# Ablūr, Sōmēśvara temple, ca. 1200 CE, III

Antonella Santoro

Author of digital edition: Antonella Santoro

Contributor: Antonella Santoro

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01011

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01011.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-09-09 14:23
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## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ jēḍara dāsimayyaṁagaḷu dēvarige vastrava kuḍuva ṭāu ∥ siriyāḷa-seṭṭi
caṁgaḷavve dēvarige maganan ikkuva ṭāvu ∥ kuṁbāṟa gu⟨ṁ⟩ḍana muṁde ⟨2⟩
baṁdhā⟨ṁd⟩ ⟨ā⟩ḍida naṁma śivanu ⟨∥⟩

## Translation by Desai 1951–1952

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 1951–1952. Re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n°
809994) by Antonella Santoro (2024), based on autopsy of the stone in
situ.

[De] Desai, P. B. 1951–1952. “More inscriptions at Ablur.” EI 29, pp.
139–144. Section III, page 142.