Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription1.jpg
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Summary
| Malavalli 200CE Pillar Inscription of Satakarni (Full View) | |
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| Author |
Bengaluru Inscriptions Digital Conservation Team |
| Title |
Malavalli 200CE Pillar Inscription of Satakarni (Full View) |
| Description |
English: High-resolution digital image of an inscription attributed to the Satavahana dynasty.
This image was generated by 3D scanning the original stone inscription as part of a documentation effort by the "The Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Team. The digitisation was carried out on the occasion of the seminar "Early Kadambas and Their Times", held at the Mythic Society, Bengaluru, from March 22–24, 2025. The inscription is located in At Malavalli on a pillar in the Kalleshwara temple. It is engraved on a Pillar and written in Satavahana Brahmi script. The inscription is dated to the Satavahana, 200CE Accomplished, Victorious is the God of Malapali. Vinhukada Chutukulananda Satakarni, the king of Vaijayantipura, belonging to Manavya-gotra and a son of Hariti commands mahavalabha rajjuka (thus): May life and wealth increase. To please the divine, a source of continued happiness, for the enjoyment of the God of Malapali (which is) a place for great sages, (and) for our own safety was granted the village Sahalavati, free from all encumbrances, free from all of taxes, not to be entered by soldiers, fully prepared, as a Brahamana endowment to Kondamana son of Takinchi, belonging to Kaundinya- gotra and a son of Hariti, on the first day of the second fortnight of the Grishma season, in the first year of rule..... seen.... Additional ResourcesCharacter-by-character images of this inscription have also been documented and made available through the Akshara Bhandara platform — a tool for viewing and studying individual letterforms from stone inscriptions. Access Akshara Bhandara here: https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/ LicensingThis image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material with appropriate credit. More details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Additional ResourcesCharacter-by-character images of this inscription have also been documented and made available through the Akshara Bhandara platform — a tool for viewing and studying individual letterforms from stone inscriptions. Access Akshara Bhandara here: https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/ |
| Date | 1 March 2025 |
| Medium | Pillar |
| Dimensions |
Approx. 7.6 ft tall x 1.2 ft width Average character size: Aprrox 2 cm tall and 1 cm wide |
| Collection | The Mythic Society, Bengaluru |
| Current location |
At Malavalli on a pillar in the Kalleshwara temple |
| Source/Photographer | Scanned using an Artec Space Spider 3D scanner. The images were processed and rendered using MeshLab software. 3D scanned by The Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Team; Seminar: 'Early Kadambas and Their Times', Mythic Society, March 22–24, 2025 |
| Other versions | File: Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription2.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription3.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription4.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription5.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription6.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription7.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription8.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription9.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription10.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription11.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription12.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription13.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription14.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription15.png, Malavalli pillar satavahana inscription16.png |
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Inscription summary: Accomplished, Victorious is the God of Malapali. Vinhukada Chutukulananda Satakarni, the king of Vaijayantipura, belonging to Manavya-gotra and a son of Hariti commands mahavalabha rajjuka (thus): May life and wealth increase. To please the divine, a source of continued happiness, for the enjoyment of the God of Malapali (which is) a place for great sages, (and) for our own safety was granted the village Sahalavati, free from all encumbrances, free from all of taxes, not to be entered by soldiers, fully prepared, as a Brahamana endowment to Kondamana son of Takiinchi, belonging to Kaundinya- gotra and a son of Hariti, on the first day of the second fortnight of the Grishma season, in the first year of rule..... seen....
Transliteration:
siddhaṃ || jayati bhagavā. maṭṭapaṭṭa devo vaijayantīpu. rājāmānavya sagotto hāritīputto viṇhukaḍḍa cuṭukulānanda sātakaṇṇī āṇapayati mahā........ .........gavatoṣa ...sīmsukhā.. .māhārasahalāṭavīṃ || maṭṭapaṭṭadevabhogaṃ mahāsurāṇaṃ ṭhāṇammātmaraccāya savvaparihāreṇa vītārāmaṃ abhaṭappa....... ".citaṃ ...rihāre..kiñcī... ...jjaṃdi.. kŏṇḍinya sagottāya hāritīpu.. kŏ...ya ivvaddhatti bitī.gi.pakkaṃ pa...........ram . . .. . . . . .. "
Translation: Accomplished, Victorious is the God of Malapali. Vinhukada Chutukulananda Satakarni, the king of Vaijayantipura, belonging to Manavya-gotra and a son of Hariti commands mahavalabha rajjuka (thus): May life and wealth increase. To please the divine, a source of continued happiness, for the enjoyment of the God of Malapali (which is) a place for great sages, (and) for our own safety was granted the village Sahalavati, free from all encumbrances, free from all of taxes, not to be entered by soldiers, fully prepared, as a Brahamana endowment to Kondamana son of Takiinchi, belonging to Kaundinya- gotra and a son of Hariti, on the first day of the second fortnight of the Grishma season, in the first year of rule..... seen....
Reference: Epigraphia Carnatica Volume 7, Shikaripura Taluk Inscription Number263
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