A Stone Inscription of the Sinda Family at Bhairanmatti [from the reigns of Taila II (Śaka 911), Jayasiṁha II (Śaka 955), and Sōmēśvara I]

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⟨1⟩ namas-tuṅga-śiraś-cuṁbi -candra-cāmara-cārave trailōkya-nagarāraṁbha -mūla-stambhāya ¡!aṁbhave jayaṁtyā-

⟨2⟩ viṣkr̥taṁ-viṣṇōr vvārāhaṁ kṣōbhitārṇṇavaṁ dakṣiṇōnnata-daṁṣṭrāgraṁ vi¡s!rānta-bhuvanaṁ vapu śr̥

⟨3⟩ śrī-¡pridh!vī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-paramē¡s!vara-parama-bhaṭṭārakaṁ Uttarōttaram āge tailapa-

⟨4⟩ yyaṁ rājyaṁ geyye ¡s!aka-varṣa 911 vi¡kri!tam eṁba saṁvatsara pravarttise Ari-¡nri!pati-kari-

⟨5⟩ kuṁbhi-kuṁbha-sthaḷa-vinirggata-karavāḷa-vimukti-muktāphaḷō¡cchi!ta-samara-saṁghaṭṭaṇa-labdha-vīra vi-

⟨6⟩ jaya-rājya-lakṣmī-vakṣa-staḷa-¿di?ṣṭi-viśa-kuḷa-tiḷaka-phaṇā-maṇi-kiraṇa-vibhāsura-nāga-vam¡s!ōdbha-

⟨7⟩ va-nāga-dhvaja-pratāpa-vijaya-paḻeghōṣaṇa-vyāghra-lāñ¿c?ana-bhōgāvatī-pura-paramē¡s!vara-nanni-

⟨8⟩ g’ ā¡s!raya-raṇa-raṁga-kēsari-viśiṣṭa-jana-priya Āśrita-jana-kalpa-¡vri!kṣa pusig’ enippasara¡kri!ta-

⟨9⟩ maṟimātam anyaja-manōja-sinda-nārāyaṇa nallarge nalla ḍāmara-malla Ēkāṁ¿ja?-sūdraka śrī-

⟨10⟩ pulikāla dharaṇēndrēhiśvaraṁ mānava-bhava-nuta-bhū-lōkamaṁ nōrppen end’ ā daradiṁ ta-

⟨11⟩ t-sainyamaṁ piṁtirisi vaniteyuṁ tānum ād’ akkaṟiṁdam bare gar¡bhbha!ṁ tōṟe tad-vallabhege paḍed’ ahiccha-

⟨12⟩ tradoḷu puṭṭidaṁ bhā sura-tējōdbhāsi siṁdhū-nadiya kuṟuvadoḷu siṁdan eṁba kumāra

⟨13⟩ paḍedu vimōhamaṁ pulig’ ahīśvaran ī śi¿ṣu?vaṁ surakṣitaṁ naḍapene pann¿e?gādhipatiyoḷu besa-ve-

⟨14⟩ ttu mahā-mahīśanaṁ naḍapene kumārakaṁ baḷediḷ adhika-¡s!auryyada dhīrggha-bāhuvaṁ paḍe-

⟨15⟩ dano sanda sinda-viṣayādhipan unnata-vīra-¡s!sana bharadindan niḍu¿?ōla sinda-vibhu kayyaṁ

⟨16⟩ mucche kaṇṇaṁ kaḍaṁ bar adhīśa priyadiṁ tanūbhaveyan īyalu koṁḍutān ā manō

⟨17⟩ hareyoḷu krīḍisuttippinaṁ ta¡ne!yar ādar mūvar ā mūvariṁpared’ aty-unna-

⟨18⟩ ta-sinda-vamśa-mahī¡bhri!t-saṁjātar ī lōkadoḷu Ant’ ā mūvatt-onda niś ciṁtade bāga-

⟨19⟩ ḍage-nāḍan āḷalu sēvyaṁkantu-samānaṁ puṭṭid’ a nanta-guṇaṁ negardda sindan eba kumā-

⟨20⟩ ra niḍu-doḷa sindaniṁ tān eḍev aṟiyade baṁda sindarānvāyaṁ bā gaḍageya

⟨21⟩ siṁdarin esedadupoḍaviyoḷ ene negarddan alte kammaran eṁba dhare pogaḷe nega-

