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

Samana Gururaja

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00041

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00041.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-10-13 19:01
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## Edition

⟨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[2+] ⟨4⟩ rājyam uttarōttarābhivr̥ddhige saluttire

tat-pāda-pa[ṁkaja] ⟨5⟩ -bhramaraṁ svasti
samadhi-gata-paṁca-mahā-śabda-ma[hā][2+] ⟨6⟩ tailapan’ aṁka-kāṟa
gajake-balguṇḍa-sāmanta[4+] ⟨7⟩ raṇā-gata vajra-paṁjaraṁ
śrīmad-bhīmarasa [banavā]⟨8⟩si-pannir cchāsiramuṁ sāṁtaḷige-sāyiramuṁ
ki[2+]⟨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[2+] ⟨12⟩ śrīmat-perggaḍe kāḷimayyaṁgaḷ·

śaka-varṣa 919 neya hē[ma]⟨13⟩ḷaṁbi-saṁvatsarada[4+]suddha 5
Āditya-vārad’ andu nariya⟨14⟩ḷige nālvattaṟa manneya[3+]kāyimmaṁge
biṭṭaṁ pūsi[1+]⟨15⟩vyabhārakke sarvya-virōdha geydoḍ’ ātaṁ tanage kuḍal’
illade ⟨16⟩ dēvayyana keyyoḷ nālvattu gadyāṇa ponna koṇḍ’ āta⟨17⟩na
mōdala manneya[2+]biṭṭa ka[2+]niṁtar ppudekke sā⟨18⟩kṣi padineṁṭ’
agrahā[2+]ḷurāḷge Eḻpatuṁ nari⟨19⟩yaḷige nālvattum[2+]r’ ubhayōnnataṁge
baredoṁ ⟨20⟩ sēna-bhōva pole [3+] yya ∥

nidan āvan ōrbbā⟨21⟩nccidan ātaṁ vāraṇa[3+]sāsirbbar ppā⟨22⟩sira
kavileyum a[4+]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.