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

Franz Kielhorn

Author of digital edition: Franz Kielhorn

Contributor: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00019

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00019.xml

Language: Kannada [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

ॐ svasti |

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ jayatyāviṣkri[kr̥]taṁ viṣṇōr
varāhaṁ kṣōbhitārṇṇava[ṁ]
⟨2⟩ dakṣinōnnata-daṁṣṭrāgra
viśrānta-bhuvanaṁ vapuḥ |

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

2. Anuṣṭubh

yō-sau śrī-vīra-mārttāṇḍa
rāṣṭrakū⟨6⟩ṭa-nr̥pa-śriyaṁ
prāpya pāḷitavān sām¿ra?⟨nā⟩
ēkacchat[t]rēṇa mēdi ⟨7⟩ nīṁ |

vr̥ttaṁ |

3. Sragdhara

yasya śrutvābhidhānaṁ sakala-ripu-nr̥pānīka-nirmmūlanōtthaṁ
kiṁ [ka]rtavvyaṁ kva yā⟨8⟩ma[ḥ] kva ca vasatir iti vyākuḷāś cintayanti
cōḍāndhrādhīśa-pāṇḍyōt¿ka?⟨pa⟩ḷa-mahipatayō yē⟨9⟩nacāmbhōdhi-sīmā
kṣmā rāmā svīkri[kr̥]tā yō hasati nr̥pa-guṇair-ādirājān-naḷ-ādīn |

⟨10⟩ ¿ślōkau?⟨ślōkaḥ⟩

4. Anuṣṭubh

tasya tailapa-dēvasya
prasādāc-cakravarttinō
banavāsyā dvi-tr[i]-śataṁ
kogaly-ādi-mahī ⟨11⟩ mmahān |

5. Anuṣṭubh

mahāmaha[ḥ] śa[ś]āsāv
asamas-samarōddhataḥ
k[(a/e)]nnapaḥ kōpadāvagni
⟨12⟩ dagdha-dvirūpakānanaḥ |

6. Anuṣṭubh

tat-atyayē tad-anujaś
śōbhanas tat kramē s[th]itaḥ
saṁgrāma-saṁ⟨13⟩gat-apūrvva
vijaya-śrī-vadhū-dhavaḥ |

7. Anuṣṭubh

tat-samaḥ kō[pi] bhūpālō
na bhū⟨14⟩tō na bhaviṣyati |
mahā-guṇēṣu kēnāpi
guṇēṣu bhuvana-trayē ∥

⟨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 ∥

8. Śālinī

⟨27⟩ sāmānyōyan dharmma-sētuṁ nr̥pānāṁ
kāle kāle pālanīyō bhavadbhiviḥ
⟨28⟩ )sarvvān-ētāṁnētā bhāvinaḥ-pārtthivēndrā[n]
bhūyo bhūyo yācatē ramabhadraḥ

9. Anuṣṭubh

⟨29⟩ ciṁca-kṣētrē dvijaḥ śrīmān
pādapadmōpa-jīvinā
Eṟeviṣṇu [¿kri?⟨kr̥⟩] ⟨30⟩ taṁ sa[t]traṁ
tiṣṭhaty ā-caṁdra-tārakaḥ ∥

Kannōjana likhita[ṁ]

maṁgaḷa[ṁ]

## Bibliography

### Primary

[K1897] Kielhorn, Lorenz 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.