# Ablūr, Brahmēśvara temple, Śaka 1142 (1219 CE) Antonella Santoro Author of digital edition: Antonella Santoro Contributor: Antonella Santoro Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01007 Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01007.xml Language: Kannada [Kannada] Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-09-18 16:57 (a106205) ## Summary This record is on a stone tablet outside the back of the temple of Brahmēśvara. The tablet is a vīragal or monumental slab, in memory of the death of two local heroes, Māca and Gōma, in battle, on the occasion of a cattle-raid at Ablūr. The inscription refers to the reign of the Dēvagiri-Yādava king Siṅghaṇa and to a time when a feudatory Siṅgaṇadēvarasa was governing the Banavāsi twelve-thousand province. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜[1]svasti samasta-pra¡s!⟨ś⟩asti-sahitaṁ śrī-siṁhaṇadēva-varuṣada pramāthi-saṁvatsarada ā¡ś!⟨ṣ⟩āḍha-pauvurṇṇami sōmavā⟨2⟩radalu pratāpa-vīra-siṁgaṇadēvarasaru banavase-paṁnitsāsiravan āḷuttire⟨∥⟩ Alliya kaṁpanaṁ nāgarakha⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨3⟩ (ḍa)v-ep⟨p⟩attaṟa baḷiya-bāḍa-Abbalūra vistarav-enteṁdaḍe∥ 1. Campakamālā giḷi-kuḷa¿dh?⟨d⟩iṁ pikāvaḷi¡Ī!⟨yi⟩n oppuva naṁdanadiṁ viḷāsadiṁ ⟨4⟩ (be)ḷasida gaṁdha-śāḷi Ī[2] śivālayadōḷi Ī[3] bhāḷanētra-pū jita-g¡ri!⟨r̥⟩hadiṁ baḷādhika-kaḷāvida-vīra-samūhadiṁ¡dh!⟨d⟩’i⟨5⟩(l)ā- -ta¡ḷ!⟨l⟩ad’ oḷag’ abbalūr ativicitrataraṁ nijam āgal oppuguṁ ∥ Antu ś(ubha)v-ett’abbalūra bīra-gauvuḍana guṇa- ⟨6⟩ (ka)thanav-enteṁdaḍe ∥ 2. Campakamālā parahitan eṁdu dāna-vi¡d!⟨dh⟩an eṁdu guṇ(āṁ)bhudhiy e⟨ṁ⟩du līleī[4] ¡ka!⟨kha⟩ rakara-tējanaṁ guru-padāṁbu ⟨7⟩ j(a)-bhaktanan entu nō¡p!⟨r⟩paḍa purutara-dhairyyanaṁ sakaḷa-vaṁdi-janāśraya-kaḷpa-v¡ri!⟨r̥⟩kṣanaṁ va ra-vibudhōktaraṁ mudado baṁ ⟨8⟩ (ṇ)ṇisuguṁ[5] sale bīra-gauvuḍanaṁ Ant’ā bīragauvuḍa sukhadiṁdav ire ¡bhe!⟨be⟩ḷagavatti-īśvaradēva(ṁ) hala⟨9⟩baru-muṁneya kūḍi sātaḷige-nā¡dha!⟨ḍa⟩ nāyakara kūḍi koṁḍu hattu-śasira āḷu sāīra[6] kudure vera⟨10⟩si naḍadu baṁd Abbalalūran iḻidu hiṇ(ḍ)u-(s)eṟe-tuṟuvaṁ koṁballiyā seṟe-tuṟavam hiṁdikki bīra-gauvuḍana besa-varaṁ ⟨Zone B⟩ ⟨11⟩ baḍagi-kētōjana makkaḷu macaṁ gōmaṁgaḷu māḍida vīrav eṁnt[7]e(ṁ)daḍe ∥ 2. Kanda ghaṭṭisi nūṁkida vājiya thaṭṭaṁ kaṭṭ⟨ā⟩ḷu baḍagi ⟨12⟩ mācaṁ tāgalu niṭṭisi gōmanu yise paḍal iṭṭudu tatu-kṣaṇadi vaīri[8] balav-enit-anituṁ ∥ māttēno pēḷal iṁ⟨13⟩t’ apam-ātitaṁ noḍal ati-bhayaṁkaraṁ enal iṁt’āṁt’ari-balamuman ovade kētōjana maga māca pokku tividaṁ pala ⟨14⟩ raṁ ∥ sodarar ibbava⟨ra⟩ vīraṁ mēdini gaccariyidenisi dhuradoḷu palaraṁ kādi tave koṁdu svargga ⟨15⟩ kk ōdar jjasav eseye macanuṁm ā gōmanuṁ ∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh jitēna labhyatē lakṣmī m¡r!⟨r̥⟩itēn ā ⟨16⟩ ## Apparatus ⟨1⟩ pauvurṇṇami ⬦ p¿auvu?⟨au⟩rṇṇami Fl. ⟨4⟩ (be)ḷasida ⬦ belasida Fl. — ⟨4⟩ °ōḷiī Fl • read ōḷiyi for ōḷiyiṁ ⟨5⟩ -gauvuḍana ⬦ -g¿auvu?⟨au⟩ḍana Fl. — ⟨5⟩ ś(ubha) Fl — ⟨5⟩ gauvuḍana Fl • read gauḍana ⟨6⟩ (ke)thana° Fl — ⟨6⟩ dāna-vi¡d!⟨dh⟩an Fl — ⟨6⟩ guṇ(āṁ) Fl — ⟨6⟩ līleī Fl • read līleyiṁ — ⟨6⟩ ¡ka!⟨kha⟩rakara Fl ⟨7⟩ no¡p!⟨r⟩paḍa pu Fl — ⟨7⟩ kaḷpav¡r!⟨r̥⟩ikṣanaṁ Fl ⟨8⟩ (ṇ)ṇisuguṁ Fl • read baṇṇisuguṁ — ⟨8⟩ ¡bho!⟨bo⟩ḷagavatti Fl ⟨9⟩ nā¡dha!