Kuttālam, Uttaravēdīśvara, no king, no year

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī yat⟨·⟩-kr¡i!ḍākila⟨-loka⟩sy¿ā? saṃhāra-sthiti-sṛṣṭayaḥ

⟨2⟩ tad idaṃ śāsanaṃ śaṃbhoḥ kalyāṇālaya-vāsinaḥ |||

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °⟨loka⟩sy¿ā?⟨a⟩°lokasya SII. — ⟨1⟩ yat⟨·⟩° ⬦ yat·° SII. — ⟨1⟩ °kr¡i!⟨ī⟩ḍā° ⬦ °kriḍā° SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

1.

This is an order of Śambhu

Who resides in an auspicious abode (kalyāṇālaya1)

Whose play is for the universe [the cause of]

Destruction, preservation and creation.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907-1908 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/488).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.488).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on autopsy (2024) and photos (E. Francis, 2024).

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Page 366, item 488.

Secondary

ARIE 1907-1908. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 35, appendix B/1907, item 488.

Notes

  1. 1. Kalyāṇālaya is the name of the temple according to ARIE 1907-1908 and SII.