# Hosūr Durgavva Temple Inscription of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 915

Krishnamacharlu, C. R. R. S. Panchamukhi N. Lakshminaraya Rao H. K.
Narasimhaswami

Author of digital edition: Krishnamacharlu, C. R. R. S. Panchamukhi N.
Lakshminaraya Rao H. K. Narasimhaswami

Contributor: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00009

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00009.xml

Language: Kannada [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ꩜namastunga-śiraś-cūṁbi
candra-cāmara-cārave
trailōkya-nagarāraṁbha
mūla-staṁbhā ⟨2⟩ ya śaṁbhavē ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

namas-tasmai varāhāya
līḷāyācaratē mahīṁ
⟨3⟩ khurāntara-gatō yasya
mēruḥ kaṇakaṇāyate ∥

svasti samasta-bhuvanā⟨4⟩śraya śrī-pr̥thvī-vallabha-mahā-rājādhirāja
paramēśvara-parama-bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya⟨5⟩kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ
śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvara rājyaṁ uttarōttarābhivr̥ddhi-pravarddha⟨6⟩mānam
ā candrārka-tārāmbaraṁ saluttam ire tat-pāda-padmōpajīvi

svasti samadhi-gata-pañca-mahā⟨7⟩śabda-mahā-sāmantaṁ kannana baṇṭaṁ
kaṭaka-prākāraṁ nerevoḍe-baṇṭaṁ
giri-durgga-malla-koṁkaṅa-bhayaṁ⟨8⟩karaṁ-nāmādi-samasta-prasasti-sahitaṁ
śrīmat-sōbhanarasar eraḍ’ aṟu-nūṟumaṁ sukha-saṁka⟨9⟩thā-vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ
geyyuttam ire ∥

svasti śrī-sinda-kuḷōdbhavaṁ kunnala-vamśa-pradīpakaṁ pannaga ⟨10⟩
dhvaja-virājamānaṁ vyāghra-lāṁcchanaṁ pagevara-bhīmaṁ [su]bhaṭaṁka-rāmaṁ
muḷugunda-vidyā-dharaṁ ⟨11⟩ nāmādi-samasta-¡prasasti!⟨praśasti⟩-sahitaṁ
śrīman-muḷugunda ¡paṁnneraḍaṟa!⟨panneraḍaṟa⟩ manneyaṁ koṟalagundaṁ

⟨12⟩ svasti saka-varṣa 915 neya jaya-samvatsaraṁ pravarttise
tad-varṣābhyantaradoḷ uttarāyaṇa-saṁkrāntiyuṁ ⟨13⟩ sūrya-grahaṅadandu
muḷugunda panneraḍar oḷage veleya-posavūroḷ nāḷ-gāvuṅḍaṁ koṟalagundaṁ
⟨14⟩ tanna koḍa[ṁ]geyy eraḍu tōṇṭakaṁ dr̥vya [pū]rvvakaṁ-goṇḍu muḷugunda
pann-araḍaṟ ¡gāvuṅḍugaḷuṁm!⟨gāvuṅḍugaḷum⟩ āycegā⟨15⟩uṇḍanuṁ purassarav’
āge vidyābharaṇa-paṇḍitara kālaṁ karcci muḷugundada dēvēśvara-dēvara
sannidhānadoḷ· ⟨16⟩ posavūra mūla-sthāna-dēvargge biṭṭa paṭṭa-vardhanada
tōṇṭav’ ondu tava-rājada tōṇṭav’ ondu mūlasthāna-dēvargg’
e⟨17⟩ṟeyamma-gāvuṇḍaṁ vidyā-dānakke biṭṭa kalla-bāviya tōṇṭav’ ondu mūṟu
tōṇṭakka mūṟu mattar kisukā⟨18⟩ḍiṁg’ amaru-vaṇam anittuṇbar panneraḍu
tōṅṭakka koyloḷ poṁge [mattu] vīsavan uṇbar ūroḷ enitu
tōṇṭa-vanita⟨19⟩kke poṁge bēḷeyuṁ koyloḷ ay-nūṟ’ eleyan uṇbar

inn’ ī dharmmamaṁ kādu naḍeyisidaṁge vāraṇāsi-ku⟨20⟩rukṣētra-prayāgey’
argghya-tīrttha-gaṁge-gaṁgā-sāgaradoḷ sāsira kavileyeyaṁ kōḍuṁ
koḷa⟨21⟩gumaṁ pañca-ratnadiṁ kaṭṭasi mahā-ritvijarkkaḷgey ubhayamukhi
koṭṭa phalav’ akku[|]

idan aḻidan ā ⟨22⟩ kavileyaṁ brāhmaṇaran eḻ-kōṭi tapōdha[na]raṁ
vāraṇāsiyoḷ aḻida pañca-mahāpātakara pōda lōka⟨23⟩kke
¡pōvar·aḥ!⟨pōvar·⟩꩜

3. Śālinī

sāmānyōya[ṁ] dharma-¡sētuṁnr̥pāṇāṁ!⟨sēturnr̥pāṇāṁ⟩
kāḷē kāḷē pāḷanīyō bhavadbhiḥ
sarvvān ētān bhāginaḥ ⟨24⟩ ¡prārtthivēndraḥ!⟨pārtthivēndraḥ⟩
bhūyō bhūyo yācate rāmacaṁdra[ḥ]∥

4. Anuṣṭubh

svadattam paradattam vā
yō harēti vasundha[rāṁ]
⟨25⟩ ṣaṣṭir-vvarṣa-sahaśrāṇi
viṣṭāyāṁ jāyate ∥ krimiḥ [∥]

5. Anuṣṭubh

na viṣaṁ viṣam ittyāhu[ḥ]
dēvaśvaṁ viṣam uccya ⟨26⟩ tē
viṣam ēkākinaṁ hanti
dēvaśvaṁ putrapautrakaṁ∥

svasty-anēka-guṅa-vipuḷa-daḷa-vaḷaya-vaḷayi⟨27⟩taṁ
sattya-saucācāra-cāritraṁ
naya-vinayarārājita-sarā[ga]-puṁja-piṁjaritātiśaya-sīḷa-karṇnikāṁkritaṁ
kaḷikāḷē⟨28⟩ya-kaḷaṁka-paṁka-rahitaṁan municaritaṁ kamaḷa-madhya-stitaṁ
dēva-dvija-guru-pāda-paṁkaja-bhramaraṁ para-nārī-do⟨29⟩raṁ
vibudha-janādhāra[ṁ] vinayāṁbu-rāsi sōmēśvara-dāsi satyakānīnaṁ
saucāṁjanēyan akaḷaṁka-caritaṁ sanmāna-dā⟨30⟩na-vidēka-br̥haspati
bhaya-lōbha-varjjita-sakaḷa-guṇa-saṁpūrṇaṁ kali-kāla-karṅan
amaḷa-caritraṁ na[ḍu]-nāḍa tīrtthaṁ ⟨31⟩ śrīmat-posavūr’ āyca-gāvuṇḍaṁ ∥
dharmma vicārada guṇade tavar-mmane kali-kāla-dharmma-taneyaṁ
sauca-kārmman ivan endu ⟨32⟩ palaruṁ narmmavar’ āycagan id’ ēṁ
kr̥tārtthano jagadoḷ

## Bibliography

### Primary

[K1940] Krishnamacharlu, C. R., R. S. Panchamukhi, N. Lakshminarayan Rao
& H. K. Narasimhaswami. 1940. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XI:
Bombay-Karnatak inscriptions: Volume I, Part I. With introductory notes
in English. South Indian Inscriptions 11, Part 1. Madras: Government
Press. Pages 32–34.