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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
UNAMANJERI PLATES OF ACHYUTARAYA. 184 mâtya-sûnavê |(||) [107*] Nitya-klṛi(kḷi)pt-âśvamêdhâya nṛip-âgr-ôpakriyâ-girâ |
râyasa-śrî-Vêṁ-
.._________________________ No. 25â SPURIOUS SUDI COPPER-PLATE GRANT PURPORTING TO HAVE ......This inscription, which is now published for the first time, came to my notice in April, 1892, when I obtained the original plates for examination, from Îrayya bin Uddânayya Muraḍimaṭha, a resident of Sûḍi in the Rôṇ tâlukâ, Dhârwâr district. ......The plates are five in number, each measuring about 9⅝’’ by 4’’ The edge of them
were fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed surfaces, so as to serve as rims to protect the
writing ; and, though the plates are in many6 places a good deal corroded by rust, there are but
very few passages in which the text cannot be made out quite satisfactorily.— The ring on which
the plates are strung, is about 5/16’’ thick, and circular in shapes, about 3⅜’’in diameter. It had
not been cut, when the grant came into my hands. The surface of the seal in which the ends
of the ring are secured, is slightly oval, about 1⅝’’ by1⅜’’. It has, in high relief on a slightly
countersunk surface, an elephant, standing to the proper right, with its trunk hanging down.
— The weight of the five plates is 188 tolas ; and of the ring seal, 23⅜ tolas : total, 211⅜
tolas.— The characters belong to what is usually known as the Old-Kanarese alphabet. The
average size of the letters is about 3/10’’. The engraving is fairly good : but it is not particularly ......1 Metre : Gîti.— In the third Pâda of this verse one or two syllables are missing. I would
suggest reading
achyuta-vihitaṁ bhûmêr=.
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