# Ablūr, Brahmēśvara temple, Cāḷukya-Vikrama year 26 (1104 CE)

Antonella Santoro

Author of digital edition: Antonella Santoro

Contributor: Antonella Santoro

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01012

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01012.xml

Languages: Kannada [Kannada], Sanskrit [Kannada]

Commit: 2026-11-06 05:05 (744d196), last modified 2026-10-01 16:28
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## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

⟨Zone A⟩

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ꩜namas-tuṁga-śiraś-cuṁbi-
candra-cāmara-cāravē
trai¡ḷ!⟨l⟩ōkya-nagarāṁbha
mū¡ḷ!⟨l⟩a-staṁbhāya śaṁbhavē ∥

girijā-śr̥imgār ēṁduḥ pravarttayaty aṁtaraṁ manō-vārddhiṁ
sura-danujārādhyasya ⟨2⟩ ca yasya stavaḥ pātu māṁ ∥

svasti samasta bhuvanāśrayaṁ
śri-pritvivallabha-mahārājādirāja-paramēśvaraṁ paramabhaṭṭarakaṁ
satyāśraya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cā⟨3⟩ḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrimat tribhuvanamalla-dēvara
vijaya-rajyam uttarōttarābhivriddhi-pravardhamānam ā caṁdrārkaṁ taraṁ
saluttamire ∥

⟨4⟩ tat pāda-padōpajīvi-samadhi-sata-paṁca-mahāśabda-mahāsāmaṁtaṁ
mahāpracaṁḍa-daṁḍanāyakaṁ n anaṁtapāla neṁkhanā mahāmabrāpane doreyan
eṁdaḍe ∥

2.

sādhisi sapta-māḷavam anattahaṁ maṁ ⟨5⟩ kharamittadakṣeṇā |
dādharaṅīśaraṁ jaladhipāya panegaṁchidadadaṁ śavipravi |
dhyādharanatyudātta bhujavikrama nīgaḷanaṁtapāladaṁ |
ḍādhipanuṁ negaḷte paḍedirdan ocakriyadaṁ ⟨6⟩ ḍanādhirōḷ ∥

3.

cāḷukya-cakripesasalu |
dhāḷiyaniṭṭu pipida pratāpahiṁ maku |
trīlapōlagāgiyōḷ |
māḷavam ananaṁtapāla-daṁḍādhiḷ ∥

yaṁtinaśi negaḷdan anaṁtāladaṁ[1] ḍanāyu ⟨7⟩ kanagraje padmaladēvi[2]
lavaṁṇya-pati-samasta-kaḷāpati-puṁṇya-pati-kriṣṇarāja-manassaṁ
cādini-guṇapati-pattala[3]-padmaladēvi-gedoreyōḷ śrisatiyarapanī
taḷadōḷ∥

4. Kanda

ā padmaladēvi gemapa⟨|⟩
nīpari- ⟨8⟩ rakṣaṇa-guṇāj-dhi-kripṭṇaṁ gaṁpā⟨|⟩
ṇīpati-lakṣmaṇānuṁ la⟨|⟩
kṣmī-pati-gōviṁdarājanuṁ janiyaṁ sidaru∥

5. Kanda

ā parīr patiṁda kiṣiya⟨|⟩
r bhuvanastuta-rakhiḷa-vēda-vēdāṁga-vidhi⟨|⟩
r dhapaḷaya śōbhāśigaḷ u⟨|⟩-
dbhavi-siddhar mallidēvanuṁ ⟨8⟩ gaṇapatiyu∥

aṁtānāllaruṁ pracaṁḍadaṁ ḍanāya kapadavi gadhināya
karāgi-sukhadini-kala-paśoḷag[4]āgrajaṁ lakṣmī dharadaṁ ḍanāya
kasedoreyan eṁdaḍe∥

6.

pasasidhi guṇpinoḷḷiṇa sikrepiya ⟨9⟩ dādudu caṁdra-maṁḍalaṁ
jñana-tarakīrtiyōḷ seṇa-sikaṁdidud’ eṁdaḍe kriṣṇarājanaṁ
danane nisirpa lakṣmaṇa camāpatigārdoḷ idaṁḍanāyakar∥

7. Kanda

⟨11⟩ prāyakk[5]itakkudalladade⟨|⟩
jīya-parākrama-dine-sadukhapāla-vidha-maṁtrō⟨|⟩
pāya-kuḷalatvadiṁdaṁ⟨|⟩
jīyiniḷidaṁ lakṣmadaṁ ḍādhīḷaṁ∥

tad anujaṁ geḷauryyapalaṁ khane doḷeyiṁdaḍe

8.

⟨12⟩ mrigarājaṁge neḷauryyadēḷtara visiṁdaṁ dhreryyu saṁpattiyoḷ
khagarājaṁgeṇeyiṁdukhaṇise mahīcakraṁ mahōtsāvādhiṁ
negaḷḍaṁ bhāpuḷidaṁḍanāḍha-tilakaṁ gōviṁda-daṁḍādhipaṁ
⟨13⟩ danāradiḍakaṁgaidiṁda daṁḍādipaṁ∥

9.

baṭṭajiyaṁ demuṁ neḷeya nettidan’ eṁdasu rāvisānaḍiṁ
pāṭṭaḷisuttama-ppuṭhavanānāriyīṁkaḍu vardhigaṁḍanī
puṭṭaḍamuṁnavīniḷeyanettuvaḍettugegāṇalakku mē
jaṭṭiganeṁdudorva ⟨14⟩ ḷadaveṁpumarenīgaḷeniṁ nakhiṇappamaṁ∥

10.

Āḍigaḍige biḷadabhuṁsaṁ suḍideda ḍuvaciḷpar
ppāḍidarpāḍupapājikeḷeparnakkaḷinagupā
koḍagapariyapparneḷi
cīḍidaḍittapaḷinaṁmagōviṁdanavol∥

11.

paḍavaṭṭaṁgeḍedardhikoṭisadhamaṁ sippaṁ seḷeppaṁ geko
piḍiyaṁ khaṁnegamittu kīrtilatedhātrī-cakramaṁ vappidaṁ
maḍi pomattiśinatkapiṁdra nikaraṁ kūrtṁ nīḍesāṁ naṁdaḍiṁ
vaḍedirdaṁ kaḍupartigaṁdave naruṁgōviṁdadaṁḍādhipaṁ∥

Aṁtātaṁ negaḷte vaḍed’ arasu geyye∥

[1] unclear on the stone

[2] o stone reads a double danda

[3] pattala is not on the stone

[4] ⟨e∥⟩ by the scribe

[5] rdg kh from the stone