Nilgund Inscription of [the reign of] Taila II, Śaka 904

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Current Version: draft, 2024-12-19Z

Editor: Franz Kielhorn.

DHARMA Identifier: INSKalyanaCalukya00019

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om svasti |

I. Anuṣṭubh

¹jayatyāviṣkri[kr̥]taṁ viṣṇōr

varāhaṁ kṣōbhitārṇṇava[ṁ]

²dakṣinōnnata-daṁṣṭrāgra

viśrānta-bhuvanaṁ vapuḥ |

svasti samasta bhuvan[ā] ³śraya-śrī-pr̥thvī-vallabha-mahārājādhirāja-paramēśvara-
⁴parama-bhaṭṭārakaḥ satyāśraya-kula-tilakaḥ cāḷukyābhara[ṇa]-
⁵śrīmad-āhavamalla-dēvaḥ |

II. Anuṣṭubh

yō-sau śrī-vīra-mārttāṇḍa

rāṣṭrakū⁶ṭa-nr̥pa-śriyaṁ

prāpya pāḷitavān sām¿ra?⟨nā⟩

ēkacchat[t]rēṇa mēdi ⁷ nīṁ |

vr̥ttaṁ |

III. Sragdhara

yasya śrutvābhidhānaṁ sakala-ripu-nr̥pānīka-nirmmūlanōtthaṁ

kiṁ [ka]rtavvyaṁ kva yā⁸ma[ḥ] kva ca vasatir iti vyākuḷāś cintayanti

cōḍāndhrādhīśa-pāṇḍyōt¿ka?⟨pa⟩ḷa-mahipatayō yē⁹nacāmbhōdhi-sīmā

kṣmā rāmā svīkri[kr̥]tā yō hasati nr̥pa-guṇair-ādirājān-naḷ-ādīn |

¹⁰¿ślōkau?⟨ślōkaḥ⟩

IV. Anuṣṭubh

tasya tailapa-dēvasya

prasādāc-cakravarttinō

banavāsyā dvi-tr[i]-śataṁ

kogaly-ādi-mahī ¹¹ mmahān |

V. Anuṣṭubh

mahāmaha[ḥ] śa[ś]āsāv

asamas-samarōddhataḥ

k[(a/e)]nnapaḥ kōpadāvagni

¹²dagdha-dvirūpakānanaḥ |

VI. Anuṣṭubh

tat-atyayē tad-anujaś

śōbhanas tat kramē s[th]itaḥ

saṁgrāma-saṁ¹³gat-apūrvva

vijaya-śrī-vadhū-dhavaḥ |

VII. Anuṣṭubh

tat-samaḥ kō[pi] bhūpālō

na bhū¹⁴tō na bhaviṣyati |

mahā-guṇēṣu kēnāpi

guṇēṣu bhuvana-trayē |

¹⁵gadyaṁ |

tēna samara-sāhasa-pradarśana-prasanna-tailapadēva-
¹⁶prasād[ā]-sādita-neramode-gaṇḍa-giridurggamalla-sāmantacū-
¹⁷ḍāmaṇi-kaṭaka-prakārādy-anavarttha-nāmnā | svasti sa[śa]ka-nr̥pa-sam-
¹⁸vatsarēṣu caturadhika-navaśatēṣu gatēṣu chitrabhānu-saṁ-
¹⁹vatsarē bhādrapada-māsē sūryya-grahaṇē sati | viśvāmi-
²⁰tra-gōtriṇē viṣṇubhaṭṭāya sa[t]tra-pravarttanārthaṁ nirguṇḍ[āṁ]ta-
²¹[r]-grrāmē rāja-mānēna daṇḍēna trim[śa]ṁ-nivarttana-kṣētraṁ da-
²²ttavān |

tad-anu vādajabbāyāpi viṣṇubhaṭṭasya
²³pādau prakśālya śōbhanēna dattam ekadā puna-
²⁴r-mmayā dattam iti dattavati ¿gri?⟨gr̥⟩haṁ ca ciṁcila-
²⁵grāmasya uttara-kṣētra-sīma-lagnaṁ dvādaśa brāhma-
²⁶ṇa-bhōjanārtthaṁ |

VIII. Śālinī

²⁷sāmānyōyan dharmma-sētuṁ nr̥pānāṁ

kāle kāle pālanīyō bhavadbhiviḥ

²⁸)sarvvān-ētāṁnētā bhāvinaḥ-pārtthivēndrā[n]

bhūyo bhūyo yācatē ramabhadraḥ

IX. Anuṣṭubh

²⁹ciṁca-kṣētrē dvijaḥ śrīmān

pādapadmōpa-jīvinā

Eṟeviṣṇu [¿kri?⟨kr̥⟩] ³⁰taṁ sa[t]traṁ

tiṣṭhaty ā-caṁdra-tārakaḥ |

Kannōjana likhita[ṁ]

maṁgaḷa[ṁ]

Translation by Samana Gururaja

Bibliography

Primary

Kielhorn, Franz. 1897. “Nilgund Inscription of Taila II; Saka-Samvat 904.” Epigraphia Indica 4: 204–8.

Pages 61–67. [siglum K1897]

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

Pages 29–30. [siglum N2004]