Korapolu Pillar Inscription of the reigns of Taila II and Sōmēśvara I

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Edition

⟨Face A⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya-

⟨2⟩ -śrī-prithvī-vallabha-mahā-rājā-

⟨3⟩ dhirāja-paramēśvaraṁ parama-

⟨4⟩ -bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷa-

⟨5⟩ -tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-

⟨6⟩ -mad-āhavamalla-dēvaṁ vija-

⟨7⟩ ya rājyam uttarōttarābhivri-

⟨8⟩ ddhi pravarddamānam ā candrā-

⟨9⟩ rkkaṁ saluttam ire tat-pāda-pa-

⟨10⟩ dmōpa-jīvi samadhi-gata-pa-

⟨11⟩ ñca-māhā-śabda-mahā-ma-

⟨12⟩ ṇdaḷēśvaraṁ nuḍidante gaṇḍaṁ sa-

⟨13⟩ mara-dhananyaya-vairikuḷā-

⟨14⟩ nktakam ari-bala-dhūma-kētu

⟨15⟩ yāhavamalan’ aṁka-kāṟiṁ

⟨16⟩ śrīmatu sōma-permmāḍiyuṁ

⟨17⟩ tat-kula-vadhuv anavarata-pa-

⟨18⟩ rama-kalyāṇābhy-udaya-saha-

⟨19⟩ śra-phala-bhōga-bhāga-bhāgiṇi dvitī-

⟨20⟩ ya-lakṣmī-samāneyar appa

⟨21⟩ śrīmatu lakṣmib’ arasi-

⟨22⟩ yaru saka-varṣa 895 ne-

⟨23⟩ ya śrīmukha saṁvatsara vai-

⟨24⟩ śākha suddha pañcami guruvāra

⟨Face B⟩

⟨25⟩ kāsavuḷ eḻpataḻ taṟa baḻiya

⟨26⟩ nija-rāja-dhāni koṟapāḻa-

⟨27⟩ l’ āḷuttam ayya-bibbarasaṁ

⟨28⟩ māḍisida bibbēśvarada prati-

⟨29⟩ ṣṭhā-kāla-nimittaṁ dēva-bhōga-

⟨30⟩ m āgiv’ alikoḷanaṁ tribhō-

⟨31⟩ gābhyantara-siddhi-taḷabhōgaṁ ko-

⟨32⟩ ṟapoḻa paḍuva polad’ oḷu

⟨33⟩ kariya nelaṁ mattar· 40

⟨34⟩ kisu kāyi mattar· 13 tā-

⟨35⟩ mare geṟeya peṟage nivē-

⟨36⟩ dyada gaḻde mattar 3 vēmaṇa-

⟨37⟩ yyana keṟeya peṟage

⟨38⟩ gaḻde mattar 13 dammikuṁ-

⟨39⟩ ṭe digginneya gaḻde mattar

⟨40⟩ 1 mattar tōṭavuṁ puravuṁ salgu

⟨41⟩ kāsiyargge koṟapoḻal ōḷu

⟨42⟩ kariya nelaṁ mattar· 4 tāma-

⟨43⟩ re geṟeya gaḻde mattar· 3 vēmaṇa-

⟨44⟩ yyana keṟeya gaḻde mattar· 4 ki-

⟨45⟩ su-kāyi matta 20 sakaḷa-gō[ra]-

⟨46⟩ vaṁge kariya nelaṁ matta [6] pa-

⟨47⟩ ṟekāṟargge kisukāyi matta 3

⟨48⟩ vēmaṇayyana keṟeya gaḻde ma-

⟨49⟩ tta 5 vaḷikoḷadal kariya gaḻde ne-

⟨50⟩ laṁ matta 60 gāndharvige mattar·

⟨51⟩ 15 gaḻde matta 3 vētrikari-

⟨52⟩ ge kariya nelaṁ mattar· 13

⟨53⟩ sakaḷa gōravaṁge gaḻde matta 1

⟨54⟩ dammikuṇṭe kariya [nelaṁ]

⟨55⟩ matta 3 [*******]

