Balligavē, Kedareśvara Temple inscription, Kalacuri era, year 16

Editor: Florinda De Simini.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKarnataka10001.

Languages: Kannada, Sanskrit.

Repository: Karnataka Inscriptions (tfb-karnataka-epigraphy).

Version: (3f89275), last modified (8126a34).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩⟨Block A⟩ <SpiraIL> Oṁ namaḥ śivāya

I. Anuṣṭubh

namas tuṁga-śiraś-cuṁbi

a

caṁdra-cāmara-cāravē

b

trailokya-nagarāraṁbha

c

mūla-staṁbhāya śaṁbhavē ||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

⟨2⟩ namaś śāśvatikānanta

a

jñānaiśvarya-mayātmanē

b

saṁkalpa-saphala-brahma

c

stambhārambhāya śambhavē

d

namo rājaguravē ||

⟨3⟩ <SpiraIL> svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya śrī-pṛthvī-vallabha mahārājādhirāja paramēśvara parama-bhaṭṭāraka kāḷaṁjara-pu⟨4⟩ra-varādhīśvara suvarṇṇa-vṛṣabha-dhvaja ḍamaruka-tūryya-nirghōṣaṇ¿u?⟨a⟩ kaḷacuryya-kuḷa-kamaḷa-mārttaṇḍa kadana⟨Zone B⟩⟨5⟩pracaṁḍa māna-kanakācaḷa su-bhaṭar-āditya kaligaḷ-aṁkuśa gaja-sāmanta śaraṇāgata-vajra-paṁjara pratāpa-laṅkēśvara⟨6⟩para-nārī-sahōdara-śanivāra-siddhi giri-durgga-malla calad-aṁka-rāma vairībha-kaṁṭhīrava niśśaṁka-mallādi-yathārttha-nāma-⟨7⟩śrīmad-bhuja-baḷa-cakravartti tribhuvanamalla bijjaṇa-dēvaṁ mahī-vallabheyan anudinav anubhavisidan ent endaḍe || <SpiraIL>

⟨8⟩

vṛ ||

III. vṛttam

pṛthvī yā pṛthunā purā cirataraṁ mūḍhēna gōtvaṁ gatā

a

sēyaṁ bijjaṇa-dēva-paṭṭa-mahiṣī-vṛttau bhṛśaṁ krīḍatē

b

ra⟨9⟩tnaṃ dēva tathaiva bhāti jaḍadhau vēḷādhipādhasthaḷē

c

viṣṇōr vakṣasi kaustubhaṃ nṛpa-vara prauḍhēna sā ślāghatā

d

va||

int e⟨10⟩nisida rājādirāja-priya-tanaya-pratāpamaṁ pēḷvaḍe ||

vr̥||

IV. mattēbha

ripu-bhūpāḷa-tamaugham ōḍe kumuda-brātaṁ ⟨11⟩ karaṁ percce tad

a

ripu-kāntā-mukha-paṅkaja⟨ṁ⟩korage nakṣatrōdayēśaṁ kaḷā

b

ḷi-paribhrājitan uṁnatoṁnata-yaśaś-śrī-candrikādhīśva⟨12⟩raṁ

c

nṛpanē sōman enalke bijjaṇa-mahīpāḷābdhiyoḷ puṭṭida ||

d

va||

antu puṭṭi kṣōṇī-taḷav ellavan ēka-ccatradind ā⟨13⟩ḷda rāya-murāri sōvi-dēvānujan āḷdan ent endaḍe ||

