Gaṅgāpuram Benakayya-guḍi Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 895

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja (sagu).

Summary: This inscription was found at the Benakayya-guḍi near the Cennakeśava Temple in Gaṅgāpuram, Mahbubnagar Taluk and District in Telangana. The inscription is engraved on three sides of a slab but the top has been lost, making the inscription incomplete. The date has been conjectured based on the incomplete details that remain, the mention of Kalyāṇa Cālukya king Tailapa II, and the tenth-century paleography. It records the establishment of a Jaina temple and the consecration of an idol of Cenna Pārśvanātha by the senior jewel merchant, Kāliseṭṭi Tūbaḷa, and the gift of income from levies on commodities such as areca nut for the ritual fuctions of the temple.

Language: Kannada (kan) [Kannada (kannada)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00027.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00027.xml.

Version: (f6e6243), last modified (3b3e0d7).

Edition

⟨Face A⟩

⟨1⟩ [*]puṭṭi bhavyadoḷan alindu […]

⟨2⟩ [*]seṭṭi paramārtha vaḍeda puṇamenisi tubā

⟨3⟩ ya dānaman anavarataṁ naḍeyisidaṁ [*][mā]ḍidam ayaṁ [*]du-

⟨4⟩ m ādudu vismayam enesalu jina-¡gri!hamaṁ māḍisidaṁ pu[**]danavidō-

⟨5⟩ didēnū [*] kāḷi-seṭṭi baḷḷaṁgoḷadoḷu ∥ Ā vibhuge kā [**] caula-dē-

⟨6⟩ vi jagaj-jana-vinūtana-[**]-bhavita-bhūpādad’ ira bhū-dēva-bā [***]

⟨7⟩ mā-dēvi tān enal udārita [**] jinan’ āptam nāyakīrti-dēva muni-

⟨8⟩ paṁ rāddhānta cakrēśvaraṁ jinavaṁ [****] tataṁ śrī-kalidēva-śrēṣṭa-rāyaṁ

⟨9⟩ kīrtiy-aṁka-siṁhaṁ śruta [tala-bhūpa] bhayavalu bhūsiradā [**]

⟨10⟩ di vrinda nidānaṁ vibhu[kāḷa]-seṭṭiya [**] dhanyaṁ peṟar dhanyarē ∥ Eṁdū

⟨11⟩ varṇisuttire jagaṁ puṭṭidan agaṇya puṇyav ānuḷitavasurita gōtraṁ ∥-

⟨12⟩ dranano[ḷ] virat’ a[nvaya marjja]naṁga-nāḍ’ udarar āda-

⟨13⟩ n utpalan udāra[kāḷapa-seṭṭi][****]gānaṁdade māḍisalke

⟨14⟩ bagedaṁ ke [********] daḍe divya-(taragāvi/bhōgārtha)

⟨15⟩ bhū-vaḷeyadoḷu [****]tā[rama]ṁtaradol anāvidi-

⟨16⟩ māppasunāhama [******] nādi kaṇgoḷikukapa-

⟨17⟩ ranā[dhadindrariṁda sāḷōparivājya]tālutadārdd’ a-

⟨18⟩ ppuda sūnasau [****][gō]puraṁ saṁtataṁ ∥ na da-

⟨19⟩ dyōtkara paṁkaja-kararppa [*****]dirppā vāṭadin udvānadi-

⟨20⟩ dgha saraḷidan adō [***][vikṣitri]dapinunandabaka-

⟨21⟩ ḷikira daḷahāri [*]nā[***]sva [ta]tadanāgēṣvādavaḥkṣē

⟨22⟩ tāmara-puraṁ gaṁgāpuraṁ ∥ dārayat kāmad’ uddaṇḍanāyāma śrī

⟨23⟩ -ramya-hārmmya-chāru[*]dityāṁganā[****]saṁpadinu [***]samasta divasadā

⟨24⟩ niraṁgaḷiṁ dānam āvarggayānvēkādya [kāḷādivana][***]ryyadayve

⟨25⟩ kaḷoṁ pada-paṁcēṟu[ha vakṣa-saṁpadaṁ][***]ṇimana [***]kaddi[***]-

⟨26⟩ ddiṁ palakālada pratimāṇiyyādipadi habbada bā-

⟨27⟩ ra latikādātraṁ caḷukyānvayam ābhyudayan udāmaldā jārā-

⟨28⟩ dri-hāra-hāsa-svarṇādhikāṟi saṁpada-kīrtti pramadādi nārā[**]-

⟨29⟩ ḷum pukilāpaṁ tailapaṁ[***]nitinudidarvaṁ mārakārege-

⟨30⟩ ṇi karṇaḷikalāvaṇam enisidd’ ā vibhutala-pradavaṁ janādrapattāre ja-

⟨31⟩ n allaṁ baḷiya bāḷakuḷam aṁḍanaṁ ka[***]dvayaraṇa

⟨32⟩ subrā-jana tākṣilōlanaradayabhyudayā [*******]-

⟨33⟩ varu [******]madrā [*]yū[*******]

⟨Face B⟩

⟨34⟩ [***********]

