# Heccegrāma Nīlakaṇṭha Temple Inscription of the Reign of Taila II,
Śaka 913

Samana Gururaja

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00035

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00035.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-09-24 18:40
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […]sti jayaś cābhyudayaś ca
saka-bhūpāḷa-kāḷātīta-saṁvatsara-sataṁ⟨2⟩[oṁ]bhay-nūṟa padi-mūṟaneya
khara-saṁvatsaraṁ pravarttise svasti
sama⟨3⟩[sta]bhuvanāśraya-śrī-¡prithvī!⟨pr̥thvī⟩-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-paramē[śva]⟨4⟩[ra]-parama-bhaṭṭārakaṁ
satyāśraya-kuḷa-tilakaṁ Chāḷukyābharaṇa ⟨5⟩
-[śrī]mad-āhavamalla-dēva-rājyābhivr̥iddhiy uttarōttaraṁ sale

⟨6⟩ [tat-pā]da-padmōpajivi
samadhigata-paṁcha-mahā-śabda-mahā[…]⟨7⟩[…]ntādhipati
trikunda-pura-varēsvara brahma-kshatriyaṁ mā ⟨8⟩
[…]vaṁsōdbhava-nandana-vana-cchatra-haya-lāṁcchana-darppaṇa ⟨9⟩
-dhvaja[…]jamāna vairi-mārttaṇḍaṁ guṇḍana gaṇḍaṁ
vikrama-siṁga-raṇa-raṁga ⟨10⟩
-tuṁga-sā[ha]sārjjuna-samaraika-mēru-keladiṁ pogaḻippa palav oḷpi⟨11⟩n
ātana-¡yasa!⟨yaśa⟩kk’ aṁjuvaṁ guṇake dhorayga subhaṭa-chūḍāmaṇi satya
⟨12⟩ -ratnāgaraṁ tējāgaraṁ śrīmat-sānti-varmma beḷguhey-eḻpatt’
eḍenāḍ-e⟨13⟩ḻpattu tandavūra-panneraḍu gedeya-panneraḍu
mūgunda-panneraḍu pu⟨14⟩livaṭṭi-panneraḍuṁ kalvattiy-ēḻuṁ
sāntaḷige-sāyiramumaṁ dushṭāṭavi⟨15⟩ka-nirmmūḷanaṁ mmāḍi sukhadiṁ rājyaṁ
geyyutt iḻdu

sāntaḷigeya bīra ⟨16⟩ -sāntarana mēle naḷed ayvattu-nāḍ’ oḷagaṇa
ballugadoḷ biṭṭ’ iḻd’ andu ⟨17⟩ gedeya-panneraḍaṟa nāḻgāvuṇḍa sibaḷḷiy
eṟehayyana ¡jēshṭha!⟨jyēshṭha⟩ ⟨18⟩ -putran aṅgammana maga jōgayyaṅge
daya geydu koṭṭa sthitiy ā⟨19⟩vud endaḍe gedeyaṁ-panneraḍa[…]puṭṭida
baḷdina ponna sama-bhāgaṁ ba⟨20⟩ṭṭaḻivilla
gedeya-sarvvābhyantara-siddhiyāḷke panneraḍarkka nāḻ-gā⟨21⟩vuṇḍar
ddaṇḍa-dōsadoḷ paḷuvara Ī sthitige māṭūra-vaṁsadoḷ ā ⟨22⟩ vōnuṁ tappa
salla |

tappid’ andu brāhmaṇarggaṁ paśugaḷgaṁ tappi⟨23⟩da pātakam akkuṁ |

netasekalnar·

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattaṁ para-dattaṁ vā
yō harē¿tu?⟨ti⟩ va⟨24⟩sundharāṁ |
narakāni nivarttantē
yāvach chandra-divākaraḥ ∥

2. Kanda

ōḍidanaṁ dhuradoḷ ⟨25⟩ muṁ-
mmāḍida mariyadeyan aḻivanant ā[…]
nōḍan asavasadi dore⟨26⟩koḷe
nōḍal oḍaṁ nōmpan alte vikrama-siṁga

bara[…]sandhi-vigrahi siyimma

3. Campakamālā

⟨27⟩ kanaka-giri[…]m andu keḍuguṁ vilayānalan ande parvviguṁ
vana-ruha-garbhan ande maḍiguṁ ⟨28⟩ kaḍal ēḻumum ande ba[…]
dinakarar ellam e[…]rane mūḍuvar adbhutam āge sāntigaṁ
kanasinad appaḍaṁ nuḍidu tappidaḍaṁ poṇardd’ aṁ⟨29⟩ji māṇdoḍaṁ

## Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from the Kannada edition in B1904

### Primary

[B1904] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1904. Inscriptions in the Shimoga district
(Part II). Epigraphia Carnatica 8. Bangalore: Mysore Government Central
Press. Part 3, pages 215–216.

[N2011] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1.
Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 46–48.