North Indian Inscriptions

BAHAL INSCRIPTION OF SINGHANA.

TEXT.¹

1 Ôṁ² || Ôṁ namô Dvârajâ-dêvyai || Jayati³ Ditija-bhîtaṁ viśvam=âśvâsayaṁti mṛidita-Mahisha-dêh-ôdd[âma-Dai]ty[â]dhinâthâ⁴ | praṇata-surapuraṁdhrî-mauli- mâṇikya-mâl-âruṇa-charaṇasarôjâ Dvâraj-âkhyâ
2 Bhavânî || 1 [||*] ⁵Âaîd=asîma-mahanîya-mahâ maharshiḥ Śaṁḍilya ity=akhila- bhûvalay-âvataṁsaḥ | yad-dhôma-dhûma-paṭalêna Kaliṁdakanyâ-saṁbhêda-kâṁtir= abhavad=divi Dêvanadyâḥ || 2 ]||*] Aṁbhôja-
3 bhûr=iva babhûva Mahêśvar-âkhyô vaṁśê viśâla-tapasaḥ prathitasya tasya | jñânî Manôratha-sutaḥ śruti-sadma satya-lôk-âśrayô vivu(bu)dha-râja-śirô-dhṛit-âṁghriḥ || 3 [||*] Yaḥ⁶ Śêkhar-âkhyaṁ karaṇaṁ grahâṇâṁ
4 prashṭhaṁ Pratishṭhâvidhi-dîpakaṁ cha | chakrê Phala-graṁtham=api sphuṭ-ârthaṁ laghuṁ cha ṭîkâṁ Laghujâtakasya || 4 || [||*] ⁷Tasmâd=aśêsha-ni[ja]-vaṁśa-visêshakô= bhût=saujanya-bhûḥ sakala-sâdhu-dhuraṁ⁸ sadhânaḥ | vâṇî-
5 vilâsa-vasatiḥ śruti-pâra-dṛiśvâ śvî(śrî)-Śrîpatiḥ kṛiti-nishêvita-pâdapadmaḥ || 5 [||*] ⁹Tasy=âgaṇya-guṇ-ârṇṇavô Gaṇapatiḥ puṇyâtmanâm=agraṇîḥ sûnuḥ sûnṛita=vâk= kavi-vraja-vibhur=vidyâ-nidya-nidhir=vi-
6 dyatê | śishy-â[jñâ]na¹⁰-tamâṁsi yasya nudatô jâtâ jagad-vyâpinî kîrttiḥ kṛitsna-kalâ- kalâpa-nilayasy=êṁdôḥ prabh=êv=ô[j*]jvalâ || 6 [||*] Sadvidya-dvija-vṛiṁda-vaṁdita padadvaṁdvât=tato=jâyata jyâyaḥ-kî-
7 rttir=Anaṁtadêva iti yas=triskaṁdha-śâstr-âśrayaḥ | ramyaṁ Vra(bra)hma-vinirmitaṁ vyavṛiṇuta Chchhaṁdaśchitêr=uttaraṁ Hôrâṁ cha pravarâṁ Varâhahirâchârya- praṇîtâṁ pṛithuṁ || 7 [||*] Atha raja-vaṁśaḥ || ¹¹Vishvak-sênaḥ prabaddh-ô-
8 ddhata-bali-nṛipatir=vikram-âkrâṁta-viśvaḥ śaśval=Lakshmy=ôpagûḍhô Yadu-kua-tilakaḥ prôddhṛit-ôttuṁga-bhûbhṛit | bhûmî-bhâr-âvatâraṁ kila Kali-[sa]mayê karttukâmô Murârêr=aṁśaḥ kô=py=âvir=âsî-
9 d=bhuvi bhuvana-vibhôr=bhûpatir=Bhillam-âkhyaḥ || 8 [||*] ¹²Khaṁḍit=ôru-ripu-râja- maṁḍalô yasya Râhur=iva ṛishṭir=âhavê | dṛishṭimâtra-kṛita-śûra-[sâ]dhvasô nîla- nîrada-ruchir=vyarôchata || 9 [||*] Yô¹³ da-
10 kshiṇ-êśô dhanadaḥ prachêtâ jishṇuḥ śuchiḥ puṇya-janô mahêśaḥ | mahâbalaś=ch=êti samasta-lôkapâl-âtmakaḥ pâlayati sma lôkaṁ || 10 [||*] ¹⁴Bhûpâla-bhâlatilakô=jani Jaitrapâlas=tasmâ-
11 t=Smar-âkṛitir=akṛitrima-vikrama-śrîḥ | prushṭâḥ pratâpa-śikhinâ kshitipâ vipakshâ rûpâṁtarâṇi śalabhâ iva yasya bhêjuḥ || 11 [||*] ¹⁵Himamayûkha-ma-mayûkha- viśṛiṁkhal-âkhila-yaśô-bhara-śô-

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......¹ From impressions supplied to me by Dr. Fleet.
......² Expressed by a symbol.
......³ Metre : Mâlinî.
......⁴ The upper portion of the syllables âma-Dai is damaged, but the actual reading appears to be as gives above. Instead of the word uddâma I should rather have expected a word meaning ‘frightened’ or something similar.
......⁵ Metre : Vasantatilakâ ; and of the next verse.
......⁶ Metre : Upajâti.
......⁷ Metre : Vasantatilakâ.
......⁸ Originally -dhurâṁ was engraved.
......⁹ Metre : Śârdûlavikṛîḍita ; and of the next verse.
......¹⁰ The syllable jñâ looks in the original like ktrâ.
......¹¹ Metre : Sragdharâ.
......¹² Metre : Rathôddhatâ.
......¹³ Metre : Upajâti,― Dakshiṇêśa = Yama, the guardian of the South ; Dhanada ─ Kubêra, the guardian of the North ; Prachêtas = Varuṇa, the guardian of the West ; Jishṇu = Indra, the guardian of the East ; Śuchi ─ Agni, the guardian of the South-East ; Puṇyajana = Rakshas or
Nirṛiti, the guardian of the South-West ; Mahêśa = Śiva, the guardian of the North-East ; Mahâbala = Vâyu, the guardian of the North-West.
......¹⁴ Metre : Vasantatilakâ.
......¹⁵ Metre : Drutavilambita.