Nilgund Inscription of [the reign of] Taila II, Śaka 904

Editors: Samana Gururaja, Franz Kielhorn.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00019.

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Language: Kannada.

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy).

Version: (7238a09), last modified (c52c587).

Edition

<om> svasti |

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ jayatyāviṣkri[kr̥]taṁ viṣṇōr

a

varāhaṁ kṣōbhitārṇṇava[ṁ]

b

⟨2⟩ dakṣinōnnata-daṁṣṭrāgra

c

viśrānta-bhuvanaṁ vapuḥ |

d

svasti samasta bhuvan[ā]⟨3⟩śraya-śrī-pr̥thvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-paramēśvara⟨4⟩parama-bhaṭṭārakaḥ satyāśraya-kula-tilakaḥ cāḷukyābhara[ṇa]⟨5⟩śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvaḥ |

II. Anuṣṭubh

yō-sau śrī-vīra-mārttāṇḍa

a

rāṣṭrakū⟨6⟩ṭa-nr̥pa-śriyaṁ

b

prāpya pāḷitavān sām¿ra?⟨nā⟩

c

ēkacchat[t]rēṇa mēdi ⟨7⟩ nīṁ |

d

vr̥ttaṁ |

III. Sragdhara

yasya śrutvābhidhānaṁ sakala-ripu-nr̥pānīka-nirmmūlanōtthaṁ

a

kiṁ [ka]rtavvyaṁ kva yā⟨8⟩ ma[ḥ] kva ca vasatir iti vyākuḷāś cintayanti

b

cōḍāndhrādhīśa-pāṇḍyōt¿ka?⟨pa⟩ḷa-mahipatayō yē⟨9⟩nacāmbhōdhi-sīmā

c

kṣmā rāmā svīkri[kr̥]tā yō hasati nr̥pa-guṇair-ādirājān-naḷ-ādīn |

d

⟨10⟩ ¿ślōkau?⟨ślōkaḥ⟩

IV. Anuṣṭubh

tasya tailapa-dēvasya

a

prasādāc-cakravarttinō

b

banavāsyā dvi-tr[i]-śataṁ

c

kogaly-ādi-mahī ⟨11⟩ mmahān |

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

mahāmaha[ḥ] śa[ś]āsāv

a

asamas-samarōddhataḥ

b

k[(a/e)]nnapaḥ kōpadāvagni

c

⟨12⟩ dagdha-dvirūpakānanaḥ |

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

tat-atyayē tad-anujaś

a

śōbhanas tat kramē s[th]itaḥ

b

saṁgrāma-saṁ⟨13⟩ gat-apūrvva

c

vijaya-śrī-vadhū-dhavaḥ |

d
VII. Anuṣṭubh

tat-samaḥ kō[pi] bhūpālō

a

na bhū⟨14⟩ tō na bhaviṣyati |

b

mahā-guṇēṣu kēnāpi

c

guṇēṣu bhuvana-trayē ||

d

⟨15⟩ gadyaṁ |

tēna samara-sāhasa-pradarśana-prasanna-tailapadēva⟨16⟩prasād[ā]-sādita-neramode-gaṇḍa-giridurggamalla-sāmantacū⟨17⟩ḍāmaṇi-kaṭaka-prakārādy-anavarttha-nāmnā | svasti sa[śa]ka-nr̥pa-sam⟨18⟩vatsarēṣu caturadhika-navaśatēṣu gatēṣu chitrabhānu-saṁ⟨19⟩vatsarē bhādrapada-māsē sūryya-grahaṇē sati | viśvāmi⟨20⟩tra-gōtriṇē viṣṇubhaṭṭāya sa[t]tra-pravarttanārthaṁ nirguṇḍ[āṁ]ta⟨21⟩[r]-grrāmē rāja-mānēna daṇḍēna trim[śa]ṁ-nivarttana-kṣētraṁ da⟨22⟩ttavān ||

tad-anu vādajabbāyāpi viṣṇubhaṭṭasya ⟨23⟩ pādau prakśālya śōbhanēna dattam ekadā puna⟨24⟩ r-mmayā dattam iti dattavati ¿gri?⟨gr̥⟩haṁ ca ciṁcila⟨25⟩grāmasya uttara-kṣētra-sīma-lagnaṁ dvādaśa brāhma⟨26⟩ṇa-bhōjanārtthaṁ ||

VIII. Śālinī

⟨27⟩ sāmānyōyan dharmma-sētuṁ nr̥pānāṁ

a

kāle kāle pālanīyō bhavadbhiviḥ

b

⟨28⟩ )sarvvān-ētāṁnētā bhāvinaḥ-pārtthivēndrā[n]

c

bhūyo bhūyo yācatē ramabhadraḥ

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨29⟩ ciṁca-kṣētrē dvijaḥ śrīmān

a

pādapadmōpa-jīvinā

b

Eṟeviṣṇu [¿kri?⟨kr̥⟩] ⟨30⟩ taṁ sa[t]traṁ

c

tiṣṭhaty ā-caṁdra-tārakaḥ ||

d

Kannōjana likhita[ṁ]

maṁgaḷa[ṁ]

Apparatus

Translation by Samana Gururaja

Commentary

Bibliography

Primary

[K1897] Kielhorn, Franz. 1897. “Nilgund Inscription of Taila II; Saka-Samvat 904.” Epigraphia Indica 4, pp. 204–208. Pages 61–67.

[N2004] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 29–30.