Monolithic stone pillar bearing inscription
Monolithic Stone Pillar Bearing Inscription «This octagonal pillar bears a sanskrit inscription engraved in two scripts viz. the siddhamatrika and kannada-telugu scripts of CE 8th century. It opens with invocations to Siva and Haragauri. It refers to the setting up of a trisula pillar by Jananasivacharya who had come from Mirigatralekamara-vishaya on the northern bank of the river Ganga and was staying in the Vijayesvara temple (modern Sangamesvara), apart from mentioning the location of this pillar, the inscription informs that the Vijayesvara temple was built by king Vijayaditya, the Lokesvara temple (modern Virupaksha) by Vikramaditya II's queen Lokamahadevi and the Trailoky Esvara temple (modern Mallikarjuna) by Trailokya Mahadevi who was the mother of king Kirtivarma II. It records that Jnanasivacharya made a grant of land near Arapunase village as provision for discourses and worship in the Vijayesvara temple. The reigning king was Kirttivarma II (CE 744-757).» |
Monolithic stone pillar seen from north |
Monolithic stone pillar seen from northwest |
See Also
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Pattadakal Temples, Pattadakal
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Kadasiddheshwara Temple, Pattadakal
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Jambulinga Temple, Pattadakal
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Galaganatha Temple, Pattadakal
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Sangameshwara Temple, Pattadakal
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Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal
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Mallikarjuna Temple, Pattadakal
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Kashivishweshwara Temple, Pattadakal
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Badami Cave Temples
Source
- Pattadakal: Other monuments and inscriptions - Wikipedia
- Monolithic stone pillar - Archaeological Survey of India
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