ArianneNies1: added new post!

2026-05-01T05:19:38Z

added new post!

New page

{{orphan|date=October 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}
'''Srinivagilu''' is a sub-locality in [[Koramangala]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], with a recorded history dating back to at least the 8th century CE.

It is home to two historical stone inscriptions found near a Shiva temple in the Ibbalur Military Camp: a [[hero stone]] inscription in the [[Kannada script|Kannada]] script mentioning the name '''Siyanelvagila''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=L |first=Udayakumar P. |date=12 July 2022 |title=Gayathri Nagar or Srirampura? How ward names can highlight Bengaluru's millennium-old heritage |url=https://citizenmatters.in/j-p-park-to-tannirahalli-gayathri-nagar-to-srirampura-how-new-ward-names-can-hark-back-to-the-old/ |website=Citizen Matters}}</ref> and an incomplete [[Tamil language|Tamil]] inscription.

== History ==
[[File:Digital Image of the Srinivagilu 800CE Palchatereyamma's Turugol Herostone With Inscription.png|thumb|373x373px|Digital image of the Srinivagilu 800CE Palchatereyamma's Turugol Herostone with inscription.]]
[[File:3D Scanning of the Srinivagilu 800CE Palchatereyamma's Turugol Herostone With Inscription.jpg|thumb|381x381px|3D scanning of the Srinivagilu 800CE Palchatereyamma's Turugol Herostone with inscription.]]

The older inscription is a [[Kannada script|Kannada]] hero stone [[Palaeography|paleographically]] dated to the 8th century CE. It commemorates the death of Palchhatereyamma, who fought thieves to rescue cows (''turugol'') in the village of Siyanelvagila (present-day Srinivagilu). Historian and epigraphist P. V. Krishnamurthy derives the etymology of Siyanelvagila from ''siya'' or ''sihi'' ("sweet") + ''nel'' ("paddy") + ''bagilu'' ("place"), meaning "the place where sweet paddy was grown".<ref>{{Cite book |last=ಎಂ. ಜಿ. ನಾಗರಾಜ |url=https://archive.org/details/kia.itihasadarsanasa0000drmgsamputa-24/page/n103/mode/1up |title=ಇತಿಹಾಸ ದರ್ಶನ, ಸಂಪುಟ 24 |date=2009 |publisher=ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಅಕಾದೆಮಿ |others=Servants of Knowledge |pages=104 |language=Kannada}}</ref> Over time, the name evolved into Srinivagilu. ''Turugol'' refers to cattle raiding. Because cattle were an important source of wealth, raids were commonplace. Numerous inscriptions document cattle raids in various villages and recount the deaths of those who defended against them.

=== Physical characteristics ===
The inscription is 64 cm tall and 87 cm wide. The [[Kannada script|Kannada]] characters are approximately 3 cm tall, 4 cm wide, and 0.15 cm deep, making them rather shallow. The upper section of the relief depicts a man seated on a stool, flanked by apsaras holding flywhisks (''chamara''). The lower section depicts a standing man grasping a bow and a long dagger, with a [[quiver]] of arrows strapped over his shoulders and arrows piercing his body. Because the lower part of the stone is buried or damaged, only the primary subject's top half, from the knees up, is visible.

=== Transliteration of the inscription ===
The inscription was first published by P. V. Krishnamurthy in Itihasa Darshana Vol 24, 2009. The text below is the rereading published in the Journal of the Mythic Society.

Digital images of the characters, the inscription, and other related information are available via the Akshara Bhandara software.

{| class="wikitable"
!Line
number
![[Kannada script|Kannada]]
!IAST
|-
|1
|ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿಶ್ರೀ ಪಳ್ಚತೆಱೆ
|''svastiśrī pal̤c̤atĕṟĕ''
|-
|2
|ಯಮ್ಮ ಸಿಯ್ಯನೆಲ್ವಾ
|''yamma siyyanĕlvā''
|-
|3
|ಗಿಲ ತುಱುವನಿಕಿಸಿ
|''gila tuṟuvanikisi''
|-
|4
|ಸತ್ತು ಸಗ್ಗಿಯಾದಂ
|''sattu saggiyādaṃ''
|}

== 15th-century Kailaiyam Udayar boundary inscription ==
[[File:Digital Image Of The Srinivagilu 15th-century Kailaiyam Udayar Boundary Tamil Inscription.png|thumb|394x394px|3D Scanned Digital Image Of The Srinivagilu 15th-century Kailaiyam Udayar boundary Tamil inscription.]]

A second engraving at the site is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language inscription written in [[Grantha script|Grantha]] and [[Tamil script|Tamil]] characters, paleographically dated to the 15th century CE. The context is unclear because the text is incomplete. The Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project team discovered the stone and published its findings in the ''Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society''. The inscription may have some connection with the [[Shiva]] Temple. Both the inscription and temple are located in military-controlled lands, so prior permission and coordination may be required for general public access.{{original research inline|date=June 2025}}

=== Physical characteristics ===
The inscription is 94 cm tall and 36 cm wide. The [[Grantha script|Grantha]] and [[Tamil script|Tamil]] characters are 4.5 cm tall, 3.6 cm wide, and 0.5 cm deep.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

=== Translation ===
The text was published in the ''Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society''.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=April 2022 |title=Srinivagilu Inscription |url=https://archive.org/details/qjms-vol-113-2-2022-43-undocumented-bengaluru-inscriptions/page/190/mode/1up |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society |volume=113 |issue=2 |pages=190 |via=archive.org}}</ref>

<blockquote>Swasthi Sri Paadirakodu. Sri Kailaiyamudayar temple's land. Puliya patta.....</blockquote>

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
File:View of the 10th-century Shiva Temple at Srinivagilu.jpg|A 10th-century Shiva Temple at Srinivagilu
File:Wide Angle View Photograph of the Srinivagilu 800CE Palchatereyamma's Turugol Herostone With Inscription.jpg|Wide angle view of the Srinivagilu Temple
File:Srinivagilu 750CE Palchtereyamma Herostone.jpg|Wide angle view Srinivagilu 8th-century Palchtereyamma Herostone with Inscription
File:Srinivagilu 15th-century Kailaiyam Udayar Boundary Tamil Inscription 02.jpg|Srinivagilu 15th-century Kailaiyam Udayar boundary Tamil inscription
File:Closer view of the Srinivagilu 750CE Palchtereyamma Herostone.jpg|Srinivagilu 8th-century Palchtereyamma Herostone with inscription
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/learn/Shasanagalu?id=104800 Akshara Bhandara software]

{{Coord|12.9324|N|77.6405|E|type:landmark|display=title}}

[[Category:Inscription stones of Bengaluru]]

Srinivagilu inscriptions and hero stones - Revision history

ArianneNies1: added new post!