North Indian Inscriptions

SINDA INSCRIPTION AT BHAIRANMATTI.

Canarese Inscriptions, No. 119, and Mysore Inscriptions, p. 60), which describes him as born from the union of the god Śiva with the river Sindhu, and brought up by the king of serpents on tiger’s milk, and says that, being told that Karahâṭa, the modern karâḍ in the Sâtârâ district, was to be his residence, he went there, drove out the kings, acquired the earth for himself by the strength of his own arm, and so came to rule over many districts in the Karahâṭa Four-thousand province.

TEXT.¹

1 Ôm² [||*] Namas³=tuṁga-śiraś-chuṁbi-chandra-châmara-châravê trailôkya-nagar- âraṁbha-mûla-staṁbhâya Sha(śa)ṁbhavê || Jayaṁty⁴=â-
2 vishkṛitaṁ Vishṇôr=vvârâhaṁ kshôbhit-ârṇṇavaṁ dakshiṇ-ônnata-daṁshṭr-âgra- visrâ(śrâ)nta-bhuvanaṁ vapu[ḥ*] || Ôm
3 Ôm Śrîpri(pṛi)thvîvallabha mahârâjâdhirâja paramêsva(śva)ra para⁵mabhaṭṭâkaṁ uttarôttaram-âge Tailapa-
4 yyaṁ râjyaṁ-geyye [|*] Sa(śa)ka-varsha 911 Vikri(kṛi)tam=eṁba saṁvatsara pravarttise [|*] Ari-nri(nṛi)pati-kari-
5 kuṁbhi-kuṁbhasthaḷa-vinirggata-karavâḷa-vimukti(kta)-muktâphaḷ-ôchchhi (c h c h i) t a- samara-saṁghaṭṭana-labdha-vîra-vi-
6 jaya-râjya-lakshmî-vaksha[ḥ*]sthaḷa di(dṛi)shṭivisha-kuḷa-tiḷaka phaṇâ-maṇi- kiraṇa-vibhâsura-Nâgavaṁs(ś)-ôbdha-
7 va nâgadhvaja-pratâpa vijaya-pareghôshaṇa vyâghra-lâñcha(ñchha)na Bhôgâvatîpura-paramêsva(śva)ra nanni-

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8 g-âshra(śra)ya raṇaraṁga-kêsari viśishṭa-jana-priya âśrita-jana-kalpavri(vṛi)ksha pusig=enippa sara-kri(kṛi)ta-
9 marimâtam=anyaja-Manôja Sinda-Nârâyaṇa nallargge-nalla ḍâmara-malla êkâṁja- Śûdruka⁶ śrî-
10 Pulikâla || Ôm [||*] Dharaṇêṁdr⁷-êhiśvaraṁ⁸ mânavabhava-nuta-bhûlôkamaṁ nôrppen=end=âdaradiṁ ta-
11 t-sainyamaṁ piṁtirisi vaniteyuṁ tânum=âd=akkaṛimdam bare garbhbha(rbbha)ṁ tôre tad-vallabhege paḍed=Ahichchha-
12 tradoḷu puṭṭidaṁ bhâsura-têj-ôdbhâsi Siṁdhû-nadiya kuruvadoḷu Saṁdan= eṁba[ṁ*] kumâra ||
13 Paḍedu⁹ vimôhamaṁ pulig-ahîśvaran=î śishu(śu)vaṁ surakshitaṁ naḍap=ene panne(nna)g-âdhipatyoḷu besa-ve-
14 ttu mahâ-mahîśanaṁ naḍap=ene kumârakaṁ¹⁰ baḷed=iḷ-âdhika-sau(śau)ryyada dîrggha-bâhuvaṁ paḍe-
15 dano sanda Sinda-vishay-âdhipan=unnata-vîra-sâ(śâ)sana || Bharadindan¹¹=niḍu= ḍô(dô)la Sinda-vibhu kay[y*]aṁ
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......¹ From the original stone.— There is a transcription of this record in Sir Walter Elliot’s Carṇâṭaka-Dêśa Inscriptions, Vol. I. p. 25.
......² Represented here, at the end of line 2, and the beginning of line 3, by an ornate symbol ; elsewhere, by a plain symbol.— At the end of line 2, in the photograph, the symbol has been spoilt, in mistakenly trying to make the estampage clearer for reproduction.
......³ Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh) ; and in the next verse.
......⁴ Read jayaty.
......⁵ This akshara, ra, was at first omitted, and then was inserted above the line.
......⁶ Read êkâṅga-Śûdraka.
......⁷ Metre : Mahâsragdharâ.
......⁸ Read ºâhîśvaraṁ.
......⁹ Metre : Champakamâlâ.
......¹⁰ In naḍap=ene kumârakaṁ the metre is faulty ; there is one short syllable too many.
......¹¹ Metre : Mattêbhavikrîḍita.