ·aṁtu ·akki kha 1 [|*] dānapālaneyōrmmadhye dānāchrēyōnrupālanaṁ

⟨45⟩ dānātsarggamavāpnōti pālanādacutaṁpadaṁ [|*] svadattāṁ dviguṇaṁ pu-

⟨46⟩ ṇyaṁ paradattānupālanaṁ paradattāharēṇa svadattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavēt [|*] dē-

⟨47⟩ vē brāhmaṇyarūpasvaṁ balādapi hataṁti yadyapi pauruṣa sahasrā-

⟨48⟩ ṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi [|*] ·ārobarū yidharmake tapi-

⟨49⟩ dare yēḷu ghaṭṭadaliḷida yettina dōṣa gōbrāhmara vāraṇāsi-

⟨50⟩ yalu vadhisida dōṣa [||*]

KEḶADI CHIEFS.

⟨SIIv29p0i0149⟩ No. 149. (A.R. No. B. 503 of 1961-62.) SRINGERI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

Slab on the eastern side inside the Mallikārjuna temple.

Venkaṭappa nāyaka 1621 A.D.

The record begins with salutations to god Śiva and Vidyā-tīrtha-Vidyā-tīrtha-mahēśvara, and Vidyāraṇya, the pontiffs of Śrigeri maṭha. The inscription records that Venkatappa-nāyaka, Grandson of Sadāśiva-nāyaka of Keḷadi re-established Śṛingeri where Abhinava-Narasiṁhabhāratisvāmi was ruling the Yōga-paṭṭa, and that the latter's disciple Puṭṭappaiyya, son of Gangarasaiyya of Bilge, belonging to viśvamitra-gōtra, bōdhāyan-sūtra and yājus-śākha, renovated ⟨Page 194⟩ the Mallikārjuna temple and made a gift of lands yielding 45 gadyāṇa (annually), after purchase for 300 gadyāṇa for worship and offerings at the temple. The gift was made over to the maṭha for proper management. The record gives details of the types of worship and offerings and the related expenditure.

It is dated Śaka 1543, Durmati, Vaiśākha Śu. 14 [Tuesday] corresponding to 1621 A.D., April 24.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipatayē namaḥ

⟨2⟩ cidghana·ēkō vyāpī nityaḥ satatōditō vibhuḥ śāṁtaḥ | jayati jagadēka bījaṁ yasyānugrāhakaḥ śaṁbhuḥ ||

⟨3⟩ yasya niśvasitaṁ vēdāyō vēdēbhyōkhiḷaṁ jagat | nirmamēta mahaṁ vaṁdē vidyātīrtha mahēśvaraṁ || ·avi-

⟨4⟩ dyā dhvāṁtasaṁdōha vidāraṇa paṭīyasīṁ | vidyāraṇyagurōḥ śrīmatpādukāṁ praṇamāmyahaṁ || ha-

⟨5⟩ rērlīlāvarāhasya daṁṣṭrādaṁḍaḥ sapātuvaḥ | hēmādri(ḥ) kalaśā yatra dhātrī chatra śrīyaṁ dadhau | na-

⟨6⟩ mastuṁgaśiraścuṁbicaṁdracāmara cāravē | trailōkyanagarāraṁbhamūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē || svasti śrīvijayābhyudaya

⟨7⟩ śālivāhana śakavarṣa 1543 neya vartamāna durmati saṁvatsarada vaiśākha śuddha 10 yallū śrīmat keladiya sadāśiva

⟨8⟩ nāyakara pautra veṁkaṭappanāyakaru ś®ṁgēriya punapratiṣṭheya māḍi ś®ṁgēriya ·abhinava narasiṁha bhāratī svāmigaḷu sthi-

⟨9⟩ rayōga paṭṭavanāḷuva samayadalli svāmigaḷige mukhyapriya śiṣyarāda viśvāmitra gōtrada bōdhāyana

⟨10⟩ sūtrada yajuḥ śākheya biḷigeya gaṁgarasayyagaḷa makkaḷu puṭṭappa yyagaḷu mallikārjuna dēvasthānavanu jī-

⟨11⟩ rṇnōddhāravanū māḍi ·ā dēvatāsēvege śrīmaṭhakke vṛttivaṁtariṁda krayadānavāgi baṁda svāsthiyanu śrīmaṭhakke ga

⟨12⟩ 300 munnūrru varahavanū krayavāgi koṭṭa kālavoṁdakke ga 45 nālvattaidu varaha bāha svāstheyanu tegedukoṁ-

⟨13⟩ ḍu biṭṭa svāstheya vivara kelanāḍa hoṁnaḷe bhāgiyali hulugōḍa saṁ(ṇaṁ)ṇaseṭṭiya makkaḷiṁda saluva tōṭada siddā-

⟨14⟩ ya ga 7 varaha bobbiyanāḍalli kobbilatōṭada sidhyā beṭṭaseṭṭi makkaḷiṁda ga 3 varaha kikkuṁdada keḷabhāgada-

⟨15⟩ lli seṭṭiya haḍila tōṭada siddhāya saṁkaṇanappayyanavariṁda ga 4 varaha bāgōḍu mudda-

⟨16⟩ ṁṇana makkaḷiṁda tōṭada siddhāya ga 1 varaha hūkōḍa ceṁnnammana makkaḷiṁda bāgō-

⟨17⟩ ḍa tōṭada siddhāya ga 2 varaha naḍubhāgiyalli besavūralli saṁkaṇa kṛṣṇappanavaru māḍuva pha-

⟨18⟩ la ·aḍakeya mara mūrusāvirada terriniṁda saluvadu ga 18 varaha ·aṇagala bayalu ·elapa hebāra

⟨19⟩ na makkaḷu geyiva ·aḍakēmara sāvirada ·iṁnūra terriniṁda saluvadu ga 5 varaha kelanāḍa haṁga-

⟨20⟩ ḍūranāḍavoḷagaṇa hēmānī siṁgaṁṇaniṁda saluva gaḍībhatta ga 5 varaha ·aṁ-

⟨21⟩ tuga 45 varaha ·ī nālvattaidu varahakke māḍida dēvatāsēveya vivara ·ēkādaśarudrā-

⟨22⟩ bhiṣēkava māḍuva brāhmaṇana jana 1 kke ga 9 varaha tuṁgabhadradudakada koḍa dina 1 kke hannoṁ-

⟨23⟩ du sahabrāṁhaṇana jana 1 kke ga 6 varaha ·amṛtapaḍi dina 1 kke ·akki vokkaḷakāyi tuppa mē- ⟨Page 195⟩

⟨24⟩ lōgarake saha ga 6 varaha tāṁbūlake lau 2 haṇa gaṁdha mattu lōbānake ga 9 parimaḷa ga lau 9 hoṁnu ·ā

⟨25⟩ ratiyabatti ·eṁṇege saha ga 1 varaha sōmavāra paṁcāmṛtake ga 6 varaha kārtīka pūjege ga 1-

⟨26⟩ varaha pradōśapūjege ga 9 sahasranāma maṁtra puṣpa māḍuva brāhmaṇa jana 1 ke ga 4 varaha aṁtu

⟨27⟩ dhanumāsada pūjege ga 90 śivarātrige ga 90 kajjāya paramāṁnake ga 2 varaha naṁ-

⟨28⟩ dādīpti 2 kke ga 5 varaha ·aṁtu ga 45 varahana sēveyanu ś®ṁgēriya svāmiga-

⟨29⟩ ḷa manuṣyarē sāṁgavāgi naḍasuva hāge biṁnahaṁ māḍikoṁḍu samarpisida dharmaśāsana |

⟨30⟩ ·ādityacaṁdrāvanilōnalaśca dyaurbhūmirāpō hṛdayaṁ manaśca | ·ahaśca rātriśca ·ubhēca saṁ-

⟨31⟩ dhyē dharmmaśca jānāti narasya vṛttaṁ | dānapālanayōrmadhyē dānāchrēyōnupālanaṁ dā-

⟨32⟩ nātsvargamavāpnōti pālanādaccutaṁ padaṁ | svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharā ṣa-

⟨33⟩ ṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyutē krimiḥ || śrī mallikārjunanē gati śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0150⟩ No. 150. (A.R. No. B. 502 of 1961-62.) SRINGERI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

On the base of a pillar in the enclosure of the Mallikārjuna temple.

Śivappa Nāyaka 1685 A.D.

It speaks of a worship rendered by Siddammāji daughter of Keḷadi Śivappa-nāyaka and his wife Lingammāji, to the god Kaṁbada-Vinayakadēva of Śrīṅgapura (Śringēri).

It is dated Śaka 1606, Raktakshi, Māgha ba. 12, Friday corresponding to 1685 A.D., February, 20.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana

⟨2⟩ saka varuṣa 1606 neya vartamānake saluva

⟨3⟩ raktākṣi saṁvatsarada māgha ba 12 yu śu-

⟨4⟩ kravāradalu ś®ṁgapurada kalukaṁbada

⟨5⟩ vināyaka dēvara pādakke śrīmatkeḷadi śiva-

⟨6⟩ pa nāyakarā dharmapatniyarāda liṁ-

⟨7⟩ gaṁmājiyavara komārratti siddaṁ-

⟨8⟩ mājiyavaru māḍista sēve [||*]

MISCELLANEOUS INSCRIPTIONS.

⟨SIIv29p0i0151⟩ No. 151. (A.R. No. B. 170 of 1962-63.) ALAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Pillar inside the Kumara-Brahma temple.

8th century A.D.

Refers to a gift, probably of the pillar, by the mother of Dāri Vallabha. ⟨Page 196⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī dāṟivallabha[na] tāyve-

⟨2⟩ r ·i ·oppaṭṭadu koṭṭaru [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0152⟩ No. 152. (A.R. No. B. 630 of 1961-62.) KERAVASE, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Same slab [as in No. 147] in the Mahalingeśvara temple.

8th century A.D.

This stone slab with an inscription of 1546 A.D., [see No. 147 above] seems to have contained an inscription of about the 8th century A.D. Very faint image of a few letters of this period can be made out on the back side of this record. Probably due to lapse of time and negligence the first engraving must have been damaged beyond recovery. Hence the slab has been used for engraving the present record. [A few cases of this type have come to light in some parts of Karnataka].

⟨SIIv29p0i0153⟩ No. 153. (A.R. No. 7 of 1961-62.) KANYATĪRTHAM (a hamlet of Pedda Doṇḍluru), JAMMALAMADAGU TALUK, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT.

Two sides of a fragment of a pillar in the Sundarēśvara Swamy temple.

8th-9th century A.D.

Fragmentary and all details are lost.

TEXT.

I face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ ndraḥ yasyā

⟨4⟩ dana(nya) mi

II face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • •

⟨2⟩ karuṇā • ṣu

⟨3⟩ • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0154⟩ No. 154. (A.R. No. B. 8 of 1961-62.) KANYATĪRTHAM (hamlet of Pedda Doṇḍluru), JAMMALMADUGU TALUK, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT.

On the left side of the base of the image of Tripura-sundari in Sundarēśvara swami temple.

8th-9th century A.D.

Fragmentary and damaged. Seems to mention a person called Rēvaś(r)ma.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī rēva ⟨Page 197⟩

⟨2⟩ śama(ṁ)

⟨3⟩ • • yi

⟨4⟩ vaśapū

⟨5⟩ (vi)le • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0155⟩ No. 155. (A.R. No. B. 547 of 1961-62.) BALLATGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the Mosque (right side.)

8th-9th century A.D.

This highly damaged fragment mentions a person called Kalivarma and the purport is not clear.

It is in characters of the 8th-9th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ (śvarvva) • • • rū • • (. kya) kalivarmma • • • • •

⟨2⟩ dara • bha • • • jāgadā

⟨3-4⟩ completely effaced

⟨SIIv29p0i0156⟩ No. 156. (A.R. No. B. 583 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Hero-stone near the maṭha.

862 A.D.

This is a broken piece of a hero-stone. The purport of this inscription is not clear. It is dated Śaka 784, 862 A.D. There is a mention of Ballaha (Ballāḷa (?)) and a Garuḍi (a woman officer ?).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti • kālātīta sambatsara ṅgaḷeḻnūṟi-

⟨2⟩ mbatta [nālka] nēya śaka variṣaṅga •

⟨3⟩ • la • ḷge māguli • • • • • ṅga merdō[r]

⟨4⟩ nā[darāsa] • ballaha garuḍiyara bhra •

⟨5⟩ dāradēva • • • • • • • • • • ha • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0157⟩ No. 157. (A.R. No. B. 537 of 1961-62.) BALLATAGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Broken slab lying in the field of Hanuma-seṭṭi.

9th century A.D.

It mentions a gāvuṇḍa [village officer], Pāpēśvara [a god ?] and Aivara [an assembly of five ?] The record is incomplete. It is in characters of the 9th century A.D. ⟨Page 198⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ramā • • •

⟨2⟩ pāpēśvara •

⟨3⟩ ḷibbāḷi (pāka) • •

⟨4⟩ gāvuṇḍara (ka) • •

⟨5⟩ li [ayvara] • •

⟨6⟩ ñca • • • • •

⟨7⟩ pā • rū • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0158⟩ No. 158. (A.R. No. B. 159 of 1962-63.) GAḌIGARĒVULA, NANDYAL TALUK, KURNOOL DISTRICT.

Pillar No. 3 in the main shrine of Bhōgēśvarasvāmin temple.

9th century A.D.

This damaged record refers to a preceptor (name lost) and his disciple Amaḷa Chandri.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī samaya (ya) rnni (?) tya

⟨2⟩ śiṣyāmaḷa candri [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0159⟩ No. 159. (A.R. No. B. 612 of 1961-62.) SIRVĀR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab at the foot of the hill.

9th century A.D.

It states that Ayyapa son of Kaṇṇabbe made a grant of 225 house sites each measuring 9 hands in with and 50 hands in length to the city named Ayyaṇa-Śrīpura. It is in characters of 9th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ·ayyaṇa śrīpurakke kaṇnabbeya

⟨2⟩ ·ayyapa māḍida vṛtti yāvude-

⟨3⟩ ndoḍe ·inūṟa ·ippataydunē saṇakkaṁ

⟨4⟩ • • rondu nēsaṇakkaṁ ·ombattu gai ·ada(ga)la

⟨5⟩ vu ·ayvattu gai • • nīḷavu ·avaroḷage

⟨6⟩ manneyadoṟa [kādu] maṅgaḷa mahāśrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0160⟩ No. 160. (A.R. No. B. 177 of 1962-63.) ALAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Fourth pillar in the same place, Bāla Brahmēśvara temple.

9th century A.D.

States that this is the image of Dantīśa-Nichchhakandarpa. It is in characters of the 9th century A.D. ⟨Page 199⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī saka [payya] •

⟨2⟩ dantīśa nicchakandarppana

⟨3⟩ rūpu [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0161⟩ No. 161. (A.R. No. B. 216 of 1962-63.) TĀṆḌRAPĀḌU, GADWAL TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the temple of Satyamamba.

9th century A.D.

It refers to daṇḍayara (daṇḍanāyaka) Mābale(ya) and to Taṁḍūru. Rest of the information is lost.

This badly damaged fragment is in characters of about 9th century A.D. In its date portion only Āśhāḍamāsa, Sukla and Brihaspativāra (Thursday) can be read.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī sakanṛpa[kāḷā]tīta saṁvacchara sataṁ[gaḷu]e

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·āṣāḍamāsa [sukla]

⟨3⟩ • • • • • brihasvativāradandu • • ṇa •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • śrī daṇḍaya [ra mā]bale • tāṁḍūra • • • • •

⟨6⟩ śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0162⟩ No. 162. (A.R. No. B. 533 of 1961-62.) BĀGALAWĀḌ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in a field out side the village.

9th-10th century A.D.

It records the death of Bhima-tuṟuvaḷḷa, son of Sīya tuṟuvaḷḷa in a cattle raid. It is in characters of the 9th-10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī biṭṭaṟu

⟨2⟩ vaḷḷa • • gōtra sīya

⟨3⟩ tuṟuvaḷḷara maga

⟨4⟩ bhīma tuṟuvaḷḷa

⟨5⟩ tuṟugōḷōḷiṟi-

⟨6⟩ du surarōlōkagati-

⟨7⟩ yampaḍedōn ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0163⟩ No. 163. (A.R. No. B. 816 of 1962-63.) GŌGĒBĀḶ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the temple of Basavaṇṇa.

9th-10th century A.D. ⟨Page 200⟩

It probably registered a gift of 50 mattar land and money [a portion of income from siddhāya tax]. The beginning part of the slab are cut and lost. It is in characters of the 9th-10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • ṇasa • • • • •

⟨2⟩ [nū]ṟaippatanālkā • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • ḻisida • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ dudu ·ayvattu mattar • • •

⟨5⟩ pattu [dra]mma si[ddhāya]

⟨6⟩ ntappa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ ndāra ·ayva • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0164⟩ No. 164. (A.R. No. B. 532 of 1961-62.) BĀGALAWĀḌ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup outside the village.

904 A.D.

It records the death of a hero probably Kāmarayya in a fight. This damaged inscription dated Śaka 826, Raktākshi 904-905 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śakanṛpakālātīta

⟨2⟩ saṁvvacchara sataṁgaḷeṇṭanūrippa-

⟨3⟩ ttāraneya raktākṣiyeṁba varṣaṁ pra-

⟨4⟩ varttisi pu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5-6⟩ highly damaged

⟨7⟩ • • • • • mā • (mṟu)ta kāmarayya gurubhakta svāmibhakta kalibha-

⟨8⟩ kta (sa)ddha guṟi(mmu)raṇaddhārānchalādejjadeṣṭarantadapāla surigiridu kūndu satta(ṁ)

⟨SIIv29p0i0165⟩ No. 165. (A.R. No. B. 802 of 1962-63.) KERUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of village ghūḍe.

929 A.D.

The record is damaged and incomplete. It registers a grant of 96 mattar of land and six gāṇa (oil-mills) to the god Nāgēśvara of Keṟeyūru probably by Nāga gāvuṇḍa.

It is dated Śaka 849 Sarvvadhāri, Phālguṇa Su. 7, Sunday, Rōhini-nakstra. It corresponds with 929 A.D., February 19. But the week day was Thursday. Nakshatra Rōhini was current.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • sakanṛpakāḷātīta (saṁ)

⟨2⟩ vatsara 849 neya [sarvvadhāri saṁ]

⟨3⟩ vatsarada phālguṇa suddha

⟨4⟩ 7 ·adaṁdu rōhiṇi nakṣatra(da)

⟨5⟩ • • • nāgagāvuṇḍaṁ • • keṟe

⟨6⟩ yūra nāgēśvara dēvargge ⟨Page 201⟩

⟨7⟩ biṭṭa nela 96 mattaru

⟨8⟩ • • • [āṟu] gāṇa • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0166⟩ No. 166. (A.R. No. B. 589 of 1961-62.) MALLIGIMAḌUVU, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the Iśvara temple.

10th century A.D.

It refers to the grants of land, 9 house sites and a garden to the main deity of the temple by Puḷiyamma and the 32 (mahājanas) of Malligemaḍuvu. Probably the grant was made over to Padumaṇabhaṭarāya. It mentions brati paṭṭa-Maṇisiva-Gorava. It also refers to a grant of 2 mattar land to Nāgiyabbe.

In the date portion the cyclic year Rudhirōdagāri, the month Śrāvaṇa and Saturday are mentioned. The details are insufficient for verification. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D. The cyclic year Rudhirōdgari occurred twice in that century viz., Śaka 825 903 A.D. and Śaka 885 963 A.D., July and August.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti śrī rudhirō[dgā]ri sambatsara prava-

⟨2⟩ rttise śrāvaṇa māsado • diyu sanivārada-

⟨3⟩ ndu malligemaḍuvina puḷiya[mma]nu mavatirvvaruyidu

⟨4⟩ mūlastānadadēva • • • • • padimūṟu [malke]yya ·oṁmbattu maneya ni[vēśa]ṇa

⟨5⟩ • • • • • paḍuvatōṇṭa padumaṇabhaṭa rāyarige piriya • • • • • brati paṭṭa maṇisiva goravara tāḻu[va] • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nāgiya[bbe]ge koṭṭakeyi ·irmma[ttar] ·idavaḻidō vāraṇāsili kavileyanaḻida • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0167⟩ No. 167. (A.R. No. B. 174 of 1962-63.) ALAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar near the navagraha in the Bāla-Brahmēśvara temple.

974 A.D.

Badly damaged and purport not clear. It is dated Śaka [8]96 Bhāva, Bhādrapada Śu; rest of the information is damaged. It may be equated with 974 A.D., August-September.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti sakavarṣa [8]96 ne

⟨2⟩ ya bhāva saṁvatsarada bhādra

⟨3⟩ pada suda • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • dāji paṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • (ra) daṭa • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • ssadalu • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • ·aṟpi (taṁ) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • jaka (vadu) • • •

⟨9⟩ (marōppya) • • • • • ⟨Page 202⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0168⟩ No. 168. (A.R. No. B. 590 of 1961-62.) MALLIGIMAḌUVU, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying outside the village.

10th century A.D.

It seems to refer to [Ma]lligema[ḍuvu]. All other details are lost. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ llige ma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ cara sama • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ mahā śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ ḻidere • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0169⟩ No. 169. (A.R. No. B. 600 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Fragment lying near the house of Tirakaṇṇa Akkasāli.

10th century A.D.

It seems to refer to a person by name Guṇḍa. Details of this fragmentary record are lost. In the date portion only Śaka [9 • •] • • • • ba. 6 Monday can be made out. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vē trai • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ masta prasa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ sti sakavariṣa [9] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ bahuḷa 6 sōmavāra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ dara guṇḍaneṁba • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ da || sāmānyōyaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ bhavadbhi sarvvānētā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ yō yācatē rāma • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0170⟩ No. 170. (A.R. No. B. 154 of 1962-63.) GAḌIGARĒVULA, NANDYAL TALUK, KURNOOL DISTRICT.

First face of a pillar (No. 1) in the main Shrine of Bhōgēśvarasvāmin temple.

10th century A.D.

It reads Sarasa-Paramātma. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ sarasa paramātma

⟨SIIv29p0i0171⟩ No. 171. (A.R. No. B. 158 of 1962-63.) GAḌIGARĒVULA, NANDYAL TALUK, KURNOOL DISTRICT. ⟨Page 203⟩

Pillar No. 2 in the main shrine of Bhōgēśvarasvāmi temple.

10th century A.D.

It refers to Śrī Vyālasiṁha guru, disciple of Śrī Sakalasiṁha bhaṭṭāraka. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī sakalasiṁha bhaṭṭārakasya śi-

⟨2⟩ ṣyaḥ śrī vyālasiṁha guravaḥ

⟨SIIv29p0i0172⟩ No. 172. (A.R. No. B. 171 of 1962-63.) ALAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Pillar outside the Kumāra-Brahma temple.

10th century A.D.

It reads Śrī-Kārava prachchandan. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ śrī kārava pracchandan

⟨SIIv29p0i0173⟩ No. 173. (A.R. No. B. 172 of 1962-63.) ALAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On the rim of the pedestal of Śivalinga, Pātālēśvara shrine in the Bāla-Brahmēśvara temple.

10th century A.D.

It reads Om-Śrī-Śa[n*]kara-dhvajasya. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ ·ōṁ śrī śa(ṁ)kara dhvajasya

⟨SIIv29p0i0174⟩ No. 174. (A.R. No. B. 175 of 1962-63.) ALAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar near the navagraha in the Bāla Brahmēśvara temple.

10th century A.D.

It refers to the daughter of Ēkānta-dēva. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī madēkānta dē-

⟨2⟩ vara magaḷu ·a •

⟨3⟩ • ma

⟨SIIv29p0i0175⟩ No. 175. (A.R. No. B. 776 of 1962-63.) DHARWAR, DHARWAR TALUK AND DISTRICT. ⟨Page 204⟩

Impression received from Dr. G.S. Dixit, Karnataka University, Dharwar-(2).

10th century A.D.

The purport of this badly damaged record is not clear. It is in the characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī • • śrī • • dēvanu

⟨2⟩ • • • • • (ga) dadi [ja]vaṁ bhavaṁ ni •

⟨3⟩ [da]ra śiya [dā]reya • • • • •

⟨4⟩ [paḷi]pa bereyava [bhī]ma • • •

⟨5⟩ • ttakra • dōṁ navaṁburi bhupa •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • diṁ • na[pa] haraḷiya

⟨7⟩ puruśa • parimādu diga [daṁta]

⟨8⟩ • • • paṁ sadisvānnapakhi [mine]dā

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dhya[ya] niyaṁ •

⟨10⟩ • • • daru • • • • • dhya[ya]niyaṁ •

⟨11⟩ • diṁ[ḍa]ga nūraṁ • • ḍidanaga

⟨12⟩ raṁdi biḍadu • • • • • [rāgādi pparaṁ]

⟨13⟩ da veṁduṁ tānura • • • mā[ralitirppa]

⟨14⟩ • vāyādiruvattu • • • • •

⟨15⟩ vāgaḷa • da • • • sā • [saha] •

⟨16⟩ nuṁ ·āduga daṁdira • • • • •

⟨17⟩ lada maruḷa[ro]ḷu • • • • •

⟨18⟩ me • • • vā • • • diralu bahaṁdu

⟨19⟩ • bā • • numa ṟadaṁ • • • vā •

⟨20⟩ • ke sāgana • • siyāya·aitta-

⟨21⟩ • salli • maravāllatta [mēvāta] •

⟨22⟩ • • madaṁtirppa ·ā mallidihā • •

⟨23⟩ • bharanālāvana kādrayiva bhadita

⟨24⟩ • • yya [mahā] • • sāgara • •

⟨25⟩ • vira [kavile]ya komda | ®paḥ | śrījñā

⟨26⟩ effaced

⟨SIIv29p0i0176⟩ No. 176. (A.R. No. B. 805 of 1962-63.) SARAḌIGI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab lying in front of the Hanuman temple.

10th century A.D.

It refers to the rule of a feudatory of Sāntaḷige-nāḍu a subdivision of Banavāsi-nāḍu and records a grant of 50 mattar of land in Saravaḍigi, income from Sunday [Tax] collection and 5 house sites by the palace servant Neṟayaṇṇa of Sāntalige-nāḍu. Bankāpura is mentioned in this record.

It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samadhigatapaṁcamahāsabda ⟨Page 205⟩

⟨2⟩ • • • [ntādhipati] biruva • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • [tu]ḷa prahāri • • • • •

⟨4⟩ mī • • • ṁtigaṁ banavāsi nāḍoḷsā[ntaḷi]

⟨5⟩ ge sāyiramumanāḷuttire ·arasa •

⟨6⟩ [mane]ya magati neṟayaṇṇa neṁboṁ sara-

⟨7⟩ vaḍigeyoḷiḻdu vēḷegoṁṇḍu • • •

⟨8⟩ • • riṣada (ḷadiṭṭa) ·āvasiti • • •

⟨9⟩ baṁkāpuradoḷa • ṟiyi(da) • • • • •

⟨10⟩ [gā]ta (dā) saravaḍigeyoḷtanna • •

⟨11⟩ • • doḷage ·ayvattu mattarkeyya

⟨12⟩ • • • • • gakkaydamuṁ ·ādi-

⟨13⟩ [tya]vāra [da]dāyamumaydu [ma]-

⟨14⟩ [ne]ya [vē]saṇamu ·idasa

⟨15⟩ • • • tta ·ida salisa

⟨16⟩ dāta sa[ḷu]kiya [rokka]li [ndaṁ]

⟨17⟩ [poṟagu] ·idanaḻido-

⟨18⟩ mpañca mahāpātaka [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0177⟩ No. 177. (A.R. No. B. 807 of 1962-63.) BASTIPURA, KOLLEGAL TALUK, MYSORE DISTRICT.

On a rock on the hill outside the village.

10th century A.D.

It records the commemoration of the death of great ascetic Pushpaṇandi. It is in characters of the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śiṣyē yōgya tamē nidhāya mahatīṁ vūḍhā[ṁ] svayaṁ śrīyasīṁ | cāritrasya dhuraṁ cadurddharata rāmācāryatāpūjitā ||

⟨2⟩ ·ārādhya maladhī striratna nabhasi prāpanmaghōnaḥ padaṁ | sādhūnāṁ vidhirēṣa ·ityupadiśa [t*] śrī puṣpaṇandī guruḥ

⟨3⟩ ·ā dīkṣā samayā da pānta tamasaṁ yākṣāṁti rāśi śrīyaṁ nāthaṁ pālayatuṁ samarttha mamalaṁ kālē kalau māmiti

⟨4⟩ svaryyātē munipuṁgavē guṇanidhau śrī puṣpaṇandīśvarē straiṇaṁ nūnamapāsya cāpala malaṁ tapāṁsyācarēt ||

⟨5⟩ maru • viśasti [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0178⟩ No. 178. (A.R. No. B. 808 of 1962-63.) BASTIPURA, KOLLEGAL TALUK, MYSORE DISTRICT.

On a rock on the hill outside the village.

10th century A.D.

It refers to the nishidhika of the jaina ascetic Pushpaṇandi and records the death [by Sallekhana] of the muni Purimaṇḍala, a disciple of Pushapaṇandi muni. Two small lines on the right side are indistinct.

It is in characters of the 10th century A.D. ⟨Page 206⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī ·atiśaya puṣṭaṇandimuni muktiyaneydidoḍaṁ niśidhikā pati[baḷame] citra-

⟨2⟩ ṣidanāgalandhruvamendu niścaya | vrataparibhāvitārttha manadi gurubhakta • • ttamōnnata guṇapūrṇanāvataṟaḷa

⟨3⟩ purimaṇḍala sanmunīśvara © kōpapramōpa hitarttapamēdhimbakiccipā • • naprakara [mottame] suṭṭu jambūdvīpaṁ karaṁ • • ḷatru pudippi • • • śrī poladēvarapavargga sukhastarā[ya]r

⟨4⟩ kaliyuga jani • • kara pravibuddha • tta mudyate[veya] śrī purimaṇḍala munipati vicarati tana kīrtti kāśakaḷa

⟨5⟩ dindūti • • • • • nindu muḍipidār [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0179⟩ No. 179. (A.R. No. B. 827 of 1962-63.) SIRWĀR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a boulder at the foot of the hill.

10th century A.D.

It refers to an arrangement samaya-sthiti made by the two-hundred mahājana of Śrīvūra for the regular payment of taxes such as vīsaka, dasaka and pañchaka. It stipulates that though vīsaka and dasaka can be divided in terms of five, pañchaka should not be divided. If done one has to pay three times the value [of paṇa] assessed as tax. It states that if the system is damaged it is dangerous to the [good of the] village.

This record in characters of about the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śrī vuradiṟnūrbba[r] māḍida samaya sthiti

⟨2⟩ vīsaka-dasaka-pañcaka pañcakadoḷādudendu hāni

⟨3⟩ vriddhi pañcaka vaneyduvudu pañcakanteṟa tolage

⟨4⟩ daśaka vaneyduvudu daśakanteṟa tolage vīsakava neydugu pañcaka voḍeya salla

⟨5⟩ vīsakanteṟa tolage ·ūraneyduvudu ·intavu tolage

⟨6⟩ ·ūraḻiya tetta kūḻu paṇavuntri guṇa ·āpāda samayadoḷtri guṇavanikki puguvo

⟨7⟩ ·ī sthitiya naḻidāta svānagāḷdābha caṇḍāḷaṁ pemi meḻtu peṇḍi[rddā] gapilla [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0180⟩ No. 180. (A.R. No. B. 828/830 (?) of 1962-63.)1 SUNKĒŚVAR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab in the field known as Mullāna-hola.

10th century A.D.

It probably registered a grant of one mattar land, the details of which are lost. This broken and very much damaged record is in about the 10th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • daṁ vīra bi • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ ḷarasa • • •

⟨5⟩ [kke mattaru 1] ⟨Page 207⟩

⟨6⟩ • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • [vo]ḷagāda

⟨8⟩ • • sa • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • bahiri ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0181⟩ No. 181. (A.R. No. 78 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Hero-stone, Museum No. 20.

10th-11th century A.D.

Fragmentary and damaged. Purport not clear.

TEXT.

I piece.

⟨1⟩ svasti samastabhuvanavikhyāta pa

⟨2⟩ caśagra vīraśāsanarappa •

II piece.

⟨1⟩ sra (ṁpri) dērvvara prastu vēdāda (pi)

⟨2⟩ paṭṭaṇa • • • rige • hava (niḍaṟi) •

⟨3⟩ dara (dvi)jaddiga vṛṁdada • • • • • • • • • •

III piece.

Completely damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0182⟩ No. 182. (A.R. No. B. 824 of 1962-63.) NUGḌŌṆI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup in front of the Basavēśvara temple.

