South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

10 kâṁ kali-kalusham=athô ^[1]hantam=antô ripûṇâm śrîmân-siṁhâsana-sthô ^[2]bhavanavanim=atô=môghavarshaḥ praśâsti || [11*] ^[3]Yasy=âjñâṁ para- chakriṇaḥ srajam=iv=âjasraṁ śirôbhir=vvahaṁ-
11 ty=â digdaṁti-ghaṭ-âvaḷî-mukha-paṭ[ê]ḥ^[4] kîrtti-pratânas=sataḥ [|*] yatra-sthaḥ sva-kara-pratâpa-mahimâ kasy=âpy=adûra-sthitaḥ^[5] tâjaḥ-krâṁta-samasta-bhûbhṛid= ina êv=âsau na kasy=ôpari || [12*]
12 ^[6]Chatus-samudra-paryyaṁta[ṁ ?] svamudraṁ yat-prasâdhitaṁ [|*] bhagnâ samasta- bhûpâḷa-mudrâ Gâruḍa-mudrayâ || [13*] ^[7]Râjêṁdrâs=tê vaṁdanîyâs=tu pûrvvê yêshâm dharma-
13 h=pâḷanîyô=smad-âdyaiḥ [|*] dhvastâ dushṭâ varttamânâs=sadharmmâḥ prârtthyâ yê tê bhâvinah=pârtthivêṁdrâḥ || [14*] Bhuktaṁ kaiśchid=vikramêṇ=âparêbhyô dattaṁ ch=ânyais=tyaktam=êv=âparair=yyat [|*]
14 k=âsth=ânityê tatra râjyê mahadbhiḥ kîrttyâ(rttyai ?) dharmmah=kêvaḷaṁ pâḷanîyaḥ || [15*] ^[8]Tên=êdam=aniḷa-vidyuch-chaṁchaḷam=avaḷôkya jîvitam=asâraṁ [|*] kshitidâna-paramapuṇyah=pravarttitô
15 dêvadâyô=yaṁ || [16*] Sa êva paramabhaṭṭâraka-mahârâjâdhirâja-paramêśvara-śrî- Jagattuṁgadêva-pâdânubhyâna(ta)-paramabhaṭṭâraka-mahârâj[â]dhirâja-paramêśvara- śrî-
16 pṛithvîvallabha-śrîmad-Amôghavarsha-śrî-Vallabhanarêṁdradêvaḥ sarvvân=êva yathâsaṁbaddhyamânakân=râshṭravishayapati-grâmakûṭ-âyuktaka-niyuktak-â-
17 dhikârika-mahattar-âdîn=samâdiśaty=astu vas=saṁviditaṁ yathâ || Vikrama-viḷâsa- niḷayô Mukuḷa-kuḷê pûrvva-bandhubhir=mmânyaiḥ [|*] Erakôri-nâmadhêya-

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18 h=pravikasitô=bhût=prasûna-samaḥ || [17*] ^[9]Âvir-âsît=prabhus=tasmât=prasûnât=phaḷa- sannibhaḥ [|*] nâmn=Âdhôraḥ kuḷ-âdhâraḥ Koḷanûr-âdhipas=svayaṁ || [18*] Su-
19 tô=sya Vijayâṁkâyâm=abhûd=bhuvana-mânitaḥ [|*] prachaṇḍa-maṇḍaḷ-âtaṁkô Baṁkêśaḥ Sella-kêtanaḥ || [19*] Madîyô vitata-jyôtir=ṇṇi(nni)śitô=sir=iv=âparaḥ [|*] u-
20 nmûḷita-dvishad-vṛiksha-mûḷô mauḷa-baḷa-prabhuḥ || [20*] Mat-prasâdêna saṁlabdha-^[10] Vanavâsi-purassarân=grâmân^[11]=triṁśat-sahasrâni bhunakty=avirat-ôdayaḥ || [21*]
21 Mahâ-pratâpâd=uchchhêdam^[12]=udayachchhan=mad-ichchhayâ [|*] mûḷâd=uchchhêttum= uttuṁgâm Gaṁgavâḍi-vaṭâṭavîṁ || [22*] Tatr=ântarê=smat-sâmantair=mmâtsaryy- âhi-
22 ta-mânasair=upêkshitô=pi kôp-ôdyat-sâhas-aika-sakhaḥ svayaṁ || [23*] ¹³Dhvasta- ripu-nîti-mârggô raṇa-vikramam=êka-buddhim=abhinîya [|*] sa madîya-hṛidaya- saṁgatam=avandhya-
23 kôpatvam=âvahati || [24*] Yêna || Tat=Kêḍaḷ-âbhidhânaṁ durggaṁ vapr-ârggaḷ- âdi-durllaṁghyaṁ [|*] mauḷa-baḷ-âdhishṭhitam=api sadyaḥ prôllaṁghya hêḷay= âgrâhi || [25*] ^[14]Janapadam=adaḥ^[15] kṛitvâ ha-

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^[1] Originally hraº was engraved ; read hantum=.
^[2] Read bhuvanam=idam=atô, or, perhaps, bhuvanam=anamitô.
^[3] Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
^[4] I am unable to explain this properly. Perhaps the word paṭi is used here in the sense of paṭṭa, ‘ the frontlet or fillet which is tied to the head of an elephant ;’ see Kittel’s Kanarese Dictionary, s. v. paṭṭa. Read –sthitas=. Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh). With the first half of the verse compare Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 249, l. 11 of the text.
^[7] Metre of verses 14 and 15 : Śâlinî.
^[8] Metre of verses 16 and 17 : Âryâ.
^[9] Metre of verses 18-23 : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
^[10] Read saṁlabhya.
^[11] Read grâmâṁs=.
^[12] Read =duśchhêdâm=(?).
^[13] Metre of verses 24 and 25 : Âryâ.
^[14] Metre : Hariṇî.
^[15] Read =amuṁ.