Английская Википедия:Bileshivale (Bengaluru) Inscriptions and Herostones
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Bileshivale is a historic locality in Bengaluru. Bileshivale is counted as one of the emerging popular hubs. One inscription at Bileshivale is being documented here for the first time. The inscription found here indicates that there was a temple in the 14th century at Bileshivale. This temple is untraceable today. This inscription shows that Kalkere, the lake and the place are at least 700 years old.
Related to Bileshivale and Kalkere localities are three inscriptions
- Bileshivale 1399CE Damodara Setti Inscription (Tamil)
- Kalkere 1318CE Annayyappa's Tota Muneshvara Temple Donation Inscription[1]
- Kalkere 1312CE Lake Repair Inscription[2]
Bileshivale 1399CE Damodara Setti Inscription (Tamil)
Discovery And Dating
This inscription was first noticed in 1911 by R Narasimhachar (Head, Mysore Archaeological Department) and mention of it is made by him in the Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of Mysore For The Year 1910 To 1912. Subsequently, There is no mention of the inscription in literature. Kalkere Lake guardian Mark Mackenna Anthony noticed this inscription near a sewage drain during his morning stroll in 2018.[3] It has since been conserved opposite Creative School, L G Lakedew, Bileshivale .
In 2022 this inscription was identified and 3D digital scanned by the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project team based on media reports about the inscription.[4]
Transliteration Of The Text
The inscription is in Tamil and the script is Grantha and Tamil .Inscription was read by Soundari Rajkumar & Pon Karthikeyan who are Citizen Epigraphists. As the text flows from the left side of the stone to the front side, the table below consolidates text from both sides into one line for ease of reading purposes The exact transliteration of the inscription in Kannada and ISAT (line numbers are not part of the original inscription, including them is a default practice with inscriptions) are as follows:
| sl no. | Modern Tamil | Modern Kannada | IAST |
|---|---|---|---|
| ...வருஷம் 4500* இதில் ஶகாப்தம் | ...ವರುಷಂ 4500* ಇತಿಲ್ ಶಕಾಪ್ತಂ | ...varuṣam 4500* itil śakāptam | |
| ...ராஜராஜ பரமேஸ்வர ஸ்ரீ வீரஹரி | ...ರಾಜರಾಜ ಪರಮೇಸ್ವರ ಶ್ರೀ ವೀರಹರಿ | ...rājarāja paramesvara śrī vīrahari | |
| ...நின்ற காலத்து ப்ருமாதி வருஷத்து | ...ನಿನ಼್ಱ ಕಾಲತ್ತು ಪ್ರುಮಾತಿ ವರುಷತ್ತು | ...niṉṟa kālattu prumāti varuṣattu | |
| ...த்து வெளண்ரையும் ப்ரஹஸ்ப தி வ | ...ತ್ತು ವೆಳಣ್ರೈಯುಂ ಪ್ರಹಸ್ಪ ತಿ ವ | ...ttu vĕl̤aṇraiyum prahaspa ti va | |
| ...ரலி சோழ வளநாட்டுச் சண்ணை | ...ರಲಿ ಚೋೞ ವಳನಾಟ್ಟುಚ್ ಚಣ್ಣೈ | ...rali coḻa val̤anāṭṭuc caṇṇai | |
| ...யக்கு செய்வார் கற்கிறையில் | ...ಯಕ್ಕು ಚೆಯ್ವಾರ್ ಕಱ್ಕಿಱೈಯಿಲ್ | ...yakku cĕyvār kaṟkiṟaiyil | |
| ...வா மகன் தாமோதர செட்டியா(ர்) | ...ವಾ ಮಕನ಼್ ತಾಮೋತರ ಚೆಟ್ಟಿಯಾ(ರ್) | ...vā makaṉ tāmotara cĕṭṭiyā(r) | |
| ...ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ | ...ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀ | ...śrī śrī |
Summary Of The Text
MAR mentions the inscription on two stones, today, only one of these is traceable. So rather than provide an incomplete summary based on this one stone, a complete summary is provided here based on the narration in MAR. This inscription explains that during the rule of Rajadiraja Raja Parameshwara Vira Harirayan, Damodara Settiyar of Kalkere, who was the superintendent of Tenkuru Nadu in Sannai Nadu of Nigarili Sola Mandalam had made this lamp pillar.
Features of the Inscription
The inscription stone measures 114 cm tall and 77 cm wide, while the characters are 6.9 cm tall, 6.7 cm wide and 0.3 cm deep. The inscription is inscribed in the Kannada language and Kannada script.
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