1034 A.D.

It states that danḍanāyaka Chākimayya made a grant of 6 mattar of land to the god Mahādēva of Biyāḷkaṟike.

It is dated Śaka 956 Bhāva, Śrā[vaṇa]. It may correspond with 1034 A.D., July 19 to August 16.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti sakavarṣa 956 neya bhāva

⟨2⟩ saṁvatsarada śrā • • • yo-

⟨3⟩ ḷ śrī maddaṁḍanāya-

⟨4⟩ ka cākimayya biyā-

⟨5⟩ ḷ kuṟikeya mahādē-

⟨6⟩ vargge biṭṭa keyi matta 6 ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0183⟩ No. 183. (A.R. No. B. 209 of 1962-63.) ŚANGAMĒŚVARAM [NEAR KŪDAVALLI VILLAGE], ALAMPUR TALUK, ⟨Page 208⟩ MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Basement slab to the right of the Nandi maṇṭapa of Sangamēśvara temple.

1044 A.D.

It registers a grant of one baḷḷa (measurement) oil each for burning four perpetual lamps before the god Sankēśvara by Rāja-Gurudēva heggaḍe Jōgabhaṭṭa who was governing Kūḍala-12 division. Ballavarasa is mentioned at the end.

It is dated Śaka 967, Tāraṇa. the cyclic year Tāraṇa occurred in Śaka 966 corresponding to 1044 A.D.

TEXT. 1

⟨1⟩ sakavariṣa 967 tāra[ṇa*] saṁvatsarada śrāhiyoḷ śrīmat rāja-

⟨2⟩ gurudēva heggaḍe jōgabhaṭṭar kūḍalapanneraḍuvanāḷataviḷdu

⟨3⟩ saṁkēśvara dēvarige nāluku naṁdādīvigege diḷpaloṁdu baḷḷa

⟨4⟩ ·eṇneya naḍasuvudu ·idanāvanōrvva stānavanāḷvavaṁ

⟨5⟩ naḍasuvudu naḍasadava bāṇārāsivuṁ kavilenaḷidar

⟨6⟩ śrīballavarasarāṇe ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0184⟩ No. 184. (A.R. No. B. 113 of 1961-62.) BŌDHAN, BODHAN TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

On a pillar [No. 2] on top of the Fort to the north of the old village.

1042 A.D.

The record is engraved on four sides of the pillar. This nishidhige inscription has the praśasti of several Jaina munis. It states that Gaṇḍavīmukta bhaṭṭāraka, disciple of Nāganandi bhaṭṭāraka who was himself the disciple of Nandi-siddhāntadēva attained samādhi by sanyasana vidhi at Bahudhānya-nagara.

The date is mentioned in chronogram on the third face and letters on the fourth face of the pillar with one difference. (1) Pāvaka-rasa-nidhi Samkhya (Śaka 963) Vṟisha, Māgha Śu. 10. (2) Śaka 963 Vṟisha, Pushya, Śu. 10.

The difference of one month may be explained as under.

The Jaina muni Gaṇḍavimukta bhaṭṭāraka took the owe of sanyasanavidhi on Śukla dashami [Śu. 10] of the month Pushya and attained samādhi on Māgha, Śu. 10 of Śaka 963, V®sha. The last ten lines of the text provide proper information to this effect. As a result it is clear that the muni performed the vrata for one full month to attain samadhi.

The given two tithis correspond to: (1) 1042 A.D., January, 4 [Monday]. (2) 1041 A.D., December 5, [Saturday].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ rāgadvēṣa bhayāsra[śra]yō-

⟨2⟩ ndriya kaṣāyāṣṭaupha ⟨Page 209⟩

⟨3⟩ daṇḍīṣu māyāgatatya-

⟨4⟩ di vidōṣa saṁharaṇa

⟨5⟩ ṣaḍtriṁ sadguṇādya-

⟨6⟩ ṣṭa saṁyōgādhiṣṭi-

⟨7⟩ ta nāganandiya-

⟨8⟩ ti paṣyarā-

⟨9⟩ cāra saṁbhōgargaṇḍavi- 1

⟨10⟩ mukta dēvaramaḷa

⟨11⟩ r vijñānatatvārṇna-

⟨12⟩ var ||

Second Face.

⟨13⟩ munipati kuḷa dīparssajjanā-

⟨14⟩ bōdhicandrō duritatimi-

⟨15⟩ rahāra bhavya padmāva bōdhi

⟨16⟩ nihata madanamallōmu-

⟨17⟩ kta mātsaryya bhāvō jaya-

⟨18⟩ tujagati mānyōnāsanandi-

⟨19⟩ munīndraḥ || tasyājani pra-

⟨20⟩ baḷakarmmaghanānda kā-

⟨21⟩ ra vēdēpaṭuḥ paṭumatiḥ

⟨22⟩ paramāgamanyaḥ vātsa-

⟨23⟩ lyavānguṇa nidhirggaṇa

⟨24⟩ pōṣakōnsaṁśśiṣyastapoṁ-

⟨25⟩ bunidhi gaṇḍavimukta-

⟨26⟩ sūri ||

Third Face.

⟨27⟩ bhādrakanripanabdagaṇaṁ pāvaka

⟨28⟩ rasanidhi saṁkhyasandu vriṣa-

⟨29⟩ sāmābdaṁ prakaṭise

⟨30⟩ māghasita daśami

⟨31⟩ kūḍibare nāganandi mu-

⟨32⟩ ni paraśiṣyar || muni

⟨33⟩ gaṇa mukhyarbbahudhānya

⟨34⟩ nagaradoḷe sakaḷa sā-

⟨35⟩ dhugaḷa sannidhiyoḷ

⟨36⟩ janmanavanu smariyisu-

⟨37⟩ tuṁ dinatrayaṁnōntana-

⟨38⟩ rghyaratnatrayamaṁ

⟨39⟩ bhuvana prastutyarārādhi-

⟨40⟩ se samanikāyarssaṁyamā-

⟨41⟩ bodhigaḷ gaṇḍavimuktācāryya

⟨42⟩ varyyartṛdaśakudhara dhairya

⟨43⟩ prasannāṁtaraṁgar || bhavadārttha

⟨44⟩ jātatīkṣaṇakrakacaradhigatā-

⟨45⟩ śēṣatatvarvvaca śrīyu-

⟨46⟩ vati citrēsvammāna dha[rmma]- ⟨Page 210⟩

⟨47⟩ ḍamadavarddēvalōkakke

⟨48⟩ sandar ||

Fourth Face.

⟨49⟩ svastiyamaniyamasvādhyā-

⟨50⟩ yamōnānuṣṭhānaparāya-

⟨51⟩ ru traividya vidhigaḷu

⟨52⟩ trikāḷa yōgigaḷumappa

⟨53⟩ śrī nandi siddhāntadēvara

⟨54⟩ śiṣyarappa śrīmanmaṁgayya

⟨55⟩ maladavāga nandibhaṭṭāraka-

⟨56⟩ ra śirṣya śrī madgaṇḍa

⟨57⟩ vimuktabhaṭṭārakar saka-

⟨58⟩ variṣa voṁbhainū-

⟨59⟩ ṟa·aṟuvattamūṟa

⟨60⟩ neya vṛṣa saṁvatsarada

⟨61⟩ puṣya māsada sukla pakṣa-

⟨62⟩ da daśami dinatraya sanyā-

⟨63⟩ sanaṁgeydu ratnatrayamaṁ-

⟨64⟩ sādhisi samādhi paḍedu sva-

⟨65⟩ rggastarādar ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0185⟩ No. 185. (A.R. No. B. 603 of 1961-62.) MARCHĒḌA, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab in the doḍḍi.

1045 A.D.

This damaged record probably refers to a grant and mentions a mahāsāmanta (name lost), Nanni-Chaḷuki and Bīvayya.

It is dated Śaka 96[7] Vaḍḍavāra. The available information is insufficient for verification. However, the Śaka year corresponds to 1045 A.D. The cyclic year was Pārthiva.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti sakavariṣa 96[7] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • pravartise tadvariṣābhyaṁtarada • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • vaḍḍavāradandu śrī samadhigatapaṁcama • • •

⟨4⟩ mahāsāmanta vibudhajananatuḷa • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • kāḷānaḷa vikrama gaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • nanni caḷukki doṟveḍi (dēvarige) ca • • • • •

⟨7⟩ va marasaru bīvayyanu ha(ṇṇu)ga bīḍinalu • • • • •

⟨8⟩ (gra hiḍisi) koṭṭe • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ pācarasatarjjitu ·istila vata • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • sāvira kavileyavaṟida (dōśa) • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0186⟩ No. 186. (A.R. No. B. 116 of 1961-62.) BŌDHAN, BODHAN TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT. ⟨Page 211⟩

Four sides of a pillar lying in the Inspection Bungalow.

11th century A.D.

The fourth face of the pillar (No. 27) seems to contain an independent inscription. It is very much damaged, hence much of the information is lost. It begins with imprecatory verses and seems to have recorded some grants, the details of which are lost.

It contains no date but palaeographically assignable to the period of the previous record [No. 27] 1056 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ yā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ vāra • • • • •

⟨3⟩ ma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ dattāṁ (vā) • • • • •

⟨5⟩ vasuṁdharā • • • • •

⟨6⟩ śrāṇi viṣṭā • • • • •

⟨7⟩ tē krimiṁ || • • • • •

⟨8⟩ (da)rmma sētu • • • • •

⟨9⟩ kāḷe pā[ḷa] • • • • •

⟨10⟩ sarvānnētā • • • • •

⟨11⟩ vēndrān (bhū) • • •

⟨12⟩ yāca(te) rāmabhadra

⟨13⟩ śrīmma • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • (ti)pa

⟨15⟩ raṇārā • • • • •

⟨16⟩ yyaṁ bhūmi • • • • •

⟨17⟩ rā(ḷa) sūgi • • • • •

⟨18⟩ daṁgaḷinduppa • • • (dda)

⟨19⟩ ma śrīvallabhā | • • •

⟨20⟩ nū parisida (pāda rāma)

⟨21⟩ (sya) kīrti śrīmaṁ • • •

⟨22⟩ bāsvattu • • • • •

⟨23⟩ kāramā (ḻindra) •

⟨24⟩ kanaka (vṛ) tāṁ • •

⟨25⟩ mrāsira kubhē(raṁ) • •

⟨26⟩ pādanā • • • • •

⟨27⟩ nanamū • • • • • ṁ

⟨28⟩ biyavayavamivai

⟨29⟩ bhū muṁbṛta (dāna)

⟨30⟩ dhāra(śra)niyu • •

⟨31⟩ sthānamisa • • ripu •

⟨32⟩ dadraṁttū • • • • •

⟨33⟩ tāṁ śāsana • • • • • [ma]

⟨34⟩ • ṁtira nirisi[da] • • • ⟨Page 212⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0187⟩ No. 187. (A.R. No. B. 182 of 1962-63.) CHENNIPĀḌU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Lintel of the garbhagriha of the Kēśavasvāmi temple.

1067 A.D.

It registers a grant of land and a garden for the worship and offerings to the God Śrī Vishṇudēva the image of which got prepared and installed by perggaḍe Kōsanamayya.

It is dated Śaka 988, Parābhava, Phālguṇa, Śu. 13, Thursday corresponding to 1067 A.D., March 1.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti sakavariṣa 988 neya parābhava saṁvatsarada phālguṇa sudda trayōdasi bṛ-

⟨2⟩ hasvativāradaṁdu śrī perggaḍe kōsanamayyaṁ māḍisi pratiṣṭemāḍi-

⟨3⟩ da śrī viṣṇudēvara pūje nivēdyakke biṭṭa nelaṁ matta 12 yoṁdu tōṁṭa [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0188⟩ No. 188. (A.R. No. B. 114 of 1961-62.) BŌDHAN, BODHAN TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

Pillar [No. 3] on the top of the Fort to the north of the old village.

1072 A.D.

This nishidhige inscription carries an eulogy of the jaina muni Chandraprabha-ācharya and records his death by samādhividhi.

It is dated in chronogram-Śara-randhra-anka Śaka 995, Paridhāvi, Bhādrapada, Krishṇāshṭami, Sūrivāsara. It corresponds to 1072 A.D., September 8, (Saturday).

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ (ho)aṟuṁ vēda(pādaṁ) •

⟨2⟩ taraṁgadatapaṁ bārhyaṁ-

⟨3⟩ gamāṟiṁ tivirāṟuṁ •

⟨4⟩ paṁcamahāvritaṁ-

⟨5⟩ tabi kabba || modala bhōdaṁ(pri)

⟨6⟩ vai kammāriyaṁ kīṟalliṟa

⟨7⟩ tuṁbiyaduttara guṇiṁ lō-

⟨8⟩ kōttarakhyātavī mū-

⟨9⟩ ṟu lōkadiḷādu baṇni

⟨10⟩ sadarār candra prabhācā-

⟨11⟩ ryyaraṁ || kṣame saṁmā

⟨12⟩ rddana vṛtti | satyaniya-

⟨13⟩ maṁ saucaṁ | tapaṁ | tyāga

⟨14⟩ saṁyamamaṁ | brahmya ma-

⟨15⟩ kiṁcanatva | menesandī

⟨16⟩ pattu dharmaṁgaḷutta-

⟨17⟩ mamaṁgīkṛta | mā-

⟨18⟩ dimadhyamāvasānaṁ ⟨Page 213⟩

Second Face.

⟨19⟩ tammoḷorppiṟda saṁya

⟨20⟩ migaḷ cārucaritra

⟨21⟩ rastamisida(r) caṁdra-

⟨22⟩ prabhar suprabhar ||

⟨23⟩ śauryyaṁ dorppamanuṟva

⟨24⟩ daṁkiḍisimōhaṁ | kāṁti-

⟨25⟩ yaṁ tūḷdi | tātparyyaṁ

⟨26⟩ geydu tapaśrō tōpaca-

⟨27⟩ yadōḷ ratnatrayārādha-

⟨28⟩ na kāryyavyāpi śatābda

⟨29⟩ meydudina ṣiḷācitta

⟨30⟩ raṁ saṁdudā(śca)ryya saṁdhisa

⟨31⟩ mādhiyaṁssaritamuṁ

⟨32⟩ caṁdraprabhā cāryyaraṁ ||

⟨33⟩ śararaṁdhraṁkā sakābda bhā-

⟨34⟩ drapadadoḷ kṛṣṇāṣṭami

⟨35⟩ [sū]ri vāsararmātā pari-

⟨36⟩ dhāvi saṣavarisaṁ caṁdra-

⟨37⟩ prabhākhyavratīśvara ruddā-

⟨38⟩ ma samādhi (hoṁda)raviya

⟨39⟩ sāśātiyaṁ sāre bōdhara

⟨40⟩ (r) bōdhanadoḷ viśuddha(mata)

⟨41⟩ (ṁvi)diṁdrāspadageydidar ||

Third Face.

⟨42⟩ — śrīyapāṁsaṁ pratisōca-

⟨43⟩ tikṣiti taḷasiḷaṁtapaḥ

⟨44⟩ puṣkaḷaṁ kirmmakāṁti tati

⟨45⟩ di dāśruta vidāṁ saṁsā-

⟨46⟩ rapārasya śāṁtacaṁdrapra-

⟨47⟩ bhadēva nāmamunaya-

⟨48⟩ śvaṁdrāṁsusatitrayaḥ jiṁ-

⟨49⟩ yāsujditamānamōha

⟨50⟩ madanāḥ midyatpanirmma-

⟨51⟩ dinaḥ || jīyāścaṁdraprabhā cā-

⟨52⟩ ryyarjinayōgi gaṇāgraṇi

⟨53⟩ gajjapujjeyacāryyatapaṁ [sē]-

⟨54⟩ nuviḷayāniḷa || lōkaikotta-

⟨55⟩ rabār saṁyamānidassaṁpū-

⟨56⟩ rṇnavākśruka vikōdārata-

⟨57⟩ pānika bukajana prastutya

⟨58⟩ vidyānavatāra kṣīratuṣā-

⟨59⟩ ra bhāsura yaśōlīḷānide-

⟨60⟩ ssatunaḥ || śrīcaṁdra prabhā-

⟨61⟩ yōgināsakēdaśāstrāṁ bhōni-

⟨62⟩ dēḥ sadyaṇu || ⟨Page 214⟩

Fourth Face.

⟨63⟩ saptavacōdvini mayābadra-

⟨64⟩ pastēva saputu vataca

⟨65⟩ viditā kuḷapūpatā-

⟨66⟩ ḷa caṁdraprabhavratipati

⟨67⟩ (sa)ṁvasadyaṇunāṁ saṁkhyāṁ-

⟨68⟩ mavēlenaka (mi) catura-

⟨69⟩ narnupi || sakaḷakṣāca (ra)

⟨70⟩ rājarājitatiraṁṭanabu

⟨71⟩ ratṁakraṁtāpurakoṭyāti-

⟨72⟩ ta pādapadmaṁ sugaḷamā-

⟨73⟩ tyaryya māyādi tīvra

⟨74⟩ kaṣāyanuna pāvaka (rē)

⟨75⟩ rahitardātikratu dṛtyē-

⟨76⟩ kasadi kēḷisteyde tapō(śi)

⟨77⟩ yāga nirataścandraprabhā-

⟨78⟩ svāmigaḷu gajagajāḷda śrī

⟨79⟩ vallakā ·udāḷane kākēśadi

⟨80⟩ ṣā • kādigadē ponnama

⟨81⟩ sa • • • samahadā • grēsaraṁ

⟨82⟩ [sādisirege] • rmmagra(ṇi)ta vi

⟨83⟩ ṣadi tanujagaṁ dāmāhā

⟨84⟩ • ge pennaga naṁdyaneyati

⟨85⟩ kāmani tripuru hara śrī

⟨86⟩ dharmma nipāpaka • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0189⟩ No. 189. (A.R. No. 83 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar (No. 4) dug out from the main street in the village.

1074 A.D.

It records the gift of one mattar of land to the brāhmaṇa Śrīrayya by mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Sangamarasa who bears among others the epithet lattalūrapuravarēśvara.

It is dated Śaka 996, Ānanda, Uttarāyana Sankrānti. This may correspond to 1074 A.D., December 23, [Tuesday].

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ sva(sthi sa) madhiga-

⟨2⟩ ta(paṁca)mahā-

⟨3⟩ śabda mahā-

⟨4⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvara

⟨5⟩ vīra (māhē)-

⟨6⟩ śvara koḷepā-

⟨7⟩ keya • • •

⟨8⟩ suṟakṣitā • ⟨Page 215⟩

⟨9⟩ ma lattalūra

⟨10⟩ puravarēśvara

⟨11⟩ rappa • • dādya

⟨12⟩ grā(hā) • • • • •

⟨13-14⟩ damaged

Second Face.

⟨15⟩ vṛṁdirā • ya

⟨16⟩ kaṭṭarādēya • • •

⟨17⟩ svarahiraṁ • •

⟨18⟩ • diraṁ sāha

⟨19⟩ sōttuṁga •

⟨20⟩ • • • • •

⟨21⟩ (duttu)ṁga śrī •

⟨22⟩ • mahāmaṇḍa-

⟨23⟩ (ḷē)śvaraṁ (saṁga)

⟨24⟩ (ma)rasaru saka

⟨25⟩ varṣa 996 (nē)

Third Face.

⟨26⟩ yānaṁda saṁvatsa

⟨27⟩ raduttarāyaṇa

⟨28⟩ saṁkrāṁti nimitta

⟨29⟩ diṁ mū(gaṁ) brā-

⟨30⟩ hmaṇa sūraya(ṁ)

⟨31⟩ ge • (saṁgama)

⟨32⟩ rasaru (kālō) •

⟨33⟩ • • • sarvvabā

⟨34⟩ dhā parihāravā-

⟨35⟩ gi 1 mattaru

⟨36⟩ gaḻdeya dhārā-

⟨37⟩ pūrvvaka māḍi

⟨38⟩ koṭṭar [|*]

Fourth Face.

⟨39⟩ śrī svadattāṁ pa-

⟨40⟩ radattāṁ vā-

⟨41⟩ yō harēti

⟨42⟩ vasuṁdharā

⟨43⟩ ṣaṣṭivarṣa

⟨44⟩ sahaśrā(srā)-

⟨45⟩ ṇi viṣṭāyāṁ

⟨46⟩ jāyatē

⟨47⟩ krimiḥ śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0190⟩ No. 190. (A.R. No. B. 611 of 1961-62.) SIRVĀR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a boulder near the doṇi on the hill.

1076 A.D. ⟨Page 216⟩

This very much damaged record, registers a grant of land by an individual whose name is lost. It mentions perggaḍe Māramayya and the administrative division Mosaḷikal-300.

There is a mention of piriya-kōlu the measuring rod. It is dated Śaka 998, Naḷa, Pushya, Śu. 3 corresponding to 1076 A.D., December 1, Thursday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samadhigatapaṁcamahā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ māhmātī puravarēśvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sakavarṣa 998 neya naḷa saṁvatsarada puṣya suddha 3 • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • perggaḍe māramayyanu perggaḍe • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ḷayyanu samasta parigrahamiṟe mosaḷikalmūnūṟaṁ

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • brāhmaṇara mane ·ayyaṇa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (vo)ladalli taḷavṛttiyāgi sarvanamasyamāgi piriya kōloḷkoṭṭa kariya nela

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·ī dharmmamanārorbbaraḷupidaḍe bāṇarāsiyoḷ sāvira kavileya (koṁda)

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vāyō harēti vasundharā ṣaṣṭivaruṣa sahasrāṇi • • • • • • • • • •

Rest is damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0191⟩ No. 191. (A.R. No. 61 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On a pillar in the museum with in the compound of the Sōmēśvara temple. First pillar (Museum No. 81).

1077 A.D.

It registers a gift of forty goats for a perpetual lamp to the god Sōmēśvaradēva of Koḷḷipāke by mahāmandaḷēśvara Eṟuve Toṇḍarasa, Dēmarasa and Kāmaṇa.

This record has been engraved as a continuation of No. 34 and is dated Śaka 999, Pingala, Jyeshtha, śu. 13, Monday. It corresponds to 1077 A.D., May 8., Jyeshṭha month was adhika.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti samadhigatapaṁca-

⟨2⟩ mahāśabda mahā

⟨3⟩ maṇḍaḷēśvaranu

⟨4⟩ doramēśvaru

⟨5⟩ sūryavaṁśōdbha

⟨6⟩ va kuḷatiḷaka kāśya-

⟨7⟩ pagōtra karikālānva-

⟨8⟩ ya nāmādi samasta pra-

⟨9⟩ (śa)sthi sahita śrī manma-

⟨10⟩ hāmaṇḍaḷēsvara

⟨11⟩ ṟū ·eruve toṇḍa-

⟨12⟩ (ra)saru dēmarasa •

⟨13⟩ • kāmaṇanu sakavarṣa ⟨Page 217⟩

⟨14⟩ • 999 neya piṁgaḷa saṁva

⟨15⟩ tsarada jyēṣṭha sudda trayō-

⟨16⟩ dasi sōmavāradaṁdu ko-

⟨17⟩ ḷḷi pākeya sōmēśvara dē-

⟨18⟩ varge naṁdārjanege

⟨19⟩ koṭṭa ·āḍugaḷu nālva-

⟨20⟩ ttu ·idakke • • • • •

⟨21⟩ • • kella raṁgada

⟨22⟩ • samuhada

⟨23⟩ • • • • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0192⟩ No. 192. (A.R. No. B. 186 of 1962-63.) GUNDIMALLA, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

In front of Śiva temple.

1082 A.D.

The top portion of the slab is broken and lost. As a result much of the information at the beginning is lost. The record registers the gift of Saṟiyūr together with the income from the taxes like manevaṇa and poledeṟe for the merit of Govindaradēva and Kētabbarasi for offerings, repairs, feeding of the ascetics and the students in the temple (name lost). The gift was made over to Kāḷēśvara paṇḍita of lākuḷa sect.

The record is dated in [Chalukya Vi]krama year 7, Dundubhi. It corresponds to [Śaka 1004] 1082 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sida • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gōvindara • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yanagaṁ nṛpa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nāmādi samasta pra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • krama dēḷaneya duṁdu[bhi] • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nti nimittamāgi śrīguṇṭi [ma] • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dāra māṭakūṭa prasādakkaṁ ta[pō]-

⟨9⟩ dhana vidyārththigaḷa • • • • • • • • • • yūraṁ gōvindara dēvagaṁ kētabbara-

⟨10⟩ sigaṁ dharmmamā • • • • • • • • • • svādhyāyadhyānadhāraṇamaunānuṣṭhāna

⟨11⟩ japasamādhi • • • • • • • • • • dyanēka śāstrapārāvāragaru mōkṣa lakṣmī

⟨12⟩ viḷāsinī kaṭākṣa capaḷēkṣaṇānaṁda hṛdayarkkāḷamukha samayūraviṁde-

⟨13⟩ nīramāramaṇar lākuḷa siddhānta sarōvara jaḷakēḷi vinōdānanda bṛṁdārakarāja-

⟨14⟩ haṁsar gaurīpati padāravinda makaranda parimaḷa svādānanda madhukarappa śrī vādī-

⟨15⟩ bhava vajrāṁkuśa kaḷēśvara paṇḍita dēvargge dhārapūrvvakadiṁ sarvvanamasya māḍi koṭṭa dha-

⟨16⟩ rmmamentendare [|*] rājarasa debbarasa rācaladēvi candiyabbarasiyara manevaṇa pōle-

⟨17⟩ deṟe sādavāpu kāṇikeyoḷagāgi samastavāda teṟeyellamaṁ sarvvanamasya-

⟨18⟩ māgi saṟiyūraṁ biṭṭu | ·ācandrārkkaṁbaraṁ koṭṭa sāsana | ·idharmmamaṁ pūṇḍūra-

⟨19⟩ rasugaḷārānumatikramisi koṇḍarappade kurukṣētradaluṁ pāyāgeya-

⟨20⟩ luṁ vāraṇāsiyaluṁ śrīparbatadaluṁ sāsira kavileyumaṁ sāsirvvaru

⟨21⟩ brāhmaṇaru manekkōṭi tapōdhanarumanaḷida pātakakke sa- ⟨Page 218⟩

⟨22⟩ luvaru | © | śrī ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0193⟩ No. 193. (A.R. No. B. 217 of 1962-63.) CHINTALAGHĀṬ, ZAHEERABAD TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Stone kept on the road side from Chitalaghāṭ to Chilamāmiḍi about a mile to the east.

1083 A.D.

This damaged record registers a grant to the Kotta jinālaya (of Chiṁguniti) by mahāsāmanta Kaddarasa after laving the feet of Mādhava Chandra Śiddhāntadēva.

The record is dated in Chalukya Vikrama Varsha [6], Dundubhi Pushya, śu. 14 Thursday corresponding to 1083 A.D., January, 5, Thursday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī maccāḷukya vikrama kālada [6]-

⟨2⟩ neya dundhubhi saṁvatsara pu[ṣya] suddha [ca]

⟨3⟩ turddaśi brihavāradaṁdu śrīmanmahāsā-

⟨4⟩ manta kaddarasar (ciṁganiti)ya kotta jinālaya-

⟨5⟩ da mādhavacaṁdra siddhāṁtadēvara kālgacci [bi]-

⟨6⟩ • • • tta • • • ttarkkaṁ [ba] buvada[ṇi] • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || svadattāṁ paradattaṁ •

⟨8⟩ yō harēti vasuṁdharāṁ [ṣaṣṭi] • • •

⟨9⟩ hasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatēkrimi ||

Rest is damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0194⟩ No. 194. (A.R. No. 1 of 1961-62.) ANANTAPUR, ANANTAPUR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab fixed into the front wall of the Museum (Library).

11th century A.D.

Fragmentary mentions the name of a person called Chōrayya and refers to a grant probably made by Chōrayya.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śēcibandu(ra)

⟨2⟩ koḻpageya canbukamān

⟨3⟩ cōrayyana • • • kaba(pāra)

⟨4⟩ koṭṭa [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0195⟩ No. 195. (A.R. No. 25 of 1961-62.) VĒMULAVĀḌA, SIRSILLA TALUK, KARIMNAGAR DISTRICT.

Slab set up in the compound of the Rājēśvara temple opposite to Rāmā's shrine.

11th century A.D. ⟨Page 219⟩

This is a damaged and incomplete record. The purport of the epitaph is not clear and the names (Sā)simayya and Śāntībhatāra can be made out.

In the date potion only the first two figures-98 can be made out. It belongs to the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • (98 •) • • • • •

⟨2-4⟩ damaged

⟨5⟩ • nagulyēṇa • • • • • yyara • •

⟨6⟩ (gra sā) simayyagaḷu • • (bhāradvaśca) •

⟨7⟩ sahi • • kṣiti ca • • (śrī) • • • • •

⟨8⟩ sadvipara śāṁtibhaṭāra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • dā • gadā • doḷu • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • (chatra) • ṁdāditya • • • • •

(Incomplete).

⟨SIIv29p0i0196⟩ No. 196. (A.R. No. 51 of 1961-62.) ĀRŪR, SANGAREDDI TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Fragment of a slab in the field of Santayyagāri Sangayya.

11th century A.D.

It seems to refer to a gift (details lost) made to Ṇarāsījiyya, probably by Biṭṭayarasa and seems to refer to the latter's camp at Sindinīra.

This borken and incomplete record is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sindinīra bīḍi noḷiḻdu

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • biṭṭayyarasaru

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇarāsijiyyarige [po] •

⟨SIIv29p0i0197⟩ No. 197. (A.R. No. 53 of 1961-62.) PAṬAÑCHERU, SANGAREDDI TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Slab built into the southern gate of jamā masjid.

11th century A.D.

Top portion of the slab is broken and lost. It refers to a tax free gift (of land) situated in Poṭṭaḷakeṟe to the god (name lost) for dēvabōga.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ rama poṭṭaḷa keṟe

⟨3⟩ ṟa baḷiya mandū (di)

⟨4⟩ yaṁ sarvvanamasyaṁ dēva-

⟨5⟩ bhōgakkācaṁdrasthāyiyā- ⟨Page 220⟩

⟨6⟩ gi koṭṭar || svadattaṁ pa(ra)

⟨7⟩ dattaṁ vāyō harē(tava)

⟨8⟩ sundarāṁ śaṣṭirvvarṣa (saha)

⟨9⟩ śrā(srā)ṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāya(tē)

⟨10⟩ krimi || sāmānyōyaṁ

⟨11⟩ dharmasētu nṛpāṇāṁ

⟨12⟩ kālē [kāle*] pālaniyo bha(va)

⟨13⟩ (mē) ṣāṁ bhāvinaḥ •

(Incomplete).

⟨SIIv29p0i0198⟩ No. 198. (A.R. No. 56 of 1961-62.) VELTŪRU, SANGAREDDI TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of Āñjanēya temple.

11th century A.D.

The top and bottom portions of this record are broken and lost. It mentions mahāpradhāna Pampa-permānaḍi, his wife Jakkaladēvi and Poṭṭalakere. All other information are lost. Jakkaladēvi is described as dānachintāmaṇi.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ samadhigatapañcama-

⟨2⟩ hāśabda mahāpradhā-

⟨3⟩ • • • • • subhaṭa nā-

⟨4⟩ rāyaṇaṁ • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • jaga • •

⟨6⟩ dobbagaṁḍa śrīmanma-

⟨7⟩ hāpaṁpermmānaḍigaḷu

⟨8⟩ svastiyanavarata para-

⟨9⟩ ma kalyāṇābhyuda-

⟨10⟩ ya sahasraphaḷa -

⟨11⟩ ga bhāgini dditīya la-

⟨12⟩ kṣmī samāne gōtra ni-

⟨13⟩ dāne dānaciṁtāma-

⟨14⟩ ṇi • • beḍaṁgi śrī

⟨15⟩ paṁpapermmānaḍi

⟨16⟩ mānassarōvara rā-

⟨17⟩ ja haṁsiniyarappa

⟨18⟩ śrī majjakkaladēvi

⟨19⟩ yaru poṭṭala

[Rest is broken and lost].

⟨SIIv29p0i0199⟩ No. 199. (A.R. No. 61(?) of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On a pillar in the museum with in the compound of the Sōmēśvara temple. First pillar ⟨Page 221⟩ Museum No. 81.

11th century A.D.

This record though engraved on the other (fourth) face of No. 191 has not been noticed in the Annual Report for the year 1961-62.

The top and bottom portion of the record are damaged and the information there in are lost. The extant portion carries a sting of epithets of mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Kāṁbaya. Mentions (Cheru) Bemarasa of Koḷḷipāka.

On paleographical grounds the record can be ascribed to the same period as in No. 191.

TEXT.

Fourth face.

