Sūḍi, Mallikārjuna Temple, Śaka 976

Editor: Antonella Santoro.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKarnataka000018.

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Languages: Kannada, Sanskrit, Source.

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

Version: (c2956ac), last modified (d73ac34).

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⟨1⟩ <SpiralL>1Svasti jayaś cābhyudayaś ca|| Svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya śrī-pṛitvhvī-vallabha ⟨2⟩ mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara paramabhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśra ⟨3⟩ ya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrimat-Traiḷōkyamalla-dē ⟨4⟩ va-vijaya-rājyam uttarōttarābhivṛiddhi-pravarddha ⟨5⟩ (ma)nam ā caṁdrārkka-tāraṁ saluttam ire|| Svasty ari-nṛipa-ma ⟨6⟩ (ku)ṭa-ghaṭṭita-caranāravindeyar ggaṁgā-snāna-pavitreyar ddīnā ⟨7⟩¡t!⟨th⟩a-ciṁtāmaṇi vivēka-cūḍāmaṇigaḷ ēka.vākyeyar gguṇa ⟨8⟩ da beḍaṁgiyar appa śrīmad-akkā-dēviyar kkisukāḍ ēḷpa ⟨9⟩ ttumaṁ toṟugarey aṟuvattumaṁ māsiyavāḍi nūṟa-nālva ⟨10⟩ ttumaṁ duṣṭa-nigra(ha viśi)ṣṭa-pratipāḷanadiṁdā¡ḻ!⟨ḍ⟩du sukha-saṁkathā ⟨11⟩ vinōdadiṁ rājyaṁ-geyyuttaṁ vikramapurada nele-vīḍinoṃ sama ⟨12⟩ sta-pradhānaruṁ nāḍa perggaḍe nāgadēvayyaṁ sēnabōvaṁ rēvadāsayyaṁ ⟨13⟩ dharmmādhyakṣaṁ mādhavayyan intī pramukha karaṇamuṁ berasiḻdu ⟨14⟩ ¡s!⟨ś⟩aka-varṣa 976(neya ja)ya-saṁvatsarada jēṣṭad amavāsye maṁ ⟨15⟩ gaḷa-vārad [4+] (sūryya)grahaṇadoḷ sūṇḍiy akkēśvara ⟨16⟩ da pātra-caitra-pavitra [4+] ¡s!⟨ś⟩āsana-maryyādeyentene|| ⟨17⟩ a [1+] ¡s!⟨ś⟩āsana-maryyā(de) [4+] lu sūṇḍiya poladoḷ biṭṭa taḷa ⟨18⟩ vṛittiya 500 mattar oḷage viśva-śivācāryyargge [6+] ⟨19⟩ mattaruṁ [3+] ya [2+] āṟuva [2+] g eraḍu taḷada mattaruṁ vaṁśigaṁ ⟨20⟩ ge mattaruṁ 12 ravāḷavaḷa siṁgayyaṁge mattaruṁ 15 bariya ravā ⟨21⟩ ḷa⟨vaḷa⟩ [4+] ge mattaruṁ 18 avara samānad eḍa vakkada kēriya mo ⟨22⟩ [2×]dala deseya biṭ⟨ṭ⟩iya cāmarada sūḷe [2+] bbege2 mattaruṁ 11 perggaḍe ⟨23⟩ bāḷamūkayyaṁge mattaruṁ 15 balada deseya modala kaṁbha ⟨24⟩ da sūḷe [2+] bbege mattaruṁ 15 alliya kaṁbhada sūḷe Asa ⟨25⟩ gabbege mattaruṁ 13 eḍada deseya modala kaṁbhada sū ⟨26⟩ ḷe rēvakabbege mattar 13 alliya kaṁbhada sūḷe gubbiya ⟨27⟩ cāvuṇḍabbege mattar [2+] balada deseya biṭṭiya cāmara ⟨28⟩ da sūḷe [3+] bbege mattaruṁ 12 alliya kēriya cāma ⟨29⟩ rada sūḷe ciṭṭiyabbege mattaruṁ 12 eḍada deseya ⟨30⟩ kēriya cāmarada sūḷe gibbiya kētabbege mattaruṁ 12 ⟨31⟩ balada de(se)ya pātraṁ sūḷe [1+] vakabbege mattaruṁ 12 eḍada dese ⟨32⟩ ya pātraṁ sūḷe [2+]bbege mattaruṁ 13 balada māḍada pātraṁ sū ⟨33⟩ ḷe gārbbabbege mattaruṁ 12 eḍa-vakkada kēriya sūḷe ⟨34⟩ mailabbege mattaruṁ 1(2) bala-vakkada kēriya sūḷe jakka ⟨35⟩ bbege mattaruṁ 12|| Inti maryyādeyaṁ tappade pratipāḷi3

Translation by Antonella Santoro

Bibliography

First edited in Barnett 1919–1920 (EI 15-E1).

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

Barnett 1919–1920, pp. 82–83, № E(1)

Notes

  1. 1. This symbol looks like a reversed 8.
  2. 2. The traces of this name rather suggest vēṁkabbege, but this hardly seems suitable in a Śaiva temple.
  3. 3. fragments of two more lines remain; only a few letters are decipherable on them.