⟨35⟩ [******]nisida tapaṁ

⟨36⟩ [****]samanilla tamage

⟨37⟩ kāvya-kaḷā catura caturmmukha-

⟨38⟩ nti kṣitiyoḷe naya-kīrtti-dē-

⟨39⟩ va-munipaṁ negaḻda ∥ amarādiyā-

⟨40⟩ ge sanmunanivakāhāra dānamaṁ jinapaṁ

⟨42⟩ bōstsavamuṁ salenelōntiral avā-

⟨43⟩ ryya-śauryy’ app’ arāṁgan-ārati dū-

⟨44⟩ [rūra]vitaraṇanidigoḷu saraṇā-

⟨45⟩ gata-rakṣaṇa-dakṣaranritadūramā

⟨46⟩ krita-kali-kālakaḷaṁka-krita-kri-

⟨47⟩ tyarnnara pulilōyiṁḍaya-

⟨48⟩ ru ∥ idhanintī kramadiṁ-

⟨49⟩ ba pāḷisuveṁbargge hikāva-

⟨50⟩ trikābhyudayaṁ niścaya-

⟨51⟩ kk’ urvamādijanuttigamma-

⟨52⟩ maṁ kaṁḍu kāydu durātmaka-

⟨53⟩ disalumanaṁdare mahā-

⟨54⟩ pāpakke pakkāni baḷadirappa

⟨55⟩ trakaḷatra mitranivahānvi-

⟨56⟩ ni goṁḍāntadāntadoḷu ∥

⟨Face C⟩

⟨57⟩ mukhaṁ samvatsarada phālguna su-

⟨58⟩ haspati vārad’ aṁd’ uttarāyaṅa [saṁkrā]-

⟨59⟩ nti nimittavāgi śrīman-mahā-vaḍḍa-vyava[hā]-

⟨60⟩ ri tūbāḷa maṇigāṟa kāḷi[se]-

⟨61⟩ ṭṭiyaru pratiṣṭṭheyaṁ māḍida srīmacenna

⟨62⟩ pārśva-nāthavar aṁgabhōga-nivēdya-pūja

⟨63⟩ punaskārak’ ā caṁdr’ ārkka tāraṁbaraṁ naḍe-

⟨64⟩ vant’ āgi biṭṭayya Ettina Aḍakeya heṟige Aḍake 20

⟨65⟩ Aḍakeya kōṇana kabbe mādara Aḍake 20 kattoyva aḍakeya ka

⟨66⟩ vyaduḍake aḍa 10 Aḍakeya tale javaḷakke Aḍake 5 vr̥tti

⟨67⟩ [ḷubha]kōṇana meḷasina hēṟiṁge kabbeg’ uḍukevoḷ sāgi-

⟨68⟩ da sūlage 1 kattiya meḷasina kabbeg’ aḍakke Adaṟ’ arddha

⟨69⟩ [**]sina ravē javaḷakke aṁtadaṟarddha Ettina maḷavige

⟨70⟩ [**]1 kattiya maḷave capasāli alējavakke hāga-

⟨71⟩ [sūra]diṁ jīrage Eleya nāga meḷasinopādiya nū-

⟨72⟩ r-ppatti gaṁdesigaṁ talaṁdiy’ āgi suṁkad’ adhikārigaḷge

⟨73⟩ tiṁgaḷige paṇa 1 ∥aḍḍa karmmadadhikārigaḷu tiṁgaḷiṁge

⟨74⟩ haṇa 1 Intī dharmmamaṁ prati-pālḷisid’ avaru śrī-vāraṇāsi-

⟨75⟩ yalu sāvira kavileyaṁ sāvira bhrāhmaṇarige koṭṭa pha-

⟨76⟩ lam akku kādharmma mēlādanvuke bājanaru Ā vāraṇāsiya-

⟨77⟩ lu sāyira kavileyaṁ sāyira bhrāhmaṇarddaṁ (kā/sā)la-

⟨78⟩ mmaṁ [kōnda] pāpaman eydaru ∥

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ doḷana ⬦ doḷ D1958.

⟨2⟩ si tubā ⬦ svaruci D1958.

⟨3⟩ m ayaṁ ⬦ vayiṁ D1958.

⟨5⟩ didē ⬦ ḷte D1958.

⟨10⟩ didē ⬦ ḷte D1958.

⟨10⟩ Eṁdū ⬦ Eṁ D1958.

⟨11⟩ ṁ ∥ ⬦ niṁ D1958.

⟨13⟩ utpalan ⬦ utvaḷa D1958.

⟨14⟩ taragāvi ⬦ bhōgā(rtha) D1958 • Narasimhamurthy employs both square and round brackets in his edition. Based on conjecture, the square brackets are to denote what is supplied while the round brackets indicate what is unclear in the reading.

⟨15⟩ ṁtaradol anāvidi ⬦ (pā)Usavirehi D1958.

⟨16⟩ māppasunāhama ⬦ māppsunṣahama D1958.

⟨17⟩ ārdda ⬦ ōrdda D1958.

⟨21⟩ ḷiki ⬦ ḷika D1958.

⟨21⟩ sva ⬦ dya D1958.

⟨23⟩ chāru[1×] dityāṁganā ⬦ chāyādi divyāṁganā D1958.

⟨27⟩ jārā ⬦ jāḻā D1958.

⟨40⟩ sanmunani ⬦ sanmuni D1958.

⟨43⟩ śauryy’ app’ arāṁgan-ārati ⬦ śauryya parāṁganārati D1958.

⟨62⟩ pārśvad’ avar ⬦ pārśva-nāthavar D1958.

Bibliography

Encoded and re-edited from the estampage by Samana Gururaja

First edited in South Indian Inscriptions by Narasimha Murthy 2022

Primary

[D1958] Narasimha Murthy, P. N. 2022. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIX: Inscriptions collected during the years 1961-62 and 1962-63. South Indian Inscriptions 29. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 3–5.