South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

27 nna-janmâ tataḥ ||(|) śrî-Vyâsaḥ sa Parâsa(śa)râd=iva munêr=Vyâsaḥ si(śi)su(śu)tvê= pi na prâptâḥ^[1] tyâga-day-âdibhir=gguṇa-gaṇaiḥ^[2] yasy=âparê tulyatâṁ || [25*] ^[3]Kim=vâ Va(ba)liḥ kim=ayam=Ushṇamarâṁ(rî)chi-sûnuḥ kiṁ Râghavaḥ kim=u

28 Nṛigaḥ kim=ayaṁ Yayâtiḥ | êvaṁ janaiḥ prati-dinaṁ paritarkkayadbhir=yaḥ stûyatê jagati Sasva-pa[d]ê^[4] p[r]ati[shṭha]ḥ || [26*] Śrîmân^[5] Sasva- pit[uḥ] pa[dê] gatavati Jyêshṭhê dvitîyê kramâd=vârê Śîtaruchêḥ sudhâ-

29 sudhavalâ pakashê=shṭamî-vâsarê | saptâsî(śî)ti-samanvitê dasa(śa)-guṇê samvatsarâṇaṁ^[6] śatê bhûpô Gôkulaghaṭṭa-bhâji ka¬ṭakê bhâty-êsha lavdhô(bdhô)dayaḥ || [27*] Tat-putraḥ sukṛitair-jjanasya nṛipatâm=âsâditaḥ [svai]-

30 r=guṇaiḥ^[7] râjâ nirjjita-Kârttavîrayacharitaḥ śrî-^[8]Sôḍhadêvô=dhunâ | satya- tyâga-vivêka-vikrama-naya-vyâpâra-visphârita-Prâlêyâchalachûlanirmmala-yaśô-dhauta- trilô-

31 kîtalaḥ || [28*] ^[9]Prauḍhapratâpa-paritâpa[chay-âri]bhûpa-kîrttêḥ sṛitