# Mutgi Inscription of Kannara [Kr̥ṣṇa III], Śaka 886

Sharma, M.J.

Author of digital edition: Sharma, M.J.

Contributor: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00018

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00018.xml

Language: Kannada [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-09-09 14:23
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## Summary

This inscription is engraved on three sides of a four-sided stone block,
broken off from a pillar. A portion of the stone is chipped off
resulting in the gaps in faces A and B. The inscripton identifies
Tailapa II as the subordinate of Kannara/Kr̥ṣṇa III, who granted him
Tardavāḍi 1000. Rācaṇayya, an administrator under Tailapa had certain
lands released from Tailapa and in turn, released them to a deity whose
name is lost.

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## Edition

⟨Face A⟩ ⟨1⟩ [sva]sti
śrī-pr̥ithvī-vallabha-ma[hā]⟨2⟩rājādhirāja-paramē¡s!⟨ś⟩vara
[pa]⟨3⟩rama-bhaṭṭāra[ka]ra rājyam utta[rō]⟨4⟩ttam abhivr̥ddhige saluttam
ire

⟨5⟩ Kannaradēvaṁ Taḻdavāḍi sāyi[ramaṁ śrī]⟨6⟩mat Tailaparasargge daye
ge[ydar]

[svasti
sa]⟨7⟩madhigata-paṁca-mahā¡s!⟨ś⟩abda-[mahā]⟨8⟩¡sa!⟨sā⟩man¡ta!⟨tā⟩dhipa¡thi!⟨ti⟩
¡pā!⟨cā⟩ḷu[kya-rāma] ⟨9⟩ Āhavamalla
Akaḷa[ṅka-kula-tila]⟨10⟩ka-pāmba-caḻakaṁ satyā[śraya] ⟨11⟩ -kuḷa-tilaka
śrī Tai[lapa-dēvam] ⟨12⟩ [rā]caṇayyange nā[ḷ-gāmuṇḍa]⟨13⟩n āḻalke kuḍa
mā[ca. 3+] ⟨14⟩ Tailaparasaṁ [ca. 1+]pa[ca. 3+]

⟨Face B⟩ ⟨15⟩ svasti ¡sa!⟨śa⟩ka-nr̥pa ⟨16⟩ -kālātīta
saṁ⟨17⟩[va]tsara-¡sa!⟨śa⟩taṅga⟨18⟩ḷu 886 neya ⟨19⟩ raktākṣi
samvatsa⟨20⟩rada māgha ¡su!⟨śu⟩ddha ⟨21⟩ pāḍiva ¡su!⟨śu⟩kravāra⟨22⟩d’
andu tanna māḍisi[da] ⟨23⟩ dēguḷake keyyuṁ ⟨24⟩ Tailaparasa[ṁ]⟨25⟩[i]nda
biḍisida[ṁ] ⟨26⟩ [ca. 3+]ra dēvargge biṭṭa[ṁ] ⟨27⟩ [ca. 1+][tōṁ]ṭa matta
[ca. 3+] ⟨28⟩ [ca. 3+] mal ka [ca. 1+] ⟨Face C⟩ ⟨29⟩ mattaru keyyuṁ ⟨30⟩
biṭṭaṁ aṅka[dō]⟨31⟩ḷaṁ mattaru ⟨32⟩ 13

⟨33⟩ idaṁ tappid’ ā⟨34⟩taṁ vāraṇā⟨35⟩siyu kavile⟨36⟩yuman a⟨37⟩ḻida
mahā⟨38⟩pātakaṁ

## Bibliography

### Primary

[S1973] Sharma, M.J. [1986] 1973–1974. “Mutgi inscription of Kannara,
Saka 886.” EI 40, pp. 33–36. Pages 24–25.