Ablūr, Sōmēśvara temple, ca. A.D.1200, III

Editor: Antonella Santoro.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKarnataka000012.

Hand description:

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Language: Kannada.

Repository: Karnataka Inscriptions (tfb-karnataka-epigraphy).

Version: (8e7d739), last modified (f98c517).

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 1951–52

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.