Ablūr, Sōmēśvara temple, ca. 1200 CE, III

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Edition

⟨1⟩ jēḍara dāsimayyaṁagaḷu dēvarige vastrava kuḍuva ṭāu siriyāḷa-seṭṭi caṁgaḷavve dēvarige maganan ikkuva ṭāvu kuṁbāṟa guḍana muṁde

⟨2⟩ baṁdhāṁd āḍida naṁma śivanu

Translation by Desai 1951–52

Here is (is depicted the scene of) Jēḍara (weaver) Dāsimayya offering cloth to the god (Śiva). Here is depicted the scene of Siriyāḷa-seṭṭi and (his wife) Chaṁgaḷavve offering their son to the god (Śiva). Our (god) Śiva came down and danced before Kuṁbāṟa (potter) Guṇḍa.

Bibliography

First edited in Desai 1951–52. Re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Antonella Santoro (2024), based on autopsy of the stone in situ.

[De] Desai, P. B. 1951–52. “More inscriptions at Ablur.” EI 29, pp. 139–144. Section III, page 142.