⟨1⟩ • puravado

⟨2⟩ maṁgaḷa sūtra

⟨3⟩ haraṇi vikrama

⟨4⟩ (ca)raṇa cāvuṇḍa-

⟨5⟩ rāya cāṇaru-

⟨6⟩ murāntaka pṛthi-

⟨7⟩ vīkāntaru kā-

⟨8⟩ ṇḍaga bhaya vaḍa-

⟨9⟩ nāḍissūtradhā-

⟨10⟩ ra ·ēkāṁgavīra cā-

⟨11⟩ ḷukya kaṭaka (sō)ma

⟨12⟩ (ja mu)koḷvacāra

⟨13⟩ sāmanta • koḷva

⟨14⟩ gaṇḍaragaṇḍa kada-

⟨15⟩ napracaṇḍa gaṇḍa •

⟨16⟩ kaḷānaḷa virōdi •

⟨17⟩ rideyānaḷaṁ sugrā-

⟨18⟩ ma vijeyō kali •

⟨19⟩ gaḍi mogada kai •

⟨20⟩ siri cauprami •

⟨21⟩ sājyaru malla •

⟨22⟩ pāda mastakasū-

⟨23⟩ (ra) śrī ma-

⟨24⟩ nmahāmaṇḍaḷē-

⟨25⟩ śvara kāṁbaya

⟨26⟩ (ceru) bemarasakoḷḷi

⟨27⟩ pākaya • •

⟨28⟩ • • • • •

⟨29⟩ • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0200⟩ No. 200. (A.R. No. 75 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On the dhvaja staṁbha in front of the Sōmēśvara temple.

11th century A.D. ⟨Page 222⟩

Records the renovation of the temples in Koḷḷipāka and the setting up of the makara tōraṇa by Gosaraṇārya who claims to have obtained the fiefdom of Koḷḷipāke and the office of the daṇḍādhīśvara from Simhachakrēśvara. Sēnabōva Chāvuṇḍamayya wrote the record.

The record is not dated and is in characters of about the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī mānudgaṭavīra mau-

⟨2⟩ ḷīśaparatpādāra vindapra-

⟨3⟩ bhuḥ [|*] nāmānyāgōsaraṇā-

⟨4⟩ ryya nāyaka ga(tō)prakhyā-

⟨5⟩ takīrtti dvajalēni dharmaka-

⟨6⟩ rmaḥkkadhiṟpatihitaḥ śi-

⟨7⟩ ṣṭa priyaḥ satyavākada-

⟨8⟩ ṇḍādhiśvara (ānaṁda) mahīpa

⟨9⟩ stahasāyaḥ siṁhacakrē-

⟨10⟩ śvarāṇō || koḷḷipākā(ca sa)

⟨11⟩ manāḷvaṁpudā ·aṇiga niddēvaṁ

⟨12⟩ da bhṛṁgājamānadi tasyaṁ nigavyaṁ-

⟨13⟩ guṇa manēcakāra jīrṇnānidēvāya

⟨14⟩ ttēnō balāni || prasidvāpaṁ (pā) •

⟨15⟩ va satōtasyami makaratōraṇaṁ

⟨16⟩ sṛpē bhūmāsadaṁṇḍēśaḥ •

⟨17⟩ sarvvasidhyā budhapriyaḥ || •

⟨18⟩ baradaṁ sēnabhōvaṁ cāvu-

⟨19⟩ ṇḍamayya ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0201⟩ No. 201. (A.R. No. B. 112 of 1961-62.) BŌDHAN, BODHAN TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

Pillar [No. 1] on top of the Fort to the north of the old village.

11th century A.D.

Records the death by samādhividhi of Śubhanandi, disciple of Dēvēndra Siddhāntamunīśvara. It is not dated but palaeographically assignable to about the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ dēvēndra siddhā-

⟨2⟩ ntamunīśva-

⟨3⟩ rasya śiṣyōbhava

⟨4⟩ śrī cchubhanandinā-

⟨5⟩ mā | ·ārādhya

⟨6⟩ ratnatrayama-

⟨7⟩ tya kāḷē samā-

⟨8⟩ dhinā saṁsura-

⟨9⟩ lōkamā(dō) || ⟨Page 223⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0202⟩ No. 202. (A.R. No. B. 460 of 1961-62.) DHARMAPURI, MOMINABAD TALUK, BHIR DISTRICT.

Impression received from Dy. Dir. Arch., Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

11th century A.D.

This fragmentary inscription probably recorded a grant, the details of which is lost. It contains only imprecatory section. It mentions yāpanīya. The order of a yati (probably belonging to yāpanīya Sangha) mentioned as Lakshmivaranidhi guṇa vīra vraṭīṁdra caused the inscription (of a grant) to be engraved (on stone).

The record was composed by Īśvara Bhaṭṭa. The record is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

(Top portion is broken and lost.)

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • ssaraḷāgama (śira) • parivāra • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • kālē kālē pālanīyō bhavadbhi sarvvā • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • bhūyō bhūyō yācatē rāmacaṁdra • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ttaṁ vāyō harēti vasuṁdharāṁ | ṣaṣṭi[r]vvaruṣa saha • • •

⟨6⟩ ṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ || bahubhirvvasudhā bhuktā • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • rādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmi stasyatasya • • • • •

⟨8⟩ svaṁ dātu sameha(tu)kyaṁ dukha manyasya pāḷanaṁ | dānapā • • •

⟨9⟩ rmvadhyē dānātuśrēyōnupāḷanaṁ || ·ā(dha)kṣatriya(ṁli)tta(dā)

⟨10⟩ parittī dēvabhōgaṁgaḷaṁ (kaḷa)didhātriye nāganapaḍa pada gīttaṁta-

⟨11⟩ gaḷaṁ bādhaṁ tāvene dharmmamaṁ kiḍisuva vyādhaṁge kēḷsaṁtati (ya)

⟨12⟩ viyāga mārtthaviḷayaṁ tāna(pa)mavyākuḷā(rā)gora[va]-

⟨13⟩ ra pāruvara piriyara kālgarcci biṭṭa dēvasva manōrvvaregōḷva

⟨14⟩ ḷadoḷu paramārtthaṁgā(dana)māgi naḍu • • • taṁ • •

⟨15⟩ da yāpanīyāṁbujavanadina pā • • • • • tavidva •

⟨16⟩ dyatama jyōtīta guṇagaṇanunnata • • • • • [maunadhēnu]

⟨17⟩ lakṣmī varanidhi guṇavīravratīṁdrājñeyiṁtāsanamaṁ sa-

⟨18⟩ majñāṁbudhanidhi baradaṁ sūkti lakṣmī viḷāsa || •

⟨19⟩ matkavirājavallabha(ṁ)nīśvara bhaṭṭara barahaṁ mā • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0203⟩ No. 203. (A.R. No. B. 461 of 1961-62.) DHARMAPURI, MOMINABAD TALUK, BHIR DISTRICT.

Impression received from Dy. Dir. Arch., Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

11th century A.D.

At the beginning the various merchant groups belonging to the guild the Five hundred Svāmis of Baṇajigas have been mentioned and are eulogized. The way in which Indrasēna, Rudrasēna and Bhadrasēna are euologised in the record is interesting. They are stated to be dharmapālādhipati (protectors of dharma) and probably belonging to Haihaya family. It records a grant of income from various taxes (specified) for the worship of the god and feeding of ascetics by the paṁcha-paṭṭaṇa of Pottalakere, the Kaṁchagaras and Teluṅga-nagaras. The grant was entrusted to Mahāvīra-paṇḍita of Yāpanīya-Saṁgha and Vamdiyūrgaṇa, the āchārya of Be[ma]ki seṭṭiya basadi of Dharmapura. The place names Kōgaḷi, Banavase, Baḷḷigave and Veḷugave ⟨Page 224⟩ (?) are mentioned here. At the beginning a few lines are lost and the record stops abruptly.

The record is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • seṭṭiyuṁ rāyana • • • • • seṭṭiyaṁ tuppada mahādēvase • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • reseṭṭiyuṁ jālaṁdanuligiseṭṭiyuṁ jakkala bammiseṭṭiyuṁ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • dēvaśāseṭṭiyuṁ kogaḷiyu naliṟaṟaseṭṭi guttaṁ hima • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • kāḍiseṭṭiyamarmma hiṭki seṭṭiyuṁ modalāgi hāva • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • banavāseya baḷḷigāveya veḷugāveya samastanānādēśa • •

⟨6⟩ • • di ṣāṁtaraṁgaḷa baṇajigarainūrbbaruṁ svāmigaḷuṁ matta naḍavaradāḷu •

⟨7⟩ • • [bya]vahārigaḷoḷage digbhuvāviya prōti bhaṭṭaruṁ sivvarājanuṁ be •

⟨8⟩ • mallaparājanuṁ sāyiparājanuṁ komtiseṭṭiyuṁ modalāgi

⟨9⟩ samasta bhramāṁtukaruṁ samadhigatapaṁcamahāśabda sāmaṁ-

⟨10⟩ tādhipati phaṇīṁdra vaṁśōdbhava rījemadanāgarāja kṣatriya hai-

⟨11⟩ hayavaṁśa gaṁgāryyāṁta māyāpurapa[ra*]mēśvaraṁ ·ēkavīra kri-

⟨12⟩ tavīraṁ kārttyavīraṁ rājādhirāja puraparamēśvaraṁ paramabha-

⟨13⟩ ṭṭārakaṁ sahasrabāhūdbhava naraśiradarppaṇa dvajaṁ mārppaṟaya

⟨14⟩ ghōṣaṇaṁ madhya dēśādhipati haihayānvaya prasūta śrī bhadra-

⟨15⟩ kāḷilabdhavaraprasādaṁ camararāja kanakadaṇḍa cāmara virājitānū-

⟨16⟩ na śvētātapatra dvajapaṭṭapatākādi samanvitaratyuttamācā-

⟨17⟩ raruṁ paṁcalōhādhipatigaḷuṁ dakṣiṇa śrīrakāḷānvayaṁ sō-

⟨18⟩ mavaṁśōdbhavaṁ caṁdrārkkatējōpa śōbhita kaṭaka kaṭisūtra kuṁḍaḷa kē-

⟨19⟩ yūrahāra hāvabhāva viḷāsa vibhrama viḷāsēyaruṁ samutpatti

⟨20⟩ śvēti śvētāṁgi nīśveta māḷinī śvēta prabhāṁginī tasya garbbha saṁbhūtasya ·iṁ-

⟨21⟩ drasēna rudrasēna bhadrasēna dharmma pāḷādhipati pūrvācāryyaṁ

⟨22⟩ pratiṣṭhitamuṁtatsuruṁ parirakṣitaṁ caṁdragupta mahimānama-

⟨23⟩ rddhanaṁ ·ēvaṁ vivarjjita muktāvaḷīḷaṁkrita prabaḷakhaḷa śōbhita • ru

⟨24⟩ maṇḍaḷa pārijātā śōka caṁpakavakuḷa malli tiḷaka punnāga nā • ga

⟨25⟩ mu makuṁda naṁdyāvartta jādi mallikāmōda kētakī sugaṁdha puṣpōpa

⟨26⟩ vara māyavi sōttara saṁmadhināyakāya śrī kirtti kalyāṇabhyu-

⟨27⟩ dayaṁ śrīmatu poddaḷakeṟe pramukha paṁcapaṭṭaṇaṁgaḷa kaṁcigāṟarusa-

⟨28⟩ masta teluṁganagaraṁgaḷaśēṣa muṁkūḍi śrīmatu paṭṭaṇaṁ dharmapurada da-

⟨29⟩ dakṣiṇa diśā bāgada śrīyāpanīya saṁghada vadiyūrggaṇada bema-

⟨30⟩ ki seṭṭiya basadiya ·ācāryaru mahāvīra paṁḍitadēvara kālaṁ-

⟨31⟩ karcci dēvara pratiṣṭhākāladalu dhārāpūrvvakaṁ māḍi dēvara trikāla

⟨32⟩ pūjegaṁ khaṁḍasphaṭita jīrṇnōddhārakkaṁ riṣiyarāhāra-

⟨33⟩ kkaṁ koṭṭa dharmmavedaṁteṁdoḍe paṭṭaṇada ṭaṁkasāleyalu thaḷake •

⟨34⟩ • • bhūsada hēṟiṁge saṭṭuga 1 ·uppina hēṟiṁge nūṟake drama

⟨35⟩ • • ·aṁgaḍi pratyayaṁ kavaḍikavi ·eleya hēṟiṁge nūṟele pasāradiṁ-

⟨36⟩ bīdi panne 1 gāṇigaralli ciṭike (hā) 1 beraṇi hu(ha)ḷḷigaḷalli sivuṟoṁdu ka-

⟨37⟩ (ṇi)ke hulla baṁḍige sūḍoṁdu marada bidirabhaṁḍige maranoṁdu 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0204⟩ No. 204. (A.R. No. B. 462 of 1961-62.) DHARMAPURI, MOMINABAD TALUK, BHIR DISTRICT.

Impression received from the Dy. Dir. Arch., Maharashtra, Aurangabad. ⟨Page 225⟩

11th century A.D.

It recorded probably a land grant (to a temple ?) with a house and a well. The names of the donor and donee are lost. The five hundred svāmis of a guild probably from Dēvakadere can be made out. This highly damaged record is in characters of 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mahādēva • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • phalāyatu • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • naṁṇanu

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dāradadu (maṁ)

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (ra)radā dāmadhye dēvakadereya • • • • •

⟨6⟩ (baḷiya) • • • • • • • • • • daynūrvvaru sāmiga •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vibaṁdida

⟨8⟩ • (ddhi pasa) • • • • • • • • • • kuḍiya dharmma • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • bi(lle)duvapa • • • • • (rāda)mappa • sū • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (maruhara) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • patu (ṭṭi) hāvanu • • • • • • • • • • da devage • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dipa • cattaru • maneyava

⟨13⟩ (pātradallidda) • • • • • ya (tōgata)ma māḍi • baḷa •

⟨14⟩ bā • • • • • bāvi • bani • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ seṭṭi [dharmma] • • • • • (jaṭṭi) bīra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ bareda • • • • • patyadaṁ (ka) ḷū pūjāva • • • • •

⟨17⟩ mara (suma) • • • • • • • • • • jana • • • • •

⟨18⟩ lū • • sēna bōva • • • • • • • • • • bāva • • • ma • • di

⟨19⟩ • • • dēvasva [brahmasya] • • • • • (disirā) • • •

⟨20⟩ ha • durevi • • savāgikoṭṭa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21-23⟩ letters effaced

⟨SIIv29p0i0205⟩ No. 205. (A.R. No. B. 463 of 1961-62.) DHARMAPURI, MOMINABAD TALUK, BHIR DISTRICT.

Panel on the outer wall of the Hēmādpanti temple.

11th century A.D.

This fragmentary record contains the name of a person (probably) Vikramānka.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī guru(bhyō)namaḥ nārāyaṇa • (yamanu) • riha diṁdēḻita dvi[tta] • •

⟨2⟩ ra sānu prāṁta śāsvallaḷita padakadoḷvikramāṁkaṁ kalyāṇa tara • •

⟨3⟩ māgiḻdaṁka muḷāvaḷiyane palavuṁ [ca] (pa?) riyiṁ kīrtti suttaṁ • śidaha • •

⟨4⟩ ndrārkka ·āraṁbara mesedire śūrttarttiyiṁ kīrttisutta • • •

[Record is incomplete].

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⟨SIIv29p0i0206⟩ No. 206. (A.R. No. B. 464 of 1961-62.) PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM, BOMBAY TALUK AND DISTRICT.

On the pedestal of the sculpture of Umā-Mahēśvara. [Find spot: Gadag, Gadag Taluk and District]. [Impression from the Director of the Museum].

11th century A.D.

It states that the sculpture of Uma-Mahēśvara was got prepared by Rēvakabbarasi, the wife of Vāvaṇarasa who is described as prachaṇḍa daṇḍanāyaka.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī matpracaṇḍa daṇḍanāyakaṁ vāvaṇarasara manneyā

⟨2⟩ śrīmat rēvakabbarasiyaru vomāmahēśvara dēvaraṁ māḍisidar [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0207⟩ No. 207. (A.R. No. B. 525 of 1961-62.) NĀGANAHAḶḶI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab in a field called sērīhola.

11th century A.D.

This fragmentary record reads tōṁṭada matta 6 [six mattar extent of garden].

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī

⟨2⟩ tōṁṭada matta 6

⟨3⟩ maṁgaḷa mahā ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0208⟩ No. 208. (A.R. No. B. 607 of 1961-62.) RĀJOḶḶI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of agasi.

11th century A.D.

This broken piece is totally damaged and only Puligeṟe can be made out of it.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ḷukyābha • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • muttarōttarā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • rājyaṁgeyuttamire • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • baḷiya puligeṟeya • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vaḷ śrīmatu • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇa yya • • • • • ⟨Page 227⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0209⟩ No. 209. (A.R. No. B. 617 of 1961-62.) BIJŪR, COONDAPURA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Two sides of a slab in the Hādi-Paramēśvari temple.

11th century A.D.

This damaged record seems to register a grant of land to a person probably in connection with water management. It mentions God Kumara Swamy, the place Bijavūra, two samantas and a nāḍa-dhore. In the imprecatory section we find the mention of a hundred-agnihōtrinūrbar-agnihōtrigaḷ.

TEXT.

Front Side.

⟨1⟩ svasti • • • sala brahaspati

⟨2⟩ saṁbatsaraṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • ṁkata (naṁṭa) taṇḍaṁ pra(jārakṣi) sabā

⟨4⟩ dadalu • • rasvamina kṣētra • • gaṇa

⟨5⟩ kayyalleṟeda bhūvi kaṭṭina •

⟨6⟩ nīra saṁbaṁdha • [bijavūra]

⟨7⟩ sarbāyya nekkiya • • sāmaṁta • • • la

⟨8⟩ kara sāmaṁta ·iṁtti nāḍadoregaḷu

Back Side.

⟨9⟩ damaged

⟨10⟩ (hosa) • • • pōdaṁdu

⟨11⟩ komārasvāmi ·ā kaṭṭina (nī)

⟨12⟩ (ra kaḷedu)da dharmamaṁ maradadeḻdā

⟨13⟩ (ḍaṁ) bāṇarāsiyalu sahasra kavi-

⟨14⟩ leyaṁ vadhi·isidadōśa • • (śa)

⟨15⟩ muṇna bijavūradava(ru) kaṭṭi

⟨16⟩ koṭadu • nīraṁ taṁdeḍe(gaṁ)ge ·ā-

⟨17⟩ nūrbbaragni hōtrigaḷa hatye

⟨18⟩ geyda dōśa [||*]

Pub. in Kundanāḍina śasanagaḷu-Udupi-2007.

⟨SIIv29p0i0210⟩ No. 210. (A.R. No. B. 741 of 1962-63.) PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM, BOMBAY TALUK AND DISTRICT.

A broken slab.

Rim of a bowl made of greyschist. Impression from the Director. Findspot: Gandhāra West Pakistan.

11th century A.D.

This fragmentary and damaged record refers to a grant for worship and offerings to the god Mallikārjuna. There is a mention of the place Bāḍa.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 228⟩

⟨2⟩ hitaṁ śrīmanmahā • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • mattaṁ bāḍakke modala bāḍa • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • koṇṭeya kāluhaḷḷi koraya • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • gi śrīmatu śrī śaiḷa kavi • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • [malli]kārjjuna dēvara yaṁgara bhōgakkaṁ • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • nivēdyakkaṁ sarbanamasyavā • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • maṁ pratipāḷidargge • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • yalu sāyira kavile • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0211⟩ No. 211. (A.R. No. B. 770 of 1962-63.) BIDAR, BIDAR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Fragment of a slab kept in the office of the Conservation Assistant in the Fort.

11th century A.D.

It contains a few words of the imprecatory portion of the totally lost record. It is in characters of about the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ le pālaniyō

⟨2⟩ no bhāvinaḥ bhū-

⟨3⟩ yō bhū •

⟨4⟩ rāma bhadra |

⟨5⟩ vāṁyo

⟨6⟩ ṣṭarvva-

⟨SIIv29p0i0212⟩ No. 212. (A.R. No. B. 771 of 1962-63.) BIDAR, BIDAR TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Three faces of a broken slab kept in the same place [No. 211/A.R. No. 770].

11th century A.D.

This fragmentary record commences with the imprecatory verses and seems to refer to a gift of land the details of which are lost. It is in the characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT.

I Face.

⟨1⟩ bahubhivasudhādatta rāja-

⟨2⟩ bhissagarādibhi yasya yasya

⟨3⟩ yadā bhūmi tasya tasya tada

⟨4⟩ phalaṁ [|*] svadattāṁ para[dattā]

⟨5⟩ vāyō harēti vasuṁdharā

[Stops here].

II Face.

⟨1⟩ • • •

⟨2⟩ pā • •

⟨3⟩ bhi • ye

⟨4⟩ ḻe bha •

⟨5⟩ gū • (ma) ⟨Page 229⟩

⟨6⟩ (dā) mā •

⟨7⟩ (ku) bhadra

⟨8⟩ nuta ca •

⟨9⟩ • lāra

⟨10⟩ • dda • •

⟨11⟩ • sōdadi

⟨12⟩ • ||

Rest is effaced.

III Face.

⟨1⟩ • dama

⟨2⟩ • ya •

⟨3⟩ • • •

⟨4⟩ • vō ·i •

⟨5⟩ (sa) • daṁ

⟨6⟩ • si ·u

⟨7⟩ sahita

⟨8⟩ • yya •

⟨9⟩ • • • lla

⟨10⟩ • ṭṭāka •

⟨11⟩ • • •

⟨12⟩ • ccutaṁ

⟨13⟩ • • •

⟨14⟩ • ma (na)

⟨15⟩ • ṁ (bhōga)

⟨16⟩ • vva • ca

⟨17⟩ ti posa

Rest is effaced.

⟨SIIv29p0i0213⟩ No. 213. (A.R. No. B. 784 of 1962-63.) HARSŪR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Three fragments lying near the Parvatadēva temple (3).

11th century A.D.

This third piece is also broken and is incomplete. It refers to Bhāskara seṭṭi and his construction [of a temple] and installation of the images of gods there in.

It is in characters of the 11th century A.D.

TEXT. 1

⟨1⟩ • vaiśya vaśā •

⟨2⟩ ma kētiseṭṭi •

⟨3⟩ kāṁnteyaṁ permma

⟨4⟩ bittarikuṁ śrī •

⟨5⟩ seṭṭiyanujaṁ vi •

⟨6⟩ skaraseṭṭiyu mi

⟨7⟩ bhāskaraseṭṭiyuṁ ||

⟨8⟩ deyde biṭṭuda • ⟨Page 230⟩

⟨9⟩ maṁ || vṛtta || mudadi-

⟨10⟩ diṁdadyamuṁ māḍa •

⟨11⟩ tanveyemuṁ nanivi-

⟨12⟩ da satpratiṣṭhegaḷa •

⟨13⟩ ·idu viśvakarmma ni

⟨14⟩ (ḷa)yyaṁ mudadiṁ || ba •

⟨15⟩ ṟima • • ṁ • || vacana ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0214⟩ No. 214. (A.R. No. B. 477 of 1961-62.) BASTIHAḶḶI (Near Haḷebīd), BELUR TALUK, HASSAN DISTRICT.

[Photograph from Conservation Asst., Bangalore].

11th-12th century A.D.

This fragmentary epitaph records the construction of a jinālaya (basadi) by Dāsi-seṭṭi disciple of Maladhāri-dēva.

It is in characters of the 11th-12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • ḷa saṁghadarugaḷānvayada śrī manmalli • • • • •

⟨2⟩ [ma]ladhāridēvara guḍḍaṁ dāsiseṭṭi māḍisidaṁ hoysa (ḷa) • •

⟨3⟩ • • • nālayamaṁ © [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0215⟩ No. 215. (A.R. No. 40 of 1961-62.) GAṄGĀPURAM, MAHABUBNAGAR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup in front of the Chennakēśva temple.

12th century A.D.

Top portion of the slab is broken and lost. This incomplete record contains eulogies of Govinda daṇḍādhipa and Dēva daṇḍadhipa. Seems to refer to a gift made to Paḍale and Bammayya by Dēvapaya daṇḍanāyaka and the seṭṭikāṟas.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ vaṇnipudoḍamartthiya • • • jaga • • ḷaṁ parasai • • • • • dbha yaśōbhirāmana ||

⟨2⟩ piriduṁ sadubhaktiyiṁ cakriya parakamaḷārādhanaṁgeyda

⟨3⟩ tammirppa[ru]yatyutsāhadiṁdaṁ paḍedu nijaniyōgaṁgaḷaṁ mikka tējōtka-

⟨4⟩ radiṁ gōviṁda daṁḍādhipa natuḷabaḷaṁ daṁḍādhipaṁ digvaramaṁ parvva[lva] •

⟨5⟩ yaśōvallari pogaḷisidarttammanīdhātriyiṁdaṁ pogaḷalu takkatu-

⟨6⟩ • • • ti [vō]tadesaka śiṣṭa saṁdōhadiṁ kaimugisalutakkanu •

⟨7⟩ cārada mahime bhayabhrāṁntiyaṁ vairigaḷu gāvagaviyalu ta[kkai]

⟨8⟩ deṁbaṁtu • kalitanadudyōgaveṁdaḍe ninnaṁmige nannaṁ marttyanāvaṁ

⟨9⟩ bhuvanabhavanadoḍe dēva daṁḍādhināthā || pusiyillade nuḍilo •

⟨10⟩ [bada] deseyilla dudāra [dā]ha vāṁgaṇadoḷu saṁkisuvama • dharmmanesa-

⟨11⟩ dudō jagadoḷage dēvadaṁḍādhipana © ·ajanenisidaṟivu garu-

⟨12⟩ ḍhadhvaja nenisida lakṣmībhujagabhūṣaṇalakṣmabraja nenisidaḷavu ma- ⟨Page 231⟩

⟨13⟩ kara dhvaja nenisida mūrtti dēvadaṁḍādhipana || © © • •

⟨14⟩ dalli paḍaleyaṁgaṁ bammeyaṁga dēvapaya daṁḍa

⟨15⟩ nāyakanuṁ seṭṭikāṟaruṁ 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0216⟩ No. 216. (A.R. No. B. 509 of 1961-62.) BHAṄKŪR, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Fragment lying in the Liṅgāyat hostel.

1106 A.D.

This fragment contains only the date portion referring to Chālukya-Vikrama year 30, • • • • • • Vaiśākha, su. 11, Thursday corresponding to 1106 A.D., April 15, [Sunday]. [The Śaka and cyclic years were 1028 and Vyaya respectively].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī macāḷukya vikrama varṣada 30 ne-

⟨2⟩ ya vaisākha māsada su 11 bṛha

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • juṁka bilko

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nuṁva (rṣa)

[Rest is broken and lost].

⟨SIIv29p0i0217⟩ No. 217. (A.R. No. 66 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On a pillar in the Sōmēśvara temple. Fourth pillar Museum No. 84.

1109 A.D.

This record is engraved at the end of No. 66 above. It states that Malli-seṭṭi son of Balli-seṭṭi made a gift of eight gadyaṇās for a perpetual lamp to the god Svayambhu Sōmanātha of Kollipāka for the merit of Māyikabbe.

This undated record may be ascribed to the same date of the previous record [No. 66] 1109 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti kolli pā-

⟨2⟩ ka svayaṁbhū sō-

⟨3⟩ manāthadēvara

⟨4⟩ ku balliseṭṭi mai-

⟨5⟩ liseṭṭi māyi-

⟨6⟩ kabbege dharmmavā-

⟨7⟩ gi nandādīvigeya

⟨8⟩ nirisida gadyā[ṇa*] 8 ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0218⟩ No. 218. (A.R. No. 95 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

On a broken pillar lying in the main street. ⟨Page 232⟩

1109 A.D.

This fragmentary record seems to have contained a genealogical account of the Chālukya family. It refers to mahādānās such as guḍaparvata, śarkaraparvata, lavaṇaparvata and gōsahasra. Also, it refers to an officer Kānadēva who bears the epithets antahpura verggaḍe, mahāpradhāna, kannada-sandhivigrahi and daṇḍanāyaka. In the post script Appēśvara-dēva is mentioned.

It is dated in the Chalukya Vikrama year 3(1), Virōdhi, Akshaya (tritīya) which is irregular. If the given Chalukya Vikrama varsha 3(1) is a mistake for 34 then the cyclic year Virōdhi holds good [with Śaka 1031] and the given tithi corresponds with 1109 A.D., April 5, Monday.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • yyara • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • triyoḷabhira dē •

⟨3⟩ ludārṇnava bāḍavānaḷaṁ || • • •

⟨4⟩ kyavaṁśa doḷanēkarānata diṁ-

⟨5⟩ ḷakaraṁbunidhi vṛḍhadareyanatahi • •

⟨6⟩ navadya nṛpāḷarāḷdaralliṁ baḷiya • • •

⟨7⟩ dvaṁśajaṁ tailabhūpanātana parākra-

⟨8⟩ mentene || v® || dhareyaṁ pabbere maccuta

⟨9⟩ vira maṁciṁkoṁḍu marttaṁḍanurbbi kri

⟨10⟩ yaṁ rājipatējadiṁ beḷappa pōlpuṁ koṁ-

Second Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • ttarābhivṛddhi •

⟨2⟩ • • • tāraṁsaluttamire • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • vīḍinoḷu sukhasaṁkathāvi

⟨4⟩ • • • • • (jyaṁ) geyyuttire tadātmajaṁ tatpā-

⟨5⟩ • • • pajīvi || v® || duradoḷmāṟāṁ pa-

⟨6⟩ • • paṁbi sudeṟagadoḍā cōḷa pāṁ(ḍya*) bō-

⟨7⟩ • • māḷavyara cēraṁ cēradiṁdaṁ cēḍaki biṭe-

⟨8⟩ nedaṁ gadāvānaḷaṁ gūrjara śauryyadhvaṁ-

⟨9⟩ • sakaṁ siṁhaḷa baḷaniḷayaṁ gaṁgapermmāḍi

⟨10⟩ • • sōmaṁ poṟagāgi koṭṭa pa-

Third Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • (vi)krama varṣada 3(1) • •

⟨2⟩ • rōdhi saṁvatsara dakṣaya (tṛ)

⟨3⟩ (tī)yā mahāpuṇyatithi ni • •

⟨4⟩ diṁ guḍaparvvata śarkarāparvvata

⟨5⟩ (la)vaṇaparvvata gōsahasrādi ma •

⟨6⟩ dānaṁgaḷaṁ māḍuttiṟda dānakāla •

⟨7⟩ ḷaṁtaṟpuraverggaḍe mahāpradhānaṁ ka-

⟨8⟩ ṁnaḍi sandivigrahi daṇḍanāyakaṁ kā-

⟨9⟩ nadēva ·aṣṭabhōga tēja •

Fourth Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • jāḥ paramahīpa • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • (na) sōbhuvibhāvibhūpa • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • darmmamimaṁ samastaṁ tēbhyō ma •

⟨4⟩ • • tēṣa mūrddhvi || ·ālōkārkka śaśi ⟨Page 233⟩

⟨5⟩ • • dakkī darmmamidharmmaṁmaṁ pāli • •

⟨6⟩ • la doḷvanāḷge maḷegaḷbeṁḷyane gaṁkoḷse

⟨7⟩ • jalaṁgaḷtāre gurvvi koṭṭaṁ beḷegeṁduṁtika

⟨8⟩ daṁḍādhipaṁ śrīlōlaṁ meṟaṁ gūrjjita ·a

⟨9⟩ bhyudayamaṁ bhadra śubhaṁ maṁgaḷaṁ

⟨10⟩ maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨11⟩ ·a(ppē)śvara dēvara pūrvvadalu

[Stops here abruptly].

⟨SIIv29p0i0219⟩ No. 219. (A.R. No. B. 764 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the platform of Harijana-Chāvaḍi.

1112 A.D.

It registers a gift of one load of millets daily for offerings to the god Kuṁbhēra and oil for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple by sēnabōva Gangarasa and sāvāsi Māṇikabhaṭṭa, the perggaḍe of Bhaṭṭavēnṭheya dandanāyaka sāvāsi Pommaṇayya.

