# Kuttālam, Uttaravēdīśvara, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv23p0i0488

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII23_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv23p0i0488.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Summary

Divine order (śāsana).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Anuṣṭubh

yat⟨·⟩-kr¡i!⟨ī⟩ḍākila⟨-loka⟩sy¿ā?⟨a⟩
saṁhāra-sthiti-sr̥ṣṭayaḥ
⟨2⟩ tad idaṁ śāsanaṁ śaṁbhoḥ
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 (kalyāṇālaya[1])
Whose play is for the universe ⟨the cause of⟩
Destruction, preservation and creation.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (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 1907–08. 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.

[1] Kalyāṇālaya is the name of the temple according to ARIE 1907–08 and
SII.