# Taḷakallu Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 913

Samana Gururaja

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00034

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00034.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

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## Summary

This inscription records an endowment to the Śaiva preceptor,
Amr̥ta-rāśi-bhaṭṭāraka for the Nāgalēśvara temple in Taḻekallu in Śaka
913. The grant was made at Baṁkāpura. The major part of the grant is the
400 mattar of land. Many further details of the actual donation are lost
as the inscription is damaged, however, the inscription does provide the
details that this donation occurred during the reign of Taila II, when
his subordinate Sōbhanarasa was ruling the “two six-hundreds” and the
Banavāsi-12000. His subordinate, Sāviyaṇna was ruling the Kukkanūr-30
with his mercy.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti
samasta-bhuvanāśraya-śrī-pr̥thvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-paramēśvara-para⟨2⟩ma-bhaṭṭārakaṁ
satyāśraya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmad-āhavamalladēva

kanda ∥

1. Kanda

⟨3⟩ makara-kari-nikara-karahata
-vikarṇna-tungattaraṁga-saṁgata-śiśira
-prakara ga⟨4⟩bhīrāṁbhōnidhi
-nikāya-parivr̥ta-samasta-vasudhā-taḷa[mā]

2. Kanda

sētu himādriyi⟨5⟩n astā
drī-taṭad’ indu-daya-śaiḷadiṁd’ esed’ akhiḷakṣ-
mātaḷama pratipāḷisi-
nītiyo⟨6⟩ḷāḷd’ esedan intu taila-narēṁdraṁ ∥

vacana ∥

int’ āhavamalladēva-vijaya-rājyam utta⟨7⟩rottarābhivr̥ddhige saluttire
tatpāda padmōpajīvi svasti-samadhi-gata-paṁca-mahā⟨8⟩śabda-mahā-sāmantaṁ
pratyakṣa-bhōriśramaṁ pusiy illad’ ātaṁ nerevoḍe gaṇḍaṁ
kada⟨9⟩na-pracaṇḍaṁ kaṭaka-prakāraṁ giri-durgga-mallaṁ raṇavīraṁ
śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēva-pāda-paṁka⟨10⟩ja-bhramaraṁ śrīmat sōbhan’ arasar·
∥

kanda ∥

3. Kanda

Āhavamallana besadiṁd’
āhava-raṁgadoḷ a ⟨11⟩ tyugra-vairi-narēṁdra
vyōhama nāḍind’ iṟid’ ut
sāha-guṇōdayade negaḻdan ī raṇa-vī⟨12⟩raṁ ∥

vacana ∥

int’ enisi sōbhanarasar· śrī ballav arasara prasādōpalabdhiyiṁ Era⟨13⟩ḍ’
āṟu-nūṟumaṁ banavāsi pannicchāsiramumaṁ nirākuḷam āḷuttire

svasti samasta praśasti sa ⟨14⟩ hitaṁ śrīmat· sāviyaṇnaṁ sōbhanarasara
dayiyiṁ kukkanūr mūvattavan āḷu⟨15⟩tt’ ire

svasti ¡saka!⟨śaka⟩-kāḷa 913 neya khara saṁvatsarada kārtika bahuḷa
da¡sa!⟨śa⟩mi budha⟨16⟩vārad’ andu baṁkāpurada nelevīḍinoḷ·

svasti
yama-niyama-¡sā!⟨svā⟩dhyāya-¡mō!⟨mau⟩nānuṣṭhā⟨17⟩na-samādhi-saṁpannar
appa śrīmat-kāḷadālūru-siddhēśvara-saṁkarāśi-bhaṭṭārara śiṣya

⟨18⟩ kandaṁ ∥

4. Kanda

hariṇa-dhara-dharaṇa-caraṇāṁ
buruhāḷigaḷ aghamadēbha-vairigaḷ ārggaṁ-
piriyariva⟨19⟩r enis’ esedar
ddhareyoḷ negaḻd’ iḻdar amr̥ta-rāśi-munīśvarar· ∥

vacana ∥

int’ enisi negaḻd’ am¿r̥u?⟨r̥⟩ta-rāsi ⟨20⟩ -bhaḻārargge sōbhanarasar
ttaḻekalla nāgalēsvarakke kālaṁ kaḻci koṭṭu keyya mattar· 400
dēva⟨21⟩geyuṁge pudōṇṭamuṁ polakke sīmayā GAP dosede māḍaḷ vannasu
ttēṁkal liṁgada ka⟨22⟩l· paḍukaḍigal· paḍuva liṁgada kala baḍagal· GAP
pola mere holada sīmey int’ idak a⟨23⟩[…]sōbhanarasar ttaḻekallan
agrahāra biḍu canda-dēvara […]di[…]pa[…]biṭṭa[…] ⟨24⟩ […]rasar mmanam
ella pēḻe kuttuṁbiḻiyidak’ aṟuvaṇaṁ[…][a] mr̥⟨25⟩a-rāsi-bhaṭṭārara
śiṣya-sūryyābharaṇa-bhaḻārara sthanakara[…]naḷi ⟨26⟩ […]le goravara
mārggad’ ālūri[…]

## Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from edition in N2011

### Primary

[N2011] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1.
Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 45–46.