Anjanapura (inscription)

Anjanapura
3D Scanned Image of the Anjanapura Inscription
Height	179 cm (70 inches)
Width	100 cm (39 inches)
Writing	Old Kannada
Created	15th century CE
Discovered	2022
Present location	12.8535098°N 77.5532311°E / 12.8535098; 77.5532311

It is a Kannada inscription paleographically dated to the 15^th century CE, discovered by the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project team in April 2022 in the Anjaneya Temple,Anjanapura. Much information cannot be contextualized as the text is effaced but appears to be a donatory inscription. The typical character size of the Inscription is 4.9 cm tall, 7.1 cm wide and 0.15 cm deep.

Anjanapura Anjaneya Temple

Inner view of the temple, inscription slab located to the right

Transliteration of the text

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