South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

32 ṅgama-jalacharam=aparair=api sīm-āntarggatair=vvastubhiḥ sahit[ṁ] sa-vā(bā)hy-ābhya- ntar-ādāyaṁ bhuñjānānāṁ karshatāṁ karshayatāṁ dān-ādhāna-vikrayaṁ vā kurvvatāṁ
33 na kēnachit=kāchid=vādhā karttavyā | atra rāja-rājapurush-āṭavika-chāṭ-ādibhiḥ svaṁ svam=ābhāvyaṁ pariharttavyam=idaṁ ch=āsmad-dānam=anāchchhēdyam=anā- hāryaṁ
34 ch=ēti bhāvibhir=api bhūmi-pālaiḥ pālanīyam=it[i] || uktaṁ cha | Śaṅkhaṁ bhadr-āsanaṁ chhattraṁ var-āśvā vara-vāraṇāḥ | bhūm[i]-dānasya pushpāṇi phalaṁ sva-
35 rggaḥ Purandara || [4*] Sauvarṇṇā yatra prāsādā vasōr=ddhārāś=cha kāmadāḥ | Gan- dharvv-Āpsarasō yatra tatra gachchhanti bhūmidāḥ || [5*] Bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigṛihṇāti
36 yaś=cha bhūmiṁ prayachchhati | ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau || [6*] Shashṭiṁ varsha-sahasrāṇi svarggē vasati bhūmidaḥ | āchchhē-
37 ttā ch=ānumantā cha tāny=ēva narakē vasēt || [7*] Sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yō harēta vasundharām | sa vishṭhāyāṁ krimir=bhūtvā pitṛibhiḥ saha majja-
38 ti || [8*] Suvarṇṇam=ēkaṁ gām=ēkāṁ bhūmēr=apy=ēkam=aṅgulam | haran=narakam=āpnōti yāvad=āhūta-saṁplavam || [9*] Yān=īha dattāni purā narēbdrai-
39 r=ddānāni dharmm-ā─tha-yaśaskarāṇi | nirmmālya-vānta-pratimāni tāni kō nāma sādhuḥ punar=ādadīta || [10*] Sarvvān=ētān=bhāvinaḥ pārthivē-
40 ndrān=bhūyō bhūyō yāchatē Rāmabhadraḥ | sāmānyō=yaṁ dharmma-sētur=nṛipāṇāṁ kālē kālē pālanīyō bhavadbhir=iti(dbhiḥ || 11 || iti | ) sva-hastō=yaṁ śrīma-
41 n-Madanavarmmadēvasya matam=mama || Virachita-śubha-karmm-ōnnāma-Vāsatvya- vaṁśyaḥ sakala-guṇa-gaṇānāṁ vē[ś]ma^[1] Sūḍh-ābhidhānaḥ | ali-
42 khad=avani-pālasy=ājñayā dharmma-lēkhī sphuṭa-lalita-nivēśair=aksharais=tāmra-paṭṭam || [12*] Ūhēṇō nāma vijñānī rītikāra-
43 kul-ōdbhavaḥ | uchchakāra śubh-ākārām=imām=akshara-saṁhatim || [13*] śubham=astu sarvva-jagata iti || 6 ṭhu [u] || 6 ṭhū u || 6 ṭh[ū u] ||

2. Plate of Paramardin, V. S. 1239

This is a single plate measuring about 15·2″ in length and 11·7″ in height. In order to protect the writing, which is on one side of the plate, four copper bands of a width of about ½″ are fixed with copper rivets on all the four borders of the inscribed side. There are altogether 20 lines of writing. In the central part of the upper section of the inscription, a space about 2·3″ square is occupied by the engraved figure of seated Gajalakshmī which has disturbed the continuity of the writing of lines 1-4. In the middle of the last line of the inscription a space measuring 1·6″ in length is left blank apparently for a hole that would have been required if the inscription had continued on a second plate. The plate together with the rivetted border bands weighs 282 tolas.

The date of the document is quoted in lines 8-9 as Tuesday, Phālguna-vadi 4, V.S. 1239. It corresponding to the 23rd February 1182 A.D. if the year is regarded as current.

The beginning of the record in lines 1-6 is similar to that of Madanavarman’s grant edited above. But, instead of Madanavarman, Paramabhaṭṭāraka Mahārājādhirāja Paramēśvara Paramardin, who was likewise a devout worshipper of Mahēśvara and the lord of Kālañjara, is introduced

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^[1] Originally sma was written.