South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

half of Kârttika ; but it sufficiently often goes together with the 5th as a current tithi, to render the mention of it, by itself, practically useless.^[1]

TEXT.^[2]

First Plate.

1 Ôṁ^[3]Svasti || ^[4]Jayaty=udrikta-Daityêndra-bala-vîryya-vimarddanaḥ [|*]
2 jagat-pravṛitti-saṁhâra-sṛishṭi-mâyâdharô Hariḥ [||*]
3 Svâmi-Mahâsêna-mâtṛigaṇ-ânudhyât-âbhishiktânâṁ Mânavya-
4 sagôtrâṇâṁ Hâritî-putrâṇâṁ pratikṛita-svâdhyâya-charchchâpârâṇâṁ

Second Plate ; First Side.

5^[5]śrî-Kadambânâṁ Kṛishṇavarmma-dharmmamahârâjasya^[6] aśvamêdha-yâjinaḥ
6 anêka-samara-saṁkaṭ-ôpalabdha-vijayakîrttêḥ vidyâ-vinîtasya
7 Kaikêya-sutâyâm=utpannêna śrî-Vishṇuvarmma-dharmmamahârâjêna
8 ^[7] gandharvva-hastiśikshâ-dhanurvvêdêshu Vatsarâj-Êndr-Ârjuna-samêna

Second Plate ; Second Side.

9 sabdârttha-nyâya-vidush=ôtpâditasya^[8] putra śrî-Siṁhavarmmâ Kadaṁbânâṁ
10 mahârâja(jô) vikrântô=nêka-vidyâ-viśâradas=tasya sûnunâ śrî-Kṛishṇavarmma-
11 mahârâjêna sva-vîryya-bala-parâkram-ôpârjjita-râjyaśriyâ
12 paramabrahmaṇyêna samyak-prajâpâla[na*]-dakshêṇa kshîṇa-lôbhêna
13 varddhamâna-vijayarâjya-saṁvatsarê saptamê Kârttika-mâsê

Third Plate ; First Side.

14 âpûryyamâṇa-pakshê pañchamyâṁ Jyêshṭhâ-nakshatrê Kauśika-sagôtrâya
15 vêda-pâragâya shaṭkarmma-niratâya âhit-âgnayê Vishṇuśarmma-nâma-
16 dhêyâya âtma-niśrêyasârtthaṁ Vaḷḷâvi-vishayê Koḷa-Nallûra-
17 nâma-grâmô dattaḥ sa-pânîya-pâtaḥ^[9] sarvva-parihâraḥ [|*] Tuṭhiyalla-gôtra-
18 pravarêṇa samay-âchâra-sa[ṁ]pannêna svakarm-ânushṭhâna-tatparêṇa

Third Plate ; Second Side.

19 râja-pûjitêna gô-sahasra-pradâtrâ Haridatta-śrêshṭhinâ upadêśaḥ
20 kṛitaḥ [||*] Atra Manu-gîtâ ślôkâ bhavanti || ^[10]Bahubhir=vvasudhâ bhuktâ

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^[1] A nakshatra (Uttara-bhadrapadâ) is mentioned together with a tithi (the 10th of the dark half of Kârttika) also in the date of the Dêvagere plates of the third year of the Kadamba Mṛigêśavarman, Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 35 ; but that date is incorrect. The nakshatra either was Uttara-phalgunî (for the 10th of the dark half of Kârttika) or the tithi was the 10th of the bright half of Kârttika. Curiously, exactly the same mistake was made in the date of the Hâsan plates of Dêvarâya I. of Vijayanagara, of Śaka-Saṁvat 1328 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 150, P.S.O.-C.I. No. 25.
^[2] From Dr. Fleet’s impressions.
^[3] Represented by a symbol, which stands on the prop er right margin, before the space between lines 2 and 3.
The same symbol, similarly placed, we have in the Uruvupalli plates of the Pallava Yuvamahârâja Vishṇugôpavarman, Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 51. And the same symbol, placed before the first line of the text, occurs in the plates of the Pallava Mahârâja Siṁhavarman, ibid. p. 155 ; in the Chikkulla plates of Vikramêndravarman II., above, Vol. IV. p. 195 ; and elsewhere. ^[4] Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
^{[ 5]} The letter ś is imperfect on the proper right side.
^{[ 6]} Here, and in other places below, the rules of saṁdhi have not been observed.
^[7] Read gândharvva-.
^[8] Since some correction is necessary in lines 9 and 10, it is simplest to alter ºditasya to ºditaḥ. Similar mistakes occur in the Vakkalêri plates of Kîrtivarman II., above, Vol. V. 202.
^[9] Read –pâtaṁ.
^[10] Metre, here and below : Slôka (Anushṭubh).