South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

TWO PALA PLATES FROM BELWA

14 ṭh-ōpalaṁ nyāy-ōpāttam=alañchakāra charitaiḥ svair=ēva dharmm-āsanaṁ(nam) || [6*] Tōyāśayair=jaladhi-mūla-gabhīra-garbhai[r]=da(r=dē)vālayiś=cha
15 kula-chūdhara-tulya-kakshaiḥ | vikhyāta-kī[r]ttir=abhavat=tanayaś=cha tasya śrī-Rājyapāla iti madhyama-lōka-pālaḥ || [7*] Tasmāt=pū[r]va-kshiti-
16 dbrān=nidhir=iva mahasāṁ Rāshṭrakūṭ-ānvay-ēndōs=Tuṅgasy=ōttuṅga-maulē[r]=duhitari tanayō Bhāgyadēvyāṁ prasūtaḥ [|*] śrīmān=Gōpāladēvaś=chi-
17 rataram=avanēr=ēka-patnyā iv=aikō bhattrā(rtt=ā)bhūn=naika-ratna-dyuti-khachita-chatuḥ- sindhu-chitr-āṁśukāyāḥ || [8*] Yaṁ svāminaṁ rāja-guṇair=anūna-
18 [m=ā]sēvatē [chā]rutay=ānuraktā | utsāha-mantra-prabhuśakti-lakshmīḥ pṛīthvīṁ sapatnīm= iva śīlayantī || [9*] Tasmād=va(d=ba)bhūva savitur=vasu-
19 kōṭi-varshī |^[1] kālēna chandra iva Vigrahapāladēvaḥ | nētra-priyēṇa vimalēna kalāmayēna yēn=ōditēna dalitō bhuva-
20 nasya tāpaḥ || [10*] Hata-sakala-vipakshaḥ saṅgarē vā(bā)hu-da[r]pa(rpā)d=anadhikṛita- viluptaṁ rājyam=āsādya pitryaṁ(tryam |) nihita-charaṇa-padmō bhū-
21 bhujāṁ mūrdhni tasmād=abhavad=avanipālaḥ śrī-Mahīpāladēvaḥ || [11*] Dēśē prāchi prachura-payasi svachchham=āpīya tōyaṁ svairaṁ bhrāntvā ta-
22 d-anu Malay-ōpatyakā-chandanēshu | kṛitvā sāndrair=Marushu jaḍatāṁ śīkarair=abhra-tulyāḥ Prālēyādrēḥ kaṭakam=abhajan yasya sēnā-
23 gaj-ēndrāḥ || [12*] Sa khalu Bhāgīrathī-patha-pravarttamāna-nānāvidha-nau-vāṭaka-sam- pādita-sētu-vá(ba)ndha-[nihita-śaila]-śikhara-śrēṇī-vibhra-

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24 māt |^[1] ni[ra]tiśaya-ghana-ghanāghana-ghaṭā-śyāmāyamāna-vāsara-lakshmī-samāravdha- (bdha)-santata-jalada-samaya-sandēhāt |^[1] udīchī-
25 n-ānēka-narapati-prā[bhṛi]tīkṛit-āpramēya-haya-vāhinī^[2]-khara-khur-ōtkhāta-dhūlī-dhūsarita- digantarālāt |^[1] paramēśvara-sēvā-sa-
26 māyāt-āśēha-Jamvu(mbū)dvīpa-bhūpāl-ānanta-pā[dā]ta-bhara-namad-avanēḥ śrī-Sāhasagaṇ- ḍa-nagara-samāvāsi[tā*]t śrīmaj-jayaskandhāvārā-
27 [t|^[1]] paramasaugatō mahārājādhirāja-śrī-Vigrahapāladēva-pād-ānudhyātaḥ paramēśvara- paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhi-
28 rājaḥ śrīman-Mahīpāladēvaḥ kuśalī |^[1] śrī-Puṇḍravarddhana-bhuktau |^[1] Phāṇita-vīthī-samva- (mba)ddha-3Amala[kshuddu]ṅg-āntaḥpāti-sva-samvā-^[4]
29 vichchhinna-tal-ōpēta-[da]ś-ōttara-śata-dvaya-pramāṇ-Ausi[nna]-Kaivartta-vṛitti- |^[1] Puṇḍa- rikā-maṇḍal-āntaḥpa(pā)ti-Pañchakāṇḍak-ādhika-
30 Shaṭṭāpāṇāyichatrē^[5] navaty-uttara-chatuḥ-śata-pramāṇa-Nandisvāminī-|^[1] Pañchanagarī- vishay-āntaḥpāti-^[3] ēkapañchāśad-uttara-śa-
31 ta-pramāṇa-Gaṇēśvara-samēta-grāma-pushki(shka)riṇīshu |1 samupagarā(t-ā)śēsha-rājapu- rushān |^[1] rāja-rājanyaka- |^[1] rājaputra- |^[1] rājāmā-
32 tya- |^[1] mahāsāndhivigrahika- |^[1] mahākshapaṭalika- |^[1] mahāsāmanta- |^[1] mahāsēnāpati- |^[1] mahā- [pra]tīhāra- |^[1] dauḥsādhasādhani-

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^[1] The daṇḍa is superfluous.
^[2] Originally ni was engraved.
^[3] Sandhi has not been observed here.
^[4] Read sambaddh-āº.
^[5] Better read ºchatra-. Chatra may be the same as chaturaka (cf. Inscriptions of Bengal, Vol. III, p. 94).