Guḍlānūru Inscription, śaka 909

Editors: Samana Gururaja, B.C. Patil.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00017.

Language: Kannada.

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy).

Version: (eb26daf), last modified (33c4a63).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya-śrī-prithvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirā⟨2⟩ja-paramēśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-satyāśraya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷu⟨3⟩kyābharaṇaṁ śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvara rājyābhivr̥ddhi pravarddham ā candrārka-tāraṁbaraṁ saluttam ire

⟨4⟩ tat-pāda-padmōpajīvi svasty ari-narapati-mira-haraṇa-vijaya-lakṣmī-lakṣaṇa-dakṣa-dakṣiṇa- ⟨5⟩ bhuja-vijaya-vīra-lakṣmī-nivāsāyamānānūna-ratnaṁ rajitarccūta [ca. 1*]vividābharaṇa-kiraṇa-ragā⟨6⟩ruṇita-vitata-subha-lakṣmaṇa-lakṣita-brahma-vamśōdbhavaṁ vāji-kula-gagana-bhāskara-subhaṭa-triṇētra-suja⟨7⟩naika-mitraṁ vibhava-māṁdhata-ripu-baḷōpētaṁ vairi-nārāyaṇa-pr̥ya-janādhāraṇa-ripu-baḷa-bhīma-sāhasa- ⟨8⟩ rāma-nanni-mahārṇnava-sakaḷa-vistarṇnavaṁ samarakoḷ gaṇḍa vairi-kuḷā-kāḷa-daṇḍa-viḷāsinī-jana-manōja-kandukōja ⟨9⟩ śrīmat paḍevaḷa nāgadēvan·

tat-kuḷa-patniyar· svasti jina-snapana-baṁdhura-gaṇdaḷaka-parama-pavitrī-kr̥tōttamāṁ geyar· ⟨10⟩ kaṭaka-pavitreyar guṇad’ aṁka-kārttiyar· kaviyara kāmadhēnugaḷ appa śrīmad-attiyabbaasiyara magaṁ

svasti ⟨11⟩ samasta-rājyabhara-nirūpitaṁ mahā-sainyādhipati-pracaṇḍa-daṇḍanāyakaṁ nanni-nārāyaṇa-saṁgrāma-dhīra-kappura- ⟨12⟩ varṣan āyadācārya haya-vatsa-rāja pati-hitābharaṇa śrīmad-aṇṇiga-dēva māsavāḍi nūṟan āḷutta¿ma?⟨ṁ⟩ nidhi-nidhāna- ⟨13⟩ [ni]kṣēpa-sahasra-daṇḍa-modalāgi duṣṭa-nigra-visiṣṭa-pratipāḷana (gaydu/geydu) sukhadoḷ arasu geyyuttam iḻdu sinda⟨14⟩[vuge]yoḷ nāgēśvaram endu dēgulamaṁ parōkṣa-vinayadiṁ māḍisi ||

svasti yama-niyama-svādhyāya-dhyāna-mō⟨15⟩[nā]nuṣṭāna-samādhi-saṁpannar appa srīmat-sindavugeya dēva-rāsi-paṇḍitara kālaṁ śrīmad-attiyabb’ arasiyarum aṇni⟨16⟩[ga]-dēvanum iḻdu kaḻci||

