# Saundatti Bastiguḍi Inscription of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 902 Gai, G.S. Author of digital edition: Gai, G.S. Contributor: Samana Gururaja Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00016 Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00016.xml Language: Kannada [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-09-09 14:23 (3e58374) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition 1. Kanda ⟨1⟩ ꩜ raṭṭa-kuḷānvaya-nr̥paruṁ paṭṭada tavar-mmanegaḷ enipa gāvuṇḍugaḷuṁ baṭṭar jinēṁdra pūjege neṭṭane dhānyaṁga⟨2⟩ḷ’ oḷage poṁdida kuḷamaṁ 2. Kanda ṟa[ṭṭa]ra paṭṭa-jinālayak’ iṭṭ’ aḷav’ ād ayvat-okkal’ anumatadiṁdaṁ koṭṭar jinēndra pūjege neṭṭane⟨3⟩[ca. 14*] ∥ dīpāvaḷiya parvvyakke dēvara soḍariṁge gāṇadal ommān’ eṇṇe ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh ⟨4⟩ ꩜ śrīmat-parama-gaṁbhīra syād-vādāmōghā-lāṁcchanaṁ jīyā traiḷōkya-nāthasya ṣāsanaṁ jina-śāsanaṁ꩜꩜ ⟨5⟩ ꩜svasti samasta-bhuvanāśrayaṁ śrī-pr̥thvī-vallabhaṁ mahārājādhi-rāja-paramēśvara-parama⟨6⟩bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmat-tailapa-dēvara vijaya-rājyam uttarōttarābhi⟨7⟩vr̥ddhiyiṁ sallutamire | tat-pāda-padmōpajīvi| samadhi-gata-paṁca-mahā-śabda-mahā-sāmantaṁ samara-vijaya⟨8⟩lakṣmī-kāntaṁ baisānvaya-sarōja-mana-mārttāṇḍaṁ nuḍidante-gaṇḍaṁ haya-vatsa-rājaṁ rūpa-manōjaṁ parabaḷa-sūṟe⟨9⟩kāṟaṁ vairī-baṁgāṟaṁ nara-saṁka-bhīmaṁ calad-aṁka-rāmaṁ gaṇḍara gaṇḍaṁ vairi-bhēruṇḍaṁ pratipanna-maṁdaraṁ śaraṇāga⟨10⟩ta-vajra-paṁjaraṁ śrīmat· śānti-varmmarasara vaṁśāvatāram ent’ eṁdoḍe śrīmad-amarēndra-vibhavōddhāmaṁ ⟨11⟩ saṁgrāma-rāmanōrjita-tējaṁ bhīma-parākraman enisidane mahiyoḷ pr̥thvī-rāman anupama-rūpaṁ ∥ tatsu⟨12⟩ta ∥ Ārūḍha-vatsa-rājan udāra-guṇaṁ vinuta-kaṁṭakādityaṁ śrī-nārī-kāntaṁ nirjjita-vairi-vrajan enisi piṭṭugaṁ ⟨13⟩ sale negaṟdaṁ ∥ vr̥ ∥ 4. Utpalamāla antakan’ ante band’ idiroḷ āṁt’ aja-varmmanan’ ōḍisutte mā ṟāntar’ anēkaraṁ tavisi vastugaḷaṁ mada-vāraṇaṁgaḷaṁ- kānte⟨14⟩yaraṁ turuṁga-cayamaṁ piḍidit’ oḍe meccirābheyaṁ dantiy’ anittan’ aṁduv’ e pēḷade piṭṭaga ninna gella [maṁ] ∥ ta⟨15⟩d-agra-patni ∥ vr̥ ∥ 5. Campakamāla pogaḷal’ aḷuṁbam appa caritaṁ mige baṅṅisal abja-saṁbhavaṁ g’ agaṇitam appa rūpavibha⟨16⟩vaṁ pati-bhaktiyoḷ ondi sajjani- kege neleyādam āṁtada peṁpu samaṁ taḷa paṭṭa nījakabbara- si⟨17⟩ge saṁd’ arundhati peṟar-ddorey’ eṁdaḍe ¡dōsav!⟨dōśav⟩’ allade ∥ tat-tanuja | kaṁ| 6. Kanda śrīmad-udayādri-śikha⟨18⟩rō ddāmōdaya-tapana-vibhava-rūpaṁ kīrti- śrī-mahipātiśayaṁ jaya rāmā-ramaṇaṁ jitā⟨19⟩ri-sānta-nr̥pāḷaṁ ∥ 7. Mattēbhavikrīḍita dayeyiṁd’ oḷpina teḷpiniṁ guṇa-gaṇāḷaṁkāradiṁ mārgga-nir ṇayadiṁ ¡tatva!