South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

33 || [25*]^[1] praprīta-samasta-varṇṇ-āśramād=aparimita-subhaṭa-sādhu-vidvajjan-ādhishṭhānād= vichittra-gaja-turaga-śivi-
34 k-ārūḍhair=mmahānarapatibhir=avanipati-sēv-ārtham gachchhadbhiḥ pratyāgachchhadbhis =cha saṅkula-mahārājamā-
35 rgād=a-saṁkhya-gaja-turaga-padāti-sādhana-nirantara-niruddha-sakala-digantarād=ubhaya- vēl-āchal-ō-
36 tthit-ōtu(ttu)ṅga-taru-gahana-viśrānta-matta-varhiṇa-kēkārav-ōdbhrānta-bhujaga-vrāta-
mukta-phūtkāra-pavana-pra-
37 kampit-ānēka-latā-vigalita-kusuma-nikara-parimala-surabhi-salilēna |^[2] tad-upavana-lagna-dā-
38 vānala-dahyamāna-kṛishṭ-ā(shṇ-ā)garu-dhūma-sambhav-āmvu(mbu)dhara-vṛishṭa-sugandhi- jal-augha-pravāhiṇā |
39 ^[3]sakala-sur-āsura-makuṭa-maṇi-mayūkha-mañjarī-rañjita-charṇa-pīṭhābhyāṁ śrī-Kāmēśva-
40 ra-Mahāgaurī-bhaṭā(ṭṭā)rikābhyām=adhishṭhita-śirasaḥ Kāmakūṭa-giḥ(gi)rēḥ satata-nitam- va(mba)-
41 kshālanād=adhikatara-pavittra-payaḥ-sampūrṇṇa-srōtasā | ubhaya-taṭa-mahīdhar-ōpavana- granthiparṇṇ-ā-
42 ṅkura-bhujāṁ kvachit=svaya[ṁ*] mṛitānām=ā(m=a)nyattra puṇḍarīkair= hata-yūthānām= aparattra vṛika-saṅhrai(ṅghair=) vinihat-ārddha-bha-
43 kshita-māṅs-ō(māṁs-ō)jjhitānāṁ kastu(stū)rikā-mṛigāṇāṁ mada-gandhēn=āmōdita-sakala- tīr-ōpakaṇṭha-nivāsi-jana-
44 padēna | majjan-nō(t-tö)ya-vilāsinī-kucha-kalaśa-taṭ-āślishṭa-madva(da)-paṅk-āvila-sugan- dhy-ambhasā | vēśy-āṅganā-
45 bhir=iva nān-ābharaṇa-śōbhita-prakaṭ-āvayavābhiḥ | vā(bā)la-kumārikābhir=iva kvaṇat- kiṅkiṇī-mālā-dhā-
46 riṇībhiḥ | Karṇṇāṭībhir=iva kaṭhin-ābhighāta-samva(saṁva)rddhi[ta*]-vēgābhiḥ | vāra- strībhir=iva chāmara-dhāriṇībhi[ḥ*]^[4]

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^[1] As known from the Tezpur plates, this is merely the first half of a stanza in the Mandākrāntā metre, the latter half of it running as follows :

sampūrṇ-ēndōr=viyati vimalām=aṁśu-mālāṁ vichitrāṁ
rājñō=nalpā vicharatilarāṁ kīrttir=ady=āpy=ajasram||
This verse is followed in that inscription by four more stanzas which are not found in the present record.
The amended text of these verses as given in the Kāmarūpa-śāsan-āvalī (pp. 62-63) runs as follows :
Satya-gāmbhīrya-tuṅgalva-pratāpa-tyāga-vikramaiḥ |
yō=jayad=Dharmaj-ābdhy-adri-bhānu-Karṇa-marutsutān ||
yasya yaśaḥ-śaśin=ēdaṁ bhuvanaṁ dhavalīkṛitaṁ vilōkya dṛiśā |
sa-vrīḍa iv=ōdēti prālēyamarīchir=ady=āpi ||
dēv-āgāraṁ vādya-gīta-praṇādair=nān-ārāmāḥ satriṇāṁ vyāhṛitaiś=cha |
gāyanty=ady=āpy=abja-ramyāḥ suvāpyō dēśē dēśē śālinīṁ yasya kīrttim ||
bahu-hēma-raupya-gaja-vāji-mahī-pramad-ādi-ratna-nichayaṁ bahuśah |
pradadāv= avāram=aniśaṁ nigadan pramit-āksharō=pi bahu-vāg=abhavat ||

^[2] The daṇḍa in this case as also in the following lines has been used as a comma is done in English and is really unnecessary.
^[3] The passage sakala……srōtasā (lines 39-41) is found in the Tezpur plates after ubhaya……janapadēno (lines 41-44).
^[4] A passage has been omitted at this place. In the amended text of the Tezpur plates, as given in the Kāmarūpa-śāsan-āvalī (p. 64), the passage missing in the inscription under discussion runs as follows :

Daśavadan-āntaḥpurikābhir=iva ruṁ(rū)shita-santata-daśanābhiḥ pavana-kāminībhir=iv=ātyanta-vēgavatībhiḥ rama-ṇīya-daluh-āṅganābhir=iva sakala-jana-manōhāriṇībhiḥ naṭībhir=iva narttaka-purush-ākramaṇa-saṁvarddhit-ōtkam-
pabhir=durgata-dēvapālibhir=iva satat-ōttāna-sthāna-kāminībhir=naubhir=alaṅkṛit-ōbhaya-tīr-ōpanta-dēśēna śrī-Lauhitya-bhaṭṭārakēṇa sanāthaº.The expressions daluh-āṅganābhiḥ and dēvapālibhiḥ are doubtful.