The record is dated in Chālukya Vikrama year 37, Nandana Pushya, Śu. 4, Monday, Uttarāyaṇa-saṁkramaṇa. It corresponds to 1112 A.D., December 24, Tuesday. The Sankramana was on 23, Monday but the tithi was śu. 3.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmaccāḷukya vikramava-

⟨2⟩ risada 37 nēya naṁdana saṁ-

⟨3⟩ vatsarada puśya sudda 4 sōma-

⟨4⟩ vāra ·uttarāyaṇa

⟨5⟩ saṁkramaṇadaṁdu bhaṭṭavēṁṭhe-

⟨6⟩ ya daṇḍanāekaṁ sāvāsi pommaṇa-

⟨7⟩ yyaṁgaḷa perggaḍe sāvāsi

⟨8⟩ māṇikabhaṭṭanuṁ sēnabō-

⟨9⟩ va gaṁgarasanu vīḷdarmma kuṁbhē-

⟨10⟩ ra dēvara nivēdyakaṁ sādave(ṇṇe)-

⟨11⟩ gaṁ dēvasavaḷa maṁḍavaḍalu

⟨12⟩ biṭṭa jōḷada hēṟu ·oṁdu |

⟨13⟩ ·ī dhammavaṁ matte manthāvakka pikā-

⟨14⟩ gaḷāgi yāru baṁpadaṁtappi

⟨15⟩ pratipāḷisuvaru | vakra-

⟨16⟩ rāgi kiḍisidavaru vāraṇā-

⟨17⟩ • yalu sahasra kavile vaṁ

⟨18⟩ • hmaṇaruvaṁ koṁda pātaka

⟨19⟩ • kku © [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0220⟩ No. 220. (A.R. No. B. 765 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in front of the Hanuman temple.

1112 A.D. ⟨Page 234⟩

It registers a gift of two drammas (money) per month for the gandha (sandal paste) to the god Rudrēśvara.

It stipulates that this dharma should be maintained by any person who becomes the officer of the temple from time to time. The slab is broken on the left side.

The date of the record and the doners are being the same as in No. 217 [A.R. 764].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • śrī maccāḷukya vikra-

⟨2⟩ • (va) risada 37 neya naṁdana

⟨3⟩ • (ṁ)vatsarada pusya su 4 sōma

⟨4⟩ (u)ttarāyaṇa saṁkramaṇadaṁdu

⟨5⟩ • ṭṭa vēṁṭeya daṇḍanāyakaṁ sāvā-

⟨6⟩ si pommaṇayyaṁgaḷu ·avara heggaḍe

⟨7⟩ sāvāsi māṇikkabhaṭṭanuṁ sēnabōvaṁ

⟨8⟩ gaṁgarasanuvīḷdu rudrēsvara dēvara

⟨9⟩ gaṁdhakke maṇḍavaḍalu tiṁgaḷiṁge

⟨10⟩ ·eraḍu drammavaṁ biṭṭaru ·i darmmavaṁ

⟨11⟩ • • • mattamaṁ dēvakkadhikārigaḷāgi

⟨12⟩ yāruṁ baṁdaḍa tappade pratipāḷi-

⟨13⟩ suvaru | vakrastarāgi kiḍisidavaru

⟨14⟩ vāraṇāsiyalu sahasra kavilevaṁ

⟨15⟩ brāhmaṇaruvaṁ koṁda pātaka

⟨16⟩ vakkuṁ [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0221⟩ No. 221. (A.R. No. B. 468 of 1961-62.) HOṬṬAL, DEGLUR TALUK, NANDED DISTRICT.

Interior parapet below the kakshāsana on the right side of the mukha-maṇḍapa of the Nandi temple within the Mahādēva temple.

Impression from the Superintendent, South Western Circle, Aurangabad.

1120 A.D.

Records a gift to the god Svayambhu Rebbēśvara by Bīrarasa and Aṁkapayya of Poṭṭaḷa-Madanūru at the instance of Kāḷaya-nāyaka.

It is dated in Chalukya Vikrama era 45, Śārvvari, Āśvīja, Amāvāsye, Solar eclipse corresponding to 1120 A.D., October 24, [Sunday]. There was Solar eclipse on that day.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmaccāḷukya vikrama varṣada 45 neya sārvva-

⟨2⟩ ri saṁvatsarada ·āsvījadamāvāsye sūryyagra-

⟨3⟩ haṇadaṁdu kāḷaya nāyaka nāṇatti •

⟨4⟩ yiṁ bīrarasaṁ śrīsvayaṁbhu rebbēsvara dēva-

⟨5⟩ gāḷva poṭṭaḷa madanūra ·aṁkapayyanu

⟨6⟩ dārāpūrvvaka māḍi biṭṭaru || maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī ⟨Page 235⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0222⟩ No. 222. (A.R. No. 92 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

On a four faces of a pillar in the tank behind the Sōmēśvara temple [No. 81].

1125 A.D.

This is another record engraved on another face of the same pillar (as above). Though seems to be a continuation of the (No. 81) above record this has been engraved as an independent inscription.

The record is undated but palaeographically and on the basis of mention of Kēśirāja who is also mentioned in the previous (No. 81) record it can be assigned to the same date as in that record viz., 1125 A.D., March 24.

This is a jaina record and contains prasastis of several jaina munis such as Mēghachandramaḷadhāri, Padmanandi, Padmaprabha, Mēghachandra and Mādhavēndu. These munis belonged to Krāṇūrggaṇa and Mēshapāshāṇa-Gachcha.

Kēśirāja who is described as the lord of this jinaśāsana protected by Yakshi got erected a mānastambha and constructed a makara-tōraṇa.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī bhadramastu jinaśāsanāya ||

⟨2⟩ śrī kāṇūrggaṇada • • (ṭkāra) ra bā-

⟨3⟩ ḷārkkarenisidācāryyakkuḷuṁ bhīka

⟨4⟩ ra duraṁta duritōdrēka kṣayariṁ-

⟨5⟩ tesakakōṭiṁ baḷiyaṁ || paḍiyaṁ niṁte

⟨6⟩ ṟeyennarerddu teṟeyarmmuccinna-

⟨7⟩ riṁ muccarōraḍi vesarppaḍe pogara-

⟨8⟩ ydu guḷa biṭṭaṁ duṇḍariṁ nuṁbudō

⟨9⟩ bēḍi koḷu vastugaḷayde ·aṁgaṇadegaṁ

⟨10⟩ dharmmārggaḷiṁnilliveṁdaḍe nillaselle mōgha

⟨11⟩ caṁdramaḷadhāri śrī bratīṁdrōttamar ||

⟨12⟩ śiṣyastadīyō muni padmaṇaṁdi sūrista

⟨13⟩ dīyōpi vidyāvarēṇaḥ padmaprabha

⟨14⟩ śrīmuni puṁgavō bhūdbhaṭṭāra kōvi

⟨15⟩ śruta puṇyakīrtiḥ || tasyānujō

⟨16⟩ rājita cārumūrttiḥ saidhyāṁta dē-

⟨17⟩ vō muni mēghacaṁdraḥ tasyāgra śi-

⟨18⟩ ṣyōjani mādhavēṁduḥ saiddhāṁta

⟨19⟩ dēvō guṇaratnasiṁdhuḥ || traiḷō

⟨20⟩ kyōdara madhya mētadakhiḷaṁ pra

⟨21⟩ dyōtayaṁ tṛkramāddēhādgā

⟨22⟩ cchatutaccha kāṁtinicayaiḥ prādmā-

⟨23⟩ sida śāmukhaiḥ yakṣi rakṣi

⟨24⟩ ta jainaśāsanapati śrī kēśirā-

⟨25⟩ ja prabhōddēvibhūri vibhūtayē bha-

⟨26⟩ gavativōbhūyatāmaṁbikā ||

⟨27⟩ (guṁgudu) kuḷadoḷu munnāruṁ parivri- ⟨Page 236⟩

⟨28⟩ ddhige salisalāṟadantarisidaṁbara

⟨29⟩ (lōka) kāmaneyde samuddhadurisida-

⟨30⟩ rīva sudhegeseyaṁ gōṇiyadēvar ||

⟨31⟩ besadaṁ bhavyōttamanene vasumati-

⟨32⟩ yoḷu kēsirājanaṁbādēvyāva-

⟨33⟩ gyāthadoḷa bālyamene māḍisi mā-

⟨34⟩ nastaṁbha makaravaratōraṇamaṁ ||

⟨35⟩ © śrī matukrāṇurggaṇada mēṣa pā-

⟨36⟩ ṣāṇaṇagacchadaṁbaratiḷakaṁ maṁgaḷa

⟨37⟩ • mahā śrī śrī śrī śrī © © © ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0223⟩ No. 223. (A.R. No. B. 767 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Pillar setup in the field of Mahadevappa Kaṇakaṭe.

1130 A.D.

It records the death of the jaina muni Tribhuvana-sēna-Siddhāntadēva who is highly praised. The famous jaina centre Kopaṇagiri is mentioned in the record. [No. 236/A.R. 762 below].

The record is dated in Bhūlōkavarsha 5 Sādhāraṇa, Śravaṇa, ba. 7, Monday corresponding to 1130 A.D., July 28, Monday [Śaka 1052].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © bhūyādā vīrasēnasya vīrasēnasya śāsanaṁ |

⟨2⟩ bhūyādā vīrasēnasya vīrasēnasya śāsanaṁ ||

⟨3⟩ ·ābibhūta manōbhava madavibhavaṁ rāddhāṁtara-

⟨4⟩ tna kopaṇagiriyappa • navagaṇa varanesedaṁ

⟨5⟩ tribhuvanasēnaṁ munīṁdra tāmarasēnaṁ ||

⟨6⟩ śrī maccāḷukya vaṁśāgraṇiyenisida bhūlōka-

⟨7⟩ varṣaṁ gataydānāmaṁ sādāraṇābdaṁ śravaṇa ba-

⟨8⟩ huḷadoḷsaptami sōmavāra tāmettaṁ krō-

⟨9⟩ ḍiloḷpiṁ suragati vaḍada bhāvatātma svarūpa

⟨10⟩ kāmapraduṁ saka (lōdrō) tribhuvana varasēnākhya

⟨11⟩ siddhāṁtadēvar || ·antastatvada khalmeḻuninti tribhu-

⟨12⟩ vanasusēna muni • sarakkantaṁ māḍalsalelō

⟨13⟩ kāntikadiṁ bharoḷeṣaḍḍidaṁ • • • da diṁdaṁ || ·ā[bīma]

⟨14⟩ varū payavvana viḷāsa samanvitadēva suṁda

⟨15⟩ rī prabhavasu (bhāva) haraḷa madāṁbina sau-

⟨16⟩ khyamavēmaveṁdu kaṁ • • • munipaṁ-

⟨17⟩ tarātmanoḷeniṁdu subōdhadoḷānde

⟨18⟩ cittamitribhuvana sēna divya munipaṁ paḍe-

⟨19⟩ daṁ paramātma(ṁ) tatvamaṁ || ·anavarataṁ śrīma-

⟨20⟩ tribhuvana sēna muni poddanamaḷa caritaṁ

⟨21⟩ śuddhātmanoḷāndi pavi • • • nta nimiṣa nā-

⟨22⟩ daṁge doldā • lō(kaṁ) vīraroḷ || © © ⟨Page 237⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0224⟩ No. 224. (A.R. No. B. 488 of 1961-62.) KHADAKLĀṬ, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Slab built into the front wall of the Jaina Basadi.

1174 A.D.

It begins with a very long eulogy of Śrī-madaśēsha-mahājanas of śrī-madagrahāram Laṭṭiya and followed by another eulogy of various merchant guilds (named). It registers a gift of income from levies on several goods and pulses and even of sale of sesam, salt, cotton and horse for the repairs and maintenance of the fort and the ditch of agrahāra Laṭṭi and a gift of 20 buffaloes to the god Haṁchikēśvara of the same place by the Five-hundred svamis of Ayyāvaḷe, the 1700 Gavares, the Mummuridaṇḍas, Ubhaya-nānādēsis, the sixteen of 8 nādus, the people of Nālku [Four] paṭṭaṇa etc., who had all assembled as mahānādu [the assembly probably of agrahāra Laṭṭi].

It is dated in the cyclic year Jaya, Mārgaśira Śu. 5, Friday. Probably it corresponds to 1174 A.D., November 1, Friday [Śaka 1096].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī svastiyamaniyamasvādhyāyadhyānadhāraṇamoṁmaunānuṣṭhā-

⟨2⟩ ṇa(na) parāyaṇa japasamādhiśīḷa(la) guṇasaṁpannaruṁ yajana

⟨3⟩ yājanādhyayanadhyāpana dāna pratigrahaṣaṭkarmma niya(ra)taruṁ sapta sōmā-

⟨4⟩ saṁsthāna kṛtāvagāhana pavitrīkri[kṛ]taśariraruṁ purātana manumudicarita-

⟨5⟩ rōpāsanāgnihōtra dvijaguru dēvatāpūjātatpararuṁ sakaḷa(la)kāryya

⟨6⟩ sādhakaruṁ ru(®)gyajussāmātharvvaṇavēdavēdāṁgapāragaruṁ jñānanidhi tatva-

⟨7⟩ ranēkabudhajanalalāṭataṭaghaṭitamaṇimarīcivikasitapādāra-

⟨8⟩ viṁdadaṁḍaruṁ yāśṛtajanakaḷpavṛkṣaruṁ ·upanyāsalahari pravāharuya (a)

⟨9⟩ nēka tārkkika janōttaṁsamimāṁsaka vaiyāyika bauddhāha-

⟨10⟩ tasāṁkhyaṣaṭtharkkaṣaṇmukharuṁ duritāmukharuṁ pratyakṣavaśiṣṭaruṁ vai-

⟨11⟩ ṣṇavavanavāsaruṁ bharatārṇna(va) timiṁgaḷaruṁ rāmāyaṇasarājahaṁsa-

⟨12⟩ ruṁ mārttaṇḍōjvaḷakirttiyutaruṁ śvētacchatra cāmarādhyanēka cihnaḷaṁkṛtaruṁ

⟨13⟩ lakṣmīnivāsa vakṣasthaḷasthāpitaruṁ śrīmatraipurṣadēvara divya śrī

⟨14⟩ pādapadmārādhakarumappa śrīmadagrahāraṁ laṭṭiya śrīmadaśēṣa mahā-

⟨15⟩ janaṁgaḷu samastabhuvana vikhyāta paṁcaśatavīraśāsana labdhanēka guṇagaṇāḷaṁkṛta satya-

⟨16⟩ saucācāra caritra nayavinaya vijñāna vīrasamaya baṇaṁju dharmapratipāḷa

⟨17⟩ na visu(śa)ddha guḍḍa dhvaja virāja mānānūna sāhasōttuṁganāsamāliṁgita nijabhuja vi-

⟨18⟩ jaya vīralakṣmī nivāsa vakṣasthaḷabhuvanaparākramōnnataruṁ vāsudēva khaṇḍaḷi mau-

⟨19⟩ ḷa bhadra vaṁsō(śō)dbhavaru yīśḷa(īśva)ravaraprasādaruṁ dvātriṁśatuvēḷāmaḷakuḻa aṣṭā-

⟨20⟩ daśapaṭṭaṇamuṁ cauṣaṣṭiyōgapīṭhamuṁ ·aṟuvattanālku ghaṭikāsthānamuṁ

⟨21⟩ nānādēsā(śā)bhyaṁtaradeṁṭu nāḍa padinaṟuvaruṁ gavaṟeghātriyaruṁ se-

⟨22⟩ ṭṭiyaruṁ seṭṭiguttaruṁ samasta bhallaṁki daṇḍahastaruṁ ·ācāragaligaḷuṁ yē-

⟨23⟩ kayka vīraruṁ vīrāvatāraruṁ gondaḷa caturmmukharuṁ śaraṇāgatavajra-

⟨24⟩ paṁjararuṁ kannaradēvana karumāḍadalu ponna bitettisida parākramōnnataruṁ bhagava-

⟨25⟩ tidēvilabdhavaraprasādarumappa śrī madayyāvaḷeya ·aynūrvvasvāmigaḷuṁ

⟨26⟩ sāsiradēlnūru gavaṟeyuṁ muṁmuridaṁṇḍamaṁ mubhayanānādēsiyuṁ

⟨27⟩ nālkuṁ paṭṭaṇa mukhyavāgi mūṟusāsira hannircchāsiramuṁ muvattāṟu cihnamuṁ

⟨28⟩ muṁmuridaṁḍamuṁ ·āyagahāraṁ laṭṭiyalu nālkaṁ paṭṭaṇa mumukhya-

⟨29⟩ vāgi mahānāḍāgirddu neredu jayasaṁvatsarada mārggaśira suddha 5 sukra-

⟨30⟩ vāradandu ·āyūra kōṭeya jīrṇnōddhārakkaṁ ·agaḷiṁgaṁ biṭṭa ·āyada krama ⟨Page 238⟩

⟨31⟩ ventendaḍe yeḷḷu ·uppu hattiyellā dhānyaṁgaḷaṁ māṟekoṇḍavaru hoṁge ·āya-

⟨32⟩ vāgi vīsavaṁti(te)ṟuvaru kuduṟeyaṁ māṟidavaru hoṁge vīsavaṁ ti(te)ṟuvaru

⟨33⟩ maduvege hoṁnaṁ koṭṭavaru hoṁge vīsavaṁti(te)ṟuvaru mattaṁ ·alliya haṁci kēsvaradapa-

⟨34⟩ rvvada dharmmakāryyakke yippattu kōṇana śāsanamaṁ biṭṭaru yidharmakāryyada

⟨35⟩ śāsanamaṁ ·aynūrvvaruṁ pratipāḷisuvaru maṁgaḷa mahā

⟨36⟩ śrī śrī || yīśāsanakkāvanādaḍā ·aḍḍa bandavargge vāraṇāsiyalu gōvadvijarū ni-

⟨37⟩ vrātarkkaḷaṁ vadiyisida pātakamaneyduvaru [|*] ·adhicekriyembana-

⟨38⟩ rakavaniḷivaru [|*] yī śāsanamaṁ pratipālisidavarige gaṁgegaye vāraṇāsi ku-

⟨39⟩ rukṣētra prayāgeyalu sahaśra(sra) liṁgapratiṣṭheya māḍida phalamahadava-

⟨40⟩ ru || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harētu vasundarā ṣaṣṭhirvvarṣa sahaśrā(srā)ṇi vi-

⟨41⟩ ṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate kṛ(kri)mi || bahubhirvvasudādattā rājabhissagarādhi-

⟨42⟩ bhiyyasya yasya tadāsiddhi stasya tasya tadā phaḷaṁ || śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0225⟩ No. 225. (A.R. No. 58 of 1961-62.) KŌHIR, ZAHEERABAD TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Slab built as a step to the shop of Irasangappa in the bazaar.

12th century A.D.

The record engraved on two faces of the slab is worn out. The purport of the extant portion is not clear.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

Completely worn out.

Second Face.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • ṁdara (sa) • • • • •

⟨3⟩ (ryyā) bhājya • • • • • tinā

⟨4⟩ • dhghāsa • • • • • • • • • • yarā

⟨5⟩ • diya • • • • • • • • • • ḷado

⟨6⟩ tta śrīyō • • • • • • • • • • mu

⟨7⟩ • pāda • • • • • • • • • • rama

⟨8⟩ • ra rāma • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ (vo)gana pā • • • • • • • • • • vāra

⟨10⟩ sagupana • • • • • • • • • • na

⟨11⟩ • jagadi • • • • • • • • • • raṁdu

⟨12⟩ • ṇarāya • • • • • caraṇaṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0226⟩ No. 226. (A.R. No. 77 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALGONDA DISTRICT.

On the pedestal of a sculpture of a hero riding on an elephant back-Museum No. 8.

12th century A.D.

This fragmentary inscription seems to record the death of the mahout (māvanta) Aṇṇayya and probably others in a fight. ⟨Page 239⟩

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ḷiya • ṁga (mi)vasavāraṁ ·aṇṇayya

⟨2⟩ māvantanaṁ śvāmikāryya

⟨3⟩ ·ī sāva baṁṭaru ·aṇṇayya

⟨4⟩ na nōḍi sā(vu) da • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0227⟩ No. 227. (A.R. No. 88 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT.

Pillar [No. 9] dugout from the main street in the village.

12th century A.D.

This fragmentary and damaged record seems to refer to a gift (details lost) for offerings probably to a temple.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ • ppa samaṁtila

⟨2⟩ • • • llama •

⟨3⟩ pe • tāraṁbu

⟨4⟩ • • (ma) • • • • •

⟨5⟩ duhōda pāpa

⟨6-8⟩ damaged

⟨9⟩ ®pula caṁ-

⟨10⟩ dra ||

Second Face.

⟨1-3⟩ damaged

⟨4⟩ (kālu ṇadā) • •

⟨5⟩ lu nivēdyakke • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ ṁ bayadā bāḷanu

⟨8⟩ ma(da)lu biṭṭa • • • • •

⟨9⟩ gade • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • mēlāda • • • ṁda

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • • dādi hi

⟨13⟩ (raṁṇya) • • mā •

⟨14⟩ (naṁdādīpa) • • • • •

Third Face.

Fully damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0228⟩ No. 228. (A.R. No. 100 of 1961-62.) KOLANUPĀKA, BHUVANAGIRI TALUK, NALAGONDA DISTRICT. ⟨Page 240⟩

On a pillar in the compound of the Jaina Basadi.

12th century A.D.

The record reads Śrī Pushpasēnadēva. It is in the characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī puṣṭasēnadēva

⟨SIIv29p0i0229⟩ No. 229. (A.R. No. B. 117 of 1961-62.) TEKKALI, TEKKALI TALUK, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT.

Fragment kept in the compound of the Rājāsāhib's palace.

12th century A.D.

Fragment, purport not clear, mentions probably a person by name Malla. It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • se baṁ (dā)

⟨2⟩ dāra mallana •

⟨SIIv29p0i0230⟩ No. 230. (A.R. No. B. 480 of 1961-62.) DŌṆAWĀD, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Stone by the side of the Kalamēśvara temple.

12th century A.D.

This badly wornout and fragmentary record intended to register a grant to a temple by the village head gāmuṇḍa. It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṇa • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • (raṇa) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • dārā • • • • • dita • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • (ti)ka (nāḍa) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • kasa • ha • sa • ha • • •

⟨8⟩ ḷa • dēvasthāna • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ ga • • • • • (śrī) • sva •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • (ha)rihara gāmaṇḍa • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • ·i • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 241⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0231⟩ No. 231. (A.R. No. B. 486 of 1961-62.) KERŪR, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Fragment built into the wall of the Bharamappa temple.

12th century A.D.

The slab, of which both the top and bottom portions are broken and lost. It contains the eulogy of a person (name lost) who is described as highly learned. There is a reference to Kaumudī mahōtsava.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ḷpa maṇa • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • sādā(sādvi)ta prasādāsādita (pra) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • • prabhu prasādita darśanāṁśu kaumudī mahōtsa • rpaṇa • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • janita puḷakita gātra sakaḷakaḷāprāgalbhya sukavijana cakōrabriṁdapari • •

⟨6⟩ ksikara pradhānu dānavakuḷa biṣṇu viṣṇu virājita kramakaṁja keṁjaḷa()

⟨7⟩ śubuja[jaṁ]jarita bāḷēṁdu prabhāsvarddhi bāḷalīḷālakṣīkēḷi(ṁ) gṛhōtta

⟨8⟩ (bā)gu māṁgalyēka viprakuḷāmṛtārṇnavōdara pāricāta jātōrjjīvaśauryya

⟨9⟩ (pa)tibhūpāḷaṁ rājyalakṣmā karmaṇi • • matra sāmartthya matipratibhāpratya-

⟨10⟩ kṣa brihasvati patikāryya vaṁcaka kaṇa japōddhatāḷāpa janajihvāsta

⟨11⟩ maṁtra yaṁtra taṁtratraya sphūrtti manārttyudagra bhāpāḷaṁkara garbbhaca-

⟨12⟩ ṁḷāpanartananija jihvā naṭanāṭaka vākyārttha kayākāra ka(nna)ra ba • •

⟨13⟩ mārggapradarśita pravīṇa mati prasara sarasa saṁgīta • prayōga prasaṁgā-

⟨14⟩ rvvagāyi nija[mā]tuṁga saṁgatā(pi)na bavarastanāḷaṁkritavalla • kpaṇi

⟨15⟩ tamṛdu • yaninādā karṇnano • rṇna rāgō dayābhirāma

⟨16⟩ • • • rata prasiddhāḍaṁbara[rā ba]ddha pratime saṁgrāmāḷaṁkrita

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ramaḷajaṁ hōdāda • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0232⟩ No. 232. (A.R. No. B. 519 of 1961-62.) SAṄGAI, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Three fragments in Harijana-vāḍa.

12th century A.D.

The purport of the three fragments is not clear. Only the below words can be made out from them. Fragment-1-Vasishṭa, Rāmadēva. -2-Paṁḍitā, Nāyaka. -3-Krōda, Vi(dya).

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

I.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • (nvadātyā) vasiṣṭa | rāmadēva

⟨3⟩ • • • • • (nmēṣā) • • • • • ṭhi ⟨Page 242⟩

⟨4-5⟩ illegible

II.

⟨1⟩ paṁḍita

⟨2⟩ nāyaka (sa) •

⟨3⟩ (tasyā) • •

⟨4⟩ (nāga) • • •

⟨5⟩ • • (da) mā •

⟨6⟩ • • nirava

III.

⟨1⟩ • krōda • (saḍa) •

⟨2⟩ • vi[dya] mā[nesa]

⟨3⟩ lli(ttē) • kāyadau •

⟨4⟩ • • • • • gā • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0233⟩ No. 233. (A.R. No. B. 571 of 1961-62.) KAPGAL, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Fragment near the Jod-Īśvara temple.

12th century A.D.

The slab is broken on all sides. It seems to record a gift of land probably to a temple. It is in characters of about the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ bhaṁkēsvara

⟨2⟩ (rvva)bādā parihāramāge • ·ū(ra)

⟨3⟩ hadiya baṭṭeyiṁ teṁka(lū) biṭṭa kariyanela

⟨4⟩ vesana (pō) • • || sā • • • • • sāvōḷiṁ śrī 1

⟨5⟩ niyō bhava • • • • • • • • • • rtevē

⟨6⟩ ·āka (na) • • • • • • • • • • ṇḍaḷēśva-

⟨7⟩ ra(pi)ranendara • • • • • • • • • • ḍapada

⟨8⟩ keraṇḍaka • • ya • • • madoḷō bānō

⟨9⟩ • • • rayya • • • • • ridana • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0234⟩ No. 234. (A.R. No. B. 580 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On four stone beams in the ceiling of the temple known as Nelaguḍi.

12th century A.D.

This damaged writing with no beginning and end on four beams seems to contain an eulogy of a person called Madhusūdhan of the Kasyapa-gotra and Karnāṭā-vamśa.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

Beam-1.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jjana saṁstuta • daya manuttama pa • darpabīraṁ madhuvarājana ⟨Page 243⟩ [na]ltadoḍuttarōttaraṁ śamedame rūpu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vṛddhi bhāgya vye(ḷu)mevabhimānameṁba guṇavītanoḷoppidavantu negaḻvadaṁ ||

Beam-2.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śītakaranaṁtu mṛdaṁge kumārageṁtu śakrarige jayantaneṁtu raghuvige raghūdbhava nōtu (parimaḷa) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (sa) nārjjisidante vāsudēva(ne)ge tanūjanāgi madhusūdhana nārjjisidanegaḷte yaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

Beam-3.

⟨1⟩ ·anavadyākṛtiyiṁ prabhutva guṇadiṁ satyōptayiṁ • • • • • ganamaśuddhā caritradiṁ vibhuvasu • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • sakaḷa nētrādhāranāgiṟda mā • • • diṁ dhātrige vāsudēvanesedaṁ karṇnāṭa vaṁśōdbhavaṁ ||

Beam-4.

⟨1⟩ vipuḷa śrīstanakuṁkumāṁkita viśēśā • kanmāḷaṁ bhāratīlapanāḷōkana darppaṇaṁ nijayaśōvalli vṛtāśāmadadvipa saṁdōhanudātta

⟨2⟩ (pa)ntāḻdaṁ mikka kāśyapa gōtrammadhusūdhanaṁ parahita vyāpāra pārāyaṇaṁ [||]

⟨SIIv29p0i0235⟩ No. 235. (A.R. No. B. 581 of 1961-62.) KURAḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying near the temple of Basavaṇṇa.

12th century A.D.

This highly damaged and effaced record mentions one Ravideva who, it seems, was a lāḻa sandhivīgrahi. There is a long description of his family. The beginning and end portions of the record are broken and lost. The purport of it is not clear.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

[The sketch of a dagger is there pointing down; the top of it is cut].

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tanakhiḷa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • nēkayajñakṛtānabhritasnānaneṁbudu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • yūrttha • • • • • bahu • • • • • • • • • • manunica • • • • • • • • • • [śauryyaṁ] • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ vida nō(dadeyalu) • • mādanutīta • • • • • • • • • • pa vismaya • • tadvidagra • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ ṇō patadayānita hata (mā)vabhṟuta • • • • • • • • • • || • • • • • • • • • . • • • • •

⟨6⟩ namaḻayaśasaṁdhādita gagana • • • tōda • • ṁga (ḷōtrani) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ vidita sakaḷāgamārttha padamaḻatara kīrtti • • • • • • • • • • taḥ || • • • • • targhāvadā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ dyānvitaṁ • • • vēdi mācaya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ maṁḍanaṁ ravidēva || guṇagaṇamunītuṁ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ ·ālōcisi raviga camūpāḻaṁgācaṁdratāraṁ • • • • • • • • • • lāḻasaṁdhivigraha • dapa • ||

⟨11⟩ gire saṁtata muditōditanāgi pariya • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 244⟩

⟨12⟩ tōrvvīpatagaṁ | vigraha • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ ji[na] matā • • • • • • • • • • nabhita jana • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ rddirdda • • rasaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ dēva vidaḍaṁ nāyaka naśēṣā na • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ hiniyaṁ ghanamārggamārppa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ [dore] nātu || ·ā mahiyoḷu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ paḍeda

⟨19⟩ maṁtraśaktiya di • ḻa mappa

⟨20⟩ koṭṭure

⟨21⟩ sadatulu parākrama-

⟨22⟩ ga sumanōhārikeyi

⟨23⟩ • vaṭaṁ praba • pradōvamiśāṁvasu

⟨24⟩ sibhuyamutā nadiyo

⟨25⟩ yake dharma vinōda nirmmāḻa

⟨26⟩ parivataṟateṟeṟevaḍe

⟨27⟩ paḍi lakṣmīdēvi vōlva viṣṇu

⟨28⟩ doḷu || bage su

⟨29⟩ vadhugeneya || hariya

⟨30⟩ • • • • • manaḻaṁ kaṁpiḻda

⟨31⟩ • • dhavakṣasthaḻa[sa]yō • ·agaṇyapuṇya

⟨32⟩ sāni | ppratibhā sarasvati nirmmaḷa

⟨33⟩ • • pratiṣṭhita maṇi pūtrika

⟨34⟩ ṇisāsanu | parijana sudhēnu | • • citra

⟨35⟩ śriṁgeyūthi | sadācāra vi • dharmmagrandi

⟨36⟩ parisaṁdhi nitaṁcini |

⟨37⟩ masame | [ra]vivasātōdita navamūḷike |

⟨38⟩ tu • sakaḻakaḷā pravīṇē tyāga

⟨39⟩ ś®ṁgāra [bhā]giyeni sāgidaṁka ma •

⟨40⟩ • • • • • gōtra maṁtanavādaṁ • • • • • śrīma • • tsaṁpada

⟨41⟩ dyā viśadayaśō [vibhā]sikratu nikhiḻa • • • • • • • • • • mathana • •

⟨42⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yaṁ ·eneyanvaraṁ catu

⟨SIIv29p0i0236⟩ No. 236. (A.R. No. B. 762 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Right niche in the maṇḍapa of the Mahādēva temple.

12th century A.D.

This damaged fragment record states that Chinni seṭṭi and Bāchaṇa, sons of Hammikabbe and disciple of Tribhuvanasēna Siddhā[nta]dēva got the image of the goddess (name lost) made. [No. 223/A.R. No. 767 above].

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D. ⟨Page 245⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © śrīmatribhuvanasēna si(ddhā)ṁtadēva • • • • • tu || vinaya nidhi vardhamāna

⟨2⟩ naṁ vaniteyaguṇa • • • • • (ha)mmikabbeya suta

⟨3⟩ kā[dvi] | ciṁniseṭṭi bācaṇara • • • • • (ti) yabbeyaṁ māḍisidaru ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0237⟩ No. 237. (A.R. No. B. 763 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

Left niche in the maṇḍapa of the Mahādēva temple.

12th century A.D.

The record states that Rēvaseṭṭi and Jinnaṇa, sons of Basaviseṭṭi and his wife Lokkaṇabbe and disciple of Muni-Suvrata-Siddhāntadēva got the image of goddess Padmāvati made.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī muni suvratasiddhāṁtadēvara guḍḍaru • • • ya māgire padmāvatiyaṁ

⟨2⟩ māḍisidariṁtu basavi seṭṭiyanegaḷda sati lokkaṇabbe yātmaja (rati)

⟨3⟩ mudadiṁ rēvaseṭṭiyuṁ jiṁnaṇanuṁ || śrī ©

⟨SIIv29p0i0238⟩ No. 238. (A.R. No. B. 768 of 1962-63.) GORṬA, BHALKI TALUK, BIDAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar setup in the field of Mahadēvappa Kaṇakaṭe.

