South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

śrî-Âdidêva^[1] iti dêva iv=Âdimûrttir=mma[r]ty-âtmanâ bhuvanam=êtad= alaṁkarishṇuḥ || [9*] Yô^[2] Vaṅgarâja-
7 râjyaśrî-viśrâma-sachivaḥ śuchiḥ | mahâmantrî mahâpâtram=avandhyaḥ sandhi- vigrahî || [10*] Sa^[3] Dêvakî-garvbha(rbbha)bhavaṁ bhuvaḥ sthitau samartham= uchchaiḥpada-lavdha(bdha)-paurushaṁ | Sarasvatî-jânim=ajîjanat=sutaṁ jagatsu Gôvarddhanam=Achyut-ôpamaṁ || [11*] ^[4]Vîra-sthalîshu cha sabhâsu cha tî-
8 rthikânâṁ^[5] dô[r]-llîlayâ cha kalayâ cha vachasvitâyâḥ | yô varddhayan vasumatîñ=cha Sarasvatîñ=cha dvêdhâ vyadhatta nija-nâmapadaṁ sad-arthaṁ || [12*] Vandyâṁ^[6] Vandyaghaṭîyasya vra(bra)hmaṇaḥ prayatâṁ sutâm | Sâṅgôkâm=aṅganâ-ratnam=patnîṁ sa pariṇîtavân || [13*] Tasyâṁ^[7] svapna- [vi]dhâ-
9 na-vô(bô)dhita-nij-ôtpâdaḥ sa dêvô Harir=jâtaḥ śrî-Bhavadêva-mûrttir-amutaḥ kshmâmaṇḍalî-Kaśyapât | yat-pâṇi-praṇayi dvayañ=jalajayôr=âlakshitaṁ lakshmaṇâ yasy=ântar=nnihitô=sti kaustubha iti jñâtaṁ prakâś-ôdayât || [14*] Lakshmîn=dakshiṇa-dôshṇi mantra-vidhavê viśva-
10 mbharâ-maṇḍalaṁ jihv-âgrê cha Sarasvatîṁ ripu-tanau nâg-ântakaṁ pattriṇaṁ | chakram=pâda-talê nivêśitavatâ divyan=tad=âdyam=[8]vapur=nihnôtun=nija-chihnam= êtad=amunâ nûnam=^[9]viparyyâsitaṁ || [15*] ^[10]Yan-mantra-śakti-sachivaḥ suchiraṁ chakâra râjyaṁ sa dharmma-vijayî
11 Harivarmmadêvaḥ | tan-nandanê valati yasya cha daṇḍanîti-vartm-ânugâ va(ba)hala-kalpalat=êva lakshmîḥ || [16*] ^[11]Sat-pâtrasya mahâśayasya kamal- âdhârasya yasya kshamâm=vi(bi)bhrâṇasya guṇ-âmvu(mbu)dhêr=akalitasy=ântar=nna dîn-âtmanaḥ | maryyâdâ-mahima-prasâ-
12 da-śuchitâ-gâmbhîryya-dhairyya-sthiti-prâyâḥ prâyaśa êva vâk-patham=atikrântâḥ svadantê guṇâḥ || [17*] ^[12]Mahâgaurî kîrttiḥ sphuradasi-karâlâ bhuja-latâ raṇa-krîḍâ chaṇḍî ripu-rudhira-charchchâ raṇa-bhuvaḥ [|*] mahâ-lakshmîr= mmûrttiḥ prakṛiti-lali-
13 tâs=tâ gira iti prapañchaḥ śaktînâṁ yam=iha Paramêśaṁ prathayati || [18*] [13]Yad-vrâ(brâ)hma-têjasi va(ba)lîyasi manda-vîryyaḥ khadyôta-pôta-karaṇîṁ taraṇis=tanôti | uchchair=udañchati yadîya-yaśaḥ-śarîrê jâtas=Tushâra-śikharî nanu jânudaghnaḥ || [19*] ^[14]Vra(bra)hmâ-

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14 dvaita-vidâm=udâharaṇa-bhûr=udbhûtavidy-âbdhuta-srashṭâ Bhaṭṭa-girâṁ gabhîrima- guṇa-pratyakshadṛiśvâ kaviḥ | Vau(bau)ddhâmbhônidhi-Kumbhasambhava-muniḥ pâshaṇḍa-vaitaṇḍika-prajñâ-khaṇḍana-paṇḍitô=yam=avanau sarvvajñalîlâyatê || [20*] ^[15]Siddhânta-tantra-gaṇi-
15 t-ârṇṇava-pâradṛiśvâ viśv-âdbhuta-prasavitâ phala-saṁhitâsu | karttâ svayaṁ prathayitâ cha navîna-hôrâśâstrasya yaḥ sphuṭam=abhûd=aparô Varâhaḥ || [21*] Yô dharmmaśâstra-padavîshu jaran-niva(ba)ndhân=anbhîchakâra rachit-ôchita- satprava(ba)ndhaḥ | su-vyâkhyayâ viśada-
16 yan=muni-dharmmagâthâḥ smârttakriyâ-vishaya-saṁśayam=unmamârjja || [22*] [16]Mîmânsâyâm=upâyaḥ sa khalu virachitô yêna Bhaṭṭ-ôkta-nîtyâ yatra nyâyâḥ

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^[1] For the sake of the metre put for śrî-Âdidêva.
^[2] Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
^[3] Metre : Vaṁśastha.
^[4] Meter : Vasantatilakâ.
^[5] This word is quite clear in the impressions.
^[6] Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
^[7] Metre of verses 14 and 15 : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
^[8] Read =âdyaṁ.
^[9] Read nûnaṁ.
^[10] Metre : Vasantatilakâ.
^[11] Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
^{[ 12]} Metre : Śikhariṇî.
^[13] Metre : Vasantatilakâ.
^[14] Metre : Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
^[15] Metre of verses 21 and 22 : Vasantatilakâ.
^[16]Metre : Sragdharâ.─ Read mîmâṁsâyâm=.