# Jammikuṇṭa Garuḍa Stambha Inscription of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 917 Samana Gururaja Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00040 Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00040.xml Language: Kannada [Kannada] Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-10-13 15:12 (3208d2e) ## Summary This inscription records the endowment for a dīpa-vr̥kṣa to the deities, Tailēśvara and Āditya of the Dammikuṇṭe village by Nāgiyagāvuṇda in memory of his wife, Vēmakabbe. Incidentally, it mentions Āhavamalladēva’s victory over Uppaḷa during his northern expedition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Face A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī pr̥¡thuvī!⟨thvī⟩ ⟨2⟩ -vallabha-mahā-rā⟨3⟩jādhi-rāja-para⟨4⟩mēśvara-parama-bha⟨5⟩ṭṭārakaṁ cāḷukyā-bha⟨6⟩raṇaṁ satyāśraya ⟨7⟩ -kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ śrīmad-ā⟨8⟩havamalla-dēva-pra⟨9⟩varddhamāna-vijaya⟨10⟩-rājyābhivr̥ddhiyo⟨11⟩ḷ uttara-dig-vijayado⟨12⟩ḷ uppaḷanaṁ geld’ arasu ge⟨13⟩yyuttum ire ¡saka!⟨śaka⟩ bhū ⟨14⟩ pāḷa-kālābddaṁgaḷ· ⟨15⟩ [to]ṁbhay-nūṟa padinē⟨16⟩ḻaneya manmatha saṁ⟨17⟩vatsarada vaiśākha su⟨18⟩ddha Akṣa-tadigeyuṁ ⟨19⟩ ¡su!⟨śu⟩kra[…]ndu [dammi]⟨20⟩kuṇṭa[…]vā⟨21⟩ḍiya [pradhā]nar mma⟨22⟩ḍeya-gāvuṇḍanun nā⟨23⟩geya-[gāvuṇḍanuṁ dī]⟨24⟩[pa vr̥]kṣamaṁ niṟisi⟨25⟩daru ⟨Face B⟩ ⟨26⟩ svasti ¡saka!⟨śaka⟩ bhūpāḷa ⟨27⟩ -kālābdaṁgaḷ toṁbha[yi] ⟨28⟩ -nūṟa padinēḷane⟨29⟩ya manmatha-saṁva⟨30⟩tsarada ¡vaysākha!⟨vaiśākha⟩ su⟨31⟩ddha Akṣa-tadigeya ¡su!⟨śu⟩⟨32⟩[kra]vārad’ andu dammi[kuṁ]⟨33⟩ṭeya nāgaya-gā⟨34⟩vuṇḍaṁ tanna [Ettisidu] ⟨35⟩ [taile]śvarakkam āditya ⟨36⟩ -gr̥hakkaṁ tamma [sā]mya⟨37⟩[da] bhūmiyo[ḷ e]ra⟨38⟩ḍu khaṇḍu[gavede]nīr-nnela⟨39⟩nu pattu mattar vaḷu⟨40⟩bhūmiyuṁ salisida⟨41⟩ru mūla-sthānakkaṁ pū⟨42⟩rvva-pravā[ha] rāja-bhū⟨43⟩miya madhyadiṁ nūṟa ⟨44⟩ Ippattu mattar vveḷ-bhūmi⟨45⟩yuṁ yeraḍu rāṭaṇamuṁ ⟨46⟩ mūru khaṇḍu[deteninda] ⟨47⟩ […]nuṁ salguy ī dīpa-vr̥kṣa ⟨48⟩ nāgaya-gāvuṇḍana pe⟨49⟩ṇḍati vēmakabbegaḷ ne⟨50⟩nuḷ’ uttarōttaraṁ subhaṁ ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh ⟨51⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā bhu⟨52⟩¿kaṁ?⟨ktā⟩ narāṇāṁ ¿saka?⟨saga⟩rādibhiḥ ⟨53⟩ yasya yasya yadā ⟨54⟩ bhūmi tasya ⟨tasya⟩ ta⟨55⟩dā phalaṁ ## 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 24–26. [N2011] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 60–62.