Anjanapura (Bengaluru) Inscriptions and Herostones

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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 measurement of the inscription is 179cm in height and 100cm in width. 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
Digital Image Obtained by 3D Scanning of The of Anjanapura 15th-century Anjeneya Temple Inscription
MaterialStone
WritingKannada
Present location12°51′13″N 77°33′11″E / 12.85373°N 77.55312°E / 12.85373; 77.55312
Anjaneya Temple. Picture Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
3D scanning of the Anjanapura 15th-century Anjeneya Temple Inscription. Picture Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
Anjanapura 15th-century Anjeneya Temple Inscription. Picture Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Transliteration of the text

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The 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

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  1. ^ The Mythic Society (April 2022). Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (QJMS) VOl 113 2 2022 43 Undocumented Bengaluru Inscriptions.