# Cikkerūr [Banadavva Temple] Inscription of [the reign of] Āhavamalla,
Śaka 917

Samana Gururaja

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00039

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00039.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-10-08 11:57
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## Summary

This inscription records the establishment of a temple for the local
goddess (Bhaḻari) and its endowment by the Arasakka, the wife of
Paḷḷigan who in turn was the son of Jōgayya and Nijabbe. This grant was
made when Bhīmayya was ruling Banavāsi and Nāgārjuna was presiding over
the administration of the region. Āhavamalladēva is identified here as
mahāmaṇḍalēśvara.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śaka-nr̥pa-kālātīta-saṁ⟨2⟩va¿sta?⟨tsa⟩ra-sataṁgaḷ
ombhainū⟨3⟩ṟa 17 jaya-saṁvastarada ¿paṁ?⟨pha⟩lgu⟨4⟩na-māsada puṇṇame
śanivāraṁ utta[re] ⟨5⟩ nakṣattraṁ svasti
samadhi-gata-[pa]⟨6⟩ñca-mahā-śabda-mahāmaṇḍalēśva⟨7⟩ra-srīmat·
Āhavamalla-dēvaṁ da⟨8⟩kṣiṇa-dig-¿bha?⟨bhā⟩gavaṁ nir¿a?⟨ā⟩kulaṁ māḍiy
u⟨9⟩ttara-dig-¿vijaṁ?⟨vijayaṁ⟩ geyd’ uppaḻana mēle naḍed’ a⟨10⟩ndu

¡bhi!⟨bhī⟩mamayyaṁ banavāsi-nāḍan-āḷe nāgārjjunaṁ
¿na?⟨nā⟩⟨11⟩ḻ¿ga?⟨gā⟩muṇḍu geyye ¿koṁ?⟨ko⟩ṇdavaṇigara jōgayyaṁ
nijabbe⟨12⟩ya magaṁ paḷḷiga¿ṁn?⟨n⟩ ātana ¿peṁ?⟨pe⟩ṇḍatiy arasakk’
a⟨13⟩nēka saṭṭugam uṇḍu bhaḻariyaṁ pratiṣṭhe geyi⟨14⟩sidaḷ mattala
keyyanugge koṭṭaṁ ¿ma?⟨maṁ⟩gaḷaṁ |

1. Anuṣṭubh

dēva-dra¿bya?⟨vya⟩ṁ ⟨15⟩ tilam vapa
yava[d] bhakṣaṁnti ¿yē?⟨yō⟩ naraḥ
tā⟨16⟩vad variṣa-sahasrāṇi
viṣṭhayaṁ jāya⟨16⟩[tē kr̥miḥ]

## Apparatus

⟨15⟩ tā ⬦ tāvat G1960.

## Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from the a photograph of the estampage in
G1960

### Primary

[G1960] Gopal, B. R. & Dines Chandra Sircar. 1959–1960. “Chikkerur
Inscription of Ahavamalla, Saka 917.” EI 33, pp. 131–133. Pages 131–133.

[N2011] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1.
Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 59–60.