⟨tattva⟩⟨20⟩-vicāradiṁ gamakadiṁd’ āhāra-bhaiṣajya-sā- bhaya-śāstra-maḷa-dānadiṁd’ adhikan eṁd’ aṁd’ oḷpiniṁ śānti-var- mmana vi⟨21⟩khyātiyan onde nālageyoḷ inn’ ē vaṇṇipōṁ baṇṇipa⟨r·⟩ tad-agra-patni ∥ 8. Kanda śrī-vanite tāne bandu ma hī-va⟨21⟩nitege tiḷakaṁ enisi śāntana lalita- śrī-vaniteyāda vibhavama- n ē pogaḷvudō candikabbeyarasiya peṁpa ∥ 9. Āryā ꩜yati-tārakā-parītaḥ | kaṇḍūra-gaṇōrukanṭhi vr̥ddhikaraḥ bāhubali dēva-candrō jina samaya-nabha-sthaḷe ⟨24⟩ bhāti ∥ 10. Āryāgīti vyākaraṇa-tīkṣṇa-daṁṣṭra saiddhānta-nakha-pramāṇa-kēsara-bhāraḥ | bāhubali-dēva-siṁhaḥ pravādi-gaja-tīvra-ma⟨25⟩da-hara-ssaṁjayat ∥ vr̥ ∥ 11. Mahāsragdhara avanīpāḷānata-śrīpāda-kamaḷa-yugaṁ ¡tatva!⟨tattva⟩-nikta-rāddhān ta-vidaṁ cāritra-ra⟨26⟩tnā-karan amaḷa-vaca-śrī-vadhū-kāṁtan’ aṁgōd- bhava-darpāraṇya-dāvānaḷan udita-lasad-bōdha-saṁśuddha-nētraṁ- ravi-candra⟨27⟩svāmi bhavyāṁbuja-dina-pana-ghaughādri-sad-vajra-pāta ∥ kaṁ| 12. Kanda kaṇdūr’ ggaṇābdhi-candran a khaṇḍita-sutapō-vibhā ⟨28⟩ si-khaṇḍita-madanaṁ- daṇḍī raviṇda-surave daṇḍa-yaśaṟ-piṇḍan arhaṇandi-munīndra ∥ vr̥ ∥ 13. Mallikāmāla kantu-rāja-gajēṁdra-kēsa⟨29⟩ri bhavya-lōka-sukhā-karaṁ kānta-vāg-vanitā-manōraman ugra-vīra-tapōmayaṁ śānta-mūrti-diganta-kīrti vi⟨30⟩rājitaṁ śubha-candra-si ddhānta-dēva-nilēśa-vaṁdita-pāda-paṁka-ruhadvaya[ṁ]∥ ka| 14. Kanda nuta-yāpanīya saṁgha [pra] ⟨31⟩ tīta kaṇḍūrggaṇābdhi-candramarend’ ī kṣitivaḷeya pogaḷvinam u nnativettar maunidēva-divya-munīṁdrar·∥ 15. Mahāsragdhara ⟨32⟩ jita-karmmārāti-bhūpāḷaka-kuḷa-tiḷakāḷaṁkr̥tāṁ ghridvayaṁ rā jita-bhavya-vrāta-paṁkēruha⟨33⟩vanadinapaṁ cāru-cāritra-mārggaṁ- [ci]ta-sūktaṁ śabda-vidyāgama-kamaḷa-bhavaṁ śrī prabhā-candra-dēva bratipa⟨34⟩ṭtar kākaḷaṁkaṁgeṇiyene negaḻdaṁ jaina-mārgābhi-candra ꩜svasti saka-nr̥pa-kālātīta-saṁvatsara-śataṁga 902 nēya ⟨35⟩ vikrama-saṁvatsarada pauśya śuddha daśamī br̥haspati-vārad’ aṁdin’ uttarāyaṅa śaṁkramaṇadoḷ· bāhu⟨36⟩bali-baṭṭārakara kālaṁ kacci śānti-varmarasaṁ sugandhavarttiyal tanna māḍisida basadig’ āvūra tanna sīvaṭada polad’ o⟨37⟩ḷage sarvva-bādhā-parihāram āgi biṭṭa mattar nnūṟayvatt adaṟa caturāghāṭada sīme yāvud’ eṁdaḍe tadda ⟨38⟩ ra polada ba[ca]gi-polada saṁdinal īśānyada guḍḍe | alliṁ teṁkal eḷeya-keṟeya biḷiya kallu | alliṁ paḍuva⟨39⟩lu sīpaṭṭada sandinoḷu nairitiya guḍḍe | alliṁ baḍagalu sīvaṭṭada taddara polada saṁdinalu vāyavyada ⟨40⟩ guḍḍe ꩜mattaṁ nijiyabbarasi tanna magaṁ śāntivarmmarasaṁ māḍisi[da] piriya basadige tanna sīvaṭṭaṁ piri⟨41⟩ya panuṇḍige pōda baṭṭeyiṁ teṁka kāḍiyūra pola[da] [ca. 3×] nūrayvattu ma[tta] ⟨42⟩ kkeyyaṁ namasyav’ āgi biṭṭaḷ ā bhūmiya catussī[me][ca. 6×] ra kukkuṁbā[ḷa] ⟨43⟩ polada sandinal īśānyada guḍḍe | alliṁ teṁka [ca. 7×] kukkuṁbāḷa sugandha[va]⟨44⟩rttiya polada sandinal āgnēyada gu[ḍḍe] [ca. 8×] gina kūḍa [ca. 3×] ⟨45⟩ ginoḷa[ge nai]ritiya gu[ḍḍe] [ca. 7×] vāyavya[da gu]⟨46⟩ḍḍe | int’ initu bhūmiyi [ca. 8×] rvvaruṁ pra[ca. 5×] ⟨47⟩ sumar· ꩜mā [ca. 7×] ⟨48⟩ munāsaṁga [ca. 8×] ⟨49⟩ davargge [ca. 9×] ⟨50⟩ ṇḍan· [ca. 9×] ⟨51⟩ sthunarāṁ ṣa[ṣṭi][…] ## Bibliography ### Primary [G1964] Gai, G. 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