Hiremāgaḍi Kallēśvara Temple Inscription of the reign of Taila II, Śaka 909

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⟨1⟩ svasti ¿saka-variṣa? 909

⟨2⟩ vyayam emba samvatsara pra-

⟨3⟩ varttise śrīma-

⟨4⟩ t-teyilaha ¿prituvī?-

⟨5⟩ -rāyyaṁ geye banavā-

⟨6⟩ si-paṇniś-chāsirake ca-

⟨7⟩ ṭṭu rāyyaṁ geyyutt’ ire-

⟨8⟩ śrīmatu bōḍayya-

⟨9⟩ gaṇḍa-gōva pusiva-

⟨10⟩ ra śūlapul-eḍegaṇu-

⟨11⟩ ba Īḍuvar āditya mā-

⟨12⟩ rbbala-malla maṟuvaṁ-

⟨13⟩ ka-bairava Ayyaṇa-

⟨14⟩ -putra nāgarakhaṇḍa Eḻpa-

⟨15⟩ ttu Āḷuttam ire piriya-mā-

⟨16⟩ guṇḍeya polega Ur-ggāmu-

⟨17⟩ ṇḍu geyyuttire karuca-

⟨18⟩ gara-gujayyaṁge

⟨19⟩ ponnaḷaṟu Or-ma[tta]laṁ koṭṭa

⟨20⟩ mūvattiś-chāsirav’ aṟiye

⟨21⟩ śiyaḷ· tanna mārāyakke [1 lost line]

Apparatus

⟨19⟩ Rice provides this addition in his Roman transcription of the inscription. It does not appear in the Kannada transcription. ⬦ B1921.

Translation by Rice 1904

⟨1–5⟩ Be it well. (On the date specified), when Teyilaha ⟨ (Tailapa II)⟩was ruling the kingdom of the world

⟨5–7⟩ And Caṭṭa was ruling as king of the Banavāsi Twelve-Thousand

⟨8–15⟩ and Bōḍayya (with various epithets), Ayyana’s son, was ruling the Nāgarakaṇḍa Seventy

⟨15–17⟩ and Polega was ūr-ggāmuṇḍa of Piriya-Māguṇḍi

⟨17–19⟩ Ponnalaṟu gave to Karucagara-Gujjayya one forest

⟨20–21⟩ and with the knowledge of the Thirty-Two Thousand, his...

Bibliography

Primary

[B1921] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1904. Inscriptions in the Shimoga district (Part II). Epigraphia Carnatica 8. Bangalore: Mysore Government Central Press. Page 193.