South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

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1 ^[1]Svasti Śrī [||*] ^[2]Āsīch=Chitraśikhaṇḍishu tri-bhuvana-khyātō munir=Gautamas=tat=sūnōś=cha
2 Śaradvataḥ Kṛipa iti bhrā[tu]s=sutaś=Śantanōḥ [|*] tad-vaṁśyēshv=adhunā ga-
3 ^[3]tēshv=amaratāṁ Śaly-ānta-bhadr-ādishu śrēsṭhaś=śrī-Jayasiṁha
4 ēsha jayati kshatr-aika-chūḍāmaṇiḥ || [1*]
5 Śrī chapaḷateya[ṁ] Vachana-śrī Chaturānana-virāmamaṁ bisuṭu Jaya-śrī-chāru-
6 nētre-y=oḍa-nered=ā-chandr-ārkkaṁ virājisal Jayasiṁhaṁ || [2*] Vachana |[|*] Kanyādāna- maṁ nina-
7 g=ittan^[4]=endoḍe pettu Mōchabbarasi santōsa[ṁ]-baṭṭ=int=endaḍe | Kanda | Inn=appa bhūpar=ellaṁ
8 ninnorega[ṁ] dorege vārar=adariṁd=āruṁ mannisad=ūraṁ guṇa-saṁpanna samant-īvud= enaga^[5] kanyā-
9 dānaṁ || [3*] Akkum=eṁdu || Utsāhaṁ || ūraj kaḍeya toreya taḍiya kariya kalla mōradiṁ
10 Puttūra poleyar=ippa kēriy=ovala nīra-bhūmiyaṁ sāra-bhūruhaṁgaḷ=ōḷiy=oḷage nere-
11 da kereyan=aṁbhōruhākshi tanna dhanadin=oppe māḍis-ildudaṁ || [4*] Vachana ||
12 ^[6]Nintārum=ollada kalkāḍa beṭṭaṁ sava-taḷaṁ māḍiy=ōḍila maneyu nandana-
13 vanavumaṁ māḍisi kereyaṁ kaṭṭisi toreya serey=iṭṭ=ovala nela-
14 naṁ piriduṁ=āyāsadiṁ sukshētraṁ māḍisidud=adu munna^[7] mūḍe-
15 y=ikkuv=oval-uppu-neladā bhūmiyan=oḷakoṇḍ=agalan=agali-
16 si āsanna chāvugāmigaḷ=ariye kanyādānaṁ-goṭṭa bhūmiyaṁ

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17 kāla-kālāntaradoḷ=ārānum=ī dharmmaman=alidu koḷal=āṭisida paṁcha-mahā-pāta-
18 kaṁ tanna tāyaṁ koḷal=endu ^[8]taṁnna tandeyaṁ kondu ^[8]taṁnna makkaḷa nettaraṁ kuḍi-
19 du pasuvuṁ Brāhmaṇaruma Kurukshētradoḷ=alid=ātana puguva nara-
20 kamaṁ puguvan=akke [ |*] ī kanyādānamaṁ koṇḍātan=alpāyushyanum=a-
21 putrikanum=appan=akke || Kandaṁ || Ārādoḍ=akke dhātrī-bhārama-
22 n=ārāṁtōr=āṁtara kayy-āṁtā bīranan=irad=āṁ bēḍiden=ōraṁtir[e] kāvu-
23 d=ī vyavastheyin=ūraṁ || [5*] Vachana |[|*] Adṁt=eṁdoḍe [||*] Arasāḷgaḷ=ūraṁ pokkaṁdu
24 pullaḍakkan=ettuvoḍaṁm(ḍam=)ēnānuvaṁ=biḍidoḍa^[9] kolege sāltar=ent=appa
25 drōhaṁ=geydu baṁd=ūram pokkoḍ=avanaṁ mūru-divasaṁ sarvva-parihāraṁ kādu
26 kalipuvudu [||*] [ū]rmme Jōgavveya vaṁśadoḷ=peṇ-gūsugaḷ=allade gaṇḍu-gū-
27 sugaḷa vaṁśakk=aḍihāram=allde salladu peṇ-gūsugaḷ=illadoḍa^[9] gaṇḍu-makkaḷga^[10] salkuṁ- (lguṁ) [||*]

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^[1] Floral design.
^[2] Metre : Śārdūlavikrīḍita. Lines 1-4 are written in Grantha characters.
^[3] The medial ē sign of tē is written at the end of the previous line.
^[4] Read : =itten=.
^[5] Read : enage.
^[6] Read : int-ārum=.
^[7] After this there are two horizontal strokes which apparently stand for punctuation.
^[8] Read ; tanna.
^[9] Read : ºode.
^[10] Read : ºge.