The Kaḍambēśvara Temple Copper-plate Grant of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 897 II
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⟨1⟩ ꩜svasti samasta [bhuva]nāśraya śrī-pritvī-va[lla]bha ma-
⟨2⟩ hārājādhirāja paramē¡s!vara-parama-
⟨3⟩ bhaṭṭārakaṁ sattyā¡s!raya-kuḷa-tiḷaka cā-
⟨4⟩ ḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrīma¿trō?lōkyamallad¡e!vara-
⟨5⟩ rājyadalu ¡s!aka ¡variṣa! 897 neya
⟨6⟩ yuva-saṁvatsara-bhādrapadad’ amā-
⟨7⟩ vāsye Ādityavāra byatipāta sū⟨r⟩yya-
⟨8⟩ grahaṇad’ aṁndu śrīmadaṁ ¿ki?liyarasad’ iri-
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⟨9⟩ ya būtayya-gaḍaṁba kaḍabē¡s!varava mā-
⟨10⟩ ḍi sivarāsi-jīyara kālaṁ karcci biṭṭa dha⟨r⟩-
⟨11⟩ mma taḷavadde ¡damma!-g¿e?ri haradara k¿e?riya pa-
⟨12⟩ ttu gady¿a?ṇa te⟨ṅ⟩kaṅa k¿e?riyal aydu ga-
⟨13⟩ dy¿a?ṇa bāṇarāsiyyalu sāĪraṁ
⟨14⟩ kavileya konda dō¡s!a Ī ¡dhamma!v¿aṁ?-
⟨15⟩ ḷidavarige |꩜|
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Translation
⟨1–5⟩ In the kingdom of the prosperous Trailōkyamalladēva — refuge of the entire world, lord of the earth, king of kings, supreme lord, most venerable, ornament to the Satyāśraya family, ornament to the Cāḷukyas
⟨5–8⟩ at the time of the solar eclipse, during ⟨the highly inauspicious⟩ byatipāta period on Sunday, the new moon of the month of Bhādrapada in the Yuva samvatsara of the year śaka 897
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[M] ARIE 2020–21. Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy for 2020-21. Edited by K. Munirathnam. New Delhi: The Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 2024. Page 24.
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