Tāḷagunda Praṇavēśvara Temple Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 919

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⟨1⟩ svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya-srī-pr̥thvī-vallabha-ma[hā-rā]-

⟨2⟩ jādhi-rāja-paramēśvaraṁ parama-bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśra[ya ku]-

⟨3⟩ ḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvari[**]

⟨4⟩ rājyam uttarōttarābhivr̥ddhige saluttire tat-pāda-pa[ṁkaja]

⟨5⟩ -bhramaraṁ svasti samadhi-gata-paṁca-mahā-śabda-ma[hā][**]

⟨6⟩ tailapan’ aṁka-kāṟa gajake-balguṇḍa-sāmanta[****]

⟨7⟩ raṇā-gata vajra-paṁjaraṁ śrīmad-bhīmarasa [banavā]-

⟨8⟩ si-pannir cchāsiramuṁ sāṁtaḷige-sāyiramuṁ ki[**]-

⟨9⟩ d’ eḻpattam agrahāraṁ savasi-guḍig’ eḻeyuman anụṁga[jī]-

⟨10⟩ vitavūḷ uttare tat-pāda-padmōpajīvi samasta-rājya-bha[ra-ni]-

⟨11⟩ rūpita-mahāmātya-padavī virājamānaṁ male-rāja sa[**]

⟨12⟩ śrīmat-perggaḍe kāḷimayyaṁgaḷ· śaka-varṣa 919 neya hē[ma]-

⟨13⟩ ḷaṁbi-saṁvatsarada[****]suddha 5 Āditya-vārad’ andu nariya-

⟨14⟩ ḷige nālvattaṟa manneya[***]kāyimmaṁge biṭṭaṁ pūsi[*]-

⟨15⟩ vyabhārakke sarvya-virōdha geydoḍ’ ātaṁ tanage kuḍal’ illade

⟨16⟩ dēvayyana keyyoḷ nālvattu gadyāṇa ponna koṇḍ’ āta-

⟨17⟩ na mōdala manneya[**]biṭṭa ka[**]niṁtar ppudekke sā-

⟨18⟩ kṣi padineṁṭ’ agrahā[**]ḷurāḷge Eḻpatuṁ nari-

⟨19⟩ yaḷige nālvattum[**]r’ ubhayōnnataṁge baredoṁ

⟨20⟩ sēna-bhōva pole [***] yya ∥ nidan āvan ōrbbā-

⟨21⟩ nccidan ātaṁ vāraṇa[***]sāsirbbar ppā-

⟨22⟩ sira kavileyum a[****]kanakku[…]-

⟨23⟩ ḷakkanu koṭṭa ta

Apparatus

⟨10⟩ vita ⬦ ḷita R1902.

⟨19⟩ ubhayōnnataṁge ⬦ yōnnataṁge R1902.

Translation by Rice 1902

⟨1–4⟩ Be it well. When (with usual Cālukya titles), Āhavamalla-dēva’s victorious kingdom was extending on all sides, to continue as long as the sun moon and stars: –

⟨4–10⟩ And, a bee at his lotus feet, – Be it well. Entitled to the five big drums, mahā …, Tailapa’s warrior, (with other epithets), Bhīmarasa was ruling the [Bana]vāsi Twelve Thousand, the Sāntaḷige Thousand, and the Ki…-Seventy, the agrahāra and the Savasiguḍigere …; –

⟨10–12⟩ a dweller at his lotus feet, holding the rank of great minister, … of the male-rājas, the perggaḍe-Kāḷimayya

⟨12–20⟩ (on the date specified), made a grant froom the manneya of the Nariyalge Forty to Kāyimma…

⟨20–23⟩ Usual final verses

Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from the Kannada edition in R1902 with reference to an unclear photograph in F1878

Primary

[F1878] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1878. Pali Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions: from the Bombay Presidency and parts of the Madras Presidency and Maisur. Archaeological Survey of Western India IIIA. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. Item No. 214.

[R1902] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1902. Inscriptions in the Shimoga district (Part I). Epigraphia Carnatica 7. Bangalore: Mysore Government Central Press. Part 3, pages 271–272.

[N2011] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 64–65.