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South Indian Inscriptions


7

A stone salb built into the wall in
the same place.

Vijayanagara.

Sadāśivarāya-Mahārāya          ..

Śaka 1469, Plavaṅga,
Mārgaśira. śu.10.

Kannaḍa          ..

Records the gift of taxes due from barbers in the kingdom, made in favour of Nāvila Timmōja, Raṅgōja and
Bhaorōja of Kandanavoḷal, by the king at the request
of Rāmarāja, to whom the three barbers had made their
request.

8

A slab built into the same wall            ..

Kaḷachurya.

Tribhuvanaikamalla Vīra-Bijjaladēva.

Śaka 10[8]3, Bijjaladēva year 6,
Vṛisha, Āśvayuja,
puṇṇame. Monday,
lunar eclipse,
Vyatīpāta.

Do.      ..

Damaged. Records a gift of land after purchase from
Raṭṭa-Gāvuṇḍa, made by Dēvarāśi-Paṇḍitadēva, the
āchārya of (god ? ) Rāmai[ya*]dēva, for worship and
offerings in the temple of Indrēśvaradēva of Multinakēri,  while  Vesuva-Daṇḍanāyaka  was  governing
Huligere-3 0 in conjunction with four Karaṇas.

9

Another slab in the same place           ..

Yādava            ..

Siṁhaṇa          ..          ..          ..          ..

Saka 1169, Plavaṅga,
Jyēshṭha,       amāvāsye.

Do.      ..

Damaged.  Registers a gift of and and money made by
Rājaladēvī, daughter of Mahāpradhāna Bīch rāja, for
the benefit  of  the  Jain  temple  called  Śrīvijaya-Jinālaya at Purikara-nagara renovated by her on the
advice of her preceptor Rāj guru Padmasēna-Munipa.

10

A third slab in the same place ..

Kaḷachurya.

Bijjaladēva      ..          ..          ..

(Lost)              ..          ..

Do.      ..

Mutilated.  Incomplete.  Only the portion describing
the genealogy of the king and his subordinate Rāma-Daṇḍēśa is preserved.  

11

A fourth in the same place      ..

Western
Chāḷukya.

Tribhuvanamalladēva  ..          ..

Chāḷukya-Vikrama
year 43, Vi[ḷambi],
Pushya, śu. l[l],
Sunday,   Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkramaṇa,
Vyatipāta.

Do.      ..

Slightly damaged.   Records  a  gift  of  taxes made by
Sādaverggaḍe Sōvarasa to Sāmavēdi-Paṇḍita, the
āchārya of the Rāmēśvara temple at Puligere at the
command of Mahāpradhāna Daṇḍanāyaka-charasa who
was the governor of the Puligere-300 province. Also
records other minor gifts made to the same temple by
several trade guilds and private individuals.

12

A fifth slab in the same place ..

Do.

            Do.                  ..          ..                     

Chāḷukya-Vikrama
year 6, Dunadubhi,
Vaiśākha,   śu. 5,
Thursday.

Do.      ..

Registers a gift of land made by the Five-Hundred
members headed by Śānti-Śeṭṭi of Purigere, after
purchasing it from the vipras (Brahmans) with the
money which had accumulated with interest, granted
formerly  by  Tajara Nāgavarma,  to  Lakkaṇa-Seṭṭi
father of Śānti-Śeṭṭi, for the benefit of drawing water
by picotta (eta) from the well called Rāṭaṇada bāvi,
when Trailōkyamalla Vīranoḷamba Pallava-Permā  i-Jayasiṁhadēva was governing Purigere-300, Beḷvoḷa,
300, Banavase-12000, Kandūr-1000 and several paddy
villages (bhatta-grāma). Mentions Jayakēsi-Nṛipati of
the Sagara family and Vāvaṇa-Nṛipati.

13

A sixth slab in the same place ..

Yādava            ..

Siṁhaṇa ..       ..          ..          ..

…. Vaiśakha,
puṇṇami, [Monday].

Do.      ..

Registers a gift of land made after purchase by Saṅgayya
to the temple of Remmēśvara constructed by him in
the premises of the Sōmanātha temple at Purikaranagara and named after his grand preceptor
Remmarasa. States that Saṅgayya was the pupil of
Aichidēva, a disciple of  Remmarasa, who was a pupil of
Kēśava-Daṇḍanātha.

14

A seventh slab in the same place.

Western
Chāḷukya.

Chāḷukya-Pratāpachakravartin
.   .   .

 

(Lost)              ..          ..

Do.      ..

Broken.  Beginning lost.  Seems to record  gifts of several
vṛittis made for the benefit of the temples and temple
servants [at Purigere].

15

An eighth slab in the same place.

Do.

Tribhuvanamalla          ..          ..

Chāḷukya-Vikrama
year 45, Plava,
Phālguṇa, amā-
vāsye, Sunday,
saṅkramaṇa, solar
eclipse.

Do.      ..

Badly damaged.  Records the gifts of land made by
Daṇḍanāyaka Nāgavarmmayya after purchasing it
from the Hundred and Twenty Mahājanas of the
Brahmē[śvara]gēri of the rājadhānī-paṭṭaṇa Puligere
for the benefit of the temple of Sōmēśvara.

16

Broken stone built  into  the  wall
in the same place.

Rāshṭrakūṭa

Ballaha            ..          ..          ..          ..

..

Do.
(archaic)

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VI, p.166.


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