South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

BANGAON PLATE OF VIGRAHAPALA III ; REGNAL YEAR 17

10 Dikpālaiḥ kshiti-pālanāya dadhataṁ dēh[ē] vibhaktān=guṇān śrīmantaṁ janayāmva(mba)- bhūva tanayaṁ Nārāyaṇaṁ sa prabhuṁ(bhum) | yaḥ kshōṇīpatibhiḥ śirō-maṇi-ruchāślishṭ-āṁghri-
11 pīṭh-ōpala[ṁ*] nyāy-ōpāttam=alaṁchakāra charitaiḥ svair=ēva dharm-āsanaṁ(nam) || [6*] Tōyāśay[air]=jaladhi-mūla-gabhīra-ga[r]bhai[r]=dēvālayaiś=cha kula-bhūdhara-tulya-kaksh- aiḥ | vikhyā-
12 ta-kirttir=abhavat=tanayaś=cha tasya śrī-Rājyapāla iti madhyamalōkapālaḥ || [7*] Tasmāt= pūrva-kshitidhrān=nidhir=iva mahasāṁ Rāshṭrakūṭ-ānvay-ēndōs=Tuṅgasy=ōttuṅga-mau-
13 lē[r]=duhitari tanayō Bhāgyadēvyāṁ prasūtaḥ [|*] śrīmān=Gōpāladēvaś=chirataram=avanēr= ēka-patnyā iv=aikō bhartt=ābhūn= naika-ratna-[dyu]ti-khachita-chatuḥ-sindhu-chitr-āṁśu-
14 kāyāḥ || [8*] Yaṁ svāminaṁ rāja-guṇair=anūnam=āsēvatē chārutay=ānuraktā | utsāha-mantra- prabhu-śakti-lakshmīḥ pṛithvī[ṁ*] sapatnīm=iva śīlayantī || [9*] Tasmād=va(d=da)bhūva śa(sa).
15 vitu[r]=vasu-kōṭi-varshī |^[1] kālēna chandra iva Vigrahapāladēvaḥ | nēttra-priyēṇa vimalēna kalāmayēna yēn=ōditēna dalitō bhuvanasya tāpaḥ || [10*] Ha-
16 ta-sakala-vipakshaḥ saṅgarē vā(bā)hu-darpād=anadhikṛita-viluptaṁ rājyam=āsādya pitryaṁ- (tryam) | nihita-charaṇa-padmō bhubhū(bhūbhu)jā[ṁ*] mūrdhni tasmād=abhavad= avanipālaḥ śrī-Mahī-
17 pāladēvaḥ || [11*] Tyajan=dōsh-āsaṅga[ṁ*] śirasi kṛita-pādaḥ kshitibhṛitāṁ vitan[v]an sarvv- āśāḥ prasabham=uday-[ā]drē[r]=iva raviḥ [|*] hata-dh[v]āntaḥ snigdha-prakṛitir=anurāgau- (g-ai)ka-va-

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18 sati[ḥ*] sutō dhanyaḥ puṇyair=ajani Nayapālō narapatiḥ || [12*] Pītaḥ sajjana-lōchanaiḥ smara- ripōḥ pūjāsu raktaḥ sadā |^[2] saṁgrāmē dhavalō=’dhikaś=cha Haritaḥ
19 kālaṁ(laḥ) kulē vidvishāṁ(shām) | chāturvvarṇṇa(rṇya)-samāśrayaḥ śi(si)ta-yasa(śa)ḥ-pūrai[r]= jjagad=rañjayan |^[2] śrīmad-Vigrahapāladēva-nṛipatiḥ puṇyai[r]=jjanānām=abhūta(bhūt) || [13*] Dēśē prāchi pra-
20 chura-payasi svachchham=āpīya tōyaṁ svairaṁ bhrāntā(ntvā) tad-anu Malay-ōpatyakā- chandanēshu | kṛitvā sāndrair=Marushu jaḍatā[ṁ*] śīkarair=abhra-tulyāḥ Prālēyādrēḥ kaṭakam=abha-
21 jan=yasya sēnā-gajēndrāḥ || [14*] Sa khalu Bhāgīrathī-patha-pravarttamāna-nānāvidha-nau- vāṭaka-saṁpādita-sētuva(ba)ndha-nihita-śaila-śikhara-śrēṇī-vibhramāt |^[2] nirati-
22 śaya-ghana-ghanāghana-ghana-ghaṭā-śyāmāyamān-vāsara-lakshmī-samāravdha(bdha)-santata- jalada-samaya-sandēhāt |^[2] udīchīn-ānēka-narapati-prābhṛitīkṛit-āpramēya-haya-
23 vāhinī-khara-khur-ōtkhāta-dhūlī-dhūsarita-dig-antarālāt |^[2] paramēśvara-sēvā-samāyāt-āśēsha- ja[mvū](bmū)dvīpa-bhūpāl-ā[na*]nta-pādāta^[3]-bhara-named-avanēḥ |^[2]
24 Kāñchanapura-samāvāsi[tā*]t śrīmaj-jaya-skandhāvārāt paramasaugatō mahārājādhirāja-śri- man-Nayapāladēva-pād-ānudhyātaḥ paramēśvaraḥ paramabhaṭṭārakō
25 mahārājādhirāhaḥ śrī-Vigrahapāladēvaḥ kuśalī | Tīrabhuk[t]au Hōd rēya-vaishayika-Vasu- kāvarttāt | yath-ōtpatyā(ttyā) pañcha-śatik-ā[ṁ]śē ||^[4] || ||

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^[1] The daṇḍa is superfluous.
^[2] The daṇḍa is unnecessary. Similarly the daṇḍas further on, mostly in lines 25-41, are superfluous.
^[3] A letter has been cancelled between ta and bha.
^[4] There is a conventional floral design between the first two pairs of daṇḍas, while the space between the second and third pairs is left vacant.