South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

The village of Koḷâla, which is mentioned in this inscription, I am unable to identify with certainty. The Madras Postal Directory shews two villages named ‘ Kolala,’ in the Tumkûr district of Mysore.─ one in the Tipṭûr tâluka, post-town ‘ Turuvekere,’ and the other in the Tumkûr tâluka, post-town ‘ Kolala ’ itself ; probably Koḷâla is one or other of these.

TEXT.^[1]

First Plate.

1 Siddham || Śrî-vijaya-Vaijayantyâm^[2] dharmmamahârâjaḥ
2 S v â m i – M a h â s ê n a – m â t ṛ i g a ṇ - â n u d h y â t – â b h i s h i k t a ḥ
3 Mânvya-sagôtrô       Hâritî-putraḥ   pratikṛita-svâdhyâya-
4 charchchikaḥ Kadambânâm śrî-Vijaya-Śiva-Mândhâtṛivarmmâ

Second Plate ; First Side.

5 a n ê k a-^[3] s u c h î (c h a)r i t-ô p a c h i t a-v i p u l a-p u ṇ y a-s k a n d h a ḥ
6 âhav-ârjjita-vipula-parama-dṛiḍha-sat[t*]vaḥ savassarê^[4]
7 dvitîyê Vaiśâkha-paurṇamâsyâm Koḷâla-grâmê sîmni^[5]
8 sa-pânîya-pâtaṁ sa-dakshiṇam a-khaṭvâ-vâs-audana[m]^[6]

Second Plate ; Second Side.

9 a-bhaṭa-pravêśam antahkara-vipṭi(shṭi) ka[m] Kauṇḍinya-
10 sagôtrâya datt-ânuyôgâya Taittirîya-sabramha(hma)-
11 châriṇê Dêvaśarmmaṇê Modekaranî-nâma-halam
12 râja-mânêna viṁśati-nivarttanaṁ kêdâraṁ da[tta]vân [|*]^[7]

Third Plate.

13 Pramâdât ^[8]adharmmâd=vâ yô=sy=âbhiha[r]tt[â] sa pâ[taka]-sa[ṁ]yukt[ô]
14 bhavati [|*] Uktañ=cha [|*] ^[9]Sva-dattâṁ para-datt[âṁ] vâ |^[10] yô harêna(ta) vasundharâm [|*]
15 shapṭhiṁ(shṭiṁ) varsha-sahasrâṇi narakê pachyatê tu saḥ || Yô=sya
16 abhirakshitâ sa tat-phala-bhâk [|*] Uktañ=cha [|*] Bahubhi^[11] vasudhâ bhuktâ
17 râjabhis=Sagar-âdibhiḥ [|*] yasya yasya yadâ bhûmiḥ^[12] bhûmas=tasya tasya tadâ phala[ṁ] [||*]
18 [D]âm[ô]daradatêna^[13] rahasy-âdhikṛitêna likhit=êyaṁ paṭṭikâ ||

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^[1] From Dr. Fleet’s impressions.
^[2] Here, and in other places below, the rules of saṁdhi have not been observed.
^[3] Originally sû seems to have been engraved.
^[4] Read saṁvatsarê. The alteration of ssa into tsa seems to have been made already in the original.
^[5] Below the s of this word originally the letter m was engraved. Read ­-grâma-sîmni
^[6] Originally the full sign of m (ma) was engraved here, but, with the exception of the ‘ box ’ at the top, it has been effaced.
^[7] Below this line some writing─ perhaps the words pramâdât adharmmâd=vâ yô=sy=â of the next line─ was engraved, and cancelled again.
^[8] Instead of the initial a the akshara pra was originally engraved.
^[9] Metre, here and below : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
^[10] This sign of punctuation is superfluous.
^[11] Read bahudhir=.
^[12] Read bhûmis=tasya.
^{[ 13]} Read ºdattêna.