śa¡kha!⟨ka⟩[kā]lātīta samvatsara śataṁgaḷ oṁbainūṟ-oṁbattaneya 909 sarvvadhāri saṁvatsara [ṁ] ⟨17⟩ pra¿na?⟨va⟩rttise tadvarṣābhyantara māgha suddha trayōda[siyuṁ] sōmavāramu ¡vi!⟨vya⟩tipātad’ andu nāgēśvarakke biṭṭa ⟨18⟩ ūru āneguṇḍiyuṁ baṭṭakeṟiya guṇa-gāvuṇḍa [ca. 3*] na nūru deseyiṁda piṁgisi ūra polada baḍagaṇa de⟨19⟩seyoḷ· Ere mūnūṟa mattar· 300 ūra teṁkaṇa[dese]yoḷ· kisukāḍu mūnūṟa mattar· 300 adaṟa Ēriya- ⟨20⟩ sīme Āvud’ end’ oḍe sindavugey’ inda paḍuva Aḷaviṇḍi[ca. 2*]da baṭṭeya teṁkaṇa deseya aṇṇigana koḷada ke⟨21⟩ḻige neṭṭa-kallu mēre adakke saytu teṁka śānta-volada[ca. 2*]keṟeya polada mēreyoḷ· naṭṭa sāsana kallu ada⟨22⟩kke saytu mūḍal· karvvaḷḷame mēre adakke sāytu baḍa [ca. 1*] karvvaḷḷaṁ biḍidu bandu sindavugey’ iṁda ⟨23⟩ baṭṭeya teṁkaṇa deseyoḷ· Īśānyadoḷ· naṭṭa ka[ca. 1*] Idu variya caturāghāṭadoḷ śuddhi mattaṁ kisukāḍa mēre ⟨24⟩ Avud’ endoḍe muḻtavurada baṭṭeyo[ca. 1*] koṇḍagereyo[ca. 1*]gaṇa naṭṭa mōriyaṁgal· adaṁ saytu paḍuvam o⟨25⟩gade niḍusavasiya baṭṭeya mūḍa kāntarike belada modalageḷ· naṭṭa kal· adakke teṁ⟨26⟩kam ogade hartthada modaloḷ naṭṭa kal· Adē modal ā[ge] [pa]ḍum ogade bāḻ-galla paḍuvaṇa ponnu-guḍḍeya ⟨27⟩ baṭṭeya kāntarikeya bēvina harttada modaloḷ naṭṭa kal· Adakke teṁka puttina paḍuvaṇa banniya modaloḷ· ⟨28⟩ naṭṭakal· Allinda mūḍa niḍusavasiya baṭṭeya paḍuval’ ānevabbuleya modaloḷ· naṭṭakal· adakke sa⟨29⟩ytu nairityada deseya Ālada bāgina sīgeya pārtthada naḍuve naṭṭakal· Āyālada bālaviḍidu kāreya keḷagaṇa mo⟨30⟩dala mērey’ āge maḻti-purada baṭṭeya mūḍaṇa billavattada mūḍaṇa baḻ-gal adakke baḍaga koṇḍa-geṟeya keḷagaṇa mo⟨31⟩riyagall ēre Idu kisukāḍa mēṟe |Intu kisukāḍa mēreyu taḷavr̥tti Aṟunūṟu mattar· 600 idakke aru⟨32⟩vaṇa-gadyāṇa Aṟu 6 Āneguṇḍige gadyāṇam oṁbattu 9 sarvva-bādha-parihāra

Intu maryyādeyaṁ tappade naḍe⟨33⟩sid’ avarggaḷ· prayāgeyoḷaṁ bāṇarasiyoḷaṁ kurukṣētragoḷaṁ ananta kōṭi tapōdhanarggaṁ brāhmaṇargge ⟨34⟩ Āhāra-dānam ikkida phaḷamuṁ saha¿śr?⟨sr⟩āśvamēdha geydu nāgēśvarada doreyav’ ippatta-nālku dēgula¿ma?⟨ṁ⟩ māḍi⟨35⟩sida paḷam akkuṁ

Ī maryyādeyaṁ dāṇṭigavargge || anēka kōṭi tapōdhanarumaṁ brāhmaṇarumaṁ kavilegaḷuman ⟨36⟩ aḻida paṁca mahāpātakanu brahmātikāṟanum akkuṁ ||

I. Śālinī

sāmānyōyaṁ dharmma-sētu-baṁdu nr̥pāṇāṇāṁ

a

kāḷē kāḷē ⟨37⟩ pālinīyō bhavadbhiḥ

b

sarvān ¿etā?⟨etān⟩ bhāgina-pārtthivēndra

c

bhūyō bhūyō yācate rāmabhadraḥ ||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vā

a

yo ⟨38⟩ ¡haranti!⟨harēti⟩ vasundharāṁ

b

ṣaṣṭir-vvarṣa-sahaśrāṇi

c

viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē kr̥mi |

d
III. campakamāla

moḷetu rasātaḷāntadoḷ eydam adaltu dharitrīyoḷ viśā

a

vaḷigaḷa ⟨39⟩ k’ oṇbaraṁ nimirddhad āguṁḍi vōgi podaḷdu diggajā-

b

vaḷi rasanaṁgaḷaṁ baḍiva sutti viḷāsada jāṇḍa datta baḷ-

c

vaḷa baḷed’ urvvī-parvv’ idudu kīrti-latāvaḷi dhairya ⟨40⟩ dēvara |-

d
IV. campakamāla

Alasutam īva cintisutam īva vēgam urid’ īva muṭṭe mo

a

dalisid’ oḍ’ īva beccanusirddava bēgaḷ-mogadindam īva mal-

b

malam aṟuguttam īva kaḍulōbara dā ⟨41⟩ na guṇaṁgaḷaṁ paḷaṁ-

c

c’ aleda pudārtta kūrttu pirid’ īva guṇaṁ guṇad’ aṁka-kārtiya|-

d

śrī malbeṭṭōjana tamma cittārimāḷojana magaṁ cikramanōja paṭṭōjaṁ bareda

Apparatus

⟨13⟩ gay P2004gey N2004.

Translation by Samana Gururaja

Commentary

Bibliography

Primary

[P2004] Patil, B. C. 2004. “Guḍlānūru Śāsana.” Itihāsa Darśana 19, pp. 60–67. Pages 61–67.

[N2004] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 36–39.