12th century A.D.

This damaged fragmentary record probably intends to state the death of Singiseṭṭi through the Jaina Vow (sallēkhana) under the guidance of a jaina muni [Bhadrabāhu ?]. Probably Vardhamāna composed this record.

The record is dated Vikramāva, [Vi]ḷambi, Chaitra • dige• It is not certain that Vikrama refers to Chālukya-Vikrama Varsha. The cyclic year Viḷambi occurred twice 1) 1118 A.D., & 2) 1178 during the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © (bhā)yāpāri • jina • • • • •

⟨2⟩ kanaṁ bhūyā dāvīrasa • • • • •

⟨3⟩ śanaṁ || jinanātha tanagi • • • • •

⟨4⟩ dra bāhu bratīṁdra • • • • •

⟨5⟩ vidaṁ guru lasatsa • • • • •

⟨6⟩ bhōnidi siṁgiseṭṭi java(ra) • •

⟨7⟩ gadaṁ tanagiṁ niṁja (dē)va • • •

⟨8⟩ rkka [vṛdu]rācakradā • • • • •

⟨9⟩ yara paṁḍḍivina tanagi • • •

⟨10⟩ nīdraṁ bhāvasagu(rupaṁ) • • •

⟨11⟩ gaḷpudāvadhbaumāḷana • •

⟨12⟩ manadā ḷthi • • • • •

⟨13⟩ vagildāttana • • dra • • •

⟨14⟩ siddhikṣayyaṁtā • • • • • ⟨Page 246⟩

⟨15⟩ nu prakṣi yamana |

⟨16⟩ naṁniniyutaṁ • •

⟨17⟩ yīḷbi nicavya • •

⟨18⟩ • ṁdrāvāsamaṁ pā(ṭṭi)

⟨19⟩ ya vikramāva (vi)-

⟨20⟩ ḷaṁbi saṁvatsara caitra • •

⟨21⟩ • digeyoḷ • •

⟨22⟩ ra parama śrījina

⟨23⟩ dhyāna doḷcittaṁ • • •

⟨24⟩ rdhamāna nida • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0239⟩ No. 239. (A.R. No. B. 777 of 1962-63.) DHARWAR, DHARWAR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Impression received from Dr. G.S. Dixit, Karnataka University, Dharwar-(3) Findspot: Bid (?) Kolhapur.

12th century A.D.

This fragmentary record refers to Bijja-bhūbuja and mentiones the death of Bonnamanāyaka in a battle.

It is in the characters of 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © nija pata nō(ṁ)ḍāṁ maṇḍaḷika gaṇḍaradēva naḍurttha bijjabhūbhuja gaja marōṟutta ṟipusiṁha parākrama • • ṁdāḷu vijaya va • •

⟨2⟩ priyaṁ negaḻda bhaṇḍa • bonnama nāyaka ripurvvaja nibhayaṁkaraṁ śubhadiśā bharaṇa [yu] danindraśēkaraṁ svaga ṟe • śā • • [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0240⟩ No. 240. (A.R. No. B. 788 of 1962-63.) HARSŪR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup against the wall inside the Jaina temple.

12th century A.D.

This Chalukya record is plastered with cement. Hence nothing can be made out of it. There is a reference to a shaṭ-karma-nirata ascetic [probably Bāḷachaṁdra] and to a ruler described as Kalyaṇa-pura-varādīśvara, lord of the city of Kalyāṇa. The record seems to have registered some kind of grants probably to the ascetic made by the king or his feudatory officer. A few letters on the right side of the slab free from cement plaster, which can be made out, are noticed here.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dramēsubhavya janānāṁ ||

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ralaydaru

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dadiva

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • surabhō ṣaṣṭhikaḷā

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • haradō pāda ⟨Page 247⟩

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kakki pāśayya

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • madāgeyiṁ • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • maḷēna lōka suk® •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ra bage

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • • du lōkaṁ trusā

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • hēmādri

⟨12⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vage • ḷu para • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ḷuka • • • vē

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || va || vinu

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śa nātana

⟨16⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kōśaraṁ ||

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • • malla

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ḷāda bage

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • di demage

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • naṁ kanyā dā-

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (ḷsi)rka(dā)

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nānaku

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tāpa cakri

⟨24⟩ • • • • • • • • • • samasta pra

⟨25⟩ • • • • • • • • • • muda dhiṁ

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || svastiyamaniyama svādhyā-

⟨27⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tapō-

⟨28⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jajanita rigu-

⟨29⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṣaṭkarma nirata

⟨30⟩ • • • • • • • • • • grahāra

⟨31⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vanariṁ śrī viḷasa-

⟨32⟩ • • • • • • • • • • hi virata • ne ho

⟨33⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ti śīḷaṁ dāṇuṁ

⟨34⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (bhūpa) • • na viṁne-

⟨35⟩ • • • • • • • • • • śadā dēva

⟨36⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yaṁbina da ha

⟨37⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pogu • • •

⟨38⟩ • • • • • • • • • • trada di (kō)

⟨39⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yaruṁ pu-

⟨40⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ḷaṁ candra

⟨41-42⟩ damaged

⟨43⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pārāsi • • • binera

⟨44⟩ • • • • • • • • • • nayarvvi

⟨45⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jaṇigaṁ guṇi • • ḷabē

⟨46⟩ • • • • • • • • • • jaśrī • • ḷasa

⟨47⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gesa • do-

⟨48⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pāpa • •

⟨49⟩ • • • • • • • • • • niyō • • •

⟨50⟩ • • • • • • • • • • tasādhise • yena

⟨51⟩ • • • • • • • • • • bāḷa caṁ-

⟨52⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [nidhi seṭṭi]

⟨53⟩ • • • • • • • • • • putra kuladīpaka • ⟨Page 248⟩

⟨54⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yarudrā caṁdranaṁ ||

⟨55-57⟩ damaged

⟨58⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gegani baḷa • • • • •

⟨59⟩ • • • • • • • • • • manā (guṁ) mā

⟨60-62⟩ damaged

⟨63⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [gō]trā gra

⟨64-68⟩ damaged

⟨69⟩ • • • • • • • • • • danamaṁ ko-

⟨70⟩ • • • • • • • • • • kalyāṇa puravarādhīśvaraṁ

⟨71⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ttavāda ka-

⟨72⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ttuda darmma śā[sana] • •

⟨73-74⟩ damaged

⟨75⟩ • • • • • • • • • • || kaṁda ||

⟨76⟩ • • • • • • • • • • darōgādi nā-

⟨77⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (māsriḻdi)ya dina ni

⟨78-80⟩ damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0241⟩ No. 241. (A.R. No. B. 789 of 1962-63.) HARSŪR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Hero-stone in front of the Karibasappa Temple.

12th century A.D.

This hero-stone has a sculptured panel depicting a hero fighting against a hero sitting on an elephant back. Probably the hero succeeded in killing both the elephant and the enemy on it. But at the end he succumbed to the wounds in the battle field. On top and bottom of the sculptured panel there are two panels containing writing, but damaged very much. It states that the hero probably Haṁniya died after piercing [the enemy and the elephant] to death.

It is in characters of 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

Panel-1.

⟨1⟩ bida calaya • biṭṭeyāṁ ha[ṁ]niya niṟedu • • • • •

Panel-2.

Very much damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0242⟩ No. 242. (A.R. No. B. 795 of 1962-63.) JĪVAṆAGI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab fixed into the floor of the Hanuman temple.

12th century A.D.

This fragmentary record contains only the imprecatory portion.

It is in characters of the 12th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ siyoḷ kurukṣētra • • • • • ⟨Page 249⟩

⟨3⟩ vileya koṭṭa phalavakkuṁ ·idanārobba-

⟨4⟩ ru vakrisidare sahasra kavileya-

⟨5⟩ naḷida pāpavakkuṁ || svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō

⟨6⟩ harēta vasuṁdharāṁ ṣaṣṭi variṣa saha-

⟨7⟩ [srā]ṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0243⟩ No. 243. (A.R. No. B. 810 of 1962-63.) AMARĀVATI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the Īśvara temple.

12th century A.D.

This record seems to mention some jaina teachers but completely worn out and only svasti can be made out.

It is in characters of the 12th century.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0244⟩ No. 244. (A.R. No. B. 483 of 1961-62.) KABBŪR, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Pillar in the Kalamēśvara temple.

Kārtivīrya-dēvarasa 1204 A.D.

The record mentions mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Kartīvīrya-devarasa ruling from the capital Veḷugrama. It registers a gift of money derived from the sale of horses to the god svayambhudēvachakravarti Kalidēvasvāmi of piriya agrahāra Kabbūr by the Hēḷāvida (?) headed by Tikkayya, Anatuma-nāyaka and Hollaya-nāyaka and others.

The record is dated saka 1126, Dundubhi. The Śaka year 1126 donot correspond with the cyclic year Dundubhi. The cyclic year Raktākshi occurred in Śaka 1126 and that of Dundubhi in Śaka 1124.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ — namaḥ sivāyaḥ | namastuṁga (śiraścuṁbi*)caṁdra-

⟨2⟩ cāmaracāruvē traiḷōkyanagarāraṁbhamūla-

⟨3⟩ staṁbhāya saṁbhavē || svasti śrī manmahāpaho-

⟨4⟩ [mā]na sarvvanamasyada piriyagrahāra kabūra śrī

⟨5⟩ svayaṁbhu dēva cakravarti kalidēvasvāmi dēvargge śrī

⟨6⟩ manmahāmaṇḍaḷēsvaraṁ kārttivīryya dēvarasaru vēḷugrā-

⟨7⟩ meya nelevīḍinalu sukhasaṁkathāvinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ-

⟨8⟩ geyyuttamire sakavarṣa 1126 neya duṁdubhi saṁva-

⟨9⟩ tsaradalu hēḷāvida tikkayya ·anatuma nāyaka ho-

⟨10⟩ llayanāyaka jāyigoṭṭu ·iṁtivaru mukhyavāgi (seṭṭa) ⟨Page 250⟩

⟨11⟩ ṣṭa hēḷāvidaru māṟida kudurevoṁdake biṭṭāya paṇa

[The record stops here abruptly].

⟨SIIv29p0i0245⟩ No. 245. (A.R. No. B. 606 of 1961-62.) RĀJOḶḶI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the field of Gaṅgappa.

1282 A.D.

It records a gift of land to the god Gargēśvara by Kasa-gavuḍa.

It is dated in the cyclic year Vishu, Māgha ba. 11, Friday. The given tithi may correspond to 1282 A.D., February 6.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti śrīma-

⟨2⟩ tu viṣu saṁ-

⟨3⟩ va[tsa*]rada māgha

⟨4⟩ bahuḷa 11

⟨5⟩ sukravāradaṁdu

⟨6⟩ garggēsva[ra*] dēvarige [ka]sa-

⟨7⟩ gavu(ḍa)nu dhārā-

⟨8⟩ pūrvvakavāgi

⟨9⟩ koṭṭa vṛtti ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0246⟩ No. 246. (A.R. No. 52 of 1961-62.) PAṬAÑCHERU, SANGAREDDI TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

Fragment of a slab built into Shamsuddin's well behind the Ashruf Khāna.

13th century A.D.

The record, a broken piece, refers to the God Rāmanāthadēva, the city Poṭṭala cherla, and the two places Paṟagimaṭṭu and Naṟṟakallu.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • ra saṁvēṣṭitā saṁpū-

⟨2⟩ madvajaḥ paścātseṁta

⟨3⟩ tkāsale dēśē viśru

⟨4⟩ • hatvā poṭṭala cerllapa-

⟨5⟩ na nagaraṁ jagrāhata

⟨6⟩ simuṁ naṁdyālaṁbhana rō-

⟨7⟩ • bāniya dōrvvikramapra-

⟨8⟩ mānāṁ balādāharttākha

⟨9⟩ yutāsva jayati śrī ru •

⟨10⟩ na saktāsanāti || 5 • || • • •

⟨11⟩ nnaṁmauna yōpētā balla

⟨12⟩ kāmiva guhyakaḥ || © • • • ⟨Page 251⟩

⟨13⟩ re || 56 || — || śakābdē • • •

⟨14⟩ ra nāmadhēyassudhāṁ

⟨15⟩ padmābhaktaḥ || 5(7) || śāsanaṁ

⟨16⟩ dattavān tasya casīmā

⟨17⟩ dēśipaṟagimeṭṭunnaṟaṟakallu śca

⟨18⟩ • muledipari rēgaḍuma-

⟨19⟩ vāḍa rāmanāthadēvari-

[Rest is broken and lost].

⟨SIIv29p0i0247⟩ No. 247. (A.R. No. B. 465 of 1961-62.) PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM, BOMBAY TALUK AND DISTRICT.

On the base of the pedestal of the image of Ambika, photograph from the Museum through G.S. Gai.

13th century A.D.

Reads: Śrī Gōsabi-pratime.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ śrī gōsabi pratime

⟨SIIv29p0i0248⟩ No. 248. (A.R. No. B. 493 of 1961-62.) TAUNDI (Stavanidhi), CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

On the pedestal of image (2) of Pārśvanātha in the Brahmadēva temple.

13th century A.D.

It records the Supārśvadēva of draviḷa-Saṁgha.

It is in charactes of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatu draviḷa saṁghada

⟨2⟩ supārśvadēvaru

⟨SIIv29p0i0249⟩ No. 249. (A.R. No. B. 494 of 1961-62.) TAUNDI, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

On the pedestal of the third Jina image in the Brahmadēva temple.

13th century A.D.

This epigraph refers to the Balātkāra-gaṇa of Mula-saṁgha.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī

⟨2⟩ mūla saṁgha

⟨3⟩ baḷā tkāra ⟨Page 252⟩

⟨4⟩ gaṇa śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0250⟩ No. 250. (A.R. No. B. 510 of 1961-62.) BHAṄKŪR, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Base of a panel of three images in the Jaina basti.

13th century A.D.

Of the three names in this label record only Śrī-Kanakakīrti is legible. It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī kanaka kīrtti

⟨2⟩ • • • maḷādu

⟨3⟩ ·iṭṭa jinadēva

⟨4⟩ ru [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0251⟩ No. 251. (A.R. No. B. 539 of 1961-62.) BALLAṬGI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Outer wall of the Rāmalinga Temple.

13th century A.D.

This incomplete fragment probably records the erection of the temple of Śrī-mahā-Basava by Dasadamōja son of Bimbarasa.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [śrī] mahā baśava sva ·edi • •

⟨2⟩ nigēhamaṁ biṁbarasana pu

⟨3⟩ tra dasadamōja • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0252⟩ No. 252. (A.R. No. B. 557 of 1961-62.) HARVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a pillar in the Hanumān temple.

13th century A.D.

This fragmentary record registers a grant of one out of two oil-mills for a perpetual lamp to be burnt before the god. The beginning portion of the record probably engraved on the top of the pillar is broken and missing.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ru dēvara ·ākhaṁ

⟨2⟩ • tyava naḍasuvaṁ-

⟨3⟩ tāgi sarvvamā-

⟨4⟩ nya ·ā ·eraḍu gā- ⟨Page 253⟩

⟨5⟩ ṇadoḷage ·oṁdu

⟨6⟩ gāṇavaṁ koṭṭaru ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0253⟩ No. 253. (A.R. No. B. 559 of 1961-62.) HIRA, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup in a field out side the village.

Haihaya Kumāra Allahulidēva 13th century A.D.

It records a grant of land sowable with one khanduga seed by mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kumāra Allahulidēva of the Haihaya family to the temple of Lakshminārāyaṇadēva built by Śarvadēva-seṭṭi of Baḷagaranūru.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

[Note: The above note is based on the Annual Report, since both the estampage and the transcript are found missing for verification].

⟨SIIv29p0i0254⟩ No. 254. (A.R. No. B. 155 of 1962-63.) GAḌIGARĒVULA, NANDYAL TALUK, KURNOOL DISTRICT.

On a below of the first pillar in the Bhōgēśvarasvāmin temple.

13th century A.D.

It is very much damaged and the purport is not clear.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ dve vida • va • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ kṣa (jvaḷa) • • • kā • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • (kaḍeṇe)

[This seems to be a broken piece].

⟨SIIv29p0i0255⟩ No. 255. (A.R. No. B. 164 of 1962-63.)-(1). ĀLAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Fragment of slab (1) in the open air Museum, Alampur.

13th century A.D.

This damaged fragment probably refers to a muni (Śrī-Pāladēva) and to a gift.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yā • • •

⟨2⟩ • mādiśīḷa guṇasaṁ • • • • •

⟨3⟩ [rā]śipāladēva muni • • • • •

⟨4⟩ pūrvvakaṁ māḍi koṭṭa • • • • •

⟨5⟩ ḍidavaru gaṁgeyo • • • • •

⟨6⟩ (ka)doḷaṁ caturvvēda • • • • •

⟨7⟩ lumanaḷida dōṣa • • • • •

⟨8⟩ yō harēti vasuṁdharā • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 254⟩

⟨9⟩ yāṁ cāyatē krimi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0256⟩ No. 256. (A.R. No. B. 164 of 1962-63.)-(2). ĀLAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Another fragment (2) in the open air museum.

13th century A.D.

Refers to a muni whose name is not clear.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ dhyānadhāraṇa-

⟨2⟩ nnarappa śrīmada

⟨3⟩ • dhara śrī pā-

⟨4⟩ ri dharmma-

⟨5⟩ ḷaṁvā

⟨6⟩ • • • 1

(Incomplete).

⟨SIIv29p0i0257⟩ No. 257. (A.R. No. B. 164 of 1962-63.)-(3). ĀLAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Fragment (3) in the open air museum.

13th century A.D.

The meaning of this fragment is not clear. Like the previous fragment (No. 255) this also is not listed in the Annual Report.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • ḍu butkaya-

⟨3⟩ ṁṇyaṁgā

⟨4⟩ [gā] ni

⟨SIIv29p0i0258⟩ No. 258. (A.R. No. B. 173 of 1962-63.) ĀLAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Pillar in the maṇḍapa opposite the image of Mahānandi in the Bāla-Brahmēśvara temple.

13th century A.D.

Records the gift of a Jaya-ghanṭe (Bell) and a Chhatra (umbrella) to the god Brahmēśvaradēva by Murāri.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī brahmē

⟨2⟩ śvara dēvargge

⟨3⟩ murāri

⟨4⟩ jayaghaṁ- ⟨Page 255⟩

⟨5⟩ ṭiyumaṁ

⟨6⟩ mēghadaṁba-

⟨7⟩ rada chatramu-

⟨8⟩ maṁ biṭṭa ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0259⟩ No. 259. (A.R. No. B. 181 of 1962-63.) BHIMAVARAM, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar of the Chauḍamma shrine in the Siva temple.

13th century A.D.

Badly damaged, purport not clear. It mentions [the place] Erugulu maḍu.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ·erugulu maḍu

⟨2⟩ • ®ta 1

⟨3⟩ • • rana mahā

⟨4⟩ • • • garikidā

⟨5⟩ • • • pakṣyā

⟨SIIv29p0i0260⟩ No. 260. (A.R. No. B. 212 of 1962-63.) SAṄGAMĒŚVARAM [NEAR KŪDAVALLI VILLAGE], ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUB-NAGAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar of the Nandi maṇṭapa, Sangamēśvara temple.

13th century A.D.

It registers a grant of an oil mill (Ghāṇa) to the god by Rēchīnāyaka for (burning) a perpetual lamp (nandā-dīpa).

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu rē-

⟨2⟩ cināyaka sama •

⟨3⟩ tadēvargge naṁdā-

⟨4⟩ dīvigege biṭṭa ghāṇa [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0261⟩ No. 261. (A.R. No. B. 818 of 1962-63.) GUḌIHĀḶ, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of the Īśvara temple.

13th century A.D.

It states that Sōmaya Son-in-law [aḷiya] of mahāsāmanta Dāsaṇna and Māchi gavuṇḍa together made a gift of six mattar of land and a garden to the god Mahadēva of Gaṅga riṅguṇige.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D. ⟨Page 256⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī mahāsāmaṁta dāsa-

⟨2⟩ ṇnana ·aḷiya sōmaya-

⟨3⟩ nuṁ mācigāmaṇḍanuṁ gaṁga-

⟨4⟩ riṁguṇigeya mahadēvargge

⟨5⟩ biṭṭa mattarāṟu tōṁṭa 1 ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0262⟩ No. 262. (A.R. No. B. 822 of 1962-63.) NUGḌŌṆI, MĀNVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the Basavēśvara temple.

13th century A.D.

The record states that 12 mattar of land belongs to the god Nakharēśvaradēva of Siriyū ru.

It is in characters of the 13th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ siriyūrada na-

⟨2⟩ kharēśvaradēvara

⟨3⟩ bhūmi ma[tta]

⟨4⟩ ru 12

⟨SIIv29p0i0263⟩ No. 263. (A.R. No. B. 829 of 1962-63.) SUṄKĒŚVAR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the field known as suḍugāḍagaddi.

13th century A.D.

It states that when Mallidēva was ruling granted two mattar of wet land to a person named Bommaya.

The record, in characters of about the 13th century A.D., is dated in the cyclic year Khara, Chaitra, śu. 15 Thursday. The cyclic year Khara occurred twice-(1) Śaka 1153 (1231 A.D.) and (2) Śaka 1213 (1291 A.D.) in that century.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ khara saṁvatsara caitra śuddha

⟨2⟩ 15 gu mallidēvanu

⟨3⟩ vijayarājyadalu bo-

⟨4⟩ ṁmayage 2 mattaru

⟨5⟩ gadde mānyadā caṁdra

⟨6⟩ sūryya nuḷanaka •

⟨7⟩ geya bāradu [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0264⟩ No. 264. (A.R. No. B. 830 of 1962-63.) SUṄKĒŚVAR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the Maruḷayyanaguḍi. ⟨Page 257⟩

13th century A.D.

It states that at the instance of mahāmaṇḍaḷēśvara Mallidēvarsa, Mādaseṭṭi Pambagōḍe along with all prabhus made a grant of 15 mattar land to Bomayya.

It is dated in the cyclic year Jaya; Āsāḍa, śu. 11, Monday. It is in characters of the 13th century A.D. The cyclic year Jaya occurred twice: (1) Śaka 1156 (1234 A.D.) and (2) Śaka 1216 (1294 A.D.) in that century.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī mahāmaṁḍaḷēsvaraṁ

⟨2⟩ mallidēvarsara besadiṁ mādiseṭṭi paṁbago-

⟨3⟩ ḍe mukṣavāgi samasta prabhūgaḷu taṁma-

⟨4⟩ ḷikeya jaya saṁvacharada ·āsa-

⟨5⟩ ḍa su 11 sodandu boṁmā-

⟨6⟩ yyaṁge[gūḷu ka]nbakeyiki

⟨7⟩ [dadu ·i]mattaru 15 nu caṁdra

⟨8⟩ sūryyaru muḷḷanaka

⟨9⟩ bhōgisuvaru [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0265⟩ No. 265. (A.R. No. B. 798 of 1962-63.) KAMALĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab lying in front of Hazrat Teg Burhanuddin Dargh-(1).

1310 A.D.

It states that Gaṅgidēva rāṇeya made a gift of land for the maintenance of a dharma-ēta (charitable Picotta).

It is dated Śaka 1232 Sādhāraṇa corresponding to 1310 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © saka 1232 neya sādhāraṇa saṁ-

⟨2⟩ vatsaradali gaṁgidēva rāṇeya

⟨3⟩ ru koṭṭa dharmmētada vritti sarvva

⟨4⟩ mānya | ·ā[stha]ḷa vanu ·a-

⟨5⟩ ḷidavanu nāḍige

⟨6⟩ haṁtaka ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0266⟩ No. 266. (A.R. No. B. 799 of 1962-63.) KAMALĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab lying in front of the Hazrat Teg Burhanuddin Dargah-(2).

1310 A.D.

This slab contains two records. The first one is in Nagari Script and Sanskrit language. This portion of the record is very much damaged. It records a sarvamānya grant [of land] by Gangi-dēva-rāṇeya. Probably it belongs to the same date as engraved in the previous record, viz., 1310 A.D. ⟨Page 258⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • gaṁgidēva rāṇe

⟨2⟩ yaṣā • māpāḷityaya[dha]rma

⟨3⟩ sarvamānya • • • • •

⟨4⟩ kī kanatē • •

⟨5⟩ kavatādapaye • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0267⟩ No. 267. (A.R. No. B. 514 of 1961-62.) MAṄGAḶGI, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the middle of a road.

Suratāṇa Mahāmaṁḍa 1331 A.D.

It is damaged and illegible and mentions Suratāna Mahamaṁḍa • • • • • It records the grant of a shop (aṁgaḍi) free from all taxes to heggaḍe Mādiseṭṭi.

It is dated Śaka 1253, Prajāpati, Śrāvaṇa Śu. 5 Vaḍḍavara corresponding to 1331 A.D., July 10, Wednesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • 1253 neya [sura]

⟨3⟩ tāṇa [mahāmaṁḍa]

⟨4⟩ rājyōdayada prajāpati

⟨5⟩ saṁvachara srāvaṇa (su)

⟨6⟩ (dda) 5 vaḍḍavāradalu • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • ya (sa) • • ya • • •

⟨8⟩ • ka • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ mā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • yara (kku) • • • • •

⟨11⟩ takanu [heggaḍe] mā[diseṭṭi]ge

⟨12⟩ sarbamānya māḍi (koṭṭa)

⟨13⟩ vritti ·aṁgaḍi • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0268⟩ No. 268. (A.R. No. B. 513 of 1961-62.) KŌRVĀR, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the ruined Īśvara temple.

14th century A.D.

It records the gift of a house free from tax to Saṁgamadēva. It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatu saṁga-

⟨2⟩ madēvagaḷige ma-

⟨3⟩ neya bicuge sarbba- ⟨Page 259⟩

⟨4⟩ mānyamāgi koṭṭa vri-

⟨5⟩ tti yamane • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0269⟩ No. 269. (A.R. No. B. 515 of 1961-62.) MOGAL-NĀGĀON, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

On a pillar in the Bhogalinga temple.

14th century A.D.

This fragmentary record refers to an installation which is not clear in the village Muguḷu-nage which is stated to be amara-grāma by probably Hālabāviyaja.

It is in characters of about the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

(Top portion is lost).

⟨1⟩ ·itaṁna ·amaragramadali

⟨2⟩ śrī muguḷunageyalu

⟨3⟩ karma pratiṣṭe māḍisidaṁthā

⟨4⟩ hālabiya(ja)nu māḍisi

⟨5⟩ tamasa haṇamira ·a •

(Record is incomplete).

⟨SIIv29p0i0270⟩ No. 270. (A.R. No. B. 518 of 1961-62.) SAṄGAI, CHITAPUR TALUK, GULBARGA DISTRICT.

Slab in the Harijan vāḍa.

14th century A.D.

This record in Nagarī script is incomplete and damaged. Hence purport not clear. It refers to probably the rule of Suratāṇa Mahaṁmada and to Vēṇḍanūr (modern Beṇṇūr) and Sāṁgvi.

In the date portion only Śārvari, Āshāḍha. ba. 5, Friday is available. The cyclic year Śārvari occured twice during this century [Śaka 1222 and Śaka 1282].

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • saṁvachare

⟨3⟩ sārvari ·āṣāḍha (bahuḷa) paṁcami

⟨4⟩ sukravā(sa)re suratāṇa

⟨5⟩ mahaṁmade(tara) vēṇḍanōrā • • •

⟨6⟩ rṣa ni(rdēśita) vēṇḍanūra sāṁga

⟨7⟩ vi (grāma • vase) • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • rṣa (mastu) vidyā • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

(Rest is lost).

⟨Page 260⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0271⟩ No. 271. (A.R. No. B. 528 of 1961-62.) ARNAḶḶI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Fragment of a slab set-up on the bund of a field outside the village.

14th century A.D.

This fragment seems to refer to the land of a person named Dēvapa.

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • sa dēvapa

⟨2⟩ • • • • • tana kayi •

⟨SIIv29p0i0272⟩ No. 272. (A.R. No. B. 524 of 1961-62.) NĀGANHAḶḶI, GULBARGA TALUK, AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the Nagalingēśvara temple.

14th century A.D.

It refers to Svayaṁbhu Somanāthadēva of Kalabarige. It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ © svasti śrī kalabarageya sva-

⟨2⟩ [yaṁ]bu sōmanāthadēvara •

⟨3⟩ • ḷava ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0273⟩ No. 273. (A.R. No. B. 549 of 1961-62.) BEṬDŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Here-stone near the school.

14th century A.D.

This damaged record mentions Manave which is probably the present Manvi. Rest of the information is lost except Viḷambi. Kartika ba. in the date portion.

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • manave vakarika • • • • • [vi]ḷaṁbi •

⟨2⟩ • • sa[va]charada kartika [ba] • śrīmatu • rasi • ga

⟨SIIv29p0i0274⟩ No. 274. (A.R. No. B. 558 of 1961-62.) HARVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a boulder in a locality called Ēṇi.

14th century A.D.

It mentions Māchinamaleya son of Kaṇilakōja with the epithet Śri-Bēchōja Komara was ⟨Page 261⟩ the prahārī (watchman) of the place. Karaḍikal and Mānuve are mentioned as boundaries.

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī bēcōja komara biruda prasādhitaḷa prahāri ||

⟨2⟩ kaṇila kōjana maga [mā]cina maleya

⟨3⟩ karaḍikalludāri(ṁ) mānuveyadāri mēre [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0275⟩ No. 275. (A.R. No. B. 588 of 1961-62.) MĀDALĀPUR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab near the image of Basavaṇṇa outside the village.

14th century A.D.

This broken piece refers to the grant of a village Giṟigaḍa by a person Bāḷa-Nayaka-Oḍeya.

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ bāḷanāyka ·oḍeyaru

⟨2⟩ koṭṭa ·ūru gi[ṟi]gaḍa •

⟨3⟩ yka ·āru ·aḷipidavari • •

⟨4⟩ tiyanu kate guṁdu-

⟨5⟩ du

⟨SIIv29p0i0276⟩ No. 276. (A.R. No. B. 604 of 1961-62.) MARCHĒḌA, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in a field outside the village.

14th century A.D.

It records a grant of land to the god Śrīpati-dēva by Malidēva of Maṟichēḍa.

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrīmatu

⟨2⟩ maṟicēḍada ma-

⟨3⟩ lidēvanu śrī-

⟨4⟩ pati [dēvarige]

⟨5⟩ koṭṭa vritti matta (30) ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0277⟩ No. 277. (A.R. No. B. 605 of 1961-62.) PAḌAGANADOḌḌI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab in the field of the village Paṭēl.

14th century A.D.

This badly damaged record seems to registers a grant made by a person named Timmaya. ⟨Page 262⟩

It is dated in the cyclic year Durmukhi, Jēshṭa, ba. 30. The cyclic year Durmukhi occurred twice during the 15th century viz., Śaka 1338 1416 A.D., and Śaka 1398 1476 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śālivāhana śakha • •

⟨2⟩ • • • • • neya durmukhi saṁvacha-

⟨3⟩ rada jēṣṭa [ba ||] 30 yalu bhaṁ[ḍā]radā

⟨4⟩ • • • • • kṣatarāyanu tiṁmaya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • ri dēvarige • • • vāgabēkuyaṁdu

⟨6⟩ • • • • • (ṁśa pāḍiya) vīraya ·ā dēvara • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • varu dēvapa • • • • • ·ayaṁbaṁda(ru)

⟨8⟩ • • • makērigeydadā (dēvara) veccakke • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • baruvaduttara • • magaduttara • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • yā (lagra) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ya • • • • • • • • • •

Rest is fully damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0278⟩ No. 278. (A.R. No. B. 619 of 1961-62.) HOSAKŌṬE, COONDAPUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab in a field called Yeḷamakki belonging to the Mūkāmbika temple of Kollūru.

14th century A.D.

This record is badly worn out and only the imprecatory portion of the writing can be made out. It seems to have registered a grant.

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·ācaṁdrārka naḍava-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • barasi neṭṭa śilāśāsana [|*] svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vāyō harēti vasuṁdharā śaṣṭirvvarṣa

⟨3⟩ sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi [|*] dānapālanayōrmmadhye dānātsē-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • dānātsvarggamavāpnōti pālanādaccutaṁ padaṁ [|*]

⟨5⟩ yi śāsanakke • • • • • voḍeyara suhastada baraha śrī śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0279⟩ No. 279. (A.R. No. B. 633 of 1961-62.) VĒṆŪR, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

On a Kalkuḍa mānasthamba, Mahalingeśvara temple.

14th century A.D.

This fragmentary record states that a person Biru-Seṭṭi by name got this mānasthambha prepared (and erected).

