Choppadaṇḍi Pillar Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 914

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja (sagu).

Summary: This inscription records the construction of the tank, Ācabbe-samudra named after Ācabbe, the daughter of Aṇuṁgu Duggarayya, during the reign of Taila II,and the donations made for the tank by the dādi or nursemaid(?) of Iṟiva-beḍaṁga Satyāśraya.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00037.

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00037.xml.

Version: (744d196), last modified (c502101).

Edition

⟨Face A⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta-bhuvanāśra-

⟨2⟩ ya-srī-pr̥thvī-vallabha-ma-

⟨3⟩ hārājādhirāja-para-

⟨4⟩ mēśvara-parama-bhaṭṭā-

⟨5⟩ raka-cāḷukyābharaṇa-

⟨6⟩ satyāśraya-kuḷa

⟨7⟩ -tiḷakaṁ śrīmad-ā-

⟨8⟩ havamalla-dēvara rā-

⟨9⟩ jyam uttarōttarā-

⟨10⟩ bhivr̥ddhiyind’ ā ca-

⟨11⟩ ndrārkka-tāraṁbaraṁ sa-

⟨12⟩ lluttam ire ∥ śrīmat·

⟨13⟩ cāḷukya-vidyā-dhara

⟨14⟩ Iṟiva-beḍaṁgaṁ śrīma-

⟨15⟩ t· satyāśraya-dē-

⟨16⟩ vara dādi dēvakabbe-

⟨17⟩ gaḷa svasti samasta-bhu-

⟨18⟩ vana-vikhyātaṁ gaṁgā[rṇna]-

⟨19⟩ yaṁ kōḷāḷa-[pura]-para-

⟨20⟩ mēśvaraṁ [satya]-yudhi-

⟨21⟩ [ṣṭhi]raṁ svāmi-[nibrityaṁ]

⟨22⟩ […][tuca][…]

⟨Face B⟩

⟨23⟩ kāmaṁ [mi][…][kṣaṁ] vibu-

⟨24⟩ dha janāśrayaṁ ba-

⟨25⟩ ndhu-jana-kalpa-vr̥kṣaṁ

⟨26⟩ sahaja-veḍeṁga-śrī-

⟨27⟩ y-aṇuṁgu-duggara-

⟨28⟩ yyaṁgaḷa piriya

⟨29⟩ ma[ga]ḷ ācabbeg’ a-

⟨30⟩ ceppaṇḍaṇḍeyoḷ ā-

⟨31⟩ ca[bba]samu[dra]m e[ṁba]-

⟨32⟩ pesaran ā candrārkka-sthā-

⟨33⟩ yi vāḍi ke[ṟe]y’ a-

⟨34⟩ gaḻisi ∥ saka-nr̥pa-kā-

⟨35⟩ ḷātīta-saṁvatsara

⟨36⟩ -śataṁ 914 neya [na]-

⟨37⟩ ndana saṁvatsaraṁ prava-

⟨38⟩ rttise tad-varṣābhyantara-

⟨39⟩ [da] śrēmaṇa suddha 1 Ā-

⟨40⟩ ditya-vārad’ andu mā-

⟨41⟩ rttaṇḍa-dēvara bhaṁ[ṭa] rē[va]-

⟨42⟩ rasaṁ Ācabbeya-

⟨43⟩ [sa]mudrama māḍi [ne]

⟨44⟩ keṟege goṭṭa dramma

⟨45⟩ 70 […]neṟeye koṭṭa

⟨46⟩ […]yanagaḻda valli-

⟨Face C⟩

⟨47⟩ bōvaṁge boḍi boḍi-

⟨48⟩ ga keṟeya peṟage [nī]-

⟨49⟩ ru nelaṁ mattar mū[ppa]-

⟨50⟩ […][ri]ya nela mattar ppa-

⟨51⟩ nneraḍu brahma-puriya

⟨52⟩ pā[rvva]n nāraṇayyaṁ[ge]

⟨53⟩ nīru nelaṁ mattar ondu

⟨54⟩ kariya nelaṁ mattar ppa-

⟨55⟩ [nne]raḍu ∥ kanda[va]ḷiya pa-

⟨56⟩ ḷiya pa[…]

⟨57⟩ […]gomuydasa [12 lost lines]

⟨70⟩ […] jāya-

⟨71⟩ tē kr̥mi⟨ḥ⟩∥ bahubhir vva-

⟨72⟩ sudhā dattā rājabhis sa-

⟨73⟩ garādhibhiḥ yasya ya-

⟨Face D⟩

⟨74⟩ sya yadā bhūmi

⟨75⟩ tasya tasya tadā pha-

⟨76⟩ laṁ ∥ sāmānyōyaṁ

⟨77⟩ dharmma-sētur nr̥pāṇāṁ

⟨78⟩ kāḷē kāḷē pāḷinīyō

⟨79⟩ bhavadbhiḥ sarvān ētā-

⟨80⟩ n bhāvinaḥ pārtthivēndrān bhū

⟨81⟩ yō bhūyō yācatē

⟨82⟩ rāma-bhadraḥ ∥

Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from the Kannada edition in N2011

Primary

[S1974] Sastry, P. V. P. 1974. Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh: Karimnagar district. Epigraphical series 8. Hyderabad: The Government of Andhra Pradesh. [URL]. Pages 21–25.

[N2011] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 49–52.