⟨ḍa⟩ Fl — ⟨9⟩ sāīra Fl • read sāyira ⟨10⟩ hiṇ(ḍ)u Fl ⟨11⟩ eṁnte(ṁ)daḍe • read °ent — ⟨11⟩ kaṭṭ⟨ā⟩ḷu Fl ⟨13⟩ ibbava⟨ra⟩ Fl ## Translation ⟨1–3⟩ Om! Be well! On Monday the full-moon day of the month Āṣāḍha of the year Pramāthin[9] during the time of the glorious Siṁhaṇadēva, accompanied by all eulogistic titles; while the powerful and brave Siṅgaṇadēvarasa was governing the Banavase twelve-thousand, in order to tell the detailed description of the excellent Abbalūru that belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa seventy which was district of those parts:- ⟨3–5⟩ At that time Abbalūru was uncommonly beautiful on the surface of the earth thanks to the charm of the garden, which is beautiful due to the families of parrots, and the swarm of cuckoos; thanks to the sweet-smelling of the sprouded rice, thanks to the building in which Bhālanētra is worshipped in the sanctuary of Śiva, and thanks to the multitude of heroes abundant in strenght and skilled in arts. ⟨5–8⟩ In order to give a description of the qualities of Bīragauḍa of the Abblūru exalted as beautiful in this way. Known as devoted to the welfare of others, who practices generosity, a very ocean of virtue, who is as luminous as the sun thanks to his grace, famous as devoted to the water-lilies that are the feet of teachers, who is possessed of the the very greatest resoluteness, who is a wish-fulfilling tree in giving refuge to all devotees, praised by excellent learned men. He always will be praised joyfully. ⟨8–11⟩ Like that, that Bīragauḍa existed happily. Īśvaradēva Belage, having come in front of old people, came in company with chieftains of Satalige nāḍa, descended to Abbalūru and proceeded with ten thousand soldiers and thousand horses and seized a herd of cows. From there, having given shelter to the captive cows, Maca and Goma, sons of Baḍagi of Kētōjana, in accordance with the command requested by Bīragavuṇḍa, carried out their act of heroism, as follow:- ⟨11–15⟩ Having gained strength, Baḍagi Maca while he was restraining the multitude of impetuous horses that he pushed away; Gome having seen them, having shot arrows, immediately the hostile force fell down. How to say this? If you consider, it surpassed all comparison: meeting them in the most terrifying manner, Māca, the son of Kētōja, plunged recklessly into the hostile force and pierced many of them. In such a way The heroism of the two brothers, having departed from the earth, having struck down in the battle, were killed in that place. The fame of Maca and Goma shines to heaven. ⟨15⟩ He who conquers obtains fortune; and even one dies ## Bibliography First edited in Elliot1825-1832_01; edited again in Fleet 1898–1899. Re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Antonella Santoro (2024), based on autopsy of the stone in situ. [Fl] Fleet, John Faithful. 1898–1899. “Inscriptions at Ablur.” Epigraphia India 5, pp. 213–265. Section G, pages 263–264. Elliot1825-1832_01 [1] Represented by a small circle inside a bigger one [2] Fleet 1898–1899: read sāliyi for śāḷiyiṁ [3] read ōḷiyi for ōḷiyiṁ [4] Fleet 1898–1899: read līleyiṁ [5] Fleet 1898–1899: read baṇṇisuguṁ [6] Fleet 1898–1899: read sāyira [7] Fleet 1898–1899: read °ent [8] Fleet 1898–1899: read vairi [9] 13th position of the Jupiter’s cycle of 60 year (Southern cycle) [see Pillai 1922, vol 1.1 p.195]