page_title: Halmidi inscription
section_title: Text
hierarchical_section_title: Halmidi inscription / Text
caption_attribution_description: English: This photograph of the Halmidi inscription translated into modern Kannada language was taken by self (Dinesh Kannambadi) at Halmidi village, Hassan district, Karnataka state, India in August 2007
context_page_description: The Halmidi inscription is the oldest known Kannada language inscription in the Kadamba script. While estimates vary slightly, the inscription is often dated to between 450 CE - 500 CE. The inscription was discovered in 1936 by Dr. M. H. Krishna, the Director of Archaeology of the State of Mysore, in Halmidi, a village in the Hassan district.
  The original inscription is kept in the Office of the Director of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Karnataka, Mysore, and a fibreglass replica has been installed in Halmidi.
context_section_description: The pillar on which the inscription was written stands around 4 feet (1.2 m) high.  The following lines are carved on the front of the pillar:
  1.  jayati śri-pariṣvāṅga-śārṅga vyānatir-acytāḥ dānav-akṣṇōr-yugānt-āgniḥ śiṣṭānān=tu sudarśanaḥ 
  
  2.  namaḥ śrīmat=kadaṁbapan=tyāga-saṁpannan kalabhōranā ari ka- 
  
  3.  kustha-bhaṭṭōran=āḷe naridāviḷe-nāḍuḷ mṛgēśa-nā- 
  
  4.  gēndr-ābhiḷar=bhbhaṭahar=appor śrī mṛgēśa-nāgāhvaya- 
  
  5.  r=irrvar=ā baṭari-kul-āmala-vyōma-tārādhi-nāthann=aḷapa- 
  
  6.  gaṇa-paśupatiy=ā dakṣiṇāpatha-bahu-śata-havan=ā- 
  
  7.  havuduḷ paśupradāna-śauryyōdyama-bharitōn=dāna pa- 
  
  8.  śupatiyendu pogaḷeppoṭṭaṇa paśupati- 
  
  9.  nāmadhēyan=āsarakk=ella-bhaṭariyā prēmālaya- 
  
  10. sutange sēndraka-bāṇ=ōbhayadēśad=ā vīra-puruṣa-samakṣa- 
  
  11.  de kēkaya-pallavaraṁ kād=eṟidu pettajayan=ā vija 
  
  12.  arasange bāḷgaḻcu palmaḍiuṁ mūḷivaḷuṁ ko- 
  
  13.  ṭṭār baṭāri-kuladōn=āḷa-kadamban kaḷadōn mahāpātakan 
  
  14.  irvvaruṁ saḻbaṅgadar vijārasaruṁ palmaḍige kuṟu- 
  
  15.  mbiḍi viṭṭār adān aḻivornge mahāpatakam svasti
  The following line is carved on the pillar's left face:
  16.  bhaṭṭarg=ī gaḻde oḍḍali ā pattondi viṭṭārakara
caption: The Halmidi inscription translated into modern Kannada language
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