Kuttālam, Uttaravēdīśvara, no king, no year

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-09-06Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSII2300488

Summary: Divine order (śāsana).

Hand Description:

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Edition

1svasti śrī

Anuṣṭubh
yat⟨·⟩-kr¡i!⟨ī⟩ḍākila⟨-loka⟩sy¿ā?⟨a⟩
saṃhāra-sthiti-sṛṣṭayaḥ
2tad idaṃ śāsanaṃ śaṃbhoḥ
kalyāṇālaya-vāsinaḥ |||

Apparatus

1 °⟨loka⟩sy¿ā?⟨a⟩ ◇ °lokasya SII — 1 yat⟨·⟩° ◇ yat·° SII — 1 °kr¡i!⟨ī⟩ḍā° ◇ °kriḍā° SII

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1Prosperity! Fortune!

This is an order of Śambhu
Who resides in an auspicious abode (kalyāṇālaya↓1)
Whose play is for the universe [the cause of]
Destruction, preservation and creation.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907-1908 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/488).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.488).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on autopsy (2024) and photos (E. Francis, 2024).

Primary

Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XXIII:  Inscriptions Collected during the Year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General).
Page 366, № 488. [siglum SII]

Secondary

ARIE 1907-1908. Page 35, appendix B/1907, № 488.

Notes

↑1. Kalyāṇālaya is the name of the temple according to and SII.