Mutgi Inscription of Kannara [Kr̥ṣṇa III], Śaka 886

Editors: Samana Gururaja, Sharma, M.J..

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00018.

Summary: This inscription is engraved on three sides of a four-sided stone block, broken off from a pillar. A portion of the stone is chipped off resulting in the gaps in faces A and B. The inscripton identifies Tailapa II as the subordinate of Kannara/Kr̥ṣṇa III, who granted him Tardavāḍi 1000. Rācaṇayya, an administrator under Tailapa had certain lands released from Tailapa and in turn, released them to a deity whose name is lost.

Hand description:

Language: Kannada.

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

Version: (7238a09), last modified (3c9416e).

Edition

⟨Face A⟩ ⟨1⟩ [sva]sti śrī-pr̥ithvī-vallabha-ma[hā]⟨2⟩rājādhirāja-paramē¡s!⟨ś⟩vara [pa]⟨3⟩rama-bhaṭṭāra[ka]ra rājyam utta[rō]⟨4⟩ttam abhivr̥ddhige saluttam ire

⟨5⟩ Kannaradēvaṁ Taḻdavāḍi sāyi[ramaṁ śrī]⟨6⟩mat Tailaparasargge daye ge[ydar]

[svasti sa]⟨7⟩madhigata-paṁca-mahā¡s!⟨ś⟩abda-[mahā]⟨8⟩¡sa!⟨sā⟩man¡ta!⟨tā⟩dhipa¡thi!⟨ti⟩ ¡pā!⟨cā⟩ḷu[kya-rāma] ⟨9⟩ Āhavamalla Akaḷa[ṅka-kula-tila]⟨10⟩ka-pāmba-caḻakaṁ satyā[śraya] ⟨11⟩ -kuḷa-tilaka śrī Tai[lapa-dēvam] ⟨12⟩ [rā]caṇayyange nā[ḷ-gāmuṇḍa]⟨13⟩n āḻalke kuḍa mā[ca. 3+] ⟨14⟩ Tailaparasaṁ [ca. 1+]pa[ca. 3+]

⟨Face B⟩ ⟨15⟩ svasti ¡sa!⟨śa⟩ka-nr̥pa ⟨16⟩ -kālātīta saṁ⟨17⟩[va]tsara-¡sa!⟨śa⟩taṅga⟨18⟩ḷu 886 neya ⟨19⟩ raktākṣi samvatsa⟨20⟩rada māgha ¡su!⟨śu⟩ddha ⟨21⟩ pāḍiva ¡su!⟨śu⟩kravāra⟨22⟩d’ andu tanna māḍisi[da] ⟨23⟩ dēguḷake keyyuṁ ⟨24⟩ Tailaparasa[ṁ]⟨25⟩[i]nda biḍisida[ṁ] ⟨26⟩ [ca. 3+]ra dēvargge biṭṭa[ṁ] ⟨27⟩ [ca. 1+][tōṁ]ṭa matta [ca. 3+] ⟨28⟩ [ca. 3+] mal ka [ca. 1+] ⟨Face C⟩ ⟨29⟩ mattaru keyyuṁ ⟨30⟩ biṭṭaṁ aṅka[dō]⟨31⟩ḷaṁ mattaru ⟨32⟩ 13

⟨33⟩ idaṁ tappid’ ā⟨34⟩taṁ vāraṇā⟨35⟩siyu kavile⟨36⟩yuman a⟨37⟩ḻida mahā⟨38⟩pātakaṁ

Apparatus

Translation by Samana Gururaja

Commentary

Bibliography

Primary

[S1973] Sharma, M.J. [1986] 1973–1974. “Mutgi inscription of Kannara, Saka 886.” EI 40, pp. 33–36. Pages 24–25.