Kancagara-Beḷagallu Inscription of the Reign of Taila II, Śaka 903

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-19Z

Editors:   Sastry R. Shama and Rao N. Lakshminarayan.

DHARMA Identifier: INSKalyanaCalukya00001

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¹svasti⟨|⟩

samasta-bhuvanāśraya-śrī-prithvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja
²paramēśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-satyāśraya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ
³śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvara vijaya-rājyam uttarōttarābhiv¿i?⟨r̥⟩ddhi pravarddhamāna-
⁴m ā candrārkka-tārāmbaraṁ saluttam ire saka varṣa 903 neya vikramasamvatsarada
⁵vaiśākha suddha 5 brihaspativāraṁ Agrahāraṁ kañcagāra beḷgaliya
⁶pūrvada sthāna-mānyaṁ mūṟuṁ śivālayakke naḍeva piriya kōla kariya
⁷matta 18 pancikēśvarakke matta 6 bhaḷārige matta 6 bhaṭṭagey-i matta 6 caṭṭa-
⁸gey-i matta 6 perggaḍegey-i matta 8 Aṁbigagey-i matta 8 taḷāṟagey-i ma-
⁹tta 12 ant’ initumaṁ svadharmmadiṁ pratipāḷippar･|

svasti samadhi-gata-pañca-mahā-śabda-pallavānvayaṁ śrī-prithvīva-
¹⁴llabha-pallava-kuḷa-tilak’ anēkavākyaṁ kāñcī-pura-varēśvaraṁ śrīman-vīra-no-
¹⁵ḷaṁba-pallava-permmānaḍi-dēvara mahādēvi śrīmadu-rēvala-dēviyar-kkā-
¹⁶ḷapr̥ya-dēvargge biṭṭa matta 6 Eraḍum viṣṇudēvargge biṭṭa matta 12⟨|⟩

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Translation by Samana Gururaja

¹Benediction

^1-9As the victorious rule of Āhavamalla-deva — the refuge of the entire world, lord of the earth, king of kinds, supreme lord, most venerable, ornament to the Satyāśraya family, ornament to the Cāḷukyas — was growing, attaining new heights of prosperity; as long as the moon, sun, and stars exist in the sky, on Thursday, the 5th day of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha in the Vikrama Samvatsara of the year śaka 903 [he distributed] the previous tax-exempt land of the agrahāra of Kañcagara Belgali, according to the (measure of the) large stick in use [as follows:] 18 matta for the three Śiva temples, 6 matta for the ¿local goddess, Bhaḷāri?, 6 matta for the constable, these 6 matta for the royal official these 8 matta for the local administrator, these 8 matta for the goddess, Ambige and for the ¿watchman of the village? these 12 matta; thus [he] was maintaining all of this in accordance with his prescribed duty.

This [grant] which is a bridge of dharma for kings, from time to time is to be maintained by you, all the kings who are partaking of it, [as] requested again and again by Rāmabhadra.

Whether given by oneself or another, he who robs/destroys that which is another’s, for sixty thousand years he will be born as a worm in excrement

¹³Benediction

^13-16Having obtained the right to the five great titles, of the Pallava lineage, lord of the earth, ornament to the Pallava family, with many titlles, the lord of the city of Kāñci [was] the illustrious Noḷaṁba-Pallava-Permānaḍi; [his] queen, the illustrious Revala-dēvi released 6 matta for the deity Kāḷapr̥ya and 12 matta for the two Viṣṇu deities.

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