Kancagara-Beḷagallu Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 903

Authors of digital edition: Sastry R. Shama, Rao N. Lakshminarayan.

Contributor: Samana Gururaja (sagu).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (other) (script_other)].

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti⟨∥⟩ samasta-bhuvanāśraya-śrī-prithvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja
⟨2⟩ paramēśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-satyāśraya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ
⟨3⟩ śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvara vijaya-rājyam uttarōttarābhiv¿i?ddhi pravarddhamāna-
⟨4⟩ m ā candrārkka-tārāmbaraṁ saluttam ire saka varṣa 903 neya vikramasamvatsarada
⟨5⟩ vaiśākha suddha 5 brihaspativāraṁ Agrahāraṁ kañcagāra beḷgaliya
⟨6⟩ pūrvada sthāna-mānyaṁ mūṟuṁ śivālayakke naḍeva piriya kōla kariya
⟨7⟩ matta 18 pancikēśvarakke matta 6 bhaḷārige matta 6 bhaṭṭagey-i matta 6 caṭṭa-
⟨8⟩ gey-i matta 6 perggaḍegey-i matta 8 Aṁbigagey-i matta 8 taḷāṟagey-i ma-
⟨9⟩ tta 12 ant’ initumaṁ svadharmmadiṁ pratipāḷippar･∥ sāmānyōyaṁ dharma
⟨10⟩ sēt¿u(ṁ)? n¿ri?pāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālinīyō bhavadbhiḥ sarvvānētāṁ bhāginaḥ
⟨11⟩ pārtthivēṁdrō bhūyō bhūyo yācatē rāmabhadra⟨ḥ⟩ svadadattaṁ para-
⟨12⟩ datta ¿jvāu?jvāu yō harēti vasundharāṁ ṣaṣṭirv-varṣa-sahasrāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāya-
⟨13⟩ tē krimiḥ∥ svasti samadhi-gata-pañca-mahā-śabda-pallavānvayaṁ śrī-prithvīva-
⟨14⟩ llabha-pallava-kuḷa-tilak’ anēkavākyaṁ kāñcī-pura-varēśvaraṁ śrīman-vīra-no-
⟨15⟩ ḷaṁba-pallava-permmānaḍi-dēvara mahādēvi śrīmadu-rēvala-dēviyar-kkā-
⟨16⟩ ḷapr̥ya-dēvargge biṭṭa matta 6 Eraḍum viṣṇudēvargge biṭṭa matta 12⟨∥⟩

Translation

⟨1⟩ Benediction

⟨1–9⟩ As the victorious rule of Āhavamalla-deva — the refuge of the entire world, lord of the earth, king of kinds, supreme lord, most venerable, ornament to the Satyāśraya family, ornament to the Cāḷukyas — was growing, attaining new heights of prosperity; as long as the moon, sun, and stars exist in the sky, on Thursday, the 5th day of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha in the Vikrama Samvatsara of the year śaka 903 ⟨he distributed⟩ the previous tax-exempt land of the agrahāra of Kañcagara Belgali, according to the (measure of the) large stick in use ⟨as follows:⟩ 18 matta for the three Śiva temples, 6 matta for the ¿local goddess, Bhaḷāri?, 6 matta for the constable, these 6 matta for the royal official these 8 matta for the local administrator, these 8 matta for the goddess, Ambige and for the ¿watchman of the village? these 12 matta; thus ⟨he⟩ was maintaining all of this in accordance with his prescribed duty.

9–11.

This ⟨grant⟩ which is a bridge of dharma for kings, from time to time is to be maintained by you, all the kings who are partaking of it, ⟨as⟩ requested again and again by Rāmabhadra.

11–13.

Whether given by oneself or another, he who robs/destroys that which is another’s, for sixty thousand years he will be born as a worm in excrement

⟨13⟩ Benediction

⟨13–16⟩ Having obtained the right to the five great titles, of the Pallava lineage, lord of the earth, ornament to the Pallava family, with many titlles, the lord of the city of Kāñci ⟨was⟩ the illustrious Noḷaṁba-Pallava-Permānaḍi; ⟨his⟩ queen, the illustrious Revala-dēvi released 6 matta for the deity Kāḷapr̥ya and 12 matta for the two Viṣṇu deities.

Bibliography

Primary

[S] Shama Sastry, R. & N. Lakshminarayan Rao. 1939. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IX, Part I: Kannada inscriptions from the Madras Presidency. South Indian Inscriptions 9.1. Delhi: Manager of Publications. Pages 45–46.

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