⟨22⟩ ḷda kammayy’ arasaṁgam anūna-vidita-guṇa-gaṇa-¡si!lābharaṇ¡a!-bhūṣita sagarabb’arasiga-

⟨23⟩ [m a]sam eseye puṭṭidaṁ pulikāla pulikāla-¡nri!patiga śrī-lalanege dorey enipa

⟨24⟩ rēvakkabbegam ādaṁ [sale]sad-guṇade su-putra kuḷa-dīpakan enisi puṭṭida nāgātya-¡nri!pa

⟨25⟩ kali-nāgāditya-¡nri!paṁgaṁ poleyabbarasigam anūna-guṇa-gaṇa-niḷayaṁ kuḷam ese-

⟨26⟩ ¿E? puṭṭidaṁ śrī -polasiṁdasiṁda-vam¡sa!-tilakaṁ dhareyoḷu khāṇḍava-maṇḍalē¡sva!ra-tanū-

⟨27⟩ bhave Bijjaladēvi tāyi ja gan-maṇḍa[na]n ādi-rāja-caritaṁ phaṇi-kētana[n a]nya-rāja-vēdaṇḍa-¡si!raṣ-ka-

⟨28⟩ raṁṇḍan avamuktaka-bhūpane taṁde siṁda-mārttaṁdan enalk’ idan bhaya-pakṣa-vi¡su!ddhano sē-

⟨29⟩ vya-bhū-bhuja svasti samadhi-gata-paṁca-mahāśabda-mahāmaṁḍalēśvara bhōgāvati-puravarā-

⟨30⟩ dhīśvaran ahicchitrapura-dharāmara-rakṣa-dakṣa-dakṣiṇa-bhuja-daṁḍa siṁda-mārttaṁḍan anē-

⟨31⟩ ka-śastra-śāstra-pārāvāra-pārāyaṇaṁ mūrtti-nārāyaṇa hara-caraṇa-smaraṇa-pari-

⟨32⟩ ṇatāṁtaṣ-karaṇa-parama-māhēśvaraṁ phaṇi-patākēśvaraṁ ripu-maṁḍalika-daitya-vilayakara-

⟨33⟩ ṇa-pariṇatōpēṁdra-nara-svarūpa-nāgēṁdra-sakaḷa-kaḷā-kaḷita-vā[*]lanā-līlā-lalā-

⟨34⟩ ma-bhuja-baḷa-bhīma-bhuvanaikamalla-dēva-caraṇa-kēḷī-durllaḷita-kalahaṁsa-siṁda-vamśōttaṁ-

⟨35⟩ sa-sāhitya-vidya-vivēka-viriṁcana-vyāghra-lāṁcchana-siṁda-vi¡śa!yādhirāja-sahaja-rūpa

⟨36⟩ -manōja-trailōkya-varttita-kīrtti-pātāḷa-cakravartti-vi¡dha!gdha-vibhuda-jana-stutyan abhinava-vi-

⟨37⟩ kramāditya-karavāḷa-vidyā-sahadēva-kaṭakada gōvaṁ śrīman-mahāmaṇḍalēśvara prabhu-sēvy’ a-

⟨38⟩ rasaru svasti samadhi-gata-paca-mahāśabda-mahāsāmanta ripu-¡nri!pati-kari-kuṁbhi-kuṁ-

⟨39⟩ kuṁbha-sthaḷa-vidā¡ru!nāruṇita-karavāḷa-¡!bhita-dakṣiṇadōrddaṁḍan ubhaya-baḷa-gaṁ-

⟨40⟩ ḍa Ari-¡nri!pa-saṁhāra-kāraṇa-kuḷika ¡dri!ṣṭi-viṣakuḷa-tiḷaka-suvarṇṇa-cchatra-traya-bhū-

⟨41⟩ ṣaṇa vijaya paṟeghōṣaṇa bhōgāvati-puravarē¡sva![ra]n a [na]nta-vāsugi-takṣaka-phaṇi-patākē¡sva!ra vyā-

⟨42⟩ ghra-lāṁcchana-manōja siṁdha-viṣayādhirāja sakaḷa-bhuvana-bhavana-pa[ra]-¡nri!pa-vanitā-jana-kaṁḍa-

