Kappe Arabhatta Inscription Text
The following is the text of the five lines written out in ten lines in the inscription. The meanings of the words are provided in the footnotes below the text. Lines 3 and 4 consist of a Sanskrit sloka, and is not translated. Here | denotes the end of each line of the tripadi metre and ||, the end of the stanza:
c. 700 A. D. Taṭṭukôṭi Inscription I. A. X. 61
1. (Kannada) Kappe1a-Arabhaṭṭan1b Śiṣṭajana1c priyan1c
2. kaṣṭajanavarjitan2a kaliyugaviparītan2b ||
3. (Sanskrit sloka:) varan-tējasvino mṛittyur na tu mānāvakhaṇḍanam-
4. Mṛttyus tatkṣaṇikō duḥkham mānabhamgam dinēdinē ||
Tripadi:
5.(Kannada) Sādhuge5a Sādhu5b mādhuryange5c mādhuryam5d | bādhippa5e
6. kalige6a kaliyuga2b viparītan2b | mādhavan6b ītan6c peran6d alla6e ||
Tripadi:
(Kannada) 7. oḷḷitta7a keyvōr7b ār7c polladum7d adaramte7e | ballittu7f kalige6a
8. viparītā2b purākṛtam8a | illi8b samdhikkum8c adu8d bamdu8e ||
Tripadi:
(Kannada) 9. kaṭṭida9a Simghaman9b keṭṭodēnemag9c emdu9d | biṭṭavōl9e kalige6a vi-
10. parītamg2b ahitarkkaḷ10a | keṭṭar10b mēṇ10c Sattar10d avicāram10e ||
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