North Indian Inscriptions

KHAREPATAN PLATES OF RATTARAJA.

5 ṇḍa-kôṭyâ na cha para-pavan-âkampitô n=ânta-hînaḥ | n=âdhastên-nîta-mûlaḥ prakṛiti-ra-
6 ti-ghanô nô raṇê data-pṛishṭhaḥ |¹ sô=pûrvvô=st=îha vaṁśô Yadu-kula-tilakô Râshṭrakûṭ-êśva-
7 râṇṁ || [2*] Tatr=âsîd=Dantidurggaḥ prabhur=api cha tataḥ Kṛishṇarâjaḥ pitṛivyas=tasmâd=Gôvi-
8 ndarâjas=tam=anu Nirupamô smâj= Jagattuṁgadêvaḥ ||(|) tat-putrô= môghavarshyô(rshô)² ripu-vana-da-
9 hanô ऽsy=âpy=ath=Âkâlavarshshô(rshô) napt=âsya śr-Îndrarâjô ruchiratara-vapus=tat-sutô=môghava-
10 rshya(rsha)ḥ |(||) [3*] ³Śṛiṁgâra-rasa-nivâsô vasantavad=varavadhû-samûha-vṛitaḥ | Harir=iva
11 tasya kanîyân=bhrâtâ Gôvindarâjô=bhût || [4*] ⁴Pitṛivyas=tasy=âśî(sî)t=praṇaya-jua-⁵

Second Plate ; First Side.

12 natâ-kalpaviṭapî Kṛitâṁtô=râtînâṁ nayaguṇa-nidhir=Vvaddiga-nṛipaḥ | pratichchhandaḥ
13 sâkshât=kṛitayuga-nṛipâṇâṁ kali-yugê sad-âchâraḥ śântô munir=iva Jagattuṁga-tanayaḥ || [5*]
14 Saṁ(śaṁ)bhôḥ⁶ Shadânana iv=Âtri-munêr=iv=êndû Râṁô yathâ Dasa(śa)rathasya Harêr=Jjayantaḥ | tasy=âtmajô=
15 pi ⁷chaturaṁvu(bu)dhi-mêkhalâyâ bharttâ bhuvaḥ samabhavad=bhuvi Kṛishṇarâjaḥ || [6*] Sauraṁ⁸ bhi[t*]tvâ maṇḍalaṁ
16 yôga-dṛishṭyâ yâtê tasmit(ñ)=Śaiva-sadm-âvakâśam | tasya bhrâtâ Khôṭik-âkhyas=tatô ऽbhût=pṛithvî-bharttâ
17 tyâga-dhâm-ôrjjita-srî(śrî)ḥ || [7*] ⁹Kakkalas=tasya bh[r*]âtṛivyô bhuvô bharttâ jana-priyaḥ | âsît=prachaṇḍadhâm=êva
18 pratâpa-jita-śâtravaḥ || [8*] Samarê taṁ vinirjjitya Tailapô [ऽ]bhûn=mahîpatiḥ | Châluky-ânvaya-bhrâ
19 jishṇur=arâti-kêsarî ll [9*] Tasy=âtmajaḥ paraṁ jishṇuḥ khyâtaḥ Satyâsra(śra)yô=bhavat | [ksh]i-¹⁰
20 t-îśvaraḥ satya-vṛittir=vikram-aika-ras-ôrjjitaḥ || [10*] Êvaṁ pravarddhamâna- Châluky-ânvaya-śrî-Satyâśra-
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......¹ This sign of punctuation is superfluous.
......² The reading intended by the writer, here and at the commencement of line 10, apparently is ºvarshshô and ºvarshshaḥ ; and ºvarshshô is actually engraved in line 9. But according to Pâṇini, viii. 4, 49, a sibilant may be doubled after r only before a following consonant.
......³ Metre : Âryâ.
......⁴ Metre : Śikhariṇî.
......⁵ Read praṇayi-ja- ; this correction has perhaps been made already in the original.
......⁶ Metre : Vasantatilakâ.
......⁷ Originally châtuº was engraved.
......⁸ Metre : Sâlinî. Compare the Parâśara-smṛiti, Calcutta edition, p. 626 :. Dvâv imau purushau lôkê sûryamaṇḍalabhêdinau | parivrâḍ yôgayuktaś cha raṇê châbhimukhô hataḥ ||.
......⁹ Metre of verses 8-21 : Ślôka (Anushṭubh). The word prachaṇḍa-dhâmâ in line 17 I take to be an epithet or a name of the sun ; compare chaṇḍâṁśu and similar words.
......¹⁰ This akshaṛa, which is partly effaced, looks rather like khi or gvi in the impression. In the following line, it is somewhat difficult to say whether the actual reading is satya-vṛittir or satva-vṛittir.