North Indian Inscriptions

TIDGUNDI PLATES OF VIKRAMADITYA VI.

22 Siṁda-kulakamalamârttaṇḍa- Guṇuka-vaḍavânala- maṁḍalika-¹
23 jagathâpa-² nâmâvalî-samalaṁkri(kṛi)ta-³ mahâmaṇḍalêśvara- śrî-Muṁja-
24 râjadêvasy=âśîrvvachanam=idaṁ || Pûrvvaṁ⁴ yô va(ba)lirâja-vaṁ(baṁ)dhana- vidhau dainyaṁ ma-

Second Plate ; Second Side.

25 nô mâ grahîn=n=âyaṁ Vâmana yêsha⁵ Muṁja-nṛipatir=⁶bhûpâla- chṛi(chû)ḍâmaṇiḥ [|*]
26 n=âpy=aṁgîkri(kṛi)t a⁷-kôla êsha⁸ jagataḥ pâtê chiraṁ śatrubhiḥ sô=
27 yaṁ râjita-râja-râji-vijayî jîyân=mahî-vallabhaḥ || Chitraṁ Mu[ṁ*]-
28 ja-mahîpatê tava ripu-svâṁtê su-taptê=niśaṁ tad-vâhp-âṁ-
29 vu(bu)dhi-bhî-karê vicharituṁ lôlâ cha⁹ kîrty-aṁganâ [|*] â jñâtaṁ
30 tvayi vidyatê śikhi-visha-staṁbh-âdi-vidyâ-va(ba)laṁ tê-
31 n=êyaṁ ¹⁰Hima-sêtu-varti-ripu-saṁghât-âśu-saṁchâri-
32 ṇî || têna cha sva-maṁḍala-madhyê || Svasti [|*] śrî[ḥ |*] Samadhiga-
33 tapaṁchahâśavda(bda) mahâsâmaṁtaṁ vîralakshmîkâṁtaṁ parava(ba)-
34 lakri(kṛi)tâṁta^{11 12} adasâmaṁtaghanapaṭalavighaṭanapra-
35 bhaṁjanaṁ vairisâmaṁtagajakêsari¹³ sâmaṁtavê(bê)ṁṭekêraṁ¹⁴ Ma-
36 garakîrttinavasâraṁ¹⁵ va(ba)ṁṭara-bhâvaṁ¹⁶ Rêvaṇadêvân=aṁ[ka*]kâra

Third Plate.

37 patihitâchâ[r*]yan=achalitadhairya gôtrapavitraṁ sujanai-
38 kamitraṁ dharmma-Dharmm[â*]tmaja satya-Râdhêyaṁ turaga-Rêvataṁ¹⁷ vikrâ[ṁ]-
39 takaṁṭhîravaṁ śrîma[t*]-Tribhuvanamalladêva-pâdârâdhaka- śrîma-
40 t-Kannasâmaṁtaḥ [|*] tasy=âśîrvvachanam=idaṁ || ¹⁸Jîyâch=chhrî-Kanna-
41 sâma[ṁ]tô Harapâd-ârchachana-priyaḥ [|*] Lâṭî-kuchataṭa-sparśî chi-

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......¹ Originally maṁḍalîka was engraved, but the sign of î is struck out and that of the inserted i is faintly visible.
......² This (and not jagatpâpa) is the actual reading, the consonant of the third akshara being exactly like the th of vrithêti in line 4. I do not        understand the word, but believe that maṇḍalika-jagathâpa must be similar in sense to the ordinary maṇḍalika-bhairava,— [Perhaps we         may correct gaja-tâpa, which would be synonymous with gaja-kûṭapâkala (Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 365, text line 14 f.) and kari-kûṭapâkala (Ind.         Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 121 and 343).— E. H.]
......³ Originally samâlaṁkrita was engraved.
......⁴ Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita ; and of the next verse. The words in the first Pâda do not admit of a proper construction ; what the author meant to         say apparently is : yasya . . . . manô dainyaṁ n=âgrahît.
......⁵ Originally yêshu appears to have been engraved ; read êsha.
......⁶ Originally nripatir= was engraved.
......⁷ Originally ºkritta was engraved, but tta has been altered to ta, and perhaps kri also to kṛi.
......⁸ Originally yêsha was engraved.
......⁹ This cha may have been altered to tra in the original (lôl=âtra).
......¹⁰ Originally hiṁma was engraved.

......11 Here a sign of anusvâra, which had been engraved above ta, has been clearly effaced ; the preceding kri may have         been altered to kṛi. ......12 This, and not sabhaṭa, is quite distinctly the reading of the original ; adaṭa is a Kanarese word, meaning ‘a mighty,         powerful, or heroic man.’ ......13 Originally ºsâmaṁtaṁ was engraved. ......14 Bêṇṭekâra also is a Kanarese word, meaning ‘a hunter, a sportsman.’ ......15 This is what was originally engraved, but the impressions clearly show that the two vowel-signs and the superscript r         of the word kîrtti have been struck out. What is intended I believe to be Makarakêtunavasâra. ......16 Baṇṭa is a Kanarese tadbhava of the Sanskṛit bhaṭa. ......17 Read –Rêvaṁtaṁ. ......18 Metre :Ślôka (Anushṭubh).

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