# Ālūr, Vīrabhadradēva Temple, time of Tribhuvanamalladēva (Vikramāditya
VI), Cāḷukya-Vikrama 49 (1124 CE)

Antonella Santoro

Author of digital edition: Antonella Santoro

Contributor: Antonella Santoro

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01004

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01004.xml

Languages: Kannada [Kannada], Sanskrit [Kannada]

Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-09-18 16:57
(a106205)

## Summary

Damaged inscription belongs to the reign of Tribhuvanamalladēva
(Vikramāditya VI) and records the gift of land and money made by the
officer Mahāmātya Antaḥpurādhyakṣa Surigeya Permmāḍiyarasa to the
Two-Hundred Mahājanas of the place for the worship of a goddess and the
maintenance of the school for teaching r̥gvēda.

## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

1. Anuṣṭubh

namas tasmai varāhāya līlaya carate mahīṁ
khurāntara-gatō yasya mēruḥ khaṇa-khaṇāyatē ∥

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta-bhuvanāśrayaṁ
śrī-pr̥ṭhvīvallabha-mahārājādhirāja-para⟨2⟩mēśaraṁ paramabhaṭṭarakaṁ
satyāśraya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīma⟨t⟩tribhuvanamalla-dēvara
vijaya-rājyam uttarōttarābhivr̥ddhi-pravarddhamānam ā-ccaṁdrārkka-tāraṁ
salutta⟨3⟩m ire | tat-vāda-padmōpajīvi ∥ ene negarddā
tribhuvanamalla-narēśvaranoḷ pasāyitaṁ sakaḷa-jagaj-jana-nutar
deceyabheṭṭara tanayaṁ vāśiṣṭa-kuḷa-viyat-taḷa-candra ∥ kuntaḷa
vikramaṭaka |⟨4⟩ya santōśamegaṁḍagāyāyitunipaṁ niści⟨ṁ⟩ntamahāpasāyita
nāntaribiḷavidayanaṁ mahādēvabudha ∥
narapati-cāḷukya-kuḷāṁbara-maṇi-permmāḍidēvan ati-vīra-nirantara-dhyāni
tanna kaṭṭu⟨5⟩va surigeya nesa-v-eseye piḍisuvaṁ jaga-v-aṟiyalu∥mādige
budha-jana-hr̥dayāhlādige karppura-caṁdana-agaru-khuśriṇāvōdige
nuta-sakaḷa-kaḷā-vēdige sama noḷa⟨6⟩re sakaḷa-viśvaṁbharayoḷu ∥ ā
daṇḍēśana sati munnādiyarundhuti dharitri jānake sāvitradēvi satyabhāmā
śrīdeviye muddiyakke neṁbudu lōka ∥

vr̥∥

2.

giriśaṁgaṁ gaurigaṁ śaṅmukhan asura-kuḷa-dhvaṁśigaṁ rukmiṇīsu ndarigaṁ
pradyumnan iṁdraṁ gagaṇita-guṇa-paulōmigaṁ śrījayantaṁ suravaryar
ppaṭṭuvant-uttaman enise mahādēva-daṇḍādhipaṁgaṁ carita-śrī-muddiyukkaṁ
gagaṇita-vibhavaṁ puṭṭe permmāḍidēva

⟨8⟩ sādhita-vibhavaṁ surigeya mādhavan eṁb udaya-kudharadind udiyisidaṁ
bādhita-ripu-timiraṁ sū[rigeya ] budha-kaṁja ⟨9⟩ permmadin eṁbāditya ∥

vr̥∥

3.

sthiranē mēru-dharādharaṁ śuciye gaṁgā-śaṁbhavaṁ dharma-tattvaranē
pāṁdu-sutāgrajaṁ kaliye kālēyārjjunaṁ satya-nirbhbheranēr kaṇnan udāranē
sura-kujaṁ tāneṁba sat-kīrttita vistarisal parmmege nermma-vādana-tuḷaṁ
permmāḍi bhūpōttama∥

4.

siri-śiṣṭēṣṭādigē hāmara-giri-caritaṁ vēda-śāstrōkti māḷābharitaṁ
rūpajagan mōhanamadanajayat vupratāpaṁ svaśauryyaṁ
dhuradurddāntāryyavārya¿n?⟨ṁ⟩tanagasadire
cāḷukya-cakrēśa-kāruṇnya-rasakkādhāranādaṁ kali surigeya permmāḍi
kīrtti-prasaṁgaṁ

śukla-pratipad-viḷasac-candra-vada-ditī-ditādhikārassan patyuḥ
prasāda-nityō-jīvatu permmāḍir iha mudārkkēndu{ḥ}

## Translation

1.

Salutation to the Varāha, who with ⟨his⟩ play moves the earth, the Meru
mountain cracks under his hooves.

⟨1–3⟩ Hail! May the victorious reign of the glorious
Tribhuvanamalladēva, the shelter of the world, who was the beloved of
the glorious earth, the great king among kings, the supreme Lord,
paramabhaṭṭaraka, the distinctive mark of Satyāśrayakuḷa, who was the
ornament of the Cāḷukya lineage, keep increasing its prosperity further
and further as long as the moon, the sun, and stars keep shedding their
light.

⟨3–4⟩ Thus, at the time of the well known king Tribhuvanamalla, the
worshipped son of Deceyabheṭṭa, praised by the people of the entire
earth, the moon of the sky of/which is the Vāśiṣṭa family;

⟨4–5⟩ a very brave and constantly meditative man, built this temple of
the deity with devotion and faith, for the world to know.

⟨5–6⟩ For the joy of heart of learned men, for the fragrance of camphor,
sandalwood and agaru, for knowing of all praised arts, equally shining
in the entire world.