It is a Kannada inscription paleographically dated to the 15th century CE, discovered by the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project team in April 2022 in the Anjaneya Temple,Anjanapura.[1] Much information cannot be contextualized as the text is effaced but appears to be a donatory inscription. The typical character size of the Inscription is 4.9 cm tall, 7.1 cm wide and 0.15 cm deep.
Anjanapura (Bengaluru) Inscriptions and Herostones | |
---|---|
Height | 179 cm (70 inches) |
Width | 100 cm (39 inches) |
Writing | Old Kannada |
Created | 15th century CE |
Discovered | 2022 |
Present location | 12°51′13″N 77°33′12″E / 12.8535098°N 77.5532311°E |
Transliteration of the text
editThe inscription is of 18 lines and the transliterated text of the inscription in Kannada and IAST are as follows.
Modern Kannada | IAST | |
---|---|---|
1 | ಪಾರ್ತಿವ ಸಂವಾತ್ಸರದ | Pārthiva
Samvathsarda |
2 | ಪಾಲ್ಗುಣ ಸು೩ ಲು ಶ್ರೀ | Pālguna su3 lu śrī |
3 | ಮತು.........ಯರು | Matu........... Yaru. |
4 | ರು ತಿಂಮ | Ru tìmma............ |
5 | ................ ದ....... | ................ da............
........ |
6 | .......................... | ................................ |
7 | ........................... ಆಳಿ. | .............................
ālli |
8 | ......................... | .............................
............... |
9 | .........................
.ವೊಡೆಯರ್ ಕು |
...........................
. võdêyara ku |
10 | ............... ಯ
ದೇವವೊಡಯರು |
..................... Ya
devavõdêyaru cêm |
11 | ............................ ಯರು
ಸಾಲಿ (?)ತ |
..............................
. yaru sāli(?)ta. |
12 | .................
...... ಕಯ್ಯ.. ನಾಯಕ್ಯರು |
.........................
Kavya.nāykaru |
13 | .............. ಸಾಸನ
ಯಿದಕ್ಕೆ ಆ |
............................
Sāsāna yidakkê ā |
14 | .......... ಗಂಗೆಯ
ತಡಿಯಲಿ |
................ gāngeya
tādiyali |
15 | ...............ಕೊಂದ ಪಾ [ಪ ] | .................. Kōmda
Pā[pa] dali hoharu |
16 | ............
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರ ಕೊಂ |
..................brāmhanāru
Kōm |
17 | ದಾ........................ | dā...................... |
18 | ............................ ನ
ಧರ್ಮ |
..........................
nā dharmma |
References
edit- ^ The Mythic Society (April 2022). Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (QJMS) VOl 113 2 2022 43 Undocumented Bengaluru Inscriptions.