South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

(V. 8.) “ Having torn up, like a mound, the army of the Gaṅga (king) of Kaliṅga,^[1] having consumed, like straw, the warriors of the bold enemy, and having cut off, (like) lotuses, their heads, the mighty rutting elephant─ the Maṇḍalika Maṇḍa [II.] is roaring.”^[2]

(V. 9.) “ [Having defeated] the army of the enemy, he gave to Râjêndra-Chôḍa^[3] mighty elephants which had been captured there, (and) whose temples were bright with rut.”^[4]

His son was Budda (v. 10), whose wife was Bâdâmbikâ (v. 12). His son Chôḍa (v. 13) gave a lamp, ornaments, a bell, a trumpet and a conch to the Mûlasthâna temple at Nâdiṇḍla, and land to Brâhamṇas.

5.─ On a pillar in the Mûlasthânêśvara temple at Nâdeṇḍla (No. 215 of 1892).

Language : Telugu. Undated. Gift of a lamp and of land at Noñchinipâḍu to the temple of Mûlasthâna-Mahâdêva at Nâdiṇḍla by the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Chôḍerâja, “ who was possessed of all the glory of such names as the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara who has obtained the five great sounds ; Vîra-Mahêśvara ; the lion of the principal mountain─ the Durjaya family ; a Hariśchandra in truthfulness ; he whose hair is covered by the dust of the divine feet of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍadêva, as bees are covered by the plloen of the lotus ; a Shaṇmukha at the head of battles ; Aniyaṅka-Bhîma ; a Paraśurâma in (keeping) vows ; he whose wife is (the goddess) Vijaya-Lakshmâ ; a son to the wives others ; a Nṛisiṁha to the demons─ heroes ; and Eladâyasiṁha.” Also gift of a lamp by the same chief for the merit of his mother Bâdamadêvi.

6.─ On a pillar in the Mûlasthânêśvara temple at Nâdeṇḍla (No. 219 of 1892).

Language : Telugu. Date : Śaka-Saṁvat 1054. Gift of land at Nâdiṇḍla to some Mahâjanas by the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Chôḍ[e]râja.

7.─ On a pillar in front of the Sômêśvara temple at Irlapâḍu (No. 111 of 1893).

Languages : Sanskṛit and Telugu. Date : Śaka-Saṁvat 1057.^[5] Gift of land and of a lamp to the temple of Sômêśvara-Mahâdêva at Irralûru by the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Chôḍerâja,^[6] “ who was possessed of all the glory of such names as the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara who was obtained the five great sounds ; Vîra-Mahêśvara ; the lion of the principle mountain─ the Durjaya family ; a Hariśchandra in truthfulness ; a bee at the divine lotus-feet of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḍadêva ; a Shaṇmukha at the head of battles ; a Paraśurâma in (keeping) vows ; Aniyaṅka-Bhîma ; he whose wife is (the goddess) Vijaya-Lakshmî ; a son to the wives of others ; Eladâyasiṁha ; and Sâhasôttuṅga.”

8.─On a pillar in front of the Sômêśvara temple at Irlapâḍu (No. 109-10 of 1893).

Languages : Sanskṛit and Telugu. Date : Śaka-Saṁvat 1057.^[7] Sômana-Peggaḍa, an officer of the Maṇḍalika Maṇḍa who belonged to the family of the Durjayas and was the lord

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^[1] Evidently Anantavarman alias Chôḍagaṅga of Kaliṅga, who reigned from Śaka-Saṁvat 999 to 1064 ; Vol.
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^[3] This statement refers to Râjêndra-Chôḍa of Velanâṇḍu, the husband of Aṅkama or Akkâmbikâ, the daughter of Maṇḍa II.; see above, p, 269 and notes 2, 3.
^[4] The first half of this verse is only partially preserved ; . . . . .
^[5] Śaila-bâṇa-ghanamâr[ga]-śîtakṛit.
^[6] In the Sanskṛit portion he is called Chôḍa and ‘ the lord of the country west of the hill ’ (śaila-paśchima-vasuṁdhar-âdhipa).
^[7] In figures and in numerical words : giri-śara-viyad-indu.