⟨43⟩ n akaḷaṁka-siṁda siṁda-kuḷa-tiḷaka śrī-nāgāditya svasti yama-niyama-svādhyāya-¡!nādhyānānu-

⟨44⟩ ṣṭhā¡ṇa!-pārāyaṇar appa para-traya-siṁha-rā¡si!-bhaṭṭarargge uttarāyaṇa-samkrānti-¡ya!tipāta

⟨45⟩ Aditya-vārad’ aṁdu pattiya-mattaUrada daṁḍinolu kiṟiya-siriUrada sāyira mattar ppola-

⟨46⟩ a siṁdē¡sva!ra-dēvargge nāgātiyarasa paratraya-siṁharā¡si!gaḷa kāla karcchi koṭṭa ant’ ā sāyi-

⟨47⟩ ra mattargiṁg’ aruvaṇa gadyāṇa hanneraḍu [b]rahma[]ryyaṁ-uḷḷuvaru sthānaṁ āḷvaru ī dha-

⟨48⟩ rmmamaṁ kādataṁge gaṁge gaye varaṇāsiy[oḷu sā]yira kavileya kōḍuṁ kolagumaṁ poṁ-

⟨49⟩ noḷ kaṭṭisi sāsirvva[r]-ttapōdhanar[ggaṁ] cat[urvvēda-pārāya]ṇarigaṁ koṭṭa phala ī dharmmamaṁ pūṇḍaḷidavaṁge sa-

⟨50⟩ hasra kavileyuṁ [ta]pōdha[nar]umaṁ [vadhi]sida pañca-mahāpātaka svasti samasta-bhuvanā¡sra!yaṁ

⟨51⟩ śrī-[pr̥]thvī-vallabhaṁ mahārājādhirājaṁ [paramēśvaraṁ parama-bhaṭṭā]raka[] cālukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmaj-jagadēka-

⟨52⟩ malla-dēvara koḷḷipākeya bīḍ[i]nol[u su]kha-saṁka[thā-vinō]dadiṁ rājyaṁ geyye ¡sa!ka-varṣa 955 [ne]ya

⟨53⟩ śrī-mukha-saṁvatsara pravarttise śrīman-mahāsāma[]ta-nāgātiya[ra]saṁ śrī[ma]t-tējōrā¡si!-paṁḍitara

⟨54⟩ kālaṁ kacchi purada-kēriya pogede[**********] vargge biṭṭa parisūtradoḷ’ āda damda-dō-

⟨55⟩ śamu dēvargge ī dharmmaman-aṟuvar-ggāv[uṁḍugaḷu pratipāḷis]uvaru idan aḷidavaṁge kapileyuṁ ta-

⟨56⟩ pōdhanarumaṁ vadhisi[da pātakam akku] [svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vā] [yo] harēti vasundharāṁ saṣṭir-vvarṣa sahasrāṇi

⟨57⟩ viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate krimiḥ śrī-sindēśvara-dēvar’ ācāryya [tējōrāsi-pa]ṇḍitaru jī¡rnn!ō-

⟨58⟩ ¡dhdhā!rava[] puna[]-pratiṣthe-māḍidaru maṁgaḷa-mahā-śrī-śrī-śrī

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ōm F1895Fleet renders all the spirals as "ōm" in his 1895 edition

⟨12⟩ doḷu F1878The metre becomes irregular due to the addition of the vowel ending "u" which does not change the meaning. The same applies to the fourth pāda of the same verse with kuṟuvadoḷu, but the end of this verse is also inconsistent. This additional u consistently interferes with metrical conventions through out the inscription. Fleet marks these instances with an italicised u.

⟨14⟩ naḍapene kumārakaṁ F1895Fleet notes that, "In naḍapene kumārakaṁ the metre is faulty; there is one syllable too many."

⟨39⟩ kuṁbha F1895kuṁ is repeated twice, at the end of line 38 and the beginning of 39.

Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from photograph published in F1878

Primary

[F1878] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1878. Pali Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions: from the Bombay Presidency and parts of the Madras Presidency and Maisur. Archaeological Survey of Western India IIIA. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. Item No. 86.

[F1895] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1894–1895. “A Stone Inscription of the Sinda Family at Bhairanmatti.” EI 3, pp. 230–236. Pages 230–236.

[N2011] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 40–43.