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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
NALLUR GRANT OF HARIHARA II. 12 bhita-dik=cha yaḥ | Gaṇapatiṁ patim=Aṁdhrabhuvô vyadhâd=yudhi ḍhṛitaṁ
karuṇâ-ta(va)ruṇâśrayaḥ1 || 12 [||*] 2Ripu-nṛipa-Hiraṇayakaśip-ûr-u(û)rassthala-dalana-Narasiṁhaḥ | Siṁhô=jani jani-jagatî-jayasya jaga- ______________________________
No. 19.─ NALLUR GRANT OF HARIHARA II. ......Three sets of impressions, prepared by the late Sir Walter Elliot, of the subjoined inscription were forwarded by Dr. Fleet to Dr. Hultzsch, who has kindly placed them at my disposal for publication. The impressions are four in number. The first and the fourth bear the Kanarese numerals ‘one’ and ‘three’ respectively, and the second the numeral ‘two.’ Consequently, the original, which I am unable to trace, appears to consist of three copper-plates, of which the first and the third are engraved only on one side, and the second on both sides. At the top of each plate is a hole through which a ring that held the plates together, must have been passed. ......The alphabet employed in the inscription is Nandinâgarî throughout, with the exception
of the last line, which is in Kanarese characters. The technical execution of the inscription
is far from good. The distinction between long and short u is maintained only in the first
ten lines, in which three cases of long û occur, viz. mûla (l. 3), mûrti (l. 8), and bhûr=iha (l. 10).
Throughout the rest of the inscription, no attempt is made to distinguish the long û in the
short u. But, in order not to swell the footnotes unnecessarily, I have inserted the long û in the
text wherever the sense requires it, except in the case of proper names are not generally ......1 Compare karuṇâ-varuṇâlayḥ, ‘an ocean of compassion,’ in Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 316, line 23.
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