South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Seventh Plate ; First side.

34 savajâ tapârihârikaṁ cha [|*]
35 etehi naṁ parihârehi
36 pariharâhi [|*] etaṁ chasiṁ gâma [ṁ]

Seventh Plate ; Second Side.

37 Paṭûra[ṁ] ba[ṁ]mhadeya[ṁ kâ]tuna^{[1 ]} etha
38 nibaṁdhâpehi [|*] aviyena ânataṁ [|*]
39 sayaṁ chhato [|*] siri-aṭha-satâ-

Eighth Plate ; First Side.

40 vijayo dato [|*] paṭikâ ─
41 saṁva 10 be pa 1 diva 1
42 Mahâtagi-varena -

Eighth Plate ; Second Side.

43 mahâdaṁḍanâyakena
44 Bhâpahânavaṁmena ─
45 kaṭati -

First Plate ; First Side.^[2]

1 Bamhanânaṁ Savagutaja-mahâ-
2 janânaṁ janânaṁ 8 Kûdûrahâre
3 Pâṁṭûrasa bamhadeyasa [||*]

Seal.

Bṛihatphalâyana-sagôtrasya mahârâja-śrî-Jayavarmmaṇaḥ [||*]

TRANSLATION.

(Line 1.) From the camp of victory, the town Kûdûra,─ the fortunate^[3] king, the glorious Jayavarman, who is favoured by the feet of Mahêśvara (and) who belongs to the gôtra of the Bṛihatphalâyanas, orders (his) official (vyâpṛita) at Kûdûra (as follows) :─

(L. 7.) “ For conferring on ourselves victory (in war) and for increasing (our) length of life, we have now given the village Pâṇṭûra in the district of Kûdûra (Kûdûrahâra) (as) a brahmadêya, assigning24 shares^[4] to 8 peoples (viz.) to (the following) Brâhmaṇas :─ to Savagutaja (Śarvaguptârya), a householder^[5] of the Gautama gôtra, 8 (shares) ; to Savigija of the Tânavya (gôtra) 3 shares ; to Goginaja 3 shares ; to Bhavannaja of the Kauṇḍinya gôtra two─2─ shares ; to Rudavennhuja (Rudravishṇvârya) of the Bhâradvâja (gôtra) one and a half share ; to Îsaradataja (Îśvaradattârya) of the Kârshṇâyana (gôtra) one and a half share ; to Rudaghosaja (Rudraghôshârya) of the Aupamanyava (gôtra) 1 share ; and to Khandarudaja (Skandarudrârya) of the Kauśika gôtra half a share.

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^[1] Read kâtûna.
^[2] This side of the plate is much corroded, and most of the letters are indistinct.
^[3] With sivapato compare sukhappatto, ‘ happy,’ which Childers (s. v. patto) quotes from the Dhammapada
^[4] If the shares assigned to each donee are added up, the result is only 20½. Perhaps the remaining 3½ shares were set. aside for communal purposes or for the village temple.
^[5] Jâyâpara is perhaps synonymous with gṛihastha.