# Choppadaṇḍi Pillar Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 914 Samana Gururaja Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00037 Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00037.xml Language: Kannada [Kannada] Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-10-01 18:42 (c502101) ## 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## 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⟩∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vva⟨72⟩sudhā dattā rājabhis sa⟨73⟩garādhibhiḥ yasya ya⟨Face D⟩⟨74⟩sya yadā bhūmi ⟨75⟩ tasya tasya tadā pha⟨76⟩laṁ ∥ 2. Śālinī 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.