North Indian Inscriptions

UNAMANJERI PLATES OF ACHYUTARAYA.

minister, the secretary (râyasa) Vênkaṭâdri,¹ a son of the minister Timmaya and grandson of the minister Mosalimadûvîrama, who belonged to the gôtra of Harita, was a distinguished student of the Yajurvêda, and followed the sûtra of Âpastamba.

.......Verse 109 then states that is an edict (śâsana) of Achyutarâya. Verses 110 and 111 add that this edict on copper, by the order of the Mahârâya Achyutêndra, was composed by Sabhâpati, and engraved by Vîraṇâchârya, the son of Mallaṇa. And the inscription ends with five of the ordinary benedictive and imprecatory verses. Below it is engraved, in large Kanarese characters, the word śrî-Viru(rû)pâksha.

TEXT.²

First Plate.

1 Śrî-Gaṇâdhipatyê namaḥ |(||) ³Names=tuṁga-śiraś-chuṁbi-chaṁdra-châma-
2 ra-châravê | trailôkya-nagar-âraṁbha-mûlastaṁbhâya Śaṁbhavê |(||) [|*] Harêr=lîlâ-
3 varâhasya daṁshṭrâ-daṁḍaḥ ssa⁴ pâtu vaḥ | Hêmâdri-kalaśâ yatra dhâtrî chchha- [t*]tra-śri-
4 yaṁ dadhau |(||) [2*] Kalyâṇây=âstu tad=dhâma p[r*]atyûha-timir-âpahaṁ | yad= Gajô=py=Aga-
5 j-ôdhûtaiṁ Hariṇ=âpi cha pûjyatê |(||) [3*] Asti kshîramayâd=dêvair=mathya- mânân=ma-
6 hâṁbudhêḥ | navanîtam=iv=ôdbhûtam=apanî[ta*]-tamô mahaḥ |(||) [4*] ⁵Tasy= âsît=tanayas=tapô-
7 bi(bhi)r=atulair=anvartha-nâmâ Budhaḥ |⁶ puṇyair=asya Purûravâ bu(bhu)ja-balair= âyu[r*]=dvi-
8 shâṁ nighnataḥ | tasy=Âyur=Nahushô=sya tasya pu(pa)rushô yuddê(ddhê) Ya- Yâtiditau⁷
9 khyâtas=tasya tu Turvasur=Vasu-nibhaḥ śrî-Dêvayânî-patêḥ |(||) [5*] ⁸Tad-vaṁśê Dêvakî-
10 jânir=didîpê Tiṁma-bhûpatiḥ | yaśasvî Tuluv-êṁdrêshu Yadôḥ Kṛishṇa iv= ânva-
11 yê |(||) [6*] Tatô=bhûd=Bukkamâ-jânir=Îśvara-kshitipâlakaḥ | atrâsam=aguṇabhraṁ- 12 śaṁ mauḷi-ratnaṁ mahîbu(bhu)jâṁ |(||) [7*] Sarasâd=udabhût=tasmân=Naras- âvanipâla-
13 kaḥ | Dêvakî-naṁdanât=Kâmô Dêvakî-naṁdanâd=iva |(||) [8*] ⁹Vividha-sukṛit-ôddâ-
14 mê Râmêśvara-pramukhê muhur=mudita-hṛidaya sthânê sthânê vyadhatta yathâvi-
15 dhi [|*] budha-parivṛitô nânâ-dânâni yô bhuvi shôḍaśa tribhuvana-jan-ô-
16 dgîtaṁ spî(sphî)taṁ yaśaḥ punaruktayan |(||) [9*] ¹⁰Kâvêrîm-âśu ba[d*]dhavâ bahaḷa-jala-
17 rayâṁ tâṁ vilaṁghy=aiva¹¹ śatruṁ jîva-grâhaṁ gṛihîtvâ samiti bhuja-balâ-
18 t=taṁ cha râjyaṁ tadîyaṁ | kṛitvâ Śrîraṁga-pûrvaṁ tad=api nija-vaśê paṭṭaṇaṁ
19 yô babhâśê(sê) |¹² kîrtti-staṁbhaṁ nikhâya tribhuvana-bhavana-stûyamân-âpadânaḥ [|| 10*]
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......¹ This name occurs (with the date A.D. 1536) in the list of great ministers and chiefs during the reigns of Kṛishṇa, Achyuta, and Sadâśiva, compiled by Mr. R. Sewell, Lists of Antiquities, Vol. II. p. 249.
......² From impressions supplied to me by Dr. Hultzsch.
......³ Meter of verses 1-4 : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
......⁴ Read sa.
......⁵ Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
......⁶ This sign of punctuation is superfluous.
......⁷ Read Yayâtiḥ kshitau.
......⁸ This sign verses 6-8 : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
......⁹ Metre : Hariṇî.
......¹⁰ Metre of verses 10 and 11 : Sragdharâ.
......¹¹ The original has a sign of punctuation between ghyai and va.
......¹² This sign of punctuation is superfluous.