Korapolu Pillar Inscription of the reigns of Taila II and Sōmēśvara I

Version: (15d97b6), last modified (bdf8f60).

Edition

⟨Face A⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya-

⟨2⟩ -śrī-prithvī-vallabha-mahā-rājā-

⟨3⟩ dhirāja-paramēśvaraṁ parama-

⟨4⟩ -bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyāśraya kuḷa-

⟨5⟩ -tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-

⟨6⟩ -mad-āhavamalla-dēvaṁ vija-

⟨7⟩ ya rājyam uttarōttarābhivri-

⟨8⟩ ddhi pravarddamānam ā candrā-

⟨9⟩ rkkaṁ saluttam ire tat-pāda-pa-

⟨10⟩ dmōpa-jīvi samadhi-gata-pa-

⟨11⟩ ñca-māhā-śabda-mahā-ma-

⟨12⟩ ṇdaḷēśvaraṁ nuḍidante gaṇḍaṁ sa-

⟨13⟩ mara-dhananyaya-vairikuḷā-

⟨14⟩ nktakam ari-ba⟨la⟩-dhūma-kētu

⟨15⟩ yāhavamalan’ aṁka-kāṟiṁ

⟨16⟩ śrīmatu sōma-permmāḍiyuṁ

⟨17⟩ tat-kula-vadhuv anavarata-pa-

⟨18⟩ rama-kalyāṇābhy-udaya-saha-

⟨19⟩ śra-phala-bhōga-bhāga-bhāgiṇi dvitī-

⟨20⟩ ya-lakṣmī-samāneyar appa

⟨21⟩ śrīmatu lakṣmib’ arasi-

⟨22⟩ yaru saka-varṣa 895 ne-

⟨23⟩ ya śrīmukha saṁvatsara vai-

⟨24⟩ śākha suddha pañcami guruvāra

⟨Face B⟩

⟨25⟩ kāsavuḷ eḻpataḻ taṟa baḻiya

⟨26⟩ nija-rāja-dhāni koṟapāḻa-

⟨27⟩ l’ āḷuttam ayya-bibbarasaṁ

⟨28⟩ māḍisida bibbēśvarada prati-

⟨29⟩ ṣṭhā-kāla-nimittaṁ dēva-bhōga-

⟨30⟩ m āgiv’ alikoḷanaṁ tribhō-

⟨31⟩ gābhyantara-siddhi-taḷabhōgaṁ ko-

⟨32⟩ ṟapoḻa paḍuva polad’ oḷu

⟨33⟩ kariya nelaṁ mattar· 40

⟨34⟩ kisu kāyi mattar· 13 tā-

⟨35⟩ mare geṟeya peṟage nivē-

⟨36⟩ dyada gaḻde mattar 3 vēmaṇa-

⟨37⟩ yyana keṟeya peṟage

⟨38⟩ gaḻde mattar 13 dammikuṁ-

⟨39⟩ ṭe digginneya gaḻde mattar

⟨40⟩ 1 mattar tōṭavuṁ puravuṁ salgu

⟨41⟩ kāsiyargge koṟapoḻal ōḷu

⟨42⟩ kariya nelaṁ mattar· 4 tāma-

⟨43⟩ re geṟeya gaḻde mattar· 3 vēmaṇa-

⟨44⟩ yyana keṟeya gaḻde mattar· 4 ki-

⟨45⟩ su-kāyi matta 20 sakaḷa-gō[ra]-

⟨46⟩ vaṁge kariya nelaṁ matta [6] pa-

⟨47⟩ ṟekāṟargge kisukāyi matta 3

⟨48⟩ vēmaṇayyana keṟeya gaḻde ma-

⟨49⟩ tta 5 vaḷikoḷadal kariya gaḻde ne-

⟨50⟩ laṁ matta 60 gāndharvige mattar·

⟨51⟩ 15 gaḻde matta 3 vētrikari-

⟨52⟩ ge kariya nelaṁ mattar· 13

⟨53⟩ sakaḷa gōravaṁge gaḻde matta 1

⟨54⟩ dammikuṇṭe kariya [nelaṁ]

⟨55⟩ matta 3 [*******]

