North Indian Inscriptions

SITUBALDI INSCRIPTION OF VIKRAMADITYA VI.

3 hârâjâdhirâja-paramêsva(śva)ra-paramabhaṭṭâraka-Satyâśrayakulatilaka-Châlukyâbhara-ṇa-śrî-
4 ma[t]-Tṛi(tri)bhuvanamalladêva-mahî-pravaddhamâna-kalyâṇavijayarâjyê1 || tatpâdapam-ôpajîvî La[ta]-
5 laura-vinirggata² Mahârâshṭrakûṭṭ(ṭ)-ânvaya-prasûta² mahâsâmaṁtaḥ Dhâḍîbha[ṁ ?]ḍakaḥ arrive(ba)lachaḍa[ka]³-saṁgrâmaSa-
6 ha[śra(sra)]vâ(bâ)hu-paranârîsahô[da]ra-[sa*]masta[ma]llamalla-Châmuṁḍâvaralav d h a - (bdha)prasâda-nâm⁴-âdi-samastarâjâvalî-sama-
7 laṁkṛita-śrî-Dhâḍiadêva-râṇakaṁ⁵ || tatpâdapadm-ôpajîvî⁶ Latalaurs- vinirggataḥ⁷ Kâṇva-sâkhâyâṁ⁸ Vachchha(tsa)gôtrîya[ḥ?]
8 paṁchapravar[î]ya⁹ bhaṭṭa-Vîthapai-paṇatî¹⁰ bhaṭṭa-[Bô]papai¹¹-nîtî bhaṭṭa-Padmanâbha-putra¹² gô-vrâ(brâ)hmaṇa-dâsu¹³ Vishṇu-pâdapaṁkaj-â-
9 râdhana-tatparu ubhayadvâda[sô]dhavalu^{14 15}Nârasiṁghavaralavdha(bdha)prasâda-daṁḍanâyaka-śrî-Vâsudêvêna gô-prachârasy=ârthê suva-
10 rṇṇêna g1ihîta-bhûmi-nivarttana-dvâdasu¹⁶ aṁkê 12 tathâ gavâhnika-nivartta[na*]-sapta 7 [vâ]haka-nivarttana-paṁcha 5 êtadîya-bhûmau¹⁷ pra-
11 [tipâda]nîyâ [|*] êtadîya-bhûmô¹⁸ [ja]ḥ lôpayaṁti têna Vra(bra)hma-Vishṇu- Mahêsva(śva)raṁ lôpayaṁti [|*] êvaṁ ya gau lôpayati sa kuṁbhîpâka patati [||*]

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......No. 43.— TIDGUNDI PLATES OF THE TIME OF VIKRAMADITYA VI. ;

[CHALUKYA-]VIKRAMA-SAMVAT 7.

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

......These plates were found, about thirty-five years ago, at the village of Tiḍgundi, about twelve miles north of the city of Bijâpur, in the Bijâpur tâlukâ of the Bijâpur district of the

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......¹ Originally ºrâjyêḥ appears to have been engraved. The following sign of punctuation is superfluous.
......² Read –vinirggatô and –prasûtô.
......³ This word chaḍaka is not Sanskṛit ; it probably is connected with the root chaṭ, ‘to break,’ and apparently the whole biruda is equivalent to aribalanishûdana. Compare also the Marâṭhî chaḍaka, ‘a slap, a strocke.’
......⁴ Nâman is quite superfluous here ; its sense is contained in the following samastarâjâvalî.
......⁵ Read –râṇakaḥ ; but the words in the whole pharse, beginning with tatpâdapadm-ôpajîvî in line 4, should really have been put in the Locative.The following sign of punctuation is again superfluous.
......⁶This word and the following words in the Nominative case, qualifying as they do Vâsudêvêna in line 9, should have been put in the Instrumental.
......⁷ This sign of visarga was originally omitted.
......⁸ Read –śâkhâyâṁ, or perhaps rather –śâkhîyô.
......⁹ Read ºrîyô.
......¹⁰ Paṇatî and nîtî in the following compound are clearly closely related to and synonymous with the Marâṭî paṇatû, ‘great-grandson,’ and nâtû, ‘grandson ;’ the Sanskṛit words would be pranaptâ and naptâ.
......¹¹ The first akshara of this name might also be read vvô or, perhaps, ghô ; the last akshara was originally pau, but has been altered to pai.
......¹² Read –putrô.
......¹³ On the termination u of this and of some of the following words see my remarks on page 304 above.
......¹⁴ The akshara in brackets may possibly be syê. I do not understand the exact meaning of this compound ; perhaps it has reference to religious observances on the 12th day (dvâdaśî) of the two halves of the month.
......¹⁵ Read Nârasiṁha.º
......¹⁶ Intended for gṛihîtâni bhûmi-nivarttanâni dvâdaśa. On the construction of the numerals here and below compare Ind. Ant. Vol. XVI. p. 207.
......¹⁷ Probably intended for êtâ bhûmayaḥ pratipâditâḥ.
......¹⁸ Read êtâ bhûmîr=yê lôpayaṁti tê Brahma-Vishṇu-Mahêśvarâṁl-lôpayaṁti | êraṁ yô gâ lôpayati sa kuṁbhîpâkê patati ||