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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA The importance of the epigraph lies in its being unique. Inscriptions mentioning the joint rule of the two brothers, Śivachitta Permāḍi and Vijayāditya II, and also those that refer to the rule of the former only who was the elder of the two, have been discovered. But no inscription referring to Vijayāditya as an independent ruler, has come to light so far. No doubt the second part of the Halsi inscription contains a reference to the regnal year possibly of Vijayāditya ; but it is clear from the earlier portion that his brother Permāḍi was ruling at the time.1 Hence the present happens to be the first and the only inscription so far discovered, attributing independent rule to Vijayāditya, dissociated from his brother. The reason for this appears to be that Permāḍi was no longer living by this time.2 According to the Halsi inscription, Vijayāditya was a devotee of the god Vishṇu and bore the epithet Vishṇuchitta. But it is revealed from the seal of the present plates that he preferred to describe himself as Vishṇudāsa, i. e., ‘an humble servant of Lord Vishṇu.’
The inscription contains two place-names. One is the region called Marruvaṭṭugaḍalu or Maruvaṭṭugaḍalu, and the other the village Aruvige situated therein. It is interesting to note that Maruvaṭṭugaḍalu is a purely Kannaḍa expression made up of the words maru, paṭṭu or maṭṭu and kaḍalu. It means ‘the coastal region adjoining the sea.’ I am, however, unable to identify this tract. Aruvige appears to be identical with the present day Arage, a village about 4 miles to the south-east of Karwar, on the road to Ankola. The village Arage contains a shrine dedicated to a female deity named Durgā. This deity probably represents the goddess Āryā Bhagavati of the epigraph. TEXT3 [Metres : Verses 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 13 Śārdūlavikrīḍita ; vv. 3, 7 Upajāti ; vv. 4, 8, 9, 14-18 Anushṭubh ; v. 11 Mandākrāntā ; v. 12 Vasantatilakā.] First Plate
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[1] J. B. B. R. A. S., Vol. IX, pp. 279-80 ; compare George M. Moraes, Kadamba Kula, p. 199. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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