Hunavalli Kalleśvara Temple Hero Stone I of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 902

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Edition

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⟨1⟩ svasti saka-nr̥pa-kālātīta-saṁvatsa-

⟨2⟩ ra-sataṁgaḷ· 902 pārttiva veṁba

⟨3⟩ saṁvatsaraṁ pravartise maleya rājakkaṁ

⟨4⟩ māvanaṁ koṁdavaṁ kaṇḍava kādi Ibbarraṁkondu

⟨5⟩ surig’ iṟivāta piyaṇan āḷuttire

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⟨6⟩ tailapa-dēvaṁ rājyaṁ geye banavāsi Arasu geye banū-

⟨7⟩ rayya māḍisida ¡koṁbha!

⟨8⟩ kappajakkana keḷage sa […] valgaḷaṁ

⟨9⟩ jākaṇavaḷeṇḍati niṟi

Translation by Rice 1904

⟨1–5⟩ Be it well. (On the date specified), when Piyaṇa, who seeing the murders of Maleya Rājakka and his father-in-law(/maternal uncle), fought and killed them both, stabbing with his dagger, was ruling: —

⟨6–9⟩ When Tailapa-Dēva was ruling the kingdom, and was king of Banavāsi, — Banūrayya had this pillar made.

Bibliography

Primary

[B1921] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1904. Inscriptions in the Shimoga district (Part II). Epigraphia Carnatica 8. Bangalore: Mysore Government Central Press. Page 234.