Hunavalli Kalleśvara Temple Hero Stone II of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 903

Version: (532692b), last modified (532692b).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti-prithvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-paramēśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāra-

⟨2⟩ kaṁ cāḷukyā-vaṁśōdbhavaṁ śrīmat·-nūrmmaḍi-tailapa-dēvana rājyam-uttarō-

⟨3⟩ ttarābhivr̥ddhige saluttire || jiḍurāḷge Eḻpattakaṁ biṭṭagaṁ nār-ggaṁvuṇḍu geyye

⟨4⟩ ¡saka! varṣa 903 neya pramādi-saṁvatsaraṁ pravarttise ¡jēṣṭa! bahuḷa paṁca-

⟨5⟩ me ¡saṇivāra!dandu mādeyūra sānti-varmmaṁ bariyūran iṟiye baḷagāṟara kō-

⟨6⟩ karaṁ punupaḷḷiyal’ iḻdu pu vana-

⟨7⟩ yyalaṁ paridu mārbbalaman taḷt’ iṟidu svarggālayakke sandaṁ || jitēna labhyatē la-

⟨8⟩ kṣmī ¡mr̥tēnābhi! surāṁganaḥ| kṣaṇa-vidhyaṁśinīkāyō kācintā maraṇē raṇē||

⟨9⟩ kōkarana tāy arasabbeyum ātana maydunaṁ punuvalavaḷḷiya gāvuṇḍan a-

⟨10⟩ ggasar ēḷavaritamma bāvaṁge parōkṣavinayaṁ geydu kallaṁ nirisidaṁ maṁgaḷaṁ

⟨11⟩ ¡sarvvarī! ¡dīpakō! candraḥ prabhātē ravi-dīpakaḥ traiḷōkya-dīpakō dharmma

⟨12⟩ suputra kuḷa dīpakaḥ|| mādhavayyaṁ baredaṁ nāgaṁ besegeydaṁ||

Translation by Rice 1904

⟨1=3⟩ Ōm. Be it well. When (with Chalukya titles), Nūrmmaḍi-Tailapa-Dēva’s kingdom was extending on all sides:

⟨3⟩ — and Biṭṭiga was nāṟ-ggāvuṇḍa of the Jiḍuraḷge Seventy; —

⟨4–7⟩ (on the date specified), when Mādeyūr Sāntivarmma raided Bariyūr; the bangle-seller Kōkara being in Punuvaḷḷi, attacked , drove back the enemy and went to the abode of svargga.

1.

By the victor is gained spoil and c.

⟨9–10⟩ His mother and other relatives (named) set up this stone.

2.

Verse in praise of a good son.

⟨12⟩ Mādhavayya wrote it; Nāga did the work.

Bibliography

Primary

[B1921] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1904. Inscriptions in the Shimoga district (Part II). Epigraphia Carnatica 8. Bangalore: Mysore Government Central Press. Pages 234–235.