It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • mi • •

⟨2⟩ [bi]ruseṭṭi mā-

⟨3⟩ ḍisida mā- ⟨Page 263⟩

⟨4⟩ nastaṁba mi-

⟨5⟩ dakke maṁga-

⟨6⟩ [ḷa mahā śrī śrī] [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0280⟩ No. 280. (A.R. No. B. 157 of 1962-63.) GAḌIGARĒVULA, NANDYAL TALUK, KURNOOL DISTRICT.

Second face of the pillar (No. 1) in the main shrine of Bhōgēśvarasvamin temple.

14th century A.D.

This tri-lingual record in Kannada, Nagari and Tamil scripts refers to the obeisance of Vibhūti-Guro, disciple of Guru Panḍitārādhya who is described as Dāsa-Śrī.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ dāsa śrī paṁḍitārādhya gurō śrī-

⟨2⟩ parvvatāśrayaḥ vibhūti gurō-

⟨3⟩ natvāhaṁ vibhūtiṁ prēṣa-

⟨4⟩ yamivaḥ || 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0281⟩ No. 281. (A.R. No. B. 185 of 1962-63.) CHENNIPĀḌU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Slab in front of the Āñjanēya temple.

14th century A.D.

This incomplete record just mentions Śālivāhana śaka varusham.

It is in characters of about the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyu-

⟨2⟩ daya śālivāhana śaka

⟨3⟩ varuṣaṁbulu 2

⟨SIIv29p0i0282⟩ No. 282. (A.R. No. B. 234 of 1962-63.) DŪḌKI, BANASWADA TALUK, NIZAMABAD DISTRICT.

Pillar setup by the side of the dharmaśāla in front of the Kēśavanātha temple.

14th century A.D.

It seems to refer to the pillar as a gift of Pañchāksharāma. It is in characters of the 14th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ [bhu]ktiya [vi]ṭṭa sa • ®ṟaḻi-

⟨2⟩ da[lli] paṁcākṣarāmanu

⟨3⟩ mukti(rāma) • vo(sa)ti-

⟨4⟩ [dalli] paṁcākṣarāmanu ⟨Page 264⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0283⟩ No. 283. (A.R. No. B. 492 of 1961-62.) TAUNDI (Stavanidhi), CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

On the pedestal of Parśvanātha image (1) in the Brahmadēva temple.

1400 A.D.

It states that the image of Parśvanātha was consecrated by Lakshmīsēna-bhaṭṭāraka and the basadi was constructed by Laḷiyādēvi, the great-grand mother of Sēnarasa and a disciple of Vīranandisiddhānta-Chakravarti of Mūla-saṁgha, Dēsiya-gaṇa and Pustaka-gachchha. Sculptor Jinnōja carved the image.

It is dated Śaka 1(3)22, Vikrama, Chaitra Śu. 12 Monday which corresponds to 1400 A.D., March 8. [The month Chaitra was adhika].

TEXT.

Left Side.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī lakṣmīsēna bhaṭṭāraka

⟨2⟩ svāminā sthāpitaḥ śrī pā-

⟨3⟩ rśvanāthaḥ śa 1(3)22

Centre.

⟨4⟩ śrī mūla saṁgha dēśiyagaṇa pustakagacchada śrī vīraṇaṁdi

⟨5⟩ siddhāṁta cakravartidēvara guḍḍi sēnarasa muttavvela-

⟨6⟩ ḷiyā dēviyaru māḍisida basadi rūvāri

⟨7⟩ jiṁnōjaṁ māḍida pratime maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī ||

Right Side.

⟨8⟩ [vi]krama nāma saṁvatsara

⟨9⟩ caitra śu || 12 || sō-

⟨SIIv29p0i0284⟩ No. 284. (A.R. No. 37 of 1961-62.) PĀNUGALLU [Pāngal], KOLLAPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On a pillar in front of the pond called Rāmannaguṇḍam on the hill[fort].

1424 A.D.

This record partly in Sanskrit and partly in Kannada records the construction of the temple of Mukti-Ramēśvara probably inside the hill fort of Pāngal by Dēva nārāyaṇa, the son of Simhanārāyaṇa. Dēvanārāyaṇa was then administering the fort. The record states that Simhanārāyaṇa, a brahmin belonging to Bhāradwāja gōtra hailed from Kashmira.

Regarding the date the Sanskrit portion of the record mentions rasābdhi-rāma-rāja krōdhi-nivatsare. The kannada portion mentions Śaka 1346, Krōdhi, Mārggaśira, su. 15. It corresponds to 1424 A.D., December 6, Wednesday. Lunar eclipse occured on that day but not mentioned in the record.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ ·ōṁ svasti pāyācchrī śaila pādādrīṁ

⟨2⟩ pānugallumapāyataḥ | paścimadvāra saṁcā-

⟨3⟩ rō mukti rāmēśvarō mudā || bhāradvāja munīṁ- ⟨Page 265⟩

⟨4⟩ dra gōtra vilasatkāśmīra viprānvayē | jātō viṭhṭhala

⟨5⟩ nāyakō janitataḥ śrī siṁhanārāyaṇaḥ || tatputraḥ

⟨6⟩ sucaritra saṁbhṛta guṇaḥ śrī dēvanārāyaṇaḥ [||] pitr

⟨7⟩ rabdanu bēkaradgṛhamacchēḍhyaṁ mukti rāmēśi-

⟨8⟩ tuḥ | rasābdhi rāmarājāṁ ke śakekōdhi-

⟨9⟩ nivatsarē dēvanārāyaṇō tānnmukti rā-

Second Face.

⟨10⟩ mēśvarālayaṁ || dvyaṁkaṁ tyaktvā tyaṁcasaṁ-

⟨11⟩ khyāṁviyuktātsaṁkhyāṣa(ṣkā)dēka

⟨12⟩ mukhyāccha kābde | krōdhinyāsēnmā-

⟨13⟩ rgarākāpratiṣṭhaṁ rāmēśēyaṁ

⟨14⟩ vēśmanārāyaṇāṁkāt | ·avyādavyayaci-

⟨15⟩ ṁnmaya śrīvardhayaḥ śrīmuktirāmēśvaraḥ |

⟨16⟩ śrī śailōttamapāda pāngalugitā durgga

⟨17⟩ vasaṁtaṁ rasāt | kāśmīraṁ gaḍiyaṁkabhī-

⟨18⟩ ma birudaṁ perōja sēnā bidaṁ vidyadbā-

⟨19⟩ ṁdhava biṁdhu rakṣaṇacaṇaṁ śrīdēvanārā-

Third Face.

⟨20⟩ yaṇaṁ | bhū pāka śāsase sēvarājē-

⟨21⟩ rājitirājini | sōma nāmōnmu-

⟨22⟩ kti rāmēśālaya śāsanaṁ || svasti

⟨23⟩ śrī śakavarṣa 1346 krōdhi saṁvatsarada

⟨24⟩ mārggaśira su 15 siṁhanārāyaṇa-

⟨25⟩ vara putra dēvanārāyaṇa durggādhīśvara-

⟨26⟩ nu śrīmuktirāmēśvara śivālaya niṁ-

⟨27⟩ rmāṇa māḍisidadācaṁdrārkka śrī-

⟨28⟩ yō yaśaskaramakku maṁgaḷamahā śrī

⟨29⟩ śrīśrī śrīśrīśrī śrīśrīśrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0285⟩ No. 285. (A.R. No. B. 640 of 1961-62.) KOKKAḌA, PUTTUR TALUK, SOUTHKANARA DISTRICT.

Fragmentary slab lying in the Vaidyanāthadēva temple.

1443 A.D.

Excepting a portion of the date rest of the information is lost in this record. The available information regarding the date is Śaka [1]365 expired 6, Śrāvaṇa, Śu. 11. It may belong to 1443 A.D., August 6, [Tuesday].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • nama | nirvighnamastu namastuṁga-

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mara cārave trailōkya nagarāraṁ-

⟨3⟩ • • • • • śaṁbhavē || svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śā-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [1]365 saṁdu ·āṟaneya varśamā-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • da śrāvaṇa śuddha [11] bhṛlū • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • [śrī] • • • • • • • • • •

Rest is broken and lost.

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⟨SIIv29p0i0286⟩ No. 286. (A.R. No. B. 501 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

Slab on the southern side out side the Mallikārjuna temple.

1458 A.D.

It records a gift of land yielding 225 salige of paddy in two villages situated in Kikunda-nāḍu, after purchase, by Daṇḍu-seṭṭi of Sringeri for feeding 12 brahmanas in the temple of Mallikārjuna. This gift was made in the presence of the god Vidyaśankara when Śrī Narasimhabhārati-oḍeya was on the pontifical throne of Śringeri.

It is dated Śaka 1380, Īśvara, Magha ba. 14 Sunday corresponding to 1458 A.D., February 12.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipatayē namaḥ [|*] namastuṁgaśiraścuṁbicaṁdracāmaracāravē trai-

⟨2⟩ lōkyanagarāraṁbhamūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhavē [||*] svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śakavaruṣa

⟨3⟩ 1380 neya yīśvara saṁvatsarada māgha ba 14 ·ā śivarātriya puṁṇya kāladali śrī-

⟨4⟩ vidyāśaṁkara dēvara saṁnidiyali śrī narasiṁha bhārati ·oḍeyaru yōga sāṁbrā-

⟨5⟩ jyava nāḷutiha kāladali siṁgēriya daṁḍu seṭi śrī mallikārjuna dēvara saṁnidhi

⟨6⟩ • • haṁneraḍu maṁdi brāṁhmarige chatrada dharmavanū māḍi barasi naḍasida śi-

⟨7⟩ lāśāsanada kramaveṁteṁdarye nānu bhaṁḍārada hiryyaṁṇagaḷa kaiyiṁda nūra-

⟨8⟩ yippattu hoṁnanū koṭu krayava koṁḍa kikuṁda nāḍoḷagaṇa gobhava

⟨9⟩ loḷage • • • baha bhattanūṟayepatu saligeyide mādhava ·ōḍeyā-

⟨10⟩ pagaḷa kaiyali ·ayivatayidu hoṁnanū koṭhu grayava koṁḍakāgara ha-

⟨11⟩ ·uti baha bhata salige ·ayivatayida salige ·ubhayaṁ yiṁnū-

⟨12⟩ ṟayipattayidu salige bhata baha (e)raḍu haḷiyanū ·ā haḷige ·usava

⟨13⟩ • • tya sahavāgi haṁneraḍu maṁdi brāṁharige tsatrada dharṁmma ·u ·ā ca-

⟨14⟩ ṁdrārka sthāyiyāgi naḍavaṁtāgi suvasōdake dāna dhārāpūrvakavāgi śrī

⟨15⟩ mallikārjuna dēvara śrī caraṇada muṁde dhāreyaneṟadu barasida śilāsā(śā)śa(sa)na [|*]

⟨16⟩ yida • • ha pālisidavarige vāraṇāsiyali sahasra kavileyanū brā-

⟨17⟩ • • • • • (koṭa)ṁthā puṁṇya yidharmmake ·aḷupidavarige vāraṇāsiyali saha •

⟨18⟩ kapileya (nū brāhmaranū) vadhisida dōśa yīdharamavanū pālisō • • •

⟨19⟩ maṭhadavaru mahājanaṁgaḷu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • ma • pālisabēkeṁdu daṁḍeseṭi • • ragavaṟage • • •

⟨21⟩ (da) biṁnaha | dānapālanayōrmadhye dānāśrēyōnupālanaṁ dā • •

⟨22⟩ svargamavāpnōti pālanādacyutaṁ padaṁ | svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harē • •

⟨23⟩ sūdharāṁ ṣaṣṭivarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyate krimi | • • • • •

⟨24⟩ ṁ yukte svāvisvivaḷiyaṁ gatutavaḥ kiṣṭatavoni casvaya ·ādattu sahāra

⟨SIIv29p0i0287⟩ No. 287. (A.R. No. B. 634 of 1961-62.) VĒṆŪR, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Broken slab in a field called Aṅganthāya.

1459 A.D.

In this completely worn out record only [Śaka] 1381 Pramāthi can be made out. It corresponds to 1459 A.D. ⟨Page 267⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • • 1381 neya pramāthi

Rest is completely damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0288⟩ No. 288. (A.R. No. B. 742 of 1962-63.) PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM, BOMBAY TALUK AND DISTRICT.

On a slab in the Museum.

1475 A.D.

It records the grant of the village Voṟaur to Kēśavayya by Mādana daṇḍanāyaka, in the presence of the god Nārāyaṇa of Hubbaḷi.

It is dated ś 1397, Jaya. Māgha, śu. 1. It corresponds to 1475 A.D., January 8, Sunday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana

⟨2⟩ śakavaruṣa 1392 neya jayasaṁvatsa(ra)

⟨3⟩ [da]māgha śu 1 lu gaḍiyaṁkabhīma mādana (da)

⟨4⟩ • na nāyakaru kēśavayyagaḷige naṁma hu • •

⟨5⟩ • saluva voṟaura grāmavanu [adhuda] •

⟨6⟩ dali hubbaḷiya nārāyaṇa[na] saṁnidhiya-

⟨7⟩ la dāna dhārāpūrvakavāge dhāreya neṟadu koṭa

⟨8⟩ • ja nāyaka • • • śrī nārāya-

⟨9⟩ ṇa madana (voṁbayinaṟa) • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • ru yigrāma (keḍasi)davarige ka (tte)

⟨11⟩ ya taṁṇi kaḷamāge • • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0289⟩ No. 289. (A.R. No. B. 782 of 1962-63.) GOBBARAVĀḌI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of Anantaliṅga temple.

1488 A.D.

The record is fragment and incomplete. It records the construction of a corridar (Pauli, probably to a temple) by Hanumānu, son of Vaijanāth of Kaśyapa gōtra. Hanumānu is described as dingariga a servant.

It is dated (Śaka) 1410, Kīlaka corresponding to 1488 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ thā gurudēvāja •

⟨2⟩ lōga tīrtha ·anādi

⟨3⟩ • • ma • samīpa

⟨4⟩ damavina • • • • •

⟨5⟩ dakṣiṇa • ga • diṁ-

⟨6⟩ duttara pūrvvamukadī

⟨7⟩ [gōvaṁ latula māru]pau-

⟨8⟩ ḷi sthāpane [adanu]na- ⟨Page 268⟩

⟨9⟩ mma ḍiṁgariga kāsyapa gō-

⟨10⟩ trada vaijanāthana pu-

⟨11⟩ tra hanumānu [sthā]paka

⟨12⟩ 14[10] kīlakanāma saṁvatsara

⟨13⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0290⟩ No. 290. (A.R. No. B. 133 of 1961-62.) AMBALAVĀYAL, WYNAD TALUK, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT.

Cave in the Eḍakkal rock near the village.

15th century A.D.

Fragmentary, Reads: Śrī Dīpā.

It is in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ śrī dīpā

⟨SIIv29p0i0291⟩ No. 291. (A.R. No. B. 487 of 1961-62.) KERŪR, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

On the base of the Pārśvanātha image in the basadi.

15th century A.D.

This fragmentary and incomplete record refers to Guṇabhadradēva of Mūlasangha and Sēnagaṇa and an individual Beseṭṭi.

It is dated in the cyclic year Piṅgaḷa in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ guṇabhadra dē(ma)rū mūla-

⟨2⟩ saṁga sēnagaṇa piṁgaḷa

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsara(dalu) beseṭṭi

⟨SIIv29p0i0292⟩ No. 292. (A.R. No. B. 506 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

Slab near the Āñjaneya temple (northern wall) (in Nagari Script).

15th century A.D.

The record is very badly damaged and mutilated. It opens with an invocatory passage to the god Gaṇēśa followed by the verse Namastunga etc. The rest is illegible.

It is in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīgaṇādhipatayē namaḥ [|*] namastuṁgaśiraścuṁbicaṁdracāmaracāravē trai-

⟨2⟩ lōkyanagarāraṁbha(mūlastaṁbhāya śaṁbhave) [||*] • • • • • • • • • •

[Rest is illegible].

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⟨SIIv29p0i0293⟩ No. 293. (A.R. No. B. 615 of 1961-62.) RAICHUR, RAICHUR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab built into the hind wall of the Rāmaliṅga temple.

15th century A.D.

This is a very badly damaged inscription. It mentions Rāyachūra and refers to Keṁḍada (dēva). Probably the record registered a grant the details of which are lost.

In the date portion it mentions the cyclic year Vyaya, Pushya, Śu (3) Friday. The given details here are insufficient for verification for the cyclic year Vyaya occurred twice during this century viz., Śaka 1343 (1421-22 A.D.) and Śaka 1403 (1481-82 A.D.).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī namastuṁgaśiraścuṁbicaṁdracāmara

⟨2⟩ cāravē trailōkyanagarāraṁbhamūlastaṁbhāya • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • plava saṁvatsara puṣya śuddha (3) śukravāra

⟨4⟩ dallu śrīmatu • • rāyacūra • • ya • •

⟨5⟩ yarāya • • na ca (guḍi)ya • • • • • keṁḍada dēva- 1

⟨6⟩ lunaṁ pātuṁ(mivanū)di • • • • • ge sara • • •

⟨7⟩ raṁkakkaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8-12⟩ completely damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0294⟩ No. 294. (A.R. No. B. 616 of 1961-62.) RAICHUR, RAICHUR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Another piece of a slab built into the wall of the Rāmaliṅga temple.

15th century A.D.

This broken and damaged slab seems to have recorded a grant of land to the god Baṁmadēva. It mentions the place Sukhadare.

It is in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ baṁmadēvasva dānapādyadalū • • • ·āgadu hā • 2

⟨2⟩ la bāḷage saṁgana saṁ(pa cā)vēvada vinutaṁṇana po-

⟨3⟩ di sare • (du paramēśvara)dēvara kalyāṇivoḷage • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • tidēya • • besamāḻa • • harisi neravidaṁ ·āvā[ge]

⟨5⟩ vri[tti] būdajakke • • • • • • • • • • ṁ • sa

⟨6⟩ (hi)tamāge • • • • • • • • • • [dalā śrī] cakrake • • [daraṁ vritti]

⟨7-8⟩ -damaged-

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • sukhadarevūra 3 ⟨Page 270⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0295⟩ No. 295. (A.R. No. B. 631 of 1961-62.) MARṆE, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab in a field called Naḍibeṭṭu.

15th century A.D.

This is a completely worn out record. Probably it registered some grants to a deity but all details are lost. It is in characters of about the 15th century A.D.

The text is not given since only a few letters could be made out of this record.

⟨SIIv29p0i0296⟩ No. 296. (A.R. No. B. 635 of 1961-62.) BEḶAMAÑJE, PUTTUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

A fragment lying out side the Anantēśvara temple.

15th century A.D.

This fragmentary piece seems to have recorded a land grant probably to the deity of the place, the details of which are lost.

It is in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ kraya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ da dina • • • • • • • • • •

⟨3⟩ daṁ nabe (baḷiya) • • • • •

⟨4⟩ kaḍaga • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ yoṁdu • gana beḍigege • • • • •

⟨6⟩ [pra]kāśa mūlada bhūmi • • • • •

⟨7⟩ muṁ kūvaḷakke mu 4 ·āca ·u • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • naḍesuva bā • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0297⟩ No. 297. (A.R. No. B. 636 of 1961-62.) BEḶAMAÑJE, PUTTUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Another slab lying out side the Anantēśvara temple.

15th century A.D.

This highly damaged fragment seems to have recorded a land grant probably to the deity of the place; the details of which are lost.

It is in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1-6⟩ worn out

⟨7⟩ • • • ·āśvīja śu 5 • daṁdu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8-11⟩ worn out

⟨12⟩ • • • • • ·aṁntu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • mū 1 • • • • • • • • • • bāgila gadde • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • bāḷisuvaru • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 271⟩

⟨15⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dēvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • • • • dēvarige • • • • • • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • • yanakayiṁdalū • • • • • • • • • • vivara •

⟨19⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·aḍa • mu • • [caruvige] • • • • • bhūmi

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • • mu 18 battavanu naḍasu • • • • •

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ·agu • naṁ baha baḍḍiyiṁdalū • lasa

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • • • • • vivara nāyara • • •

⟨23⟩ • • • • • • • • • • barada kaṁbaḷa • •

Rest is broken and lost.

⟨SIIv29p0i0298⟩ No. 298. (A.R. No. B. 742 of 1962-63.) PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM, BOMBAY TALUK AND DISTRICT.

On a slab.

15th century A.D.

It records the grant of the village Voṟaūr as yimmaḍi dharma to Kēśavayya in the presence of the god Aubaḷa of Bāḍa by Mādana yīṁmadi Siga-nāyaka who is described as mahānāyakāchārya.

The record is in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmaṁnmahānāyakācāryaru

⟨2⟩ svāmidrōhara gaṁḍa gaḍiyaṁka-

⟨3⟩ bhīma mādana yiṁmaḍi si[ga]nāya-

⟨4⟩ karu kēśacayyagaḷige bāḍada ·a ·ubaḷa

⟨5⟩ dēvara saṁni dhiyali voṟaura grāma- 1

⟨6⟩ vanu yiṁmmaḍi dharmmavāgi koṭa silā-

⟨7⟩ sāsana | śrī nārasiṁhya ||

⟨8⟩ maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0299⟩ No. 299. (A.R. No. B. 834 of 1962-63.) RAICHUR, RAICHUR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Loose slab leaning against the wall near the tomb of Dārā-gāh. Impression from the Superintendent Arabic and Persian Inscriptions, Nagpur, (Acc. No. 2217).

15th century A.D.

This fragmentary and damaged record mentions the place Penukōṁḍa and rest of the information is indiscrete.

It is in characters of the 15th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ bhu[pi] kēya

⟨2⟩ • da • • ḍayali

⟨3⟩ peṁnukoṁḍa[ma]- ⟨Page 272⟩

⟨4⟩ ru | [pa]na [su]ma[ti]

⟨5⟩ • nadaya • tā • •

⟨6⟩ va[ru] || teṁnihā • •

⟨7⟩ [tadina] || pēgali •

⟨8⟩ • lavanu | rāyara •

⟨9⟩ bōvara peda • •

⟨10⟩ • • yipata • •

⟨11⟩ • rgaḍe • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • • [ta] • • • • •

⟨13⟩ ja • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0300⟩ No. 300. (A.R. No. B. 806 of 1962-63.) SARAḌIGI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab outside the Śaraṇa Basavēśvara temple.

15th-16th century A.D.

This fragmentary record in Nāgari script is highly damaged and incomplete. The word sahagamana can only be made out of it.

It is in characters of the 15th-16th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ -damaged-

⟨2⟩ • • tivi • • • sahagamana mā •

⟨3⟩ • • ha[sta] • • • • • ramā

⟨4⟩ • • yā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • yāte • • • • • • • • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0301⟩ No. 301. (A.R. No. B. 628 of 1961-62.) KERAVASE, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Slab [2] set up in the mūḍabasti of Vardhamānasvāmi temple.

1510 A.D.

This very much damaged record speaks of a land grant made by Rāmusāla to the various services in the basati of Vardhamānasvāmi.

It is dated Śaka 1433, Pramōda, Vaiśākha, Śu. 10, Thursday corresponding to 1510 A.D., April 18, Thursday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatparamagaṁbhīrasyādvādāmōghalāṁchanaṁ jiyā-

⟨2⟩ trailōkyanāthasyaśāsanaṁ jinaśāsanaṁ [||*] svasti [śaka]varaṣa 1433 ne-

⟨3⟩ ya pramōda saṁvatsara [vaiśākha] śuddha 10 [guru]vāradalu

⟨4⟩ • • • baḷiya • • • seṭṭiya ·aḷiya rāmu [sāla ku]

⟨5⟩ • • • ya vardhamāna svāmiya caityālayadoḷu

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • muciḷāḷada brahmadāyada ⟨Page 273⟩

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • bayaloḷu • • • • • bittuva

⟨9⟩ bija mū • • • • • mūḍe 82 • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • bittuva bīja mū • • • • • bittuva bīja mū • • • • •

⟨11-13⟩ completely damaged

⟨14⟩ • • • • • • • • • • hāladhārege bhatta mūḍe 20 • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • ·ācaṁdrārkka • • • barasida śilāśāsana [|*] yi dha-

⟨16⟩ rmmakke ·ā[ḷu]pi[da]varu • • • māḍida dōśakke hō-

⟨17⟩ haru • • • • • • • • • • munīśvararavadhsida

⟨18⟩ dōśakke hōharu vāraṇā[si]yali brāhmara koṁda dōśa-

⟨19⟩ kke hōharu • • • • • • • • • • kavilegaḷa koṁda dōśakke

⟨20⟩ hōharu taṁma • • • • • • • • • • mātāpitṛgaḷa koṁda

⟨21⟩ dōśakke hōharu yiṁti śilāśāsanakke maṁgala mahā śrī śrī śrī

⟨22-23⟩ damaged

⟨24⟩ ṁḍugaḷa yidakke tappidavaru yi[śā]sana • • • • • seṭṭiya

⟨25⟩ bastiyiṁda tegadavarige saṁtāna kṣaya • • • • • • • • • •

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • • • • • ṁnava māḍidavaru ·iṁti sāsanakke maṁga-

⟨27⟩ la mahā śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0302⟩ No. 302. (A.R. No. B. 562 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of the Hanumān temple.

1544 A.D.

It states that at the instance of Sayiladinga wishing for the rule of Majalasara baini Lakshaha-voḍeya in perpetuity, certain rules were promulgated to be followed by the people of Kallūr regarding the treatment of cattle on occassions like kāra-huṇṇime, dīpāvali-pāḍya etc., as also in respect of the disposal of the dead cattle.

It is dated Śaka 1466, Krōdhi, Mārgaśira śu. 6, Thursday. It corresponds to 1544 A.D., November 20, Thursday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī matu śālivāhana ṣa(śa)kavaruṣa 1466 neya krōdhināma saṁvatsarada

⟨2⟩ mārgasira śu 6 guruvāradalu śrīmatu śrīsayiladiṁgalu hiriyaru-

⟨3⟩ gaḷa nirūpa baralāgi majalasarabayeni lakṣaha voḍeyarige

⟨4⟩ stira rājyavāgiyirabēkuyaṁdu kalūra grāmake māḍida kaṭṭaḷe

⟨5⟩ kāra huṁṇavedinadalu yettugaḷanu vōḍisi ·ā[gi] baniyalilau ye-

⟨6⟩ ttugaḷu kaṭu bāyali ·uṇusuvudu yetugaḷu ·amavāsedina hodayi-

⟨7⟩ ·u ·āramāseya dinadalu maṁṇayara māḍalāgadu dīpāvaḷi pāḍyada di-

⟨8⟩ vasa • • yavotavila holadoḷage samagavayāḷu maga basavaṁṇana

⟨9⟩ ·uṇasōdu yettu satare bhaṁḍiya mēle hākivoyabēku vidhiya di-

⟨10⟩ yalu naṁdiya mukhavāgi yetu ·āu yeṁmegaḷige ·uṇasōdu yetta

⟨11⟩ sattare ·astiya nikṣipusuvadu yi mariyādeyalu takādinada gere maḷe

⟨12⟩ beḷe saṁpadina grāmake jaya yidake (yā)ru ·upēkṣe māḍuvaru ·avare ·a-

⟨13⟩ ṁnyayigaḷu dharmake jaya basavana śrāpa nippārau [||*] ⟨Page 274⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0303⟩ No. 303. (A.R. No. 2 of 1961-62.) MUNIMAḌUGU, PENUKONDA TALUK, ANANTAPUR DISTRICT.

Slab fixed to the proper right of the entrance into the main shrine (facing east) in the Svayambhuvēśvara temple.

1556 A.D.

It is a broken slab. Records the grant of some lands to the god Svayambhudēva by Siṁgapa and Tirumala for the merit of their father Lingarasa of Munimaḍagu.

It is dated Śaka 1479 Na[la], Āshādha śu. 12. It corresponds to 1556 A.D., June 19, (Friday).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṁ śubhamastu [|*] svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakavaruṣaṁgaḷu 1479 na(la)

⟨2⟩ saṁvatsara ·āṣāḍha śu 12 lū śrīmatu pratāpa munimaḍagu • • • • •

⟨3⟩ ju liṁgarasara makkaḷu siṁgapa tirumalaya vīrapa [svaya]-

⟨4⟩ ṁbhudēvarige samarpisida sēve dēvara kāluve gadde be • •

⟨5⟩ ḷige saluva hola matu kelau holaṁnu mahi(ja)-

⟨6⟩ yanikikoṁḍuyiralāgi mahājanaṁgaḷige • • •

⟨7⟩ keṁdu naṁmataṁde liṁgarasarigeṁ baniviṁma(ṁṇa)

(Rest is broken and lost).

⟨SIIv29p0i0304⟩ No. 304. (A.R. No. B. 632 of 1961-62.) VEṆŪR, KARKALA TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

Dambe pillar in the Mahālingēśvara temple.

1576 A.D.

In this worn out record excepting the date all other information are lost.

It is dated Śaka 1498, Dhatri, Chaitra, śu. 10, Sunday corresponding to 1576 A.D., March, 10. The weekday was however, Saturday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivā-

⟨2⟩ hanaśaka varuṣa 1498 neya [sa]-

⟨3⟩ [ṁda]dhātri va[ri]ṣa • • • • • [saṁvatsa]

⟨4⟩ da cayitra [śu]ddha 10 [ravi]vārada-

⟨5⟩ lu svasti • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ vāra • • • • • • • • • • [ri] • yarige

⟨7⟩ • • • • • nakrama • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • rāyaru mā

⟨10⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ gayu • • • • • • • • • • śrī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨12-17⟩ worn out

⟨18⟩ • • • • • maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī [||*] ⟨Page 275⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0305⟩ No. 305. (A.R. No. B. 780 of 1962-63.) BŌḶĒVĀḌ, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the agasi.

1594 A.D.

This fragment seems to mention only San[Śaka ?] 1516 Sō[Sōmavāra]-[Monday]. It may correspondece to 1594 A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṁ || san 1516 s[ō]-

⟨2⟩ ṁ || lā dhanyavād || ṁ

⟨SIIv29p0i0306⟩ No. 306. (A.R. No. 3 of 1961-62.) CHANDRAGIRI, CHANDRAGIRI TALUK, CHITTOR DISTRICT.

On a boulder near a pond called Gurrālakuṇṭa about 3 furlongs to the north-east of the village.

16th century A.D.

This fragmentary record begins with the praśasti svasti Śrīman mahāmaṅḍaḷēśvara arirāyavibhāḍa bhāsege • • • and stops abruptly. [Seems to belong to the Vijayanagara rule].

It is in characters of the 16th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī manmahāmaṁḍaḷēśvara

⟨2⟩ ·arirāyavibhāḍa bhāṣege • • •

⟨SIIv29p0i0307⟩ No. 307. (A.R. No. B. 553 of 1961-62.) GŌRKAL, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab kept near the agasi.

1616 A.D.

It states that certain uncultivated lands were assigned to people who, in turn, had to remit to the government a stipulated amount of money and quantities of ghee and paddy as tax (details are there). Mentions some officials, of whom mokhāsāyis of Gorkal was one. Dēśa mukhi Bāsha Ma(ḷa)ya Nārappa wrote this record.

The date śaka 1538, Vyaya, Āśvija ba. 7. Monday given here is irregular. The cyclic year Vyaya occurred in śaka 1508. The existing cyclic year in Śaka 1538 was Naḷa. The probable date seems to be 1586 A.D., September 25, [Sunday].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī śālivāhana śaka 1538

⟨2⟩ vyayanāma saṁvatsarada ·āśvīja ba || 7

⟨3⟩ sōmavāra śubha (na)kṣatradalli gōrakalla

⟨4⟩ mokhāsāyigaḷu khā || nujāatakhāna sā-

⟨5⟩ hēbara kārakirdi khā || na(va)ratukhāna sāhēbāha-

⟨6⟩ maladāraru ma || majakūra gavaḍa mallaṁṇagavata kulaka- ⟨Page 276⟩

⟨7⟩ raṇi (na) mēṭigavuḍa bāra balavata muṁttādavarige sāsavahā-

⟨8⟩ ki koṭa kavuluvūra holagaḷa sahaṁtava baḷasa biṭuyiralāgi yivake

⟨9⟩ dina holagaḷige maḍike kaṭikidita māḍalike mūruvaruṣa kavulu dara[l] 1

⟨10⟩ (va) kaḷa vaṁdake modalu varuṣa vakaḷa [l] 1 bhatta ll 2 tuppa yeraḍane varaṣa ·a-

⟨11⟩ demariyāde mūrane varuṣa ·ade mariyādeyalu tupa bhatta koḍabēku nālku va-

⟨12⟩ ruṣa modalāgi sālābādudara l 1 ke ·ayidu varuṣa 95 bhatta 818 (kka)ḷa tupayaraḍu

⟨13⟩ sēru • • 2 mariyāde • • kirdi kavulu koṭṭarevoṁdu bīḷu vokkalaraḷu kirdi māmūli ā-

⟨14⟩ thāvu yeraḍu rācūra vilāyiti dēśamukhi [nā]nākagavuḍa dēśukulkararṇinārō bōpaya[ma]-

⟨15⟩ rika nārapanu vūragavuḍaru kulkūjabigaḷu muṁttāda samasta prajegaḷu biṁnāha māḍalā-

⟨16⟩ gi manasige taṁdu bāḷubida holagaḷu kirdi māmūli ·āgabēkeṁdu nadarahu mariyādeyalu

⟨17⟩ kavulu koḷu yidhevu sukhadalu naṁma kavulu naṁbi kirdi māmūli māḍikoṁḍu kavulu | (śrī) yā-

⟨18⟩ ṇisadaru hola bhatta tupa rokka tetu koṁ-

⟨19⟩ ḍu bīḷu holagaḷa kirdi māḍikoṁḍu paraṁpareli sukha

⟨20⟩ dalu vakala tanava māḍikoṁḍu yihudu [rū]yeṁdu taṁma sukṛta sākṣiyāgi

⟨21⟩ barsa sāsana hāksi koṭakavulu yidadārā(ga)le tetu bāradu divāṇadāru baṁda-

⟨22⟩ re yiṁdhe kavulu naḍesabēku naḍasade tappidare turukarādare musānara ·āṇe brā-

⟨23⟩ hmarādare gōhatye māḍida hāṁge katti tuṁṇe kalupu kavulu tappidavarige ma-

⟨24⟩ re māḍikoḷadavarige yikavulu naṁbi māḍadavarige yida kaṇiyēdu

⟨25⟩ kovulu sahiya sāsana baradāta dēśamukhi bā(ṣa) ma(ḷa)ya || nārappa ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0308⟩ No. 308. (A.R. No. B. 504 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

Slab on the western side of the Mallikārjuna temple.