⟨Face C⟩

⟨56⟩ int’ ivellamaṁ dhārā-pūrvvakaṁ mā-

⟨57⟩ ḍi koṭṭar tad-dharmma-kaḷasārō-

⟨58⟩ haṇam āgi neṟeya nirvvahisi-

⟨59⟩ dar ggaṁgājaḷa-dhauta-vastra-pavi-

⟨60⟩ trī-kritōttamāṁgeyar appar·

⟨61⟩ śrīmad-akkaṁ nālab’ arasiya

⟨62⟩ ru [********]

⟨63⟩ samadhigata-paṁca-mahā-

⟨64⟩ -śabda-mahāmaṇḍalēśvaraṁ su-

⟨65⟩ bhaṭa-nārāyaṇaṁ kīrti-viḷāsa[]

⟨66⟩ śrīmat-traiḷokyamalladēva-pā-

⟨67⟩ da-paṁkaja-bhramaraṁ śrīma-

⟨68⟩ t-paṁpa-permānaḍigaḷuṁ ma-

⟨69⟩ ttaṁ sōma-samudraṁ tāmare-

⟨70⟩ -geṟey ūraṁṇbhak keṟeyoḷa-

⟨71⟩ l’ āge keṟeyoḷuv’ akk’ ellaṁ visa-

⟨72⟩ diyaṁ tappad’ ikkuv’ adalli yo-

⟨73⟩ ddhā-bhōvargge sōma-samudrada peṟege-

⟨74⟩ gaḻde matta 3 tāmara-geṟeya-

⟨75⟩ peṟage gaḻde ma 1 bīramayyana-

⟨76⟩ kereya peṟage gaḻde matta 3 ka-

⟨77⟩ riya nelaṁ mattaṁ 30 yāṇe-gō-

⟨78⟩ saṇe sarv’ annega bāla-vaṇavuṁ

⟨79⟩ para-drammamuṁ koḷasalla

⟨80⟩ int’ i dharmmamaṁ tappida pratipā-

⟨81⟩ ḷisidava[r]gge kurukṣētradoḷ sata-

⟨82⟩ -kṣētraṁ māḍida phalam akku ta-

⟨83⟩ ppidava[r]gge vārāṇāsoyoḷu kavi-

⟨84⟩ leyan aḍida patakav akku

⟨Face D⟩

⟨85⟩ mad-vaṁśajāṟvaramahīpa-

⟨86⟩ ti vaṁśajāvā pāpādapē-

⟨87⟩ ta manasōbhuvi bhāvi bhūpayē

⟨88⟩ pāḷayanti mama-dharmmam idaṁ sa-

⟨89⟩ mastaṁ tēṣām mayā viracitām-

⟨90⟩ jaḷirēṣa mūdhni[] naviṣa Āpami

⟨91⟩ turyadānva viṣam ucyatē viṣa-

⟨92⟩ mē kārinaṁ hanti dēvasya putra-pautrikaṁ |

⟨93⟩ sva-dattaṁ para-dattam vā yo hare-

⟨94⟩ ti ¿vasuṁdharā? ṣaṣṭhir-varṣa-saha¿śā?

⟨95⟩ ṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē ¿krimi?

⟨96⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā dattā rābhi-

⟨97⟩ s sagarādhibhi yyasya ya-

⟨98⟩ sya yadā bhūmi tasya tasya

⟨99⟩ tadā phaḷaṁ sāmānyoyaṁ

⟨100⟩ dharma-¿sētu?-nripāṇāṁ kāḷē

⟨101⟩ kālē pāḷanīyō bhavad¿bhi?

⟨102⟩ sarvān etāṁ bhāginaṟ pā-

⟨103⟩ rthiveṁ¿drā? bhūyō bhū-

⟨104⟩ yō yācate rāma-

⟨105⟩ -¿bhadra?

Apparatus

⟨32⟩ ḷaṟaSD1961I have included Nāgayya’s reading in the edition as it’s unclear what the several editorial markups in 1961 edition mean

⟨39⟩ ḍiggirgeSD1961.

⟨62⟩ The 1961 edition ends hereSD1961.

Bibliography

Primary

[SD1961] Sreenivasachar, P. & Pandurang Bhimarao Desai. 1961. Kannada Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3. Andhra Pradesh Government Archaeological Series. Hyderabad: Government of Andhra Pradesh. Pages 48–49.

[B1921] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 3–7.