⟨Face C⟩

⟨56⟩ int’ ivellamaṁ dhārā-pūrvvakaṁ mā-

⟨57⟩ ḍi koṭṭar tad-dharmma-kaḷasārō-

⟨58⟩ haṇam āgi neṟeya nirvvahisi-

⟨59⟩ dar ggaṁgājaḷa-dhauta-vastra-pavi-

⟨60⟩ trī-kritōttamāṁgeyar appar·

⟨61⟩ śrīmad-akkaṁ nālab’ arasiya

⟨62⟩ ru [********]

⟨63⟩ samadhigata-paṁca-mahā-

⟨64⟩ -śabda-mahāmaṇḍalēśvaraṁ su-

⟨65⟩ bhaṭa-nārāyaṇaṁ kīrti-viḷāsa[ṁ]

⟨66⟩ śrīmat-traiḷokyamalladēva-pā-

⟨67⟩ da-paṁkaja-bhramaraṁ śrīma-

⟨68⟩ t-paṁpa-permānaḍigaḷuṁ ma-

⟨69⟩ ttaṁ sōma-samudraṁ tāmare-

⟨70⟩ -geṟey ūraṁṇbhak keṟeyoḷa-

⟨71⟩ l’ āge keṟeyoḷuv’ akk’ ellaṁ visa-

⟨72⟩ diyaṁ tappad’ ikkuv’ adalli yo-

⟨73⟩ ddhā-bhōvargge sōma-samudrada peṟege-

⟨74⟩ gaḻde matta 3 tāmara-geṟeya-

⟨75⟩ peṟage gaḻde ma 1 bīramayyana-

⟨76⟩ kereya peṟage gaḻde matta 3 ka-

⟨77⟩ riya nelaṁ mattaṁ 30 yāṇe-gō-

⟨78⟩ saṇe sarv’ annega bāla-vaṇavuṁ

⟨79⟩ para-drammamuṁ koḷasalla ∥

⟨80⟩ int’ i dharmmamaṁ tappida pratipā-

⟨81⟩ ḷisidava[r]gge kurukṣētradoḷ sata-

⟨82⟩ -kṣētraṁ māḍida phalam akku ta-

⟨83⟩ ppidava[r]gge vārāṇāsoyoḷu kavi-

⟨84⟩ leyan aḍida patakav akku ∥

⟨Face D⟩

⟨85⟩ mad-vaṁśajāṟvaramahīpa-

⟨86⟩ ti vaṁśajāvā pāpādapē-

⟨87⟩ ta manasōbhuvi bhāvi bhūpayē

⟨88⟩ pāḷayanti mama-dharmmam idaṁ sa-

⟨89⟩ mastaṁ ∥ tēṣām mayā viracitām-

⟨90⟩ jaḷirēṣa mūdhni[ḥ] naviṣa Āpami

⟨91⟩ turyadānva viṣam ucyatē viṣa-

⟨92⟩ mē kārinaṁ hanti dēvasya putra-pautrikaṁ |

⟨93⟩ sva-dattaṁ para-dattam vā yo hare-

⟨94⟩ ti ¿vasuṁdharā? ṣaṣṭhir-varṣa-saha¿śā?

⟨95⟩ ṇi viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyatē ¿krimi?∥

⟨96⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā dattā rābhi-

⟨97⟩ s sagarādhibhi yyasya ya-

⟨98⟩ sya yadā bhūmi tasya tasya

⟨99⟩ tadā phaḷaṁ ∥ sāmānyoyaṁ

⟨100⟩ dharma-¿sētu?-nripāṇāṁ kāḷē

⟨101⟩ kālē pāḷanīyō bhavad¿bhi?

⟨102⟩ sarvān etāṁ bhāginaṟ pā-

⟨103⟩ rthiveṁ¿drā? bhūyō bhū-

⟨104⟩ yō yācate rāma-

⟨105⟩ -¿bhadra?∥

Apparatus

⟨32⟩ ḷa∥ṟa ⬦ SD1961 • I have included Nāgayya’s reading in the edition as it’s unclear what the several editorial markups in 1961 edition mean

⟨39⟩ ḍiggirge ⬦ SD1961.

⟨62⟩ The 1961 edition ends here ⬦ SD1961.

Bibliography

Primary

[SD1961] Sreenivasachar, P. & Pandurang Bhimarao Desai. 1961. Kannada Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3. Andhra Pradesh Government Archaeological Series. Hyderabad: Government of Andhra Pradesh. Pages 48–49.

[B1921] Nagayya, G. M. 2011. Kalyāṇa Cālukyara Śāsanagaḷu. Vol. 1. Maisuru: Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe. Pages 3–7.