BOMBAY-KARNATAKA
INSCRIPTIONS
THE
CHALUKYAS
Taila
III | Somesvara
I | Somesvara
II | Vikramaditya
VI
Somesvara
III | Jagadekamalla
| Somesvara
IV
No.47
(B.K.
No. 33 and 21 of
1928-29)
ARASIBIDI,
HUNGUND TALUK, BIJAPUR DISTRICT
On
a slab set up in front of the Jaina Basadi
Trailokyamalla
(Taila III), 1151 A.D.
This
is dated the Vikrama year [76], Prajapati, Pushya ba. 2,
Wednesday, Uttarayana-samkranti, corresponding to 1151 A.D.,December 26,
f.d.t. 07. The
Uttarayana-samkranti, however, occurred on the previous day.
The Vikrama year evidently means he Chalukya-Vikrama year.
It
records that Mahamandalesvara Chaundarsa of the Sinda family
governing Kisukadu Seventy and other regions (details lost) made a gift
at the town of Erambarate at the request of his queen Demaladevi. The recipients of the gift were Devanandi-pandita and
Nemichandra-pandita, who belonged to Mula-samgha, Kundakund-anvaya.
Desiya-gana and Pustaka-gachcha.
The
record is very much damaged.
No.48
(B.K.
No. 54 and 21 of 1926-27)
LAKKUNDI,
GADAG TALUK, DHARWAR DISTRICT
On
a beam of the Kasivisvanatha temple
Tribhuvanamalla
(Tail III), 1152(?) A.D.
This
is dated the 3rd regnal year of Chalukya-Vikrama Charkravarti
Tribhuvanamalla, Prajapati, Pushya-amavasya, Sunday,
Uttarayana-samkramana.
The
inscription may refer to the reign of Vikramaditya VI, but his 3rd
regnal year did not fall in Prajapati.
The 3rd regnal year Prajapati, however fits in for the
reign of Tail III. In that case, we have to assume that Tribhuvanamalla
was Somesvara IV and that he was associated with his father Tail III in
the the administration of the kingdom from the beginning. Pushya-amavasya in Prajapati would thus correspond to 1152
A.D., January 8, which was Tuesday.
The Uttaryana-samkramana did not occur on this tithi, but
on the Paurnima day if that month.
The
epigraph registers a gift of gold made by Perggadeyara Tribhuvanakesava
described as the âdear sonâ of the Thousand Mahajanas of
Lokkigundi for the offerings to the god Kavatalesvara.
The gift was entrusted to Somesvara-pandita, the acharya of
the temple. A gift of land
for the offerings to the same god made by Sovisetti is also recorded.
No.49
(B.K.
No. 212 of 1928-29)
AREKURAHATTI,
NAVALGUND TALUK, DHARWAR DISTRICT
On
a slab set up in front of the Hanumantadeva temple
Trailokyamalla
(Tail III), 1154 A.D.
This
is dated the 6th regnal year of the king, Bhava, Pushya ba.
4, Vaddavara, Uttarayana-samkramana, corresponding to 1154 A.D.,
December 25.
It
records the gift of income derived from cess of various commodities to
the god Gavaresvara made by Mummuridanda and Aivattokkalu of
Hiriya Kurihatti which was a sarvanamasyada agrahara created by
Tribhuvanamalla (Vikramaditya VI). The epigraph is much damaged.
No.50
(B.K.
No. 54-A, of 1926-27)
LAKKUNDI,
GADAG TALUK, DHARWAR DISTRICT
On
a beam of the Kasivisvanatha temple
Trailokyamalla
(Tail III), 1156 A.D.
This
is date the [6th] regnal year of the king, Yuva, Magha ba.
Amavasya, Monday, Uttarayana-samkranti, corresponding to 1156 A.D.,
January 23, Monday, f.d.t. 35. The Uttarayana-samkranti, however,
occurred on the 25th of the previous month.
It
registers a gift of land made by Kaleyanayaka, son of Makestara
Makimayya-nayaka to Monideva for his bhiksha. The donee in turn gave it for feeding the ascetics who
visited the temple of Kavatala Chavundesvara at Lokkigundi.
