# Chikkaṅgi Śiva Temple Hero Stone I of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 903

Samana Gururaja

Author of digital edition: Samana Gururaja

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00049

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00049.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

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## Summary

This hero stone, erected by his son, Cāmuṇḍa, records the death of
Caṭṭoyya. There is a relief in the middle of the stone with the text in
three sections. Lines 1-3 are above the relief, line 4 is written along
the right side, and lines 5-8 are below.

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## Edition

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmat· tailapapa-dēva[ṁ] pr̥thuvī-[rā]ya geyye
Eṟa⟨2⟩gari naḻgamuṇḍa geyye Eṟacaṭṭa Ūr-gāmuṇḍa geyye

⟨3⟩ svasti ¡s!⟨ś⟩aka-nr̥pa-kālātīta ¡saṁvacara!⟨samvatsara⟩ O⟨ṁ⟩bhai⟨Zone
B⟩⟨4⟩nūṟa 903 mūṟaneya ⟨Zone C⟩ ⟨5⟩
¡viṣuva-saṁvācaraṁ!⟨viśvavasu-samvatsaraṁ⟩ pravartise
vai¡s!⟨ś⟩āka-māsada da¡s!⟨ś⟩a⟨6⟩miyaṁ ¡bhehati!⟨br̥haspati?⟩-vāra
Uttara-nakṣatrāḷa⟨7⟩dham anduva caṭṭoyya sattu ¡sargam!⟨svargam⟩
(aroṇḍa/koṇḍa)

maga ⟨8⟩ camuṇḍa kallabagabeniḻisiḷdumaggaḷ

## Bibliography

Encoded by Samana Gururaja from the estampage provided by ASI, Mysuru

### 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). Pages 6–7.