North Indian Inscriptions

BHADANA GRANT OF APARAJITA.

13 pi cha dṛiśyatê || [9*] Atha¹ gatavati tasmin=Vaddigê[ṁ*]drê narôdra² suvimalam=api Śaṁbhôr=dvâ(ddhâ)ma suja³
14 vidhâtuṁ [|*] kanaka-kalasa-dhârâ-dhauta-pât=êva⁴ kanyâ tad=anu narapati-śrîḥ Kṛishṇarâjaṁ samâgât || [10*]
15 ⁵Asminn=astamitê visau(bhau) vidhi-vasâ(śâ)d=âkrânta-bhûmaṇḍalê lôk-âhlâdini sa(śa)ttru-paṁjara-ru-
16 dhi⁶ shrô(prô)tkṛishṭa-rôchishmati [|*] sîtâsâv=⁷iva su(śu)bhra-pu[ṁ*]ja-dhavalê râjâdhirâjê tataḥ śrîmat-Khoṭṭi[ga]-
17 dêva ity=abhidhayâ râjya-sthitô bhûpatiḥ || [11*] ⁸Tad=anu Madana-mûrtti[ṁ*] bhâgya-sô(sau)bhâgya-bhâja[ṁ]
18 bhuvana-bhavana-dîpaṁ suprasûta-prasûti[ṁ |*] Nirupa[ma*]-nṛipa-sûnuṁ Kakkalêsaṁ(śaṁ) narêṁdraṁ narapa-

Second Plate ; First Side.

19 ti-kṛita-sêvaṁ râja-lakshmîr=jjagâma || [12*] ⁹Tasmin=narêṁdrê nṛipati-pradîyê(pê) prachaṇḍ-T[ai]lappa-[sa]-
20 mîraṇêna saṁprâpitê=jyôti[r=alaṁ ?]¹⁰ vivṛiddhê ka[th-âva]bhâsê¹¹ sati Raṭṭa-râjyê || @ || [13*]
21 ¹²Jîmûtakêtu-tanayô[ऽ]vatatâra yô=smin¹³ Jimûtavâhana iti prathitaḥ pṛithivyâṁ [|*] Śî[lâ]-
22 ra-vaṁsa(śa)-talakaḥ sva-śarîra=dânât=trâtâ hi lôkam=anaghaś=cha Garutmataḥ saḥ¹⁴ || [14*] ¹⁵Abhavad=a[hi]-
23 ta-marddî tasya vaṁsê(śê) Kaparddî dalita-ripu-kadamva(mba)ḥ prâṇinâṁ prâṇa-daḥ saḥ ||(|) samara-saraṇa(ṇi)-
24 gôptâ kâmû(?nta)-kântâsu Kâmaḥ sujana-vadanapadm-ônnidra-bhâsvân=ataṁ[dra]ḥ || [15*] Vipula-mati[r=udî]rṇṇaḥ
25 Karṇṇavat=svarṇṇa-varshaiḥ sapulaka-Pulaśaktir=ddharma-yuktas=tatô=bhût || (|) abhavad=iha na dînas=tasya sûnuḥ Kapa=
26 rddî jita-para-va(ba)la-daṇḍ-âkhaṇḍa-pṛithvî-taraṇḍaḥ || [16*] ¹⁶Jhaṁjha-nâmâ sutas=tasmâd=Va[ppu]vannâd¹⁷=abhûd=asau ||(|) udi[tô]-

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27 ditatâ yêna vaṁśasya prakaṭîkṛitâ || [17*] Bhrâtâ¹⁸ tatô vivu(bu)dha-ratna-guṇ-aika-kôśaḥ pûjyaḥ payôdhir=iva ra-
28 kshita-gôtra-pakshaḥ | lakshmî-nidhiḥ Sagararâja-patha-pravṛittaḥ śrî-Goggirâja iti sa[t*]tva-samâśrayô=bhû-
29 t || [18*] ¹⁹Pâd-âkrânta-kṛi(mṛi?)t-âri-vargga-vanitâ-vyâkshipta-nidrâ-sukhaḥ sa śrî-Vajjaḍadêva-bhûpatir=abhût=tasy=â-
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......¹ Metre : Mâlinî.
......² Read narêṁdrê.
......³ Read śubhraṁ (?).
......⁴ Read -gâtr=êva.
......⁵ Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
......⁶ This reading is quite in the original, but I doubt its being correct. In the place of rudhi I should have expected a substantive, expressing that from which Kṛishnarâja derived additional splendour. Perhaps we should read ruchi, and assume that Kṛishṇarâja had been imprisoned by one of his opponents.
......⁷ Read śîtâṁśâv=.
......⁸ Metre : Mâlinî.
......⁹ Metre : Upajâti.
......¹⁰ I am very doubtful the correctness of the two aksharas in these brackets. The first of them is nearly illegible, and the second looks rather like ta or tê
......¹¹ I should have expected here kath-âvaśêshê.
......¹² Metre : Vasantatilakâ.
......¹³ Read =smiñ=Jîº.
......¹⁴ [These words allude to a legend which is told in the Kaihâsaritsâgara, taraṁga xxii., and which forms the subject of the drama Nâgânanda,— E. H.]
......¹⁵ Metre : Mâlinî ; and of the next verse.
......¹⁶ Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
......¹⁷ The second akshara of this name, which I raed ppu, might possibly be read îpu.
......¹⁸ Metre : Vasantatilakâ.— The first word looks in the original rather like sratô.
......¹⁹ Metre : Śârdûlakṛîḍita.