North Indian Inscriptions

RECORDS OF THE SOMAVAMSI KINGS OF KATAK.

Second Plate ; Second Side.

27 Vâ[ru*]ṇaiḥ¹ pâśais=tiryagyôniṁ sa gachchhati || Suvarṇṇam=êkaṁ gâm=êkâm bhûmêr=apy=arddham=aṅgulam |
28 haran=narakam=âyâti yâvad=â-bhûta-saṁplavaṁ || Sva-dattâm=para-dattâm=vâ yô harêta vasundha-
29 râm | sa vishṭhâyâm kṛimir=bhûtvâ pitṛibhis=saha pachyatê || Âdityô Varuṇô Vishṇur=Vvra(bbra)hmâ
30 sômô hutâśanaḥ | Śûlapâṇiś=cha bhagavân=abhinandanti bhûmi-dam || Sâmânyô²=
31 yaṁ dharmma-sêtur=tṛi(nṛi)pâṇâṁ³ kâlê-kâlê pâlanîyô bhavadbhiḥ | sarvvân=êvaṁ bhâvinaḥ pârthi-
32 vêndrân bhûyô-bhûyô yâchatê Râmabhadraḥ || Iti⁴ kamala-dal- âmvu(mbu)-vindu-lô-
33 lâṁ śriyam=anuchintya manushya-jîvitaṁ cha | sakalam=idam= udâhṛita[ṁ*] cha vudvâ⁵
34 na hi purushaiḥ para-kîrttayô vilôpyâḥ || Sakala-bhûpâla-mauli-mâlâ-vi-
35 lagna-mâṇikya-mayûkha-vrât-âbhiraṇji(ñji)t-âṅgi(ṅghri)⁶ k a m a l a - y u g a l a ḥ prachaṇḍa-dôrddaṇḍa-maṇḍa-
36 lâgra-khaṇḍit-ârâti-matta-mâtaṅga-vimukta-muktâphala-prasâdhit-âśêsha- r a ṇ a- mahî-
37 maṇḍalaḥ || Yas⁷=Sâdhâraṇa-nâmni mantritilakê vinyasya sarvv-âgamaṁ dhairy-ôdanvati tî-
38 vra-têjasi dhuraṁ râjyasya vipr-ôttamê | nân-âkhyânaka-vistar-âmṛita- ras-âsvâdâd=a-
39 manda-sphurat-santôshât=sukham=anvanhûd=avirataṁ pṛithvîśa-chûḍâmaṇiḥ || Jñâ(jñê)y⁸-âś[êsh-â*]rtha⁹-

Third Plate.

40 śâstra-smṛiti-vimala-dhiyâ vêda-vêdâṅga-vidyâ-śikshâ-kalp-êtihâsa-prakaṭa-Suragu-
41 ruḥ¹⁰-prâpta-bhûyishṭha-dhâmnâ | nâmnâ Sâdhâraṇêna dvija-vara-vidhinâ mantriṇâ yasya râjyaṁ ni-
42 rvyûḍhaṁ sô=yam=uchchais=tri-jagati viditô dharma-Kandarppa-dêvaḥ || Paramamâhêśvara-parama-
43 bhaṭṭâraka-mahârâjâdhirâja-paramêśvara-Sômakulatilaka-triKaliṅgâdhipati-śrî-
44 Mahâ-Bhavaguptadêva-pâdapadma-pravarddhamâna-vijaya-râjyê êka-triṅśatti(tta)mê11 sâ(sa)mvatsa-
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......¹ C. line 28, and D. line 29, have Vâruṇaiḥ, correctly.
......² Metre : Śâlinî.
......³ C. line 32, and D. line 34, also have tṛipâṇâṁ, for nṛipâṇâṁ.
......⁴ Metre : Pushpitâgrâ.
......⁵ Read buddhvâ.— C. line 35, and D. line 37, have the same mistake.
......⁶ C. line 37, and D. line 38, also have °raṇjit-âṅgi, for °rañjit-âṅghri.
......⁷ Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
......⁸ Metre : Sragdharâ.
......⁹ C. line 41, and D. line 43, have the correct reading,— jñêy-âśêsh-ârtha.
......¹⁰ Read Suraguru.— C. line 42, and D. line 44, have the correct reading.
......¹¹ D. line 48 also has triṅśattimê, for triṅśattamê ; C. line 46 introduces an additional mistake, and has tiṅśattimê.