Kaleyanayaka is described as the son, i.e., lay disciple, of
Monideva, who was the disciple of Samavedideva, the acharya of
the temple of Ramesvara of Huligere.
No.51
(B.K.
No. 108 of 1926-27)
HOSUR,
GADAG TALUK, DHARWAR DISTRICT
On
a slab built into the wall of the Siva temple
Trailokyamalla
(Taila III) 1155 A.D.
This
is dated the 7th regnal year of the king, Yuva,
Prathamashadha purnima, Thursday, lunar eclipse, corresponding to 1155
A.D. June 16. As there were
no two Ashadhas in the year cited, the Prathamashadha mentioned in the
record seems to refer to the first month of the Chaturmasya, which
commences from Ashada.
It
records that Hollagavunda of Morka family, the Mahaprabhu of
Hosavur, made the gift of dasavandha income derived from a garden
for feeding the ascetics. The
gift was entrusted to Gangarasipandita, the acharya of the
Mulasthana temple.
No.52
(B.K.
No. 115-A of 1926-27)
HOSUR,
GADAG TALUK, DHARWAR DISTRICT
On
two slabs built into the wall (left of entrance) of Trikutesvara temple
Trailokyamalla
(Taila III) 1155 A.D.
This
is dated the 7th regnal year of the king, Yuva,
Prathamashadha purnima, Thursday, lunar Eclipse.
This date which corresponds to 1155 A.D., June 16, Thursday, is
identical with that of No.51 above.
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It
records that Hollagavunda, of Moraka family, who was the Mahaprabhu of
Hosavur, made a gift of land and the dasavnda income from his
garden for feeding the ascetics. The
recipient of the gift was Jnanasakti, the acharya of the
Morakesvara temple. The
record gives an account of the ancestors of the donor.
No.53
(B.K.
No. 7 of 1927-28)
MALLAPUR,
RON TALUK, DHARWAR DISTRICT
On
a slab built into the temple of Hanuman
Trailokyamalla
(Taila III) 1156 A.D.
This
is dated the 7th regnal year of the king, Dhatu, Margasira su.
13, Monday, Uttarayana-samkramana, corresponding to 1156 A.D., November
26. The
Uttarayana-samkramana, however did not occur on this date.
It
records a gift of land for the upkeep of a tank at Navidige by Karnada
Jogagavunda. Beluvanige was
an agrahara having Eighty-four Mahajanas and it was
situated in Beluvala and Eradaruuru.
It mentions Duggimayya-dandanayaka. The inscription is partly
damaged.
No.54
(B.K.
No. 158 of 1926-27)
MALLASAMUDRA,
GADAG TALUK, DHARWAR DISTRICT
On
a slab set up in front of the Isvara temple
[Trailokyamalla]
This
is dated the year 8, Durmukhi, Pushya [purnima], Uttarayana-sankranti,
the week day being lost. The
cyclic year Durmukhi did not occur during the reign of Taila III, to
whom the record is ascribable on palaeographic grounds.
It
records a gift of land, made into the hands of
[Vama]sakti-pandita, to the god Mulasthana. It contains an eulogy of Mallikarjuna-muni.
Annigere and agraharachudamani Lokkigundi are mentioned.
The inscription is badly damaged.
No.55
(B.K.
No. 158 of 1926-27)
MASUTI,
BAGEVADI TALUK, BIJAPUR DISTRICT
On
a slab built into the wall (right of entrance) of the Hanuman temple
Trailokyamalla
(Taila III), 1157 A.D.
This
is dated Saka 1079, Isvara, Ashadha ba. 2, Wednesday,
dakshinayana-sankramana, corresponding to 1157 A.D. June 26.
It
records a gift by Kaliyavve, daughter of Revadasimayya, to a deity at
Masuvati, situated in the Kampana of
Muttage Thirty in Tarddavadi Thousand.
The gift comprised of land made in favour of the Sthanikas, the
temple priest and Brahmanas of Bramhapuri. The record is badly damaged.
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