# Sūḍi, Mallikārjuna Temple, Śaka 980 (1058 CE)

Antonella Santoro

Author of digital edition: Antonella Santoro

Contributor: Antonella Santoro

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01019

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya01019.xml

Languages: Kannada [Kannada], Sanskrit [Kannada]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Svasti Yama-niyama- ⟨2⟩ svā¡d!⟨dh⟩yāya-dhyāna-dhāraṇa-m¡ō!⟨au⟩ ⟨3⟩
nānuṣṭāṇa-parāyaṇaṁ nī ⟨4⟩ ti-parāyaṇaṁ siṣṭ’ iṣṭa-vandī-vaitā⟨5⟩ḷikaṁ
vidagdha-kavi-gamak¡a!⟨i⟩-vādi-vāgmi-ja⟨6⟩nādhāraṁ ēkāṁga-vīraṁ
bali-karṇṇa-¡s!⟨ś⟩ivi-dadhī ⟨7⟩ ci-cārudatta-jīmūtavāhana-samān(ō) ⟨8⟩
dāri raṇa-raṁga-sūtradhāri mūrtti ⟨9⟩ nārāyaṇaṁ sarasvat¡i!⟨ī⟩-karṇṇa
⟨10⟩ kuṇḍaḷ-ābharaṇaṁ śrīma[1×] ⟨11⟩ [3+] dēva-pāda-paṁ ⟨12⟩
[kaja-brahma]rar appa śrī [2+] ⟨13⟩ [10+] ⟨14⟩ [8+] nirūp⟨i⟩ ⟨15⟩
ta-mahāmātya-pada¡ri!⟨vī⟩-virā ⟨16⟩ jmāna mānōnnata prabhu-ma ⟨17⟩
ntr-ōtsāha-¡s!⟨ś⟩akti-traya-saṁpa ⟨18⟩ nnar appa śrīmat-perggaḍe [1+]
⟨19⟩ [3+] nāyaka-pramukha ⟨20⟩ karaṇav iḻdu ¡s!⟨ś⟩aka-varṣa 980 ⟨21⟩
neya viḷaṁbi-saṁvatsarada jyē ⟨22⟩ ṣ¡ṭ!⟨ṭh⟩ada puṇṇame āditya-vāra ⟨23⟩
dandu sūṇḍiy akkē¡s!⟨ś⟩vara-dēva ⟨24⟩ rggav alliya sāsirbbargaṁ pā ⟨25⟩
damūla-parivārakkaṁ koṭṭa ⟨26⟩ ¡s!⟨ś⟩āsana-maryyādey entendoḍe ⟨27⟩
pūrvvadiṁ śrīmad-akkā-dēvi ⟨28⟩ yar koṭṭa ¡s!⟨ś⟩āsana-maryyā ⟨29⟩ deyiṁ
sarvva-bādhā-pari ⟨30⟩ hāraṁ ⟨v⟩āgeyā dharmmamaṁ ⟨31⟩ sva-dharmmadiṁ
pratipāḷisidava ⟨32⟩ rgge sva-dharmmadiṁ naḍeyisida ⟨33⟩ vargge
kurukḍētra prayā ⟨34⟩ ge vāraṇāsiyoḷ sāsirvva⟨r⟩ ⟨35⟩ brāhmaṇarggaṁ
sāsira kavile ⟨36⟩ y ubhaamukhi koṭṭa ⟨37⟩ ¡p!⟨ph⟩alam ak⟨k⟩uv idan
aḷidavargge ⟨38⟩ n¡ī!⟨i⟩pa tīrtthaṁgaḷoḷ sāsi ⟨39⟩ rvvaru brāhmaṇaruvaṁ
sāsi ⟨40⟩ ra kavileyaṁ sāsirvvaru ⟨41⟩ tapōdhanaran aḷida pātakava ⟨42⟩
kku∥ śrī śrī śrī

## Translation by Barnett 1919–1920

⟨1–20⟩ Hail! Acting in concert, the administrative officials, headed by
the Steward [4+] nāyaka, who is devoted to the major and minor
disciplines, scripture-reading, meditation, spiritual concentration, and
observance of silence, devoted to the conduct of policy, a supporter of
the cultured, the agreeable, eulogists, heralds, witty poets, readers,
disputants, and orators, a hero of the bodyguard, equal in nobility of
soul to Bali, Karṇa, Śiva, Dadhīci, Cārudatta, and Jīmūtavāhana, a
controller of the stage of battle, an incarnate Nārāyaṇa, adorned with
the earrings of Sarasvatī, a bee at the lotus-feet of [5+]dēva, who is
illustrious in the office of high minister appointed [5+] exalted in
dignity, possessed of the three powers of lordship, counsel, and
enterprise[1], -

⟨20–23⟩ on Sunday, the full-moon of Jyēṣṭa of the Śaka year 980, the
cyclic year Vilambin-

⟨23–26⟩ granted for the god Akkēśvara of Sūṇḍi and for the thousand
persons of that (establishment) and for the staff and attendants a
statutory constitution in the following terms:-

⟨27–30⟩ In the conformity with the statutory constitution previously
granted by Akkā-dēvi, there shall be immunity from all imposts.

⟨30–42⟩ a Kanarese hortative formula of the usual type.

## Bibliography

First edited in Barnett 1919–1920 (EI 15-E2).

Re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Antonella Santoro (2025),
based on the stone in situ.

Barnett 1919–1920, pp. 84–85, № E(2)

[1] The three śaktis: see Kittel, s.v. śakti-traya