# Chikkaṅgi Śiva Temple Inscription of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 902

Samana Gururaja

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00048

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00048.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

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## Summary

This inscription dated to Śaka 902, in the reign of Taila II, describes
a donation to an unnamed deity in the presence of the regional
(nāḻ-gāmuṇḍa) and village administrators, (ūr-gāmuṇḍa) -- Eṟagāri and
Eṟecaṭṭa, respectively. They made the donation having washed the feet of
Saṁkayya-bhaṭṭāra. Biṭṭayya was the donor for the Nandi-maṇḍapa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmat· tailapadēvaṁ pr̥thvī ⟨2⟩ -rājyaṁ geyye Eṟagāri
nāḻ-gāmuṇḍa ge⟨3⟩yye Eṟe[caṭṭaṁ] kiṟiya-kaṇnaṁgeyay ūr-gāvu⟨4⟩ṇḍa geyye

¡s!⟨ś⟩aka-nr̥pa-kāḷātīta-saṁvatsara-¡s!⟨ś⟩a ⟨5⟩ taṁgaḷa 902ṟeneya
vi[kra]ma-samvatsarada paurṇna ⟨6⟩ -māseyuṁ Āditya-vāramuṁ
hasta-nakṣatramuṁ ⟨7⟩ bālav’ emba karaṇamuṁ pravarttise śrīmat· ⟨8⟩
saṁkayya-bhaṭṭārara kālaṁ kaḻci Ir(mm/pp)mmatt’ akkeya ⟨9⟩ Ura
gāmuṇḍaruṁ iḻdu dēvargge koṭṭar

idaṁ kā⟨10⟩d’ ātaṁge aśvamēdha-hiraṇyagarbhada phaḷaṁ

idan a⟨11⟩ḻid’ āta vāraṇāsi-kurukṣētradoḷ sahasra ⟨12⟩ kavileyan aḻida
brahmātiy’ akku

kiṟiya ⟨13⟩ -kaṇnaṁgey irugāmanamūligataṁguḻi⟨14⟩ra biṭṭayyaṁ
nandi-maṇḍapada dātārar· |

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨15⟩ svadattaṁ parada[tta]ṁ vā
yō ¿aruni?⟨harēti⟩ vasundharā⟨ṁ⟩
ṣa⟨16⟩ṣtir-variṣa-sahasrāṇi
viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē kri⟨17⟩miḥ

## Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from the edition

### Primary

[N2017] Nagaraju, D. M. 2017. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXV:
Inscriptions collected during the years 1950-56. South Indian
Inscriptions 35. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director
General). Page 6.