IAST transliteration
- svasti śrī mīnaṃṇṇa bṛhasmati
- ppi talĕti(ṃ) gaḷ vē kāryya
- vaikiṃdeve yā sti ku jaya siṃ.
- ha deveṛ mugaraira grāmaku
- taḍya parihāro mātonula
- kātreya mugaraira grāmokā pā
- ḍt koṃḍeṛ ī saṃketa kāpu
- ḍa abe palliḍta oriye appiṇda
- aḻaḍi karttāva ovva paṇatina vā
- grāmaṇca paṇatina grāmaṃkeñcalaḻa
- tage pantināye rraḍa aḍatinā.
- ye grāṃ (maṃ) ka pidayi ī grāmaṇcata saṃke.
- ta (nu) yentināye grāmaṃka pidayi grā.
- manta (sirita?) sākṣi………
This stone inscription was found in Ganapati shrine in Ananthapura Temple’s outer area Kumble, Kasaragod District. In the 3rd line Vaikindeveyāyi kabayasimha can be read as Vekindeveyayiku Jayasimha.
“Vaikindeva” definitely means “Bankideva”. There is more chance that this inscription might have been installed by Aliya Bankideva. He ruled the kingdom between 1285 to 1315 AD. In 1275 when Veera Pandya died, his son Nagadevarasa was still juvenile so Queen Ballamhadevi took the power of Kingdom. Aliya Bankideva was her subordinate and after knowing that he had intentions of overthrowing her. So, she divided the kingdom into two parts and let Bankideva rule Mangalore. Hence there are more chances that Bankideva might have made this inscription in his new territory. Again in 1300 he overthrew Nagadevarasa and captured the whole Tulunad. So, if he was the king during this period then this inscription could be dated to the end of 13th century.
In Tulu “ben” root verb means “serve” or “to do work” so here we can imply
Vendi Kārya->Bendi Kārya = Done Work, this meant of “Installed Inscription”.
There is no proper historical evidence of King named Jayasihma and the inscription that found in Talangere mentions “Jayasihma” so there is a doubt if Jayasihma was
Bankideva’s another name. By this we can conclude ‘vekindeveyayiku jayasimha’ meant “The one who is Vainkideva Jayasimha”
Dr.K.V Ramesh states “manevana” means “Tadya parihara” which is apt. Dever here means King himself.
Finally, we can conclude: The inscription is dated in the month when Jupiter was
in Pisces house. Vaikindeva/Jayasimha King saved houses at Mugraira Village (Today’s Mogarālu Village) from imposed house tax. He took care of the village.
The person who doesn’t belong to this village/ the one who disobeys the terms and conditions mentioned in this inscription would be thrown out of the village.