ka||

V. TBC

tat-samanantaradoḷ dhare

a

g utsavamaṁ māḍi ⟨14⟩ satya-śauca-bratada sa

b

ritsuta-doreyaṁ nava-puru

c

kutsaṁ saṃkaṁma-dēvan āḷdaṁ dhareya ||

d

utpaḷa||

VI. TBC

gauḷa-gajan turuṣka-turagaṁ va⟨15⟩ra-siṁhaḷa-nātha-mauktikaṁ

a

cōḷa-sudhāmbaraṁ magadha-katturiyuṁ maḷayēśa-caṁdanaṁ

b

lāḷana bāḷakan ariyir endu carar sale biṁna[pa]⟨16⟩gaḷaṃ

c

kēḷisut irppar ōlagadoḷaṁ vibhu-saṁkama-dēva-bhūpana ||

d

ant anēka-prakāradiṁ vasudhā-vaḷayavaṃ niḥ-kaṁṭakaṁ ⟨Block B⟩(m/)āḍi⟨Block A⟩⟨17⟩¿dā?⟨da⟩ mahārājādhirāja cakrēśvarana rājya-pradhānāṁgaṅgaḷe mahā-pradhānar ādar enisida piriya-daṁ(ḍa)-⟨Block B⟩[nā](ya)kaṃ lakṣmi-dēva⟨Block A⟩⟨18⟩nu⟨ṁ⟩ || bāhattara-niyōgādhiṣṭhāyakaṁ caṁḍuṅgi-dēvanuṁ vasudhaika-bāṁdhavaṁ rēcaṇayya-⟨Block B⟩[daṇḍanā]yakanuṁ || sa⟨Block A⟩⟨19⟩rvādhikāri sōvaṇayya<SpiraIL>daṁḍanāyakanuṁ || samasta-sēnāgrēsaraṃ kāvaṇayya-daṇḍanā- yakanuṃ voḷagāgi samasta-pradhānasahitaṃ vinōdadiṃ dakṣiṇa-diśāvarakke vandu banavase- pannir-ccāsirad adhiṣṭhānaṃ Baḷḷigrāmeya śrīmad-dakṣiṇa-Kēdārēśvara-dēvara tri-kūṭa- prāsādamumaṃ latā-maṇṭapamumaṃ ratna-pūjānēka-svarṇa-kaḷaśaṅgaḷumaṃ vidyā-dānānna-dānā- dy-anēka-śrī-kāryyamaṃ nōḍi yathārtthaṃ dakṣiṇa-Kēdārav illi nāv ēnānuṃ dharmma-kāryya- maṃ māḍalvēḻkuv endu tadīya-sthānānhāryyar appa śrīmad-rāja-guru-dēvaraṃ kaṇḍ avara tapaḥ-prabhāvādi-sāmartthyakk āścaryyadiṃ nīḍuṃ nōḍi ǁ

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ °nirghōṣaṇ¿u?⟨a⟩nirghōṣaṇa EC.

English Translation

(1) Oṃ, praise to Śiva

I
Praise to Śambhu, beautified by the chowrie moon kissing his lofty head; like a foundation pillar of a city that is the three worlds.
II
Praise to Śambhu, whose Self consists of perpetual, eternal knowledge and sovereignty, who is the foundation of Brahmā’s pillar, bearing the fruits of [his] will.

(2) Praise to the king’s teacher!

(3–7) Be it well! Refuge of the entire world, beloved of the glorious Earth, the Mahārājādhirāja Paramēśvara Paramabhaṭṭāraka, Kalañjarapura’s munificient Lord, whose banner is the golden bull, accompanied by the sound of ḍamarukas and tūryyas, sun to the lotus flower which is the Kaḷacuryya family, impetuous on the battle field, a mount Sumeru of pride, sun of the good warriors, elephant-driver’s hook of heros, a leader of elephants, a diamond-cage for refugees, the Lord of Laṅka for splendour, a brother to other men’s wives, Śanivārasiddhi, powerful on the hill-fortress, Rāma, whose hallmark is being energetic, a lion against the elephant-enemies, Niśśankamalla: with such suitable names the glorious strong-armed Cakravartin Tribhuvanamalla Bijjaṇadēva everyday experienced the love of the Earth

Commentary

Bibliography

First edited and translated in Rice 1902. Revised edition and translation by FDS based on photos Edited / Digitally encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Florinda De Simini (2024), based on ...

Primary

[EC] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1902. Inscriptions in the Shimoga district (Part I). Epigraphia Carnatica 7. Bangalore: Mysore Government Central Press. Pages 111–113 (text), pages 59–60 (translation), pages 174–175 (text in Kannada characters).

Secondary

Lorenzen, David N. 1991. The Kāpālikas and Kālāmukhas: Two lost Śaivites sects. 2nd edition. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.