16th-17th century A.D.

This damaged record mentions the setting up of the image of Nandi in front of Mallaiyadēva (the god) by a lady in the presence of several officers (named) and mahājanas. The pontiff of Śringeri is mentioned here.

It is in characters of the 16th-17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1-2⟩ badly damaged

⟨3⟩ śrīmatu hoṁna hoḷeya

⟨4⟩ tammiyaṇṇana maga cauḍa he-

⟨5⟩ gaḍe(ṁ) || heddeseya vāsudē-

⟨6⟩ vahegaḍe kayimaleya mā-

⟨7⟩ ca hegaḍe || si(ṁ)gēriya(ṁ) voḍe

⟨8⟩ yaruṁ māhājanaṁgaḷuṁ |

⟨9⟩ jaṁgama mallināta (paḍe)mā-

⟨10⟩ yi [kaṁnapadēva ·ā]ḷupura-

⟨11⟩ da daṁjigānaṁgaḷu siṁgērige ba-

⟨12⟩ ṁdu taṁna kula kōṭiyanudha-

⟨13⟩ risaleṁdu mallaiya dēvarige naṁ-

⟨14⟩ diyanu māḍisidaḷu || ṁ ⟨Page 277⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0309⟩ No. 309. (A.R. No. B. 584 of 1961-62.) KURKUND, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the well.

16th century A.D.

It states that the well was constructed by Rudradēva son of Chenavīrasvāmi of Hāganagēri.

It is in characters of the 16th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ hāgana gēri

⟨2⟩ cinavīra svā-

⟨3⟩ migaḷavara

⟨4⟩ maga rudra

⟨5⟩ dēvaru kaṭi-

⟨6⟩ sida bāvi śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0310⟩ No. 310. (A.R. No. B. 613 of 1961-62.) VAḌAVĀṬI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a boulder near the Mūḍagiri temple on the hill.

16th century A.D.

It records a grant of 10 māna (of land) to Timapa by Nāgōjā, the mokhāsi of Vaḍavaṭi in the presence of nāḍagavuḍa and samasta-praje (the people). There is a mention of maṭhada Saraya Mōchinayya.

It is dated in the cyclic year Yuva and the month Śrāvaṇa. It is in characters of about the 16th century. The cyclic year Yuva occurred twice during this century viz., Śaka 1437 (1515 A.D.) and Śaka 1497 (1575 A.D.).

TEXT.

[Top portion effaced].

⟨1⟩ • • • • • yidara • ṣe (daśi) prathama dharmmavina ko(raṁ)

⟨2⟩ • • • • • ḷadiṁ ya(trā) kōpila gōpālaṇṇa daṁpa •

⟨3⟩ śrīyuvanāma saṁvatsarada śrāvaṇa māsadalu koṭamānya

⟨4⟩ • • • • • vaḍavaṭi mokhasi nāgōja • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • maṭhada saraya (mō)cinayya • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • ya nāḍagavuḍa samasta praje [aṁ • gu]

⟨7⟩ • • timapage manuti hatu mānavu • • •

⟨8-10⟩ effaced

On another piece.

⟨11⟩ (cu)rutatike makhe • • •

⟨12⟩ • dalirakaṁ vīra • • dā • • •

⟨13⟩ bhōga (maḷi) pidare • • •

Rest is effaced.

⟨Page 278⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0311⟩ No. 311. (A.R. No. B. 602 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a boulder in the tank called Vakrāṇi-Kere.

16th century A.D.

This inscription in Kannada Script and Telugu language states that Siṅgaṇa, son of [Chē]gada Mallinēni, installed the image of Hanumanta and setup the lamp-post for the merit of his father. The present Mānvi was then called Mānuva paṭaṇa.

It is in characters of the 16th century A.D., and is dated in the cyclic year Vikrama, Karttika, Śu. 11, Thursday. It is difficult to ascertain the exact date in the absence of Śaka year.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ vikrama saṁvatsarada kārttika su 11 gu

⟨2⟩ svasti śrīmattu mānuvapaṭaṇamu

⟨3⟩ tōrpu kotta tōṭa ceruvulōnanu

⟨4⟩ [cē]gada mallinēni koḍaku siṁganattama

⟨5⟩ taṁḍriki poṁnnamugānu hanumaṁ-

⟨6⟩ ttu nīnnidippe kaṁbamu sēyiṁcci-

⟨7⟩ nāpaḍiṣṭe ·ācaṁdrārkkamugānu

⟨8⟩ maṁgaḷa mahā śrī śrī śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0312⟩ No. 312. (A.R. No. B. 206 of 1962-63.) PRĀGAṬŪRU, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

Stone setup infront of a maṭha.

16th century A.D.

It seems to state the matha was founded by Vyshyas described as pañchavaṇige.

It is in characters of the 16th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatu paṁca-

⟨2⟩ vaṇige bage vaiśākṛta

⟨3⟩ maṭhaṁ ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0313⟩ No. 313. (A.R. No. B. 820 of 1962-63.) KĀTARAKI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near a well outside the village.

1601 A.D.

Excepting the date rest of the information is lost.

It is dated Śaka 1523 Plava, Chaitra, Su. 15, Friday. It corresponds to 1601 A.D., April 7, Tuesday. ⟨Page 279⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrīmatu

⟨2⟩ sālivaha-

⟨3⟩ na saka[varu]-

⟨4⟩ [ṣa] 1523 plava saṁ-

⟨5⟩ vatsarada [cayi]-

⟨6⟩ tra suda pa[vurṇna]-

⟨7⟩ mi śukravāra • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • pra • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0314⟩ No. 314. (A.R. No. B. 498 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

On a pillar in front of the samādhi-guḍi behind the Vidyaśankara temple.

1603 A.D.

The record has expressed salutations to pontiffs Vidyātīrtha and Vidyaraṇya at the beginning. It registers the gifts of garden and wet lands in Heggadde situated within Keḷanādu belonging to Śringeri matha as Sarvamānya agrahāra named Narasimhapura to all the mahājanas of various gōtras and sūtras who were residing in the Vaśisṭhāśrama on the bank of the river Tungabhadra, also referred to as paśchima-vāhini, by the pontiff of Śringeri, Śri Narasimhabhārati, disciple of Śri Narasimha-bhārati as an act of pleasing the god Narasimhēśvara. The record contains details of the shares and names of donees. The gifted gardens contained 5500 areca trees planted by Appaṇa and Śankaralinga and the wet lands yielded 500 khanḍuga of Paddy.

The record is dated Śaka 1525, Śōbhakṟit, Bhādrapada Śu. 10, Sunday which corresponds to 1603 A.D., September 4.

TEXT.

First Face.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇēśa śāradā gurubhyō namaḥ | cidchana ·ēkō vyāpīnityaḥ sa(ta)

⟨2⟩ tatōditaḥ prabhuśāṁtaḥ jayati jagadēka bījaṁ sarvānugrāhakaḥ śaṁbhuḥ | yasya viśva

⟨3⟩ sitaṁ vēdāyō vēdēbhyōkhilaṁ jagat | nirmamētamahaṁ vaṁdē vidyātīrtha mahēśvaraṁ | ·avidyā

⟨4⟩ dhvāṁta saṁdōha vidaraṇa paṭīyasīṁ | vidyāraṇya gurōḥ śrīmat pādukāṁ praṇamāmyahaṁ | vipsā sa-

⟨5⟩ tyavatīsutasya vibudhācāryasya vēṣāṁtaraṁ paryāyaḥ paramēṣṭhinaḥ phaṇabhṛtāṁ prēṣṭasya rūpāṁtaraṁ | pratyāvṛtti ra[pi]

⟨6⟩ prabhākara gūrōrbhūyōjaniḥ pāṇinēḥ śṛṁgēri narasiṁhabhārati guruḥ sōyaṁ samujjṛṁbhatē | harērllīlāva[rā]-

⟨7⟩ hasya daṁṣṭrādaṁḍaḥ sapātuvaḥ | hēmādri kalaśā yatra dhātrī chatra śrīyaṁ dadhau | namastuṁgaśiraścuṁbicaṁdracā-

⟨8⟩ maracāravē trailōkyanagarāraṁbhamūlastaṁbhāyaśaṁbhavē [||*] svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhaśa-

⟨9⟩ kavaru(r)ṣa 1525 saṁdu vartamāna śōbhakṛtsaṁvatsarada bhādrapada śuddha 10 ·ādivāradalu śrī matpara-

⟨10⟩ mahaṁsa parivrājakācāryavarya padavākyapramāṇa pārāvārapārīṇa yamaniyamādhyaṣṭāṁga yōgani-

⟨11⟩ ratarāda siṁgēriya śrī narasiṁha bhārati svāmigaḷa śrī caraṇāraviṁdada śiṣyaru śrī narasiṁ- ⟨Page 280⟩

⟨12⟩ habhārati svāmigaḷu naṁma śrī gurucaraṇarāda śrī nṛsiṁhēśvara dēvara prītyarthavāgi śrī narasiṁhapura nāmadēya-

⟨13⟩ diṁda paścima vāhiniyāda tuṁgabhadrātīra vasiṣṭāśramadalli nānā gōtra sūtrada ·aśēṣa vidvanmahājanaṁ-

⟨14⟩ gaḷige koṭṭa sarvamānyagrahārada dharmaśāsanada kramaveṁteṁdare naṁma siṁgēriya śrī maṭhake saluva

⟨15⟩ keḷanāḍoḷagaṇa heggaddeya grāmadoḷage kereyavottuviḍidu ·appaṇa śaṁkaraliṁganavaru māḍuva ·aiduvare sāvi-

⟨16⟩ ra ·aḍakeya marada kṣētra ·adake saluva sarvasvāmyasahitavāgiyū keḷanāḍoḷagaṇa heddase pāloḷage

⟨17⟩ ·aṁjanada boṁmaṇanavaru terruva gaḍiya bhattadoḷage bhattakhaṁḍuga 200 hāretāḷa saṁṇaṇa terruva bhattadoḷage

⟨18⟩ khaṁ 50 teraṇidatippa terruva bhattadoḷage khaṁ 110 haṁdigōḍa jakkaṇana pālinali teruva bhattadoḷage

⟨19⟩ khaṁ 40 haravariya kōṭṭiyaṇana pālaliterruva bhatta khaṁ 80 ·aṁtu bhatta khaṁ 400 nū ā nṛsiṁ-

⟨20⟩ hapurada dēvasthānagaḷige vṛtti 1 kke khaṁ 40 ra lekkadali ·aḍikē mara 300 rra lekkadali vṛtti 3

⟨21⟩ ·ā mahājanaṁgaḷige vṛtti 1 kke bhatta khaṁ 24 ·aḍikē mara 300 ra lekkadali vṛtti 15 ·ubhayaṁ

⟨22⟩ vṛtti 18kke vṛtti kalpaneya mahājanaṁgaḷa vivara | ·ā nṛsiṁhēśvara dēvarige haravariyakōṭṭe-

⟨23⟩ yaṇana pālalu bhatta khaṁ 40 heggaddeya tōṭadalli ·aḍakē mara 400 ·ā sarvvēśvara dēvarige

Second Face.

⟨24⟩ haravariyalu bhatta khaṁ 40 heggaddeyalu ·aḍikemara 300 ·ā maṭhada sā(nā)rasiṁhya dēvarige jakkaṇana pālalu bhatta khaṁ

⟨25⟩ 40 heggaddeyalu mara 300 ·aṁtu dēvasthānakke bhatta khaṁ 120 ·aḍikemara 1000 ·ā mahājanaṁgaḷige kauṁḍi-

⟨26⟩ nya gōtrada yajuśśākheya ·āpastaṁbha sūtrada tirumala bhaṭṭara makkaḷu nāgadēva bhaṭṭarige heddaseya ·aṁjana

⟨27⟩ da boṁmaṇanalu bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddeyalu ·aḍakeya mara 300 jāvada jñāvatsagōtrada yajuḥ śākheya [ā]

⟨28⟩ ·āpastaṁbha sūtrada nārāyaṇabhaṭṭarra makkaḷu cauḍibhaṭṭarige heddaseya boṁmaṇanalli bhatta khaṁ 24 hegga-

⟨29⟩ ddeyalli ·aḍakemara 300 bādarāyaṇa gōtrada yajuḥ śākheya ·āpastaṁba sūtrada rāmacaṁdra bhaṭṭara ma-

⟨30⟩ kkaḷu dēvaru bhaṭṭarige heddaseya bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddeyalli ·aḍake mara 300 kāśyapa

⟨31⟩ gōtrada mādhyaṁdina śākheya kātyāyana sūtrada dēvaṇa jyotiṣara makkaḷu śaṁkaranārāyaṇa jyōti-

⟨32⟩ ṣarige heddaseya bommaṇanalli bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddeyali ·aḍakeya mara 300 bhāradvāja

⟨33⟩ gōtrada rṛk śākheya ·āśvalāyana sūtrada voḍeyaṁṇagaḷa makkaḷu ·adhyāpaka śaṁkaranārā-

⟨34⟩ yaṇa bhaṭṭarige heddaseya boṁmaṇanalli bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddeyali ·aḍakeya mara 300 haritagō-

⟨35⟩ trada yajuśśākheya ·āpastaṁba sūtrada tirumalabhaṭṭara makkaḷu ·adhyāpaka tirumalabhaṭṭarige

⟨36⟩ heddase boṁmaṇanali bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddeyalū ·aḍakēmara 300 vāsiṣṭa gōtrada yajuḥ śākheya hi-

⟨37⟩ raṁṇya kēśī sūtrada mahādēvabhaṭṭara makkaḷu purāṇika kanakēśvarabhaṭṭarige heddaseya boṁmaṇanali bhatta khaṁ- ⟨Page 281⟩

⟨38⟩ ḍu 24 heggaddeyali ·aḍakēmara 300 haritagōtrada rṛk śākheya ·āśvalāyana sūtrada

⟨39⟩ viśvanāthabhaṭṭara makkaḷu subrahmaṇya vāraṇāsigaḷige heddaseya boṁmaṇanali bhatta khaṁ 24

⟨40⟩ heggaddeyali ·aḍakēmara 300 viṣṇuvardhanagōtrada yajuḥ śākheya ·āpastaṁba sūtrada gītā bhaṭṭara

⟨41⟩ makkaḷu kāmadēvabhaṭṭarige heddaseya boṁmaṇanali bhatta khaṁ 8 teraṇada tippanali bhatta khaṁ 16 ·ubha-

⟨42⟩ yaṁ khaṁ 24 heggaddeyali ·aḍakēmara 300 vasiṣṭha gōtrada rṛk śākheya ·āśvanālayana sūtrada nāra-

⟨43⟩ siṁhabhaṭṭara makkaḷu śēṣādribhaṭṭarige teraṇada tippanali bhatta khaṁ 24 heggadde-

⟨44⟩ yali ·aḍakeyamara 300 pārāśara gōtrada ®k śākheya ·āśvalāyana sūtrada rāmā-

⟨45⟩ paṁḍitara makkaḷu padmāji paṁḍitarige teraṇada tippanali bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddeyali ·aḍike

⟨46⟩ yamara 300 kāsyapagōtrada rṛk śākheya ·āśvalāyanasūtrada viśvanāthabhaṭṭara makka-

⟨47⟩ ḷu kāśī nīlakaṁṭhabhaṭṭarige teraṇada tippanali bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddēli ·aḍakē mara 300

⟨48⟩ keṁḍinya gōtrada rṛk śākheya ·āśvalāyana sūtrada bhāskarabhaṭṭara makkaḷu mallabhaṭṭarige

Third Face.

⟨49⟩ teraṇada tippanali bhatta khaṁ 22 hāratāḷa saṁṇaṇanali bhattakhaṁ 2 ·ubhayaṁ 24 heggaddēli

⟨50⟩ ·aḍakē mara 300 gautamagōtrada yajuḥ śākheya ·āpastaṁbasūtrada subrahmaṇyabhaṭṭara makkaḷu

⟨51⟩ brahmaṇya bhaṭṭarige hāratāḷa saṁṇaṇanali bhatta khaṁ 24 heggaddeyali ·aḍakē mara 300 bhāra-

⟨52⟩ dvāja gōtrada yajuḥ śākheya ·āpastaṁba sūtrada hariharabhaṭṭara makkaḷu nārasiṁhabhaṭṭarige

⟨53⟩ hāratāḷa saṁṇaṇanali bhattakhaṁ 24 heggaddeyalli ·aḍakemara 300 paṁcakārukara saṁmaṁdha-

⟨54⟩ ke teraṇada tippanali bhatta khaṁ 20 ·aṁtu ·aḍakemara 5500 nū bhatta khaṁḍaga 500 nū koṭṭevu [||*]

⟨55⟩ ·ādityacaṁdrāvanilōnalaścadyaurbhūmirāpōhṛdayaṁ yamaśca | ·ahaśca rātriśca ·ubhēca saṁdhyē

⟨56⟩ dharmaśca jānāti narasya vṛttaṁ | dānapālanayōrmadhyē dānāchrēyōnu pālanaṁ | dānātsvarga mavā-

⟨57⟩ pnōti pālanādacyutaṁ padaṁ | svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vāyō harēta vasuṁdharā ṣaṣṭirvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ

⟨58⟩ jāyatē krimiḥ | śrī vidyāśaṁkaraḥ | śubhamastu śrī gaṇādhipatayē namaḥ | śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0315⟩ No. 315. (A.R. No. B. 596 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab (No. 6) built into the wall of the well called Jēḍara-bāvi.

1607 A.D.

In addition to the information as in No. 325 below the present record states that Timmaya belonged to Mānuve [the present Mānvi] and was pēṭhegavuḍa of Narasapura. Also it refers to a grant inam given to the person for the work of constructing the well.

It is dated Śaka 1529, Plavaṅga, Śrāvaṇa, śu [15]. It corresponds to 1607 A.D., July 28, Tuesday. On the basis of this date the cyclic year Krōdhi of the five records [Nos. 325-329] may be equated with Śaka 1526 and the given tithi their corresponds to 1604 A.D., September 1, Saturday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ 1529 neya plavaṁganāma saṁvatsarada śrā ⟨Page 282⟩

⟨3⟩ su [15] mānuveya narasāpura peṭhegavuḍa

⟨4⟩ dupada tiṁmaya kaṭisida bāvi ·aṁbāraka-

⟨5⟩ na baḷike śiśyanige mudala baniyi cukke bhā-

⟨6⟩ ga sōnāpura yibāvi muṁde hosa sile •

⟨7⟩ napura yibāvi kaṭuva nivitya pālista 1

⟨8⟩ yināma koṭu ·ade yi saṁvatsaradali sā-

⟨9⟩ śana kaṭitu śrīśrīśrīśrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0316⟩ No. 316. (A.R. No. B. 639 of 1961-62.) KOKKAḌA, PUTTUR TALUK, SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT.

On the Dambe pillar in the Vaidyanātha temple.

1626 A.D.

It records the setting up of Dambe [Stone pillar] in the temple of Vaidyanatha Swamy. Who caused its not known.

It is dated Śaka 1548, Kshaya, Jeshṭha, Śu. 1. It corresponds to 1626 A.D., May 16, Tuesday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipatayēṁ

⟨2⟩ namaḥ sakavaruṣa 15-

⟨3⟩ 48 neya kṣaya saṁ-

⟨4⟩ vatsarada [jēṣṭa] śuddha pā-

⟨5⟩ ḍya [tithi]ya[llu] vaidyanā-

⟨6⟩ tha svāmiya • jā •

⟨7⟩ • • • • • daṁbe-

⟨8⟩ ya māḍisidake na • •

⟨9⟩ • • dava nirmisidanu

⟨10-13⟩ effaced

⟨SIIv29p0i0317⟩ No. 317. (A.R. No. B. 569 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On top of the slab. [No. 1575] First Face.

1638 A.D.

It states that the gharaḍa (garuḍa)gaṁbha of the Māraṭēśvara temple was set up by Līngaṇṇa, son of gāṇigara Jābi-Seṭṭi.

It is dated śaka 1559, Īśvara, Māgha (A)māse. It corresponds to 1638 A.D., February 3, Saturday.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī samastapraśastisahitaṁ śālivāhana [śa]-

⟨2⟩ ke 1559 neya yīsvara saṁvatsarada māgha sudhamāse

⟨3⟩ brihasvativāradaṁdu kallūra māruṭēśvara dēvara gharaḍa-

⟨4⟩ gaṁba niṁditu yī kaṁba gāṇigira jābiseṭiya

⟨5⟩ maga liṁgaṁṇa [nili]sida [||*] ⟨Page 283⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0318⟩ No. 318. (A.R. No. B. 484 of 1961-62.) KABBŪR, CHIKKODI TALUK, BELGAUM DISTRICT.

Slab lying in front of the Brahmadēva temple to the south east of the village.

1648 A.D.

It seems to refer to the construction of a temple and to the sculptor by name Krishna belonging to Pāṇḍurangapura. The record gives an account of the family of the sculptor.

It is dated Śaka 1570, Sarvadhāri, Kārttika ba. 11, Wednesday, corresponding to 1648 A.D., November 1.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī vēdavyāsāya namaḥ | brahma vātanayārthinā haragirau saṁrāghayaṁti (?) haraṁ tatra nayōpamaṁ mamadiśa

⟨2⟩ śrīmaṁta mārtārtihaṁ || • ·ityuktvā nijadakṣapāṇivilasatturyāṁgulī (dhāyata ?) • ṣṭavātaṁ pradadau satāddaśa-

⟨3⟩ sutaṁ satyaṁ jinaṁ dhārmmikaṁ || 1 || ·anyaṁ śūrasamaṁ sudhāṁśusaddaśāṁ jetārama(rvi) taḷaṁ dātāraṁ dvijarā[ja*] vatprati dinaṁ saṁhā-

⟨4⟩ rayaṁtaṁ ripūn || budhyādēva gurlapamaṁ vijayinaṁ dēvēṁdra vadvikramaṁ śrīmaṁtaṁ gajavāji paci sahitaṁ mānā

⟨5⟩ jinaṁ (?) mediśa || 2 || ·evaṁ samārādhya haraṁ samīyaturjāyapartālabdhavarausvakaṁ gṛhaṁ || buktvāya bhōgānprati

⟨6⟩ labhya naṁdanau śrīśaṁ samārādhya nijāṁ gatiṁ gatau || 3 || tatputrau suguṇaiślādhyau pitṛbhakti ratau sadā ||

⟨7⟩ vīrau śūrau vadānyauca lōkavikhyāta pauruṣau || 4 || śrīdhīmaṁtau satyavākyau śrīpatyāṁghri nikṣiviṇau | sūryacaṁdrāviva-

⟨8⟩ khyātauvīryeśauryeparākramau || 5 || sūryacaṁdramasōḥ kīrtiḥ pūrvapaścimayōḥ sthitā || satputrayōḥ sphuṭaṁ kīrtiḥ sarvadi-

⟨9⟩ kṣu susaṁsthitā || 6 || tatputrada cavittēna vṛṁ[dā]vana manuttamaṁ || suvāpyārāmasahitaṁ ha • ma • virājitaṁ || 7 ||

⟨10⟩ gōpāḷēnāṣṭha putrēṇa kāritaṁ tatpurōdha sā || nānāṁghripa latāgulmai rākīrṇa lōkasuṁdaraṁ || 8 || tābhyāṁ samārjitā bhū-

⟨11⟩ mirniṣkaparyāya kalpitā || tribhāgā dhānyaniṣṭatyautūrīryā(yā) rāmahētave || 9 || grāvaṇō bhōdivaryēṇa kṛṣṇōnā-

⟨12⟩ kāri śilpinā || pāṁḍuraṁgapurasthēna tatpādārbbānaṣēviṇā || 10 || rsvāstha nṛpaśāli vāhanaśakemyōmādri bāṇēṁdu-

⟨13⟩ bhiryukte saṁvidi sarvadhāri(ṇi*)hareḥ sutpotya māsē site || pakṣe śrīśatithau budhyēca karabhe sutākāritaṁ māturgēha-

⟨14⟩ midaṁ samāpti magamatkanyāgate vākyatau || 11 || śake 1570 sarvadhāri saṁvatsare dakṣiṇāyane kārtikamāse

⟨15⟩ [athāsi • • paje panāmā brahmaṇō patiḥ svajejināmā |] (?) tadānujau bāji ·abājiti tatputrāvanupadaṁ vakṣye • • • || 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0319⟩ No. 319. (A.R. No. B. 563 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab in the maṭha (on two sides). ⟨Page 284⟩

1652 A.D.

It records a grant of land and certain privileges to Chenna-Virayya of Kallūra-maṭha in the presence of the gauda, Kulkarni, Seṭṭi, Chaudhari and others.

It is dated śaka 1572 [wrong for 1574] Nandana, Vaiśākha, adhika-ashṭami, Wednesday. It corresponds to 1652 A.D., April 21. The month Vaiśākha was adhika.

TEXT.

Front side.

⟨1⟩ śrī śakhe sālivāha-

⟨2⟩ na 1572 neya naṁda-

⟨3⟩ nanāma saṁvatsarada

⟨4⟩ vaiśākha ba ·ādhika ·ā-

⟨5⟩ ṣṭami budhavāradalū

⟨6⟩ śrīmatu kalura maṭhada

⟨7⟩ caṁnavirayage (divāli)

⟨8⟩ vā gauḍa kulakarṇi vā-

⟨9⟩ malagauḍa seṭi (ca)udariga-

⟨10⟩ ḷu muṁtāda samasta pra-

⟨11⟩ jegaḷu darṁma sākṣi-

⟨12⟩ yāgi baradukoṭha

⟨13⟩ dāna patrada sāsanau

⟨14⟩ [adake] nimage māṁnya-

Back side.

⟨15⟩ da hola bijavari

⟨16⟩ khaṁ 82 koṭu yidhe·u

⟨17⟩ muṁde staḷa bharitana gu-

⟨18⟩ • vaṁdake kha 2 busare bhū-

⟨19⟩ vaṁdake kha 6 vidake kha 1 vaṁ-

⟨20⟩ dake • • dinake yari 50

⟨21⟩ yiṣṭu koṭhu yide·u yi-

⟨22⟩ dake tapidare kāsili gō-

⟨23⟩ hatya māḍida dōsake hō-

⟨24⟩ haru bhāvi payiṁbhu-

⟨25⟩ mi(naṁ) koṭhuyide·u

⟨26⟩ dharma sākṣi [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0320⟩ No. 320. (A.R. No. B. 523 of 1961-62.) HĪRĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup in the Śankaraliṅga well.

1656 A.D.

It states that the Vaishya Bhikkāji Sōmāji Mokhēḍa excavated a well and constructed the temples of Sōmēśvara and Basavēśvara for the benefit of all with a stīpulation that all including the maṭha should make use of them. The donor wished that his creations should always remain the best-sarvōt-krshṭha. ⟨Page 285⟩

It is dated Śaka 1578, Durmukhi, uttarāyana, Grīshmaṟtu, Jyeshṭha. śu. 2. Thursday. It corresponds to 1656 A.D., May, 15.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipatayē namaḥ || śrī veṁkaṭēśāya namaḥ || svasti śrī nṛpa-

⟨2⟩ śālivāhana śake 1578 pravartamāne durmukhināma saṁ-

⟨3⟩ vatsare ·uttarāyaṇi grīṣmaṟtau jyēṣṭha māse śukla pakṣe dvi-

⟨4⟩ tīyāyāṁ guruvāsare vaiṣya bhikkāji sōmāji mokhēḍa parōpakārā-

⟨5⟩ rtha kaṭṭisidaṁthā bāvi sōmēśvara [ba]śvēśvara śivālaya sarvōtkṛ-

⟨6⟩ ṣṭhavāgi ·irali || maṭhasahita samastarū baḷasabēku [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0321⟩ No. 321. (A.R. No. 55 of 1961-62.) TERPOLE, SANGAREDDI TALUK, MEDAK DISTRICT.

On the Dhvaja-stambha in front of the Ānjanēya temple.

1671 A.D.

It mentions Kāmayya, a disciple of Venkaṭayya and seems to refer to the setting up of the pillar. Bottom portion of the record is completely damaged.

It is dated Śaka 1594, Virōdhikritu, Chaitra śu. 1, Budhavāra corresponding to 1671 A.D., • • • • • •

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • śrī śubhamastu

⟨2⟩ 1594 śālivāha-

⟨3⟩ na śa kāla • •

⟨4⟩ virōdhi kṛtu saṁva-

⟨5⟩ tsara caitra śudha 1 bu-

⟨6⟩ dhavāraṁnāṁḍu

⟨7⟩ gaṁ[dhaṁ] • rli veṁka-

⟨8⟩ ṭayyala bhaktaṁ-

⟨9⟩ • kāma[yya]

⟨10-13⟩ completely damaged

⟨SIIv29p0i0322⟩ No. 322. (A.R. No. B. 561 of 1961-62.) KALLŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On the wooden beam on the ceiling of the primary school.

1683 A.D.

It states that the Southern door was made probably by Musredi during the regime of Āgākhusru Sāheb. It is dated Śaka 1605 Rudhirōdgāri, Chaitra. śu. 1, Monday corresponding to 1683 A.D., March 19.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ namastuṁgaśiraścuṁ-

⟨2⟩ bicaṁdracāmaracā-

⟨3⟩ ruvē trailōkyanaga- ⟨Page 286⟩

⟨4⟩ rāraṁbhamūla-

⟨5⟩ staṁbhāyaśaṁbhuvē

⟨6⟩ svasti śrī jayādbhu-

⟨7⟩ daya śālivāha-

⟨8⟩ na śakha 1605 ne-

⟨9⟩ ya rudrodagarinā

⟨10⟩ ma saṁvatsarada cai-

⟨11⟩ tra śuddha 1 sōmavā-

⟨12⟩ radallu dakṣiṇa bhā-

⟨13⟩ gada bāgaliya pa-

⟨14⟩ ḍuku ·āgākhosa-

⟨15⟩ rō sāhēbara kā-

⟨16⟩ ra kirdili mu-

⟨17⟩ sredi māḍisida-

⟨18⟩ ru ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0323⟩ No. 323. (A.R. No. B. 521 of 1961-62.) HĪRĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab on the wall of a well in the village.

1687 A.D.

The inscription in Nagari Script records the construction of a dharmasarovara (tank) and a dharmaśālā (choultry) by Raṁgōji of Mudgala-gōtra for his own merit.

It is dated Śaka 1609, Prabhava, Chaitra, Śu. 7, Thursday corresponding to 1687 A.D., March 10.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipataye namaḥ | • • • • •

⟨2⟩ gāya namaḥ || bhagavattye namaḥ || • •

⟨3⟩ ravāya namaḥ || śrī manmudgala gōtra saṁ-

⟨4⟩ tati raṁgōji • • dharmārthaṁ vinirmi-

⟨5⟩ ta dharmasarōvara dharmaśālā [casarva]

⟨6⟩ lōka sukhāya || śālivāhana śake 1609

⟨7⟩ prabhavanāma saṁvatsara caitra śudha sa(ptami) gu-

⟨8⟩ [ru vāri] prāraṁbhaḥ || śubhaṁ bhavatu ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0324⟩ No. 324. (A.R. No. B. 610 of 1961-62.) SIRVĀR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab near the Hanuman temple opposite the Venkateśvara temple.

