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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA (L. 20.) Of this Akâlavarsha, the favourite of Fortune and of the Earth, the Mahârâjâdhirâja paramêśvara Bhaṭṭâraka,─ the favourite son, Prabhûtavarsha Vikramâvalôka, the glorious Gôvindarâja (II.), the heir-apparent, whose head was sanctified at (his) anointment as heir-apparent, which was hailed with delight by the whole world, (and) who had acquired the five great sounds,─ from (the camp of) the victorious army that invaded the Vêṅgi-maṇḍala, when the lord of Vêṅgi was humbled by the cession of (his) treasury, (his) forces, and his own country, at the confluence of the Kṛishṇaverṇâ and the Musî,─ being requested by Mâṇâvaḷôka Ratnavarsha, the glorious Vijayâditya, son of Dantivarman (and) grandson of Dhruvarâja,─ (this) Vikramâvaḷôka notifies to all :─ (L. 29.) “ Be it known to you (that), in the Śaka year six-hundred increased by ninety-two, in the (cyclic) year Saumya, in the bright half of Âshâḍha, on the seventh tithi, (I) have granted, with (all) enjoyments (bhôga), (the village) named Uttaraï,─ (situated) on the bank of the Prasâdinî (river), on the southern side of the Hariyagiri (hill), in the Alaktakâ-vishaya, together with the groves of trees (? vâna)[1] of the village of Arasiyavâḍa,─ to a Brâhmaṇa of the name of Jaggu, of the Bhâradvâja gôtra, son of Śrîdhara (and) grandson of Kêśava.
(L. 35.) “ (The village is) thus defined by the four boundaries :─ To the east (is) the village named Parachurage ; to the south the Brâhmaṇa village of Nîvîvâḍa ; to the west the village of Majjhima ; to the north the mountain only. (L. 37.) “ Knowing this, (the village) should be preserved by our descendants and others just as they would their own grants. (L. 38.) “ And it has been said by the holy Vyâsa, the compiler of the Vêdas :─ [Here follow three of the customary verses.] (L. 44.) “ This has been written by Śrîsêna.”
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