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6 ಹಕನ್ಯಾಪುರದರಮನೆಯಲು . . ಸ್ಥಿರಸಿಂಹಾ- |
7 ಸನಾ . . . . ಮಹಾಪ್ರಧಾನ[ರ]ಚ್ಯುತ ಸೇನಬೋವ . |
8 . . . . . . . . . ರೆ ಬನಹಾಡಿ . . . . |
9 . . . . . . ವರು ಕೊಡಿ[ರ್ದ್ದು] ಹಡಪದ . . . |
10 ರಾಯ . . . . . . . . . . . . ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ . . . . |
11 . . . . . . . ತವಾಗಿ1 |
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No. 250
(A. R. No. 9 of 1939-40)
DONGALASĀNI, (HAMLET OF KURUGUṆṬPALLE) SIDDHAVATAM TALUK,
CUDDAPAH DISTRICT
Slab set up by the side of the Añjanēya temple
Nallachiddarasa, 1160 A.D.
The inscription records that Nallachiddarasa (Nalla-siddharasa)
ruling at Nellurupaṭṭaṇa, having started out on a campaign of victory,
his subordinates Mahāpradhana, Sandhivigrahi Rēvaṇa-heggade and his
brother Pōtaṇa-heggede encountered Mallidēva and Sōmēśvaradēva, the
chiefs of Pottapidēśa at Dongalasāni; Somēśvaradēva along with twelve
other chiefs and a thousand men and dispersing several others himself
fell in the encounter. His brother Pōṭaṇa along with others, reported
the success of the fight to his over lord Nallasiddha, installed perpetual
lamps at the mahāsthānas of Mallikārjuna, Tripurāntaka, Siddhavaṭa,
Aṇampura and Māhēśvara for the merit of his brother and himself.
Rēvaṇa’s son Kāvaṇa, the record continues, consecrated an image of
Vishṇu at the frontier of Peḍanāḍu for the merit of his father and
his mother Dāramambikā1.
The record is dated Śaka 1081, Pramādi, Māgha śu. 15,
arddhōdaya which details correspond to 1160 A.D., January 25.
TEXT
1 ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿಶ್ರೀಮನ್ಮಹಾಮಂಡಳೇಶ್ವರಂ ಕಾಂಚೀಪುರ- |
2 ವರಾಧೀಶ್ವರಂ ಭುಜಬಳವೀರ ನಲ್ಲ[ಚಿ]ದ್ದರಸದೇವ- |
3 ಚೋಳಮಹಾರಾಜರು ಉತ್ತರೋತ್ತರಾಭಿವ್ರಿದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರವದ್ಧಮಾನ- |
4 ಮಾಚಂದ್ರರ್ಕ್ಕತಾರಂಬರ[೦] ಸಲಿಸುತ್ತಮಿರೆ ನೆಲ್ಲೂರಪಟ್ಟಣದೊ- |
5 ಳು ಸುಖಸಂಕಥಾ ವಿನೋದದಿಂ ರಾಜ್ಯಂಗೆಯ್ಯುತ್ತಿರ್ದ್ದು ದಿಗ್ವಿಜಯಾ |
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1 The inscription is followed by the Telugu and Tamil versions of which the latter,
besides mentioning
the other details, adds that Sōmēśvara and Mallidēva were the
sons of Vimalāditya and that the
inscription
was engraved during the reign of
Kulōttuṅga.
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