North Indian Inscriptions

KOLHAPUR INSCRIPTION OF BHOJA II.

22 śat-staṁbha-pramâṇa-pushpavâṭîṁ | dvâdaśa-hasta-pramâṇa-
23 gṛiha-nivêśanaṁ cha sa raja nija-mâtuḷa-Lakshmaṇa-sâmanta-vijñâ-
24 panêna tasy=aiva gotra-dân-ârtthaṁ śrî-Mûlasaṁgha-Dêsîyaga-
25 ṇa-Pustakagachchha-Kshullakapura-śrî-Rûpanârâyaṇa-chaityâla-
26 yasy=âchâryyaḥ || ¹Śrî-Mâghanandisiddhântadêvô viśva-mahî-
27 stutaḥ | Kuḷachaṁdramunêḥ śishyaḥ Kundakund-ânvay-âṁ-
28 śumân || Api cha || ²Rôdô-maṇḍaḷam=aṅga kiṁ sva-vapushâ³
29 vyâpnôti Śakra-dvipaḥ kiṁ kshîr-âṁbudhir=âvṛiṇôti bhuvanaṁ Gaṁg-âṁbu
30 kiṁ vêshṭatê | styânô=yaṁ priya-susthiraḥ samaruchat=kiṁ sâṁdra-chaṁdr-âta-
31 pô yat-kîrtty=êttham=abhûd=vitarkkaṇam=asau śrî-Mâghanandî jayêt || Ta-
32 n-munîṁdrasy=âṁtêvâsinâm=Arhanandisiddhântadêvânâṁ pâdau
33 prakshâlya dhârâ-pûrvvakaṁ sarvva-namasyaṁ sarvva-bâdhâ-parihâram=â-chaṁ-
34 dr-ârkka-târaṁ sa-śâ[sa*]naṁ dattavân || @ || Sva-dattâṁ⁴ para-dattâṁ vâ yô harêta vasu-
35 ndharâṁ | shashṭiṁ varsha-sahasrâṇi vishṭâyâṁ jâyatê krimiḥ || Na vishaṁ visham=i-
36 ty=âhur=ddêvasvaṁ visham=uchyatê | visham=êkâkinaṁ hanti dêvasvaṁ pu-
37 tra-pautrakaṁ || Api cha || Sa-vatsâṁ kapiḷâṁ śastryâ hatv=âsyâ
38 mâṁsa-śôṇitê | Gaṁgâyâṁ sô=tti yô gṛihṇâty=amûṁ dharmm-ôrvvarâṁ
39 naraḥ || ⁵Tat-pâtaka-phalên=âsau yâvach=Chandra-divâkaraṁ | tâvad=ghôrataraṁ duḥkha-
40 m=aśnute narak-âvanau || Anyach=cha || @ || Mâtus=sârddra-kapâḷêna sô=tti mâ-
41 taṁga-vêśmasu [|*] śva-mâṁsaṁ bhikshayâ labdhaṁ gayê(?)⁶ yô dharmmabhû-haraḥ || @ ||
42 ⁷Bhadram=astu Jina-śâsanâya ||⁸ saṁpadyatâṁ pratividhâna-hêtavê | anya-
43 vâdi-madahasti-mastaka-sphâṭanâya ghaṭanê paṭâyasê || @ || Akkasâle Baṁ-
44 mmyôjana putra |8 Abhinaṁdadêvara guḍḍa Gôvyôjana khaḍaraṇe || @ @ @

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..........No. 29.─ KOLHAPUR INSCRIPTION OF THE SILAHARA BHOJA II. ;

SAKA-SAMVAT 1112-1115.

BY F. KIELHORN, PH.D., C.I.E. ; GÖTTINGEN.

......The stone which contains this inscription, was found built into the wall of the house of Aṇṇâchârya Paṇḍit, in the enclosure of the temple of Ambâbâî, and is now deposited in the town-hall, of the city of Kôlhâpur. An account of the contents of the inscription and a kind of facsimile of the text are given in Major Graham’s Statistical Report of the Principality of Kolhapoor, p. 398. I now edit it from a good impression, supplied to me by Dr. Fleet.

......The inscription contains 23 lines of writing which covers a space of about 2’ 3½” broad by 2’ 2½” high. Down to line 14 the writing is on the whole well preserved, but the lower lines
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......¹ Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
......² Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
......³ Originally -vapnushâ was engraved.
......⁴ Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh) ; and of the next four verses.
......⁵ The akshara ta of pâtaka was originally omitted, and is engraved above the line.
......⁶ The second akshara (yê) is slightly damaged, but I have no doubt that the actual reading of the original is gayê I am unable to explain this word.
......⁷ Metre : Rathôddhatâ.
......⁸ These two signs of punctuation are superfluous.