North Indian Inscriptions

TORKHEDE PLATES OF GOVINDARAJA.

9 vi kshmâpatir=Indrarâjaḥ śâstâ babhûv=âdbhuta-kîrtti-sûtis=tad-datta- Lâṭêśvara-maṇḍalasya [||*]
10 Sûnur¹=bhabhûva khalu tasya mah-ânubhâvaś=śâstr-ârttha-bôdha-sukha-lâlita-chitta-vṛittiḥ yô gau-
11 ṇa-nâna-parivâram=nvâha pûrvvaṁ śrî-Karkkarâja-subhaga-vyaya(pa)- dêśam=uchchaiḥ [||*] [Su]-vṛisha²-sthô=
12 nujas=tasya satatain sêvitô budhaiḥ Gôvindarâjô bhûpâlaḥ sâkshâch- Chhaṁbhur=iv=â-
13 paraḥ [||*] Phal³-ônmukhair=âpatitair=vvidûrataḥ samaṁ samantâd=guṇa- paksha-pâtibhiḥ !

Second Plate : First Side.

14 mah-âhavê dâna-vidhau cha mârggaṇair=nna kuṇṭṭhitaṁ yasya sad=aiva mânasaṁ ||
15 Tad-datta-Sîharakkhî-dvâdaśakê prabhujyamânê Śalukika-vikalaṅka-vaṁśa-prasû-
16 tô mûrddh-âbhishiktô durvvâra⁴-vairi-vanit-âtula-tâpa-hêtur=anêka-darppit-â-
17 râti-taru-prabhañjanô mâtariśvâ śarach-chhaśâṅka-kiraṇa-kundakusuma- sphaṭik-âvadâta-
18 samâna-nirmmala-yaś[â]ḥ śrî-Maṇiṇâga-pauttraḥ śrî-Râjâditya-sutaḥ paramabrahmaṇyaḥ
19 samadhigat-âśêsha-mahâsâbda-mahâsâmantaḥ sô=yaṁ śrî-Buddhavarasaḥ sarvvân=êva bhâvi-

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20 bhûmpâlân=samanubôdhayaty=Astu vaḥ saṁviditaṁ yathâ mayâ mâtâpittrôr=âtma-
21 naś=cha puṇya-yaśô-bhivṛiddhayê aibik-âmushmika-phal-âvâpty-artthaṁ bali-charu-vaiśva-
22 dêv-âgnihôttra-kratukriy-âdy-uchchha(tsa)rppaṇ-ârtthaṁ Badarasiddhi⁵- châturvvîdya-sâmânya-
23 Vâjasanêya-Mâdhyandina-brahmachâri-tripravara-Lâvâyana-sagôt t r a - b r â -
24 hmaṇa-Sômâya Sarvvadêva-puttrâya tathâ brâhmaṇa-Nâhara⁶ Gautama-sagôttra Ma[h]ê-
25 śvara-puttraḥ tathâ Drôṇa Vârshṇêya-sagôttra Śarmma-puttarḥ tathâ Sôma Kâtyâ-
26 yana-sagôttra Bappuka-sutaḥ tathâ Lakuṭiḥ Âgnêya-samâna-sagôttraḥ
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......¹ Metre : Vasantatilaka.
......² This akshara is rather an anomalous one,― between sha and sa. But I think that it is intended for sha : not for sa, by mistake for sha.― The word puzzled me. And I owe the reading of it to Dr. Hultzsch, who referred me, for an analogous expression, to Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 156, verse 13,― Hara iva vṛisha-vihit-âsthô.
......³ Metre : Vaṁśastha.
......⁴ Here we have a line in the Vasantatilaka metre,― evidently a quotation.― [The same line forms part of verse 6 of an inscription of Kṛishṇa II. ; Ep. Ind. Vol. I.p. 54.― E.H.]
......⁵ The first two syllables of this word are perfectly clear and unmistakeable ; but the engraving of them is not quite complete,― owing apparently to the copper being particularly hard just here. There are other similar instances ; e.g. in the b of śabda, line 19, the va of tripravara, line 23, the second va of nêvarêvaḥ, line 30, and the syllables rêva â, line 30.
......⁶ From here, to line 39, the construction is careless and faulty.