North Indian Inscriptions

UDAYENDIRAM PLATES OF NANDIVARMAN.

Second Plate ; First Side.

6 pâlana-dakshasya saty-âtmanô ¹mahârâja-śrî-Skandavarmmaṇa[ḥ*] putrô bhagavatâ- ba[k] ti-samp[â]-²
7 dita-sarvva-kaly[â*]ṇa[ḥ*] prajâ-saṁrañjana-paripâlan-ônyayêpagata-śatata-satṛi- brata-³
8 dîkshita naika-samara-sâhas-âvamardda-lavda-vijeyâ-prakâsana⁴ kaliyuga-dô-
9 sh-âvaśak-dharmm-âttharaṇa-⁵nitya-sannadhô(ddhô) bhagavaka-pânudhyatô⁶ vappa- bhaṭṭâragô-pâda-bha-
10 kta[ḥ*] parama-bhâgavatô Bhâradvâja-sagôtra[ḥ*] Pallav[â*]nâṁ dharmma- [ma*]hârâja[ḥ*] śrî-Nandivarm[mâ ?]

Second Plate ; Second Side.

11 ṇa⁷ Aḍêyâra-râshṭira Kâñchivâl-grâma âraṇya-kehêtra-chatushṭyañ=cha pûrvôpabhukta-mariy[â]-
12 deyâ⁸ Kâñchivâyil-v[â*]stavyâya brahmâṇa⁹ Kausi(śi)ka-sagôtr[â*]ya Daitṛiya-charaṇya¹⁰ sûtrata
13 Pravachanâya Kuḷacha(śa)rmmaṇê bramadê-mariyâdayâ¹¹ sarvva-parihâr-ôpata¹² dêva-bhô-
14 ga-hala-¹³varjjam=asmad-âyu-vala-vejeya-aisvariya-bhavirdhaê¹⁴ dattavâ[n ||*] Tadavagammya¹⁵ sa-
15 rvva-parih[â*]rai[ḥ*] K[â*]ñchivâyil-grâma[m]=âraṇya-kshêtra-chatushṭayañ=cha parihârai¹⁶ pahârata [1*] Yô=¹⁷

Third Plate ; First Side.

16 smasvâsanamm=atikrâmê śa pâda śârîramm=aruhaty=âpi chatra brahma-gîtâ[ḥ*] salôkâ¹⁸ bhavanti [|*]
17 ¹⁹Bhûmi-dânam=param(ṁ)=dânam(ṁ)=na bhûtam(ṁ)=na bhati(vi)shyati [|*] sêva²⁰ haraṇât=sapân=na bhûtam(ṁ)=na bhavishyati [||*]
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......¹ The akshara ja is engraved below the line.
......² Read bhagavad-bhakti-sampâ-.
......³ I believe the intended reading to be -paripâlan-ôdyôga-satata-sattra-vrata-dîkshitô ; compare the Uruvupalli grant, line 10.
......⁴ Read -labdha-vijaya-yaśaḥ-prakáśaḥ ; see ibid. line 11.
......⁵ Read -âvasanna-dharm-ôddharaṇa- ; see ibid. line 12.
......⁶ Read bhagavat-pâdânudhyâtô bappa-bhaṭṭâraka-pâda-.
......⁷ This akshara looks as if it had been struck out. Perhaps ºvarmmaṇa may have been originally engraved, and this may have been altered to ºvarmmâ. Read ºvarmm=Âḍêyâra-râshṭrê Kâñchivâyil-grâmam=.
......⁸ Read -maryâdayâ.
......⁹ Read brâhmaṇâya.
......¹⁰ Read Taittirîya-charaṇâya Pravachana-sûtrâya. The word sûtrata of the original is evidently intended for sûtrataḥ.
......¹¹ Read bhramadêya-maryâdayâ.
......¹² Read -ôpêtaṁ ; compare Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 156, line 25.
......¹³ The akshara la of hala is engraved below the line.
......¹⁴ Read asmad-âyur-bala-vijay-aiśvary -âbhivṛiddayê. As the donor is spoken of in the third person, one would have expected sv-âyur- instead of asmad-âyur-.
......¹⁵ Read ºgamya.
......¹⁶ What was intended, is probably pariharata parihârayata cha ; compare Ind. Ant. Vol.
V. p. 156, line 30 ;
and p.52, line 29.
......¹⁷ Raed Yô=smach-chhâsanam=atikramêt=sa pâpaḥ śârîraṁ daṇḍam=arhati || Api ch=âtra ; compare ibid. p. 52, line 30 ; p. 137, line 4 ; and p. 156, line 30.
......¹⁸ Read ślôkâ.
......¹⁹ Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh) ; and of the next verse.— Read -dânât=param.
......²⁰ Read tasy=aiva haraṇât=pâpaṁ.