1693 A.D.

It states that the God Sañjīva-Hanumantadēva was installed at Siravāra by Gururāya, the son of Venkappa of Jamadagni-gōtra and hailing from Nāmalagāvi.

It is dated Śaka 1615, Śrīmukha, Chaitra, śu. 1, Monday corresponding to 1693 A.D., March 27. ⟨Page 287⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṁ || svasti śrī jayābhyuda-

⟨2⟩ ya śālivāhana śaka 1615 ne

⟨3⟩ yā śrīmukhanāma saṁvatsa-

⟨4⟩ rada caitra śudha pāḍyada sō-

⟨5⟩ mavāra ·aśvini nakṣatradalu

⟨6⟩ siravārada staḷadali saṁjīva

⟨7⟩ hanumaṁtadēvara nāmalagā-

⟨8⟩ viya jamadagni gōtrada veṁka-

⟨9⟩ panā maga gururāyanu sta(pa)

⟨10⟩ māḍidanu maṁgaḷa mahā-

⟨11⟩ ṁ || śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0325⟩ No. 325. (A.R. No. B. 591 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab (No. 1) built into the wall of the well called Jēḍara-bāvi.

17th century A.D.

It states that gavuḍa Dupada Tiṁmaya of Sarajāpura built this well.

It is dated Krōdhi, Bhādrapada ba. 3. The details are insufficient for verification. The record is in characters of the 17th century. The cyclic year Krōdhi occurred twice during the 17th century viz., (1) Śaka 1526 (1604 A.D.) and (2) Śaka 1586 (1664 A.D.) [Refer No. 315 above]. The probable date of the record may be 1604 A.D., September 1, (Sunday).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī krōdhināma saṁvatsarada bhādra-

⟨2⟩ pada bahuḷa 3 lu sarajāpu-

⟨3⟩ rada gavuḍa dupada tiṁmaya

⟨4⟩ kaṭisida bāvi || śrī śrī śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0326⟩ No. 326. (A.R. No. B. 592 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab (No. 2) built into the wall of the well called Jēḍara-bāvi.

17th century A.D.

This is a copy of the above [No. 325] inscription.

Text: Same as above.

⟨SIIv29p0i0327⟩ No. 327. (A.R. No. B. 593 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab (No. 3) built into the wall of the well called Jēḍara-bāvi.

17th century A.D.

This is the second copy of the record No. 325. Text is the same as above. ⟨Page 288⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0328⟩ No. 328. (A.R. No. B. 594 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab (No. 4) built into the wall of the well called Jēḍara-bāvi.

17th century A.D.

This is the third copy of the record No. 325. The text of it is the same as above.

⟨SIIv29p0i0329⟩ No. 329. (A.R. No. B. 595 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab (No. 5) built into the wall of the well called Jēḍara-bāvi.

17th century A.D.

The information of this record is the same as in No. 325 above. The additional information of this record is that it states that Tiṁmaya who constructed the well, was the son of Gavuḍa-Dupada-Chiṭapa of Sarjāpura.

The date is the same as in No. 325.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī krōdhināma saṁvatsara-

⟨2⟩ da bhādrapada bahuḷa 3 lu

⟨3⟩ sarjāpurada gavuḍa du-

⟨4⟩ pada ciṭapana komāra tiṁ-

⟨5⟩ maya kaṭisida bāvi || śrī

⟨SIIv29p0i0330⟩ No. 330. (A.R. No. B. 813 of 1962-63.) ATNŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup in front of the agasi.

17th century A.D.

This is an incomplete record. It contains only the date portion viz., Āngīrasa, Mārgaśira, Su. 1 without the Śaka year. It is in 17th century characters. The cyclic year Angīrasa occurred twice during this century: (1) Śaka 1554 = 1632 A.D., and (2) Śaka 1614 = 1692 A.D.

At the end the word ‘Atanū’ is mentioned. Probably it refers to Atanūru, the place of the origin of this record.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ·aṁgirasaṁ

⟨2⟩ nāma saṁvatsa-

⟨3⟩ rada mārgaśi-

⟨4⟩ ra su || 1 dalu ·a-

⟨5⟩ tanū 1 ⟨Page 289⟩

⟨SIIv29p0i0331⟩ No. 331. (A.R. No. B. 520 of 1961-62.) BHĪMNAḶḶI, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab built into the wall of village school.

17th century A.D.

This fragmentary record seems to register a gift to the god Sōmanāthadēva of Yalade (modern Aland).

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ matu

⟨3⟩ yaladeya

⟨4⟩ sōmanātha [dē]-

⟨5⟩ varige (vi)na(ṁ)

⟨6⟩ yasatyadagra

⟨7⟩ dēvākāra-

⟨8⟩ biya maḍi

[The record is incomplete].

⟨SIIv29p0i0332⟩ No. 332. (A.R. No. B. 554 of 1961-62.) GŌRKAL, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the field known as Kere.

17th century A.D.

It states that the sluice was constructed by Malik-sandal-Rustumkhan.

It is in characters of the 17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ tuṁbu

⟨2⟩ malika

⟨3⟩ saṁdala ru-

⟨4⟩ stumakhāna

⟨5⟩ kaṭṭisida [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0333⟩ No. 333. (A.R. No. B. 585 of 1961-62.) MĀḌAGIRI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab set-up infront of the Hanumān temple.

17th century A.D.

The beginning and the end of the record are broken and lost. This damaged fragmentary record seems to refer to the construction of a maṭha and a lease of land for three years.

It is in the characters of the 17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • yagrake • • • • • • • • • • ⟨Page 290⟩

⟨2⟩ vuke kavulu maruvaruṣa •

⟨3⟩ heṁṭeyaṁ (mo)na(ta)sa cītu

⟨4⟩ kaṁpada maṭha kaṭida • baya(ge)kate 1

⟨5⟩ • • • • • kalupu

⟨SIIv29p0i0334⟩ No. 334. (A.R. No. B. 597 of 1961-62.) MĀNVI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab (No. 7) built into the wall of the well called Jēḍara-bāvi.

17th century A.D.

It informs the steps-sōpāna (to the well) were built during the office of Ṭhāṇādār Sheik Nijām Mujumdār Mudōpa, Nighāvan Nārapa, Śaranōbat Nasaravī and Sabanīsa Antapa.

It is in characters of the 17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ṭhāṇādāra sēka nijā-

⟨2⟩ ma mujamadāra mu-

⟨3⟩ dōpa nighavāna nāra-

⟨4⟩ pa saranōbata nasara-

⟨5⟩ vī sabanīsa ·aṁta-

⟨6⟩ pa ·aḷuvaṁdu ka-

⟨7⟩ ṭisida sōpāna

⟨8⟩ śrī śrī śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0335⟩ No. 335. (A.R. No. B. 814 of 1962-63.) ATNŪR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a pillar setup in front of the agasi.

17th century A.D.

This record mentions only the cyclic year Āngīrasa. It reads the fixation of the quantity of Paddy and ghee to be given by the vokkalus [cultivators] during the specified period for the land leased. The fixation seems to be a general assessment for the entire village. Atanura, the village is mentioned in the record. The latter part of the record is much damaged. [See No. 334 above].

It is in characters of the 17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ ·atanura

⟨2⟩ grāmadalu ·aṁ-

⟨3⟩ girasa saṁva-

⟨4⟩ tsaradalu guti-

⟨5⟩ ge vokuḷa 1 ||

⟨6⟩ • modala varu-

⟨7⟩ śa gu || 0 nakha

⟨8⟩ bhata 0 lau 1 tu[pa] ⟨Page 291⟩

⟨9⟩ ṁ lau 81 yeraḍane

⟨10⟩ varuśa ga 1 nakha

⟨11⟩ bhata 80 | 2 tu-

⟨12⟩ pa laul [3] ne[va]ruśa

⟨13⟩ modalu vā • • •

⟨14⟩ duga • • • kha 1 bha-

⟨15⟩ ta 81 tupa

⟨16⟩ lau 3 • • • • • mo-

⟨17⟩ dalu • • • ḍake-

⟨18⟩ lau 1 kagaṁ || • •

⟨19⟩ lau 81 yidake •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨21⟩ • tapidare ·a[va]

⟨22⟩ ge katetu • • •

⟨23⟩ kalavu • • •

⟨24⟩ kalajjabhōge • •

⟨25⟩ nari taradde • • • • •

⟨26-27⟩ -damaged-

⟨SIIv29p0i0336⟩ No. 336. (A.R. No. B. 826 of 1962-63.) RĀJALADINNI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup near the maṭha.

17th century A.D.

This record in Nāgari script is completely worn out and mentions a maṭha.

It is in characters of the 17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • ma • maṭha • •

⟨2⟩ [managa] • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • ma • • •

Rest is damaged.

⟨SIIv29p0i0337⟩ No. 337. (A.R. No. B. 791 of 1962-63.) HOLKUNDA, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab built in the floor of the Baḍigēra well (1).

17th century A.D.

This damaged record probably recorded the excavation of a well by Basavappa son of Chyanamma.

It is dated in the cyclic year Jaya, Chaitra, śu. 6. The Śaka year is not mentioned. It is in characters of the 17th century A.D. ⟨Page 292⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti jaya saṁvatsarada

⟨2⟩ caitra [suda] 6 [ralū] cya-

⟨3⟩ nammana kumāra • • • • •

⟨4-5⟩ -damaged-

⟨6⟩ • [livātaḷa] • • •

⟨7⟩ basavappa • • • • •

Stops here abruptly.

⟨SIIv29p0i0338⟩ No. 338. (A.R. No. B. 792 of 1962-63.) HOLKUNDA, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab built into the floor of the Baḍigēra well (2).

17th century A.D.

It states that Basuvapa (was) the son of (the parents) Chanamala and Narsaka.

It is in characters of the 17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ cyanama (la)

⟨2⟩ narsaka | suta

⟨3⟩ basuvapa

⟨SIIv29p0i0339⟩ No. 339. (A.R. No. B. 586 of 1961-62.) MĀDALĀPUR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup at the entrance of the Village No. 1.

17th century A.D.

The purport of this damaged record is not clear. It mentions a certain Māhavā-gauḍa and refers to a mānya.

It is in characters of the 17th century A.D.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ māhavā [gauḍa]

⟨2⟩ nāku • • tī

⟨3⟩ mānya • dā • • [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0340⟩ No. 340. (A.R. No. B. 587 of 1961-62.) MĀDALĀPUR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup at the entrance of the village No. 2.

17th century A.D.

It is a copy of the above record No. 339.

⟨SIIv29p0i0341⟩ No. 341. (A.R. No. B. 522 of 1961-62.) HĪRĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab setup on the wall of Gautappa well. ⟨Page 293⟩

1734 A.D.

It speaks of excavation of a well, construction of a choultry and development of a garden for public use by Gautama of Kāśyapa-gōtra, a resident of Hīrāpura. These were dedicated to the god Śrī-Rāma.

The record gives the dates of commencement and completion of the works of excavating the dharmasarōvavara (1) Śaka 1651 (wrong for 1653) Virōdhikrit, Chaitra. śu. 5 corresponding to 1731 A.D., and (2) Śaka 1656, Pramādi, Māgha śu. 13 corresponding to 1734 A.D., February 5, Tuesday, March 31 [Wednesday].

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ śrī gaṇādhipatayē namaḥ || chā(śā)radāyainamaḥ śaraṇāgatadēvārti haraṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ mama || ·āyurārōgyadaṁ vaṁde ||

⟨2⟩ śrī manmātāṁḍa bhairavaṁ || śrī matkāśyapa gōtra saṁtati gautama nāmadhēyaḥ hirāpure vasata dharmārtha vinirmita ||

⟨3⟩ dharmasarōvara dharmaśāḷā dharmavanāni sakaḷaḷōka sukhāya || svasti śrī nṛpa śālivāhana śake 1651 ne-

⟨4⟩ ya virōdhikṛtunāma saṁvatsare caitra śu(kla 5 myāṁ) dharma sarōvara prāraṁbhaḥ || śake 1656 neya pramādināma ||

⟨5⟩ saṁvatsare māgha śukla trayōdaśyāṁ samāpti mabhavat maṁgaḷa māhēśvarī śubhaṁ bhavatu śrī rāmārpaṇa mastu ||

⟨6⟩ rāma rāmēti rāmeti rame same manōrame || sahasranāmatatulyaṁ śrī rāmanāma varānane || namaḥ śivāya ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0342⟩ No. 342. (A.R. No. B. 608 of 1961-62.) RĀJOḶḶI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab lying outside the village.

1759 A.D.

This record is broken and very much damaged. It seems to have recorded a deed. But with its present condition the exact meaning of it cannot be made out. Gōpāladēva (god), Venkaṇayya, Hālamattarasa-Rāma, Bhairavana-rēkhu (probably a measurement), Sattāgāla, Vīrayya Aya, a son (name lost) of Mudalōja and a son (name lost) of Rukmaya are mentioned.

It is dated Śaka 1681, (Pramathi), Jēshṭha ba. 12. It corresponds to 1759 A.D., June 21, Thursday.

TEXT.

I Piece.

⟨1⟩ svasti • • • • • • • • • •

⟨2⟩ śālivāhana śa(kha) • • • • •

⟨3⟩ • • • • • 1681 neya [pramādhi]

⟨4⟩ saṁvatsarada jēṣṭa ba 12 lu • • • • •

⟨5⟩ gōpāladēvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ verū makuṁja dāvara • • • • • • • • • •

⟨7⟩ veṁkaṇaya (guṁma) taka • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ hālamattarasa rāmagaṁge rāru • • • • •

⟨9⟩ gu 170 (vuḍi sāmaṁta) baḷu sama • • • • • ⟨Page 294⟩

⟨10⟩ • ma 215 bhairavana (rēkhu) • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ (ma) prakāḷa maṁ (665) • rēkhe • • • • •

⟨12⟩ • ḷige tegedu koṁḍu (hō)devu • • • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • va sattāgāla • • • • • • • • • •

⟨14⟩ • • • • • ga • kāra • pataru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨15⟩ • • lakuva • gū 9 ku • • • • • • • • • •

⟨16⟩ • • • jākati (śrī) • hattalu • • • • •

⟨17⟩ • • • • • nāku • • • • • • • • • •

⟨18⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨19⟩ tā sire nēmavanū • • • • • • • • • •

⟨20⟩ • • • • • [navādallū] • ga • vā • • • • •

II Piece.

⟨1⟩ • lasigāra • • • • •

⟨2⟩ nūkrama • • • • •

⟨3⟩ (vī)rayya ·ayanava • • • • •

⟨4⟩ (40) ku • manasali • • • • •

⟨5⟩ (dōdaka) mudalōjana maga • •

⟨6⟩ navū • • • • • kaludērē

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ rusavera • • • • • • • • • •

Side.

⟨1⟩ rukmaya maga • •

⟨2⟩ bāragayari • • ru

⟨3⟩ • sasamage bhava [6]

Another Piece.

⟨1⟩ • • gavara •

⟨2⟩ suvara nava •

⟨SIIv29p0i0343⟩ No. 343. (A.R. No. B. 609 of 1961-62.) SIRVĀR, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On the wall of the Veṅkateśvara temple.

1760 A.D.

It states that Mudugala Bhīmarao, the carpenter along with Gautama-gowḍa of Kallūra grāma prepared the chariot of the temple and got exemption from the payment of the tax birāḍa. Probably, the seṭṭis (merchants) of the place made this exemption.

It is dated Śaka 1682, Vikrama, Adhikaśrāvana ba. 3, Thursday corresponding to 1760 A.D., July 30. The week day was Wednesday.

TEXT.

— zrI veMkaTEza pra || —

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī jayābhyudaya śālivāhana śakha 1682 neya

⟨2⟩ vikramanāma saṁvatsarada ·adhika śrāvaṇa ba || 3 guruvāradalu śrī ma-

⟨3⟩ tu ka || mudugala bhīmarāva baḍagina kallūra svagrāmada nāḍagautamo gauḍakūḍi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨4⟩ śāsanada • nniṁge • • 70 kuvalli ·adarali svāmirathava māḍidake • || • • • seṭigaḷu • • • bi- ⟨Page 295⟩

⟨5⟩ rāḍa māphu māḍiyideve yidake brāṁhmaru tapidare kāsili gōhatya māḍida dōsa liṁgavaṁtaru

⟨6⟩ māḍidare śrī śailadali mātāpitrugaḷa vadhe māḍida hāge śvāna (kunaripa) śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv29p0i0344⟩ No. 344. (A.R. No. B. 235 of 1961-62.) GANAPATI, COIMBATORE TALUK, AND DISTRICT.

Slab built into the west wall of the front maṇḍapa of the Vēṇugōpālasvāmin temple.

1763 A.D.

Refers to the service (to the god) by Mādayya, the son of Śankarayya and the grand son of Madanayya of Terakaṇāmbi.

It is dated Śaka 1686 and Kali 4865, Svabhānu, Jyeshṭha, śu. 5. The cyclic year Svabhānu occurred in Śaka 1685 while in 1686 the next cyclic year Taraṇa occured.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatu | śālavāhana saṁ ||

⟨2⟩ 1686 kallyabdaḥ 4865

⟨3⟩ tadapari svabhānu saṁjyēṣṭha śu 5 llu

⟨4⟩ terakaṇāṁbi madanaiyyanavara

⟨5⟩ pautrarāda śaṁkaraiyyanavara

⟨6⟩ putrarāda mādeyyanavara śyāti

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • • • • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0345⟩ No. 345. (A.R. No. B. 505 of 1961-62.) ŚRINGĒRI, SRINGERI TALUK, CHICKMAGALUR DISTRICT.

On a bell hanging in front of the Bhavānī shrine inside the Mallikārjuna temple.

In late characters.

Reads: Śrī Vidyāśankara | tūka ma 7 || 6 || 0

TEXT.

⟨0⟩ śrī vidyāśaṁkara | tūka ma 7 || 6 || 0

⟨SIIv29p0i0346⟩ No. 346. (A.R. No. B. 118 of 1961-62.) GUḌILŌVA, BHIMILIPATNAM TALUK, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT.

Slab near the waterfall close to the temple of Ranganātha about two miles from the village.

Late characters.

Records the raising of a garden containing several varieties of trees for the use of the god Ranganāyaka by Nārāyaṇa Gajapati, son of Nārāyaṇarāju and Buchchi Veṁkamāmba of Dhananjaya-gotra, for his own welfare and prosperity.

It is in late characters of the 17th-18th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ śrī madaśēṣaprastuti pātra saura[kṣa]tra putra dhanaṁ- ⟨Page 296⟩

⟨2⟩ jaya sagōtra maṁtra kṛtṣatrakula pavitra śrīnā-

⟨3⟩ rāyaṇarāju putrēṇāruṁdhatīsamāna pātivra-

⟨4⟩ tyādiguṇāvatyatēṁ matallikā śrī bucci veṁkamāṁ-

⟨5⟩ bikā garbha śukti muktā maṇinā suguṇinā śrīnā-

⟨6⟩ rāyaṇa gajapati rājasyēna kadābinmudāsa dā-

⟨7⟩ va dāta saṁdhā mādhurī dhurīṇa dhārānavila dhārā-

⟨8⟩ laṁ saṁtatāṁtaryāmi biṁtanātyaṁta durita saṁ-

⟨9⟩ nyati saṁtāpa ciṁtāvāraṇa nipuṇa munigaṇa-

⟨10⟩ ṇa śaraṇa sūcaka mahāguhā mukhasthala nistu-

⟨11⟩ la tulasī bilyētaru nivōruṁbaka raṁbita ni-

⟨12⟩ taṁba sthala viśālaṁ śrīlaṁbṛhadgi-

⟨13⟩ rināmakaṁ kusuma tāmi talatādhā-

⟨14⟩ maka madhiru vyāvalōkya citraṁ pavi-

⟨15⟩ traṁ gōtraratna ciraṁtana midamitima-

⟨16⟩ nyā sēnātra niraṁtara pravapāta nirādhā-

⟨17⟩ ra sārā plavacita pāśā [ṇya] (?) khacita tā(ribha)

⟨18⟩ lāṁchanādhālayē rakta rakṣaṇa pārāya-

⟨19⟩ ṇē nārāyaṇīkṣya raścābhīṣṭadāya-

⟨20⟩ ka raṁganāyakaśca sakala tarumaveyābhi-

⟨21⟩ rāma ·ārāma ścētē pratiṣṭhitāḥ

⟨SIIv29p0i0347⟩ No. 347. (A.R. No. B. 800 of 1962-63.) KAMALĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab lying in the Hiri-maṭha.

Late characters.

This fragmentary record seems to refer to a well, probably excavated by Harabīraya in the premises of Hiri-maṭa (maṭha). There is a reference to 12 mana (māna) at the beginning and 41 ba (baḷḷa) at the end.

It is in late characters of the 18th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ 12 mana

⟨2⟩ hiri ma-

⟨3⟩ ṭada hara

⟨4⟩ bīrayada

⟨5⟩ vana baviri 1

⟨6⟩ 41 ba ||

⟨SIIv29p0i0348⟩ No. 348. (A.R. No. B. 801 of 1962-63.) KAMALĀPUR, GULBARGA TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Slab fixed into the steps of the Rāmatīrtha tank in the Rāmaliṅga temple.

Late characters.

This one line record in Nāgari late characters of the 17th-18th century A.D., reads ⟨Page 297⟩ Vīrō-dhāni Mudhōji dēva(gne) (dēvange ?).

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⟨1⟩ vīrōdhāni mudhōji dēva[gne] (dēvange ?)

⟨SIIv29p0i0349⟩ No. 349. (A.R. No. B. 811 of 1962-63.) ARŌLI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab setup in front of the Īśvara temple.

18th century A.D.

Refers to a well probably excavated by Kulakaruṇi Apāji. It mentions Rāmā at the beginning.

It is in characters of the 18th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ ṁ rāmā ©

⟨2⟩ kulakaruṇi

⟨3⟩ ·apāji bāvi

⟨SIIv29p0i0350⟩ No. 350. (A.R. No. B. 819 of 1962-63.) JAMMALADINNI, MANVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

Slab in the field of Paṭavari.

Late characters.

It refers to the border probably of the village in which the record is found. It is in late characters.

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⟨1⟩ gaḍi [dūna maḷarama]

⟨2⟩ nama śimada sara[vu]

⟨SIIv29p0i0351⟩ No. 351. (A.R. No. B. 821 of 1962-63.) KORAVI, MĀNVI TALUK, RAICHUR DISTRICT.

On a boulder at the entrance of the village.

18th century A.D.

The purport of the record is not clear as it is highly damaged. It is dated in the Cyclic year Yuva. Jēshṭha, śu. 1, Śaka year is not mentioned.

It is in late characters of the 18th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ [śrī] gaṇādhipa-

⟨2⟩ tē namaḥ | yavanāma

⟨3⟩ [saṁvatsara]da jēṣṭha su || 1 dalu

⟨4⟩ • • • mā • • • • • jiya va • • • • •

⟨5-7⟩ effaced ⟨Page 298⟩

⟨8⟩ • • • • • kā kaṁḍa • • • ru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ [daṁṇa] • • • • • lāsa ·alevāmā[seṭṭi] ya pālaru • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • • • • • ya koṁḍenu • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ • • • • • māhivara nakhara • • • • • • • • • • 1

⟨SIIv29p0i0352⟩ No. 352. (A.R. No. B. 778 of 1962-63.) DHARWAR, DHARWAR TALUK AND DISTRICT.

Impression received from Dr. G.S. Dixit, (4), Karnataka University, Dharwar [Findspot: Korōchi (?) Hatkanangale Taluk, Kolhapur District].

1799 A.D. || 1820 A.D.

This Jaina record is damaged and speaks of a number of events taking place in stages in between the dates 1799 A.D., and 1820 A.D.

It states that the two brothers Rāyappa and Dēvappa, the two sons of a nāyaka (Narasimha nāyaka) constructed a jinālaya and consecrated the image of Pārśvanātha and other images probably under the guidance of Jīnasenāchārya, the jīna muni. The jīnalaya was equipped with prākāra, gōpuradwāra, māna-sthambha and dhwaja-sthambha. Perhaps this first stage of work was over by the first date of the record (1799 A.D.). Some more works were completed by 1820 A.D. But the information about which is not clear since the record is very much damaged.

The two dates in the record are: 1 Śaka 1720, Kālayukta, Māga, Śu [|] Monday. corresponds to 1799 A.D., February 5, Tuesday. 2 Śaka 1742, Vikrama [Mārgśi]ra, śu. 14. It corresponds to 1820 A.D., December 18, Monday.

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⟨1⟩ śrīmatvaramagaṁbhīraśādvādāmōghalāṁchanaṁ jīyātrailōkyanāthasyaśā-

⟨2⟩ sa[naṁ] jinaśāsanaṁ || 1 || vīrāṁcipura bhavyasaṁgha ·anaghārāgāti mū . •

⟨3⟩ śrī • • • • • pādapadmayugalaṁ • draṣṭi saṁrakṣitā || śrī pārśvēśvara • • • • •

⟨4⟩ • ryyāga • tīrtthāgra • | tasmi nvā • ru • • • varavidhi [bha]ktinamōkamratā • ·ādē •

⟨5⟩ na rājya • • prathamagaṇanāyakaḥ || na • vṛṣabha(ja)nādēsi nānayugaṇāgraṇi • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • na gaṇikāre gōtama • • sinayōḥ || paryyaṁta māga • khya tānamōstu śrīgaṇi • •

⟨7⟩ • śrī siddhāṁta śṛtasya mūlaguru śṛtsutrasya pūjya vṛkā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • [ma]nidhi vāgbālāpta sāṁkhyādi śā || sarvvētārkkika[varyyā] rā • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • dale || viśvāṁ sādīṟa nererāja mahī • • • • • • • • • •

⟨10⟩ • kāryya jagatā pūrṇēṁdu pratyajvaya [mauḷi] mārtāṁḍa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨11⟩ rāgi • • • ṣaṣṭyādi purāṇa kāvya karaṇe mukhya bhuva jāta manō nirpparparagaṇa •

⟨12⟩ • dana • jinasēnācāryya bhūtē || 6 || tasyānvayē yadi vijātatarkke mukhya • • •

⟨13⟩ • • • • • jita pravādi suvidyādi sāgarayati ṣuprā(tyā) dvitīyaṁ | ·ākhyā • dasa

⟨14⟩ • ya vārē jinasēnācāryya || 7 || tadvi [pya] bdha karāgra jāta vinutā nirvāṇa bhaṭṭārakā-

⟨15⟩ ṇāṁ tṟitya jinālayē [ji]na prati śākhāya śikharāṁkitā || ·u[tyahiṇara] thādi yukta ba • • •

⟨16⟩ • pūjita satāri sadgā | śrī [ka]llāpura bhavyarāśi vinutāsthānādi nāthō sudhi || 8 || prasannā[rththā]-

⟨17⟩ • nidēvi [ji]na kavi tātranuṁ puṣkarākhya mahāgadda sēnāṁta vṛṣabhānvayaṁ || 9 || śrī •

⟨18⟩ • viru • • • cipinā • • ṁdikaṁ || siṁhāsanādi mahātmāṁtaṁ jinasēna muni • •

⟨19⟩ • || 10 || śrī majjinēṁdra dugdhābdhō bhōdacaṁdra ·ajitanāta || nāmnā jināryyā [bhaṭṭā] ⟨Page 299⟩

⟨20⟩ • nirvvāṇa jñānēnōdhuvā || 11 || ·ārāma vāpi sarasi nadi • • puṣṭikṣu pādyānvita • •

⟨21⟩ rājya || diśānti kāyaṁci viśiṣṭa nāmna tastisphuritārttha varastu tasya || 12 || tasya •

⟨22⟩ • śa vanya yakṣvēru vaṁśāmitathā || śānya tuṁgātradā jātaṁ tākhārru • • • • •

⟨23⟩ [ga]ḥ || 13 || saṁ • ppa nṛ[pa*] samutpannaṁ | • kāraṁ nāma putrakaḥ || jinālayaṁ • • taṁ • • •

⟨24⟩ • narasiṁha dēhina || 14 || • tadgrāme vṛti ·agri vikhyātō nāyakōbhavēt || •

⟨25⟩ [ga] mēna kāśtiraḥ rājatējinadharmmayōḥ || 15 || tasya khātē dvayō bhāryyo • •

⟨26⟩ • daca pativratē || ·ādi mōjakkā vākhyāca dvitīyō padmasaṁjñakaḥ || 16 || tadgarbbha pū-

⟨27⟩ • caladēgvijātā sūryyēṁdu saṁkāśa pratāpa kirttiḥ || rāyappa nāmnāya

⟨28⟩ vinitṛtō bhūtā dēvappanāme tijanyeḥ prasiddhā || 17 || dhayo • putrāya vā • ṁ

⟨29⟩ • • dhu dārādhibhiḥ saha || tadācāryyōpadēśinā | caityālayat ci(ta) • nā || 18 ||

⟨30⟩ [nādhi]tmānaṁ samājastha kalaśa dhvaja mūrddhakaṁ || pākāra gōpura dvāra | mānastaṁ[bha]

⟨31⟩ bhāsu maṁṭapa || 19 || ·aihikā mutrikaiśvaryya kāraṇa tēciti mānasi || pratiṣṭhā •

⟨32⟩ dime sarā • • • pūjāṁti surayōdadhuḥ || 20 || turiya saṁghana • • • • •

⟨33⟩ ti pā • ye • • • • • || 0 || jñāpadatabda miti śaśidhin | pravarta mānē kā[sya]

⟨34⟩ • vatsahimā • nite pūrvvatithau cayukti | saṁsthāpitaṁ pārśvajinasya • •

⟨35⟩ baṁ || 21 || yōgi nāgara biṁbāni | gha mānuddharatihanaḥ | ta • dadhikaṁ puṁṇya • •

⟨36⟩ pālanādaccutaṁ phalaṁ || 22 || nadīpaṁ • dipa • vya huta dastaṁ dīpa mucyate (dī)-

⟨37⟩ pikākinaṁ haṁti | dēvasthaṁ putrapautrakaṁ || 23 || yōdharma nāśaṁ kurarti • •

⟨38⟩ mūḍhā jinālayaṁ tatpratimāṁ samaṣṭhi || strībāla gō śūkara hatya dōṣa || •

⟨39⟩ śvā yōbhavējjanma śatāṁtarēṣu || 24 || svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vā | yō ha(rē)ti vasuṁ-

⟨40⟩ dharāṁ ṣaṣṭirvvarṣa sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimi || 25 || śrī pārśva-

⟨41⟩ jinarā • sya | śāsanaṁ jagatitale || yāvattiṣṭaṁ caṁdrā[rka]ḥ | tāvasthira matā

⟨42⟩ • yāt || 26 || vardhatāṁ jaina śāsanaṁ || © || dharmmāddī panakiṁdratvaṁ surēṁ-

⟨43⟩ dra • [gu]ṇēṁdra tā || dharmāttīrtthaṁkara [śva]caṁdra smābdharmmaṁ sa • • • • •

⟨44⟩ • • • • • rādhana śīlasya vighna śnaśyaṁtinō bhayaṁ | [yaddārtthānvēti] • •

⟨45⟩ • • | • vaśyatvamēvyahā || 28 || svasti śrī nripa śālivāhana śake 172[0] • •

⟨46⟩ • • kāḷāyukta nāma saṁvatsare māgha māsa śukla pakṣa [1 ?] • • • • • • • • • •

⟨47⟩ • • • nirmmā panōṁdri pārśvanāthana pratimā pratiṣṭhā sahita sthāpitāṁ • • •

⟨48⟩ || • • svasti śrī nṛpa śālivāhana śaka 1742 [varṣa] vikramanāma saṁvatsa-

⟨49⟩ ra [mārgaśi]ra māsa śuddha 14 caturddaśi sōmavāra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨50⟩ • • • • • pādya nāmayōga 14 hadinālku • • • • • • • • • •

⟨51⟩ • • • praharadalli sujñavāsa | ka[la]śa • • • • • • • • • •

⟨52⟩ • • • • • śubha muhūrtadalu yi • • • • • yaṁ sthāpisi

⟨53⟩ • • • • • pūrṇaṁ maṁḍalaṁ bhavētu || vardhatāṁ jina śāsanaṁ • • •

⟨54⟩ • • • • • lya caturggati nivāraka(ṁ) || • • • • • • • • • •

⟨55⟩ • • ya

⟨SIIv29p0i0353⟩ No. 353. (A.R. No. B. 178 of 1962-63.) ĀLAMPUR, ALAMPUR TALUK, MAHABUBNAGAR DISTRICT.

On the pedestal of a Śiva-linga in the Bāla-Brahmēśvara temple.

In late characters.

It reads Valiparappa.

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⟨0⟩ valiparappa