Kappe Arabhatta

According to , the Kappe Arabhatta inscription overlooks the artificial lake (on the south-east corner) of Badami town, and: ==Kappe Arabhatta inscription text==

The following is the text of the five lines written out in ten lines in the inscription. The meanings of the words are provided in the footnotes below the text. Lines 3 and 4 consist of a Sanskrit sloka, and is not translated. Here | denotes the end of each line of the tripadi metre and || , the end of the stanza: ==Dictionary for Translation of inscription==

1a "Kappe," Kannada, "a frog; that which hops" and has cognates in related languages: Telugu "kappa - a frog;" Tulu "kappe - a frog, probably from 'kuppu' - to hop, or 'kappu' - to cover;" 1b "Ara" and "bhaṭṭa" are both Prakrit words: the former means "virtue," the latter, itself derives from Sanskrit "bhartā." 2a kaṣṭajanavarjitan: avoided by evil people, adj. s. m. sg. nom. qualifying Kappe-Arabhattan. Sanskrit. kaṣṭa, jana, varjita; 2b kaliyugaviparita: an exceptional man in the kaliyuga. Sanskrit, viparita adj. s. m. sg. nom qualifying Kappe-Arabhattan; 5a sadhuge: to the good people. Sanskrit sadhu, s. n.; 5b sadhu: Good, kind, person. Sanskrit. s. m.; 5d madhuryam: sweetness. s. m. sg. nom. Sanskrit; 6a kalige: to the kali age. s. m. sg. dat. Sanskrit . kali-; kali - hero.; 6d: peran: another. From pera - outer place; the outside. MK hera; NK hora; Tamil: piran - a stranger; Malayalam: piran - another; Telugu: pera - another; 6e alla: is not, neg. pr. of intr. al (to be fit); Tamil al, alla-: no, not; Malayalam alla: no, not. 7a oḷḷitta: what is good (adj. s. n.); 7b keyvōr: those who do; 7c ār: who (inter. pron.); 7d polladum: The evil also. adj. s. n. sg. nom. + um (NK holladu, hole)—Tamil: pol—to agree with, negative of this is pollā. Tamil: pollā, pollāda: bad, vicious (neg. of pon: to shine), Malayalam: pollā - to be bad, evil; pollu - hollow, vain, useless; Telugu: pollu - useless; Tulu: polle - slander, backbiting. 7e adaramte - like that (adv.) (adara stem. pron.) amte: adv. p. of an: to speak.; 7f ballittu: Strong adj. s. n.; 8a: purākṛtam: the ancient karma (Fleet); the deeds done in the past. Sanskrit; 8b illi: here. 8c: samdhikkum: 8d adu - it (pron); 10e avicāram: without foresight. (Fleet translates as "without doubt.") Sanskrit. avicāra. ==Literal translation==

1 Kappe1a Arabhata,1b beloved of the good people1c 2 avoided by evil people,2a an exceptional man in Kaliyuga2b 5 To the good people,5a good;5b to the sweet,5c sweetness;5d | causing distress5e 6 to the kali age,6a an exceptional man in Kaliyuga,2b | Madhava (or Vishnu),6b this man6c another6d is not6e || 7 What is good7a those who do7b who7c the evil7d like that7e | strong7f 8 exception to (or opposite)2b the ancient karma8a | here8b samdhikkum8c it8d having come8e || 9 Bound9a the lion9b harmful thing9c what9d | in the same way as releasing9e (Translated in , "In the same way as releasing the bound lion, saying 'What is the harm to us?'") 10 exception to or opposite2b the enemies10a | were ruined10b and10c died10d without foresight (or without doubt)10e || (Note: 10c, 10d, and 10e are translated in as "And they died undoubtedly (for want of foresight)") ==Popular version of Stanza 3 in Kannada script==

A condensed version of Stanza 3 seems to be well known, both in the Kannada script: and in the English poetic rendering: "Kind man to the kind, Who's sweet to the sweet, Very cruel to the cruel He was not unlike Lord Vishnu in this regard" ==See also==