South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

17 lî-chchhâyâ-śakradhanuḥ-sphurat-pada-lasan-Mêghêśvarasy=âmunâ | unnatyâ ςpara- parvvatô va(ba)hutara-dravya-vyayaṁ kurvvatâ prâsâdô rachitas=sudhâ-chchhavi- hasat-Kailâsa-śailêśvaraḥ^[1] || [22*] Svarṇṇâdriḥ sa sur-âlayô hari-khura-kshuṇṇaś= cha pûrvvô girir=vvâruṇyâ parichumvi(mbi)tô ςsta-śikharî mânyaḥ sa Gaurî-
18 [gu]ruḥ | ity=ady=âpi parâmṛisha(śa)n=nava-nava-sthânaṁ chalan-mandirô Laṅkêndrêṇa śil-ôchchayaṁ gṛiham=adaḥ prâptô ςnavadyaṁ Śivaḥ || [23*] Iha^[2] vijayinâ prâkâra-śrîr=mmahôpala-nirmmitâ jaladhara-gatîr=atyunnatyâ nirôddhum= iv=ôddhatâ | kali-jalanidhêr=mmaryâdâlî-bhayâd=iva tasya vai śaraṇa-
19 m=aviśad=dharmmô yatra Trinêtra-surakshayâ || [24*] ^[3]Yâsân=nêtrâñchala-taralimâ viśvavaśy-aikamantraḥ pâda-nyâsas=tribhuvana-gati-stambhanaṁ samvidhattê^[4] | nṛity-ârambhê valaya-maṇibhir=nnirmitâςyatna-dîpâs=tasmai dattâs=Tripura-jayinê têna tâs=tâ mṛigâkshyaḥ || [25*] ^[5]Upavanam=atha chakrê têna Mêghêśva-
20 rasya sphurita-kusuma-rêṇu-śrêṇi-chandrâtapa-śri | avirata-makaranda-syanda-sandôha- varshair=ddhṛita-Ratipati-lîlâ-yantradhârâgṛihatvaṁ || [26*] ^[6]Vanaśrî-muktâ-srak^[7] dara-dalita-pushp-ôtkara-milat-parâgair=bhṛiṅg-âlî kalita-sitimâ yatra japanî^[8] | munêḥ Pushpâstrasya sphaṭika-ghaṭit-âkshâva-
21 lir=iyam=^[9]vasant-ôdyan-matta-dvipa-śirasi nakshatra-vitatiḥ || [27*] Atyachchhaṁ^[10] śarad-amva(mba)rât=suraśa(sa)rit-tôyâch=cha pâp-âpahaṁ gambhîran=naya-śâlinô=pi hṛidayât^[11] śîtañ=cha chandra-dyutêḥ | hṛidya-svâdu sudhâ-rasâd=api sarô vârân=nidhêḥ sôdaran=tên=âkhâni narêśvara-praṇayinâ Mêghêśvarasy=â-
22 layê || [28*] Ânand-aikanikêtanaṁ nayanayôḥ sa(śa)śvan=manaḥkairava-jyôtsn- aughaḥ khalu Viśvakarmma-nipuṇa-vyâpâra-vaidagdhya-bhûḥ | grîshma-grâsa-bhay- âtibhîta-janatâ-śauṭîrya-durgg-âlayô mârggaḥ kîrtti vijṛimbhaṇasya jayinâ prôttambhitô maṇḍapaḥ || [29*] Apâṁ^[12] śâlâ-mâlâḥ pathi pathi taḍâgâḥ prati-
23 puraṁ pradîpâḥ sampûrṇṇâḥ prati-suragṛihaṁ yasya vimalâḥ | maṭhâ vêd- âdînâ¸dvijapura-vihârâḥ prati-diśaṁ virâjantê sa[t*]trâṇy=api cha paritas=sêtu- nivahâḥ || [30*] ^[13]Ârâd=vra(bra)hmapuraṁ Vṛi(bṛi)haspati-pura-sparddhi Smarârêḥ sad=âchâryaṁ Vishṇum=abhisphura[d*]=dvijavara-grâmâya dharmmâtmanê | dattaṁ têna mudâ sad-ôdi-

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24 ta-makha-prâravdha(bdha)-dhûmadhvaja-sphûrjjad-dhûma-chayêna yatra sa kali-vyâlaḥ samutsâryatê || [31*] Taṁ^[14] pratyatishṭha[d*]=dvijarâja-pûjyaḥ prâsâdam=Îśasya sa-nandaka-śrîḥ | sudarśanên=ânvita êsha Vishṇur=âchârya-râjaḥ sa pṛithak^[15] na Vishṇôḥ || [32*] ^[16]Udayana-kavis=tasy=âdêśât=praśasti-vilâsinîṁ sulalita-padanyâsaiḥ sa(śa)śvad=vi-
25 [dagdha-manôharâṁ | dhvanibhir=aniśaṁ kaṇṭhê ślishṭâm=alaṁkṛiti-hâriṇîm = atirasatayâ śayy-âyâtâṁ prasâdhitavân=imâṁ || [33*] ^[17]Yâva[j*]=jyôtsnâ-sudhâṅśû^[18] dharaṇi-phaṇipatî yâvad=ambhôja-Lakshmyau yâvad=yâvach=cha Gaṅgâ- Himadharaṇidharau yâvad=êv=ârṇṇav-ôrmmî | vâg-arthau yâvad=asmimś=chiram= anuvasatô ςdvaita-rûpê-
26 ṇa lôkê tâvat=prâsâda-kîrttî tribhuvana-kuharê râjatâm=asya nityaṁ || [34*] Śrî || ^[19]Diśidhavala-dhîra-tanayaḥ sa Chandradhavalaḥ praśastim=iha paṭṭê | saral- âkshara-mâlâbhir=llilêkha Mêghêśvara-dvârê || [35*] Sûtradhâraḥ^[20] Śivakaras=

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^[1] This compound (formed with hasat instead of hasita) is incorrect ; compare -hasita-chandrô, l. 4.
^[2] Metre : Hariṇî.
^[3] Metre : Mandâkrântâ.
^[4] Read saṁvidhattê.
^[5] Metre : Mâlinî.
^[6] Metre : Śikhariṇî.
^[7] Read –srag-.
^[8] This word might be (and has been) read jayanî.
^[9] Read =iyaṁ.
^[10] Metre of verses 28 and 29 ; Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
^[11] Read °yâch=chhî°.
^[12] Metre : Śikhariṇî.
^[13] Metre :Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
^[14] Metre : Upajâti.
^[15] Read pṛithag=.
^[16] Metre : Hariṇî.
^[17] Metre : Sragdharâ.
^[18] Read –sudhâṁśû.
^[19] Metre : Âryâ.
^[20] Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).