EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
3 tapaschayêna bhagavân=Indrô=py=aniṁdraḥ kṛitaḥ | tasy=âśî(sî)j=jita-
saptasâgaradharâ-dhuryaḥ kulê Haihayas=tad-vansyaḥ[1] Kṛitavîrjja(ryya)-bhûbhṛid=
abhavat=trâtâ trayî-vartmanaḥ || [3*] Tasmâd=bharttur=abhûn=nirantaranamat-
kshmâpâla-chûḍâma-
4 ṇi-chchhâyâ-saṁmvalit-[2]âṁhripaṅkaja-rajâḥ śrî-Kârttavîrjjô(ryyô)=rjjunaḥ | yên =
ânanyasamâḥ kramân=nṛipatayaḥ kiṁchit=kalôllîlayâ[3] dôrddaṇḍa-[jvar]i[ṇa]ḥ[4] parêṇa [va(ba)]li[nâm=â]vâ(bâ)lyam=ullaṅghitâḥ || [4*] Tataḥ5 prabhṛiti
saṁtatê
5 praṇata-râja-râjî-śi[ra]ś-charach-charaṇapaṁkajadvitaya-rêṇur=âśî(sî)t=kulê [|*] Ayô-
mukha-jaya-Krath-âkramaṇa-siddha-Kâlaṁjaraḥ sphurat-paravarûthinî-jaradaraṇya-
dâvânalaḥ || [5*] [6]Kalachuri-tilakaḥ sa(śa)trûn(ñ)=jitvâ
6 râjyaṁ dadau laghu-bhrâtuḥ | sa śrî-Lakshmaṇarâjaḥ Svê(śvê)tapadaṁ yaḥ
punar=jjitavân | (||) [6*] [7]Tad-vansê visva(śva)-bharttâ turaga-[8]patim =
athô va(ba)ddhavâna=Vâhaliṁ yô yaś=cha prâ[chî]-kshitîndr-ânavasara-karaṇa-
khyâta-dôrddaṇḍa-darppaḥ | raja śrî-
7 Râjaputraḥ sa bhayabhṛid-abhaya-vyaktir=avyakta-garvvaḥ kharvvîkurvvan Kirîṭi- prabhṛiti-nṛipa-yaśô-râsi(śi)m=âśî(sî)n=manîshî || [7*] Tataḥ[9] pṛithvînâtha-
dvitaya-varaṇîyaḥ prabhur=abhût=pramâthî sa(śa)trûṇâṁ samiti Śivarâjaḥ
8 Śivi(bi)r=iva | sutas=tasmâj=jâtaḥ sa raṇakaruṇâ-vṛittir=asakṛit=kshmâ[10] nâthaḥ kshêmî prakṛiti-saralaḥ Saṁ(śaṁ)karagaṇaḥ || [8*] [11]Tat-sûnur-
ddhâma dhâmnâṁ nidhir=adhika-dhiyâṁ Bhôjadêv-âpta-bhûmiḥ pratyâvṛitya
prakâraḥ[12] prathi-
9 ta-pṛithu-yasâ(śâ)ḥ śrî-Guṇâmbhôdhidêvaḥ | yên=ôddâm-aikadarppa-dvipa-ghaṭita-
ghaṭ-âghâta-saṁsakta-muktâ-sôpân-ôddantur-âsi-prakaṭa-pṛithu-pathên=âhṛitâ Gauḍa-
lakshmîḥ || [9*] Tasya[13] cha jyâyasî jâyâ mûrttiyâ
10 kîrttir=iv=âparâ | nâmnâ śrî-Kâṁchanadêvî Lakshmîr=iva Mura-dvishaḥ || [10*] [14]Tasmâd=asyâm=anindyadyuti-rachita-phaṇî(ṇâ)chakra[bhṛi]d-vakraśalyaḥ śrîmân=
dêvaḥ sitârchchiḥ-sita-vitatayasâ(śâ)ḥ krânta-bhûr=Ullabh-âkhyaḥ [|*]
11 dṛishṭê yasmin-akasma(smâ)t=tarala-mṛigadṛiśâṁ [m]êkhalâgraṁthi-[d]antaḥ[15] trâsâd=astraṁ cha sa(śa)trôḥ skhalati kara-talâd=arthinâm-artha-tṛishṇâ || [11*]
Yad-bhûmyâ vra(bra)hmalôkâyitam=udadhim=iva prâpya yaṁ cha trasantaḥ
paksha-chchhêttur=mma-
12 hêndrâd-dravad-avanibhṛitô=py=âsatê kshêma-bhâjaḥ | yô-sau sâmanta-sêvâṁjali-
valaya-valat-pâdapadm-âśrita-śrîḥ sâmyât=siṁdûra-mudrâ-prabhṛitibhir-udayakshmâ-
bhṛitô datta-vârttaḥ || [12*] Bhrâtṛi-snêhâch=cha yê-
13 na prasarad-uru-kari-śrêṇi-saṁgha[ṭṭa]-chaṇḍa-prâjy-âji-khyâta-saṅga-prahata-ripu-
si(śi)raḥ-pûjita-kshmâtalêna [|*] kḷi[pta]ḥ[16] si[ṁ]ghâ(hâ)sanasthô nija-vijayi-pa[d-ô]
ddhâra-Dhârâvanîśa-[hṛishya]t-[17]sênâ-jayaśrî-haṭhaha-
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[1] Read ¬–vaṁśyaḥ.
[2] Read ¬–saṁvalit-.
[3] Apparently altered to =kalêllîlayâ ; read –kalêr=llîlayâ.
[4] The aksharas in brackets are doubtful, here and in the following words of this verse.
[5] Metre : Prithvî.
[6] Metre : Âryâ. Every akshara of this verse is quite clear.
[7] Metre : Sragdharâ.─Read Tad-vaṁśê.
[8] The ga of turaga- was originally omitted and is engraved below the line.
[9] Metre : Śikhariṇî.
[10] Read =kshamâ-.
[11] Metre : Sragdharâ.
[12] Read prakâra-prathi-(?) ; this alteration seems to have been made in the original.
[13] Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
[14] Metre of verses 11-13 : Sragdharâ.
[15] Read –dantas=. I take danta to be used in the sense of ‘a pin’.
[16] Originally kḷipitaḥ was engraved, but the sign of the vowel i has been undoubtedly struck out, and part may have been altered to pta.
[17] I am doubtful about the correctness of the two aksharas in brackets. Only letters h and y are certain.
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