North Indian Inscriptions

RAJOR INSCRIPTION OF MATHANADEVA.

the neighbourhood of Râjôr ; and the name Âmardaka I have previously found in the word Âmardakatîrtha-nâtha, the name or an epithet of a Śaiva ascetic who is mentioned in the inscription from Ranôd (Narôd), published by me in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. I. p. 351 ff.

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1 Ôṁ² svasti || Paramabhaṭṭâraka-mahârâjâdhirâja-paramêśvara-śrî-Kshitipâladêva- pâdânudhyâta-paramabhaṭṭâraka-mahârâjâdhirâja-paramêśva-
2 ra-śrî-Vijayapâladêva-pâdânâm=abhipravarddhamâna-kalyâṇavijayarâjyê ³samvatsara-śatêshu daśasu shôḍaś-ôttarakêshu Mâ-
3 ghamâsa-sitapaksha-ttrayôdaśyâṁ Śani-yuktâyâm=êvaṁ saṁ sa 1016 Mâgha-śudi 13 Śanâv=adya śrî-Râjyapur-âvasthitô mahârâjâdhirâja-
4 paramêśvara-śrî-Mathanadêvô mahârâjâdhirâja-śrî-Sâvaṭa-sûnur=Ggurjjarapratîhâr-ânvayaḥ kuśalî |⁴ svabhôg-âvâpta-Vaṁśapôtaka-bhôga-saṁva(ba)ddha-
5 Vyâghrapâṭaka-grâmê⁵ samupagatân=sarvvân=êva râjapurushân=niyôgasthân=gamâgamikân⁶=niyuktak-âniyuktakâṁs=tannivâsi-mahattara-mahattama-
6 vaṇik-pravaṇi-pramukha-janapadâṁś=cha yathârhaṁ mânayati vô(bô)dhayati samâdiśati ch=âstu vaḥ saṁviditaṁ | tṛiṇ-âgra-lagna-jalavindu-saṁsthân-â-
7 sthirâṇi śarîra-saṁpaj-jîvitân=ît=îmâṁ saṁsâr-âsâratâṁ kîrtti-mûrttêś=cha kalpasthâyitâṁ jñâtvâ mayâ pittrôr=âtmanaś=cha puṇya-yaśô-ârthaṁ svargga-
8 ddhayê⁷ aihik-âmushmika-phala-nimittaṁ saṁsâr-ârṇṇava-taraṇ-ârthaṁ svargga- mârgg-ârggal-ôdghâṭana-hêtôḥ sva-mâtṛi-śrî-Lachchhukâ-nâm[n]â śrî-
9 hâdêvâya pratyahaṁ 3⁸ snapana-samâlâbhana-pushpa-dhûpa-naivêdya-dîpa-taila-sudhâ-siṁdûra-lâgana-khaṇḍasphuṭita-samârachana-prêshaṇaka-pavittrakâ-
10 rôhaṇa-karmmakara-vâṭikâpâl-âdi-vyay-ârtham=uparisûchita-Vyâghrapâṭaka-grâmaḥ sva- sîmâ-tṛiṇa-yûti-gôka(cha)ra-paryantaḥ sôddraṁgaḥ savṛikshamâ-

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11 lâkulaḥ sajalô ⁹bhôga-mayut-âdâyâ[bhy]âm=api samasta-sasyânâṁ bhâga-khala-bhikshâ-prasthaka-skandhaka-mârggaḍ=ṇaka-daṇḍa-daśâparâdha-dâna-nidhi-nidhâ-
12 n-âputtrikâdhana-nashṭi¹⁰-bharaṭ-ôchitânuchita-niva(ba)ddhâniva(ba)d d h a - s a m a s t a - pratyâdâya-sahitas=that=aitat-pratyâsanna-śrî-Gûrjjara-vâhita-samasta-kshêttra-samêtaś=ch=âkiṁchi-
13 tpragrâhyô=dya puṇyê=hani snâtvâ dêvasya pratishṭhâ-kâlê¹¹ udaka-pûrvvaṁ parikalpya śâsanêna dattô¹² matv=aivam=adya dinâd ârabhya śrîmad-Âmarddaka-vinirggata-śrî-
14 Sôpurîya-saṁtatyâṁ śrî-Chchhâtraśivê śrî-Gôpâlîdêvîtaḍâgapâlî-maṭha- samva(mba)ddha-śrî-Râjyapurê śrî-Nityapramuditadêva-maṭhê śrî-Śrîkaṇṭhâchârya-śishya-śrî-Rû-
15 paśivâchâryas=tachchhishya-śrîmad-Ôṁkâraśivâchâryasy=âskhlita-vra(bra) h m a c h a r y – âvâpta-mahâmahimnaḥ parama-yaśô-râśêḥ śishya-pratiśishya-kramêṇa¹³ dêv-ô-
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......¹ From rubbings, supplied to me by Dr. Fleet.
......² Expressed by a symbol.
......³ Read saṁvatsara-.
......⁴ This sign of punctuation is superfluous.
......⁵ The name Vyâghrapâṭaka is quite clear in the rubbings, both here and in line 10, below.
......⁶ This word also is clear in the rubbings , and the reading is not kramâgamikân=.
......⁷ Read ºddhaya.
......⁸ Read triḥ-snapana-.
......⁹ The text is perfectly clear here in the rubbings. The editor in the Kâvyamâlâ reads sakalâbhôgamayulaº
......¹⁰ This may possibly have been altered to nashṭa in the original.
......¹¹ Read –kâla.
......¹² Read dattaḥ |.
......¹³ Instead of pratiśishya one would have expected praśishya.