Jantli-Śīrūr Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 908

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⟨1⟩ [svasti sama][sta-bhuvanāśraya śrī-pr̥thvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara]

⟨2⟩ -parama-bhaṭṭāraka-satyā[śraya-kula-tilaka-śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvara]

⟨3⟩ rājyaṁ uttarōttarābhivr̥[ddhi]

⟨4⟩ mahā-mantrākṣa-paṭa[***************]

⟨5⟩ kanda | āhavamallana [caraṇa]

⟨6⟩ diṁ sanda nāgadēvana maga[**************]-

⟨7⟩ sida nāgadēvana magaṁ [*************]

⟨8⟩ dharmmaṁ janakan’ aṁkada dhallana nandana [*********]

⟨9⟩ guṇad’ aṁka-kārti mikk’ attimabbe[ya][***********]

⟨10⟩ ndan’ alte | intu samasta-rājya [************]-

⟨11⟩ ra karppūra-varṣa-catura-caturānana[********]

⟨12⟩ vāḍi nūṟa-nālvattuv’aḻita-vr̥ttiyind’ āḷlutta[m ire][****] [jina-pada-paṁkaja-bhramara]

⟨13⟩ ran eṁba negaḻteyan ānta mallapa yyana negaḻd’ appa[kabbeya magaḷ śacivōttaman appa dhalla-

⟨14⟩ ppa]yana sose nāgadēvana ¿kaḷāṁgane? tailana tāy jasakke[bhā][janam enim attimabbe jina]

⟨15⟩ -śāsanamaṁ beḷaguttam iṟdapaḷ intu jina-dharmma-patākeyuṁ [kaṭaka][-pavitreyum][**]

⟨16⟩ [dāna]-cintāmaṇiyuṁm enisida śrīmad-attiyabb’ arasi kanda | [dha][********]-

⟨17⟩ ma jina-niḷaya-nivahak’ ellaṁ munnaṁ karuvene māḍisidaḷ sirivurado[][*****]

⟨18⟩ Intu tanna māḍisida basadiya khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-nava-karmma-vara-pūjehārada[****]nārttha[*****]

⟨19⟩ śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvaṁge [binnapaṁ] geydu ¡namaśyaṁ! baḍedu | saka-nr̥pa-kalātīta saṁvasara śataṁgaḷ·

⟨20⟩ 908 neya sarvvajit-saṁvatsarada phālguṇa-māsada nandīśvarāṣṭamiy-ādityavārad’ andu śrīmad-indrakīrti-dēvara

⟨21⟩ kālaṁ kaḻci māsiyavāḍi nāḍoḷagana gāvuṇḍigana paḷḷiyumaṁ rājamānadoḷ innūṟu mattar ttaḷavr̥[tti]-

⟨22⟩ yumaṁ sarvva-bādha-parihāraṁ ¡namaśyavāgi! biṭṭar· gāvuṇḍigana paḷḷigaṁ taḷavr̥ttiṁga sarvvāya vr̥ddhi

⟨23⟩ Aruvaṇaṁ gadyāṇaṁ panneraḍalaḻa sīme nairitiya deseyoḷ pālvaḷḷaṁ baḍaga

⟨24⟩ pulgila | vāyavyada deseyoḷ vannir hulcikkōl’ allinda mūḍa bele-guḍḍa Adakke baḍaga kavile-vāḍa-

⟨25⟩ da lokkiguṇḍiya baṭṭe baḍaga nirvvari mūḍa sirivurada polada mēre teṁnka pālvaḷḷamē mēre . taḷavr̥ttiya

⟨26⟩ sīme baḍagan’ ariya paḷḷaṁ mūḍa bariya paḷḷaṁ teṁka Ā [***]lada mēre paḍuvalkāyigēśvarada pola-

⟨27⟩ da mēre sirivuradal intu tōṭaṁ svadattaṁ para[]dattaṁ vā [yo]harēti ¿vasundarā? ṣaṣṭirvvarṣa saha-

⟨28⟩ srāṇi viṣṭāyāṁ jāyatē krimiḥ bahuvir vvasu[dhā bhuktā] [rājabhis sā]garādi[bhiḥ] yasya ya-

⟨29⟩ sya yadā bhūmis ta[sya]tasya tadā phaḷa [****]ya[**]maṁgaḷa mahā śrī

Apparatus

⟨13⟩ ran eṁbatanepaṁ DVP2005I have reconstructed this verse based on its appearance in both Ranna’s Ajitapurāṇam and the Lakkuṇḍi Inscription. The characters for "ra" and "ta" are very similar as are "ba" and "pa" which I think accounts for Paramaśivamūrti’s reading.

Bibliography

Re-edited here by Samana Gururaja from estampage images provided by the Archaelogial Survey of India, Mysuru

Primary

[DVP2005] Paramaśivamūrti, Ḍi. Vi. 2005. “Dānacintāmaṇi Attimabbeya Pracīna Śāsana (kri. śa. 987).” Itihāsa Darśana 20, pp. 103–105. Pages 103–105.

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