North Indian Inscriptions

PAITHAN PLATES OF GOVINDA III.

51 [[sta]]vya-Saitêha(?)-[sa]gôtra-va(ba)hvṛicha-savra(bra)hmach[â*]ri-[Râ] u l l a-p u t r a- Vâmadêva | [[tathâ . . . . vâstavya-tattraividya]]-,br> 52 [[sâmânya-[Hârîta]-sagôtra-[Taittirîya]-savra(bra)hmachâri- . . . . . . –putra- . . . . . . . . . kumara | tathâ [Ka]-
53 [[¹chchauraja-vâstavya-Kâśyapa-sagôtra-Mâdhyandina-savra(bra)]]-

Third Plate.

54 [[hmachâri ?]]² chaturbhya êtêbhyô³ vrâ(brâ)hmaṇêbhyah śrî-Pratishṭhâna-bhukty-antarggata-[Sârâ ?]-
55 kachchha-dvâdaśa-grâm-âbhyantarê Limvâ(mbâ)râmikâ-grâmô yasy=âghâṭanâni pûrvvataḥ Samatîrthaka-grâ-
56 [ma]ḥ⁴ dakshiṇataḥ Gôdâvari nadi [a]parataḥ Vra(bra)hma[p]urî uttarataḥ [Dhôna]⁵-grâma-ha[la]ṁ⁶ | êvam=êtach-chatur-âghâṭa-
57 n-ôpalachchhi(kshi)tô grâmaḥ sôdraṁgaḥ saparikaraḥ⁷ sadaśâparâdhaḥ sabhûtapâta- pratyâyaḥ sôtpadyamâ-
58 nari(vi)shṭikaḥ sadhânyahiraṇyâdêvô=chchâ(châ)ṭabhaṭapravêśyaḥ⁸ sarvvarâjakîyânâm=ahastapraksh[ê*]paṇîya
59 â-chandr-ârkk-ârṇṇava-kshiti-sarit-parvvata-samakîlânaḥ⁹ putra-pautr=ânvaya-kram-ôpa-bhôgyaḥ pûrvva-pratta-dê[va]-
60 vra(bra)hma-dâya-rahitô=bhyantarasiddhyâ [bh]ûmichchhidra-nyâyêna Śakanṛipa-kâl- âtîta-saṁvatsara-sa(śa)têshu saptamu(su) jê(shô)-
61 ḍaś-ôttarêshu Vaiśkha-va(ba)hul-âmâvâsyâm-âdityagrahaṇa-parvvaṇi va(ba)li- charu-vaiśya(śva)dêv-âgnihâ(hô)tr-âti-
62 [thi]-pada-¹⁰mahâyajñ-âdi-kṛiyôssarppaṇ-â[tha]¹¹ Gôdâṭapyâṁ¹² snâtv=â[d]y=ôdak- âsi(ti)sarggêṇa pratipâditô¹³ ya-
63 tô=sy¹⁴=ô[ch]itayâ [vra(bra)]hma[â*]ya-sthityâ [bh]uṁjatô bhôjayataḥ kṛishataḥ karshayataḥ pratidiśatâ(tô) vâ na kaiśchi-
64 d=anp(lp)=âpi paripaṁ[tha]nâ kâryâ that=âgâmi-bhadra-nṛipatibhir=asmad-vaṁśyair=vvânayair=¹⁵vvâ sâmânyaṁ bhûpi(mi)-
65 [dâ]na-phalam=av[ê*]tya vidyul-lôlâny=anity-aiśva[r*]yâṇi tṛiṇ-âgra-lagna-jalavindu-chaṁchalaṁ cha jîvitam=âkalayya
66 sva-dâya-nirvviśêshô=yam=asmad-dâyâ(yô)=numantavyaḥ pratipâlai(layi)tavyaś=cha [|*] yaś=ch=âjñâna-timira-pa[ṭa]l-â-
67 vṛita-matir=âchchhindyâd=âchchh[i*]dyamânakaṁ v=ânu[mô]dataḥ¹⁶ sa paṁchabhir= mmâhâpâtakôḥ¹⁷ sôpapâtakaiś=cha¹⁸ saṁyukta[ḥ]

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......¹ This line begins in the original under the akshara rî of the word Taittirîya (?) of the preceding line.
......² After this, and before the word êtêbhyô, about 10 or 12 aksharas are almost entirely effaced, and in their place the word chaturbhya has been engraved in very large letters.
......³ This was originally êtêbhyaḥ, followed, I believe, by saptabhyô, which has been effaced.
......⁴ Here, and in the following, the rules of saṁdhi have not been observed.
......⁵ It is impossible to say whether the consonants of the name in these brackets are really intended to be dh and n ; the first of them might possibly be dh or v or ch, and the second n or t.
......⁶ This akshara resembles ṇaṁ more than lam in the original. The following sign of punctuation is superfluous.
......⁷ One would have expected sôparikaraḥ.
......⁸ Originally °prâvê¬yaḥ was engraved.
......⁹ Read °kâlînaḥ.
......¹⁰ Read –pañcha-.
......¹¹ Read –kriy-ôtsarppaṇ-ârthaṁ.
......¹² Read Gôdâvaryâṁ.
......¹³ Read °pâditaḥ |.
......¹⁴ One would have expected here êshâm, and similarly the plural afterwards.
......¹⁵ Read v=ânyair=.
......¹⁶ Read °dêta.
......¹⁷ Read =mmahâpâtakaiḥ-
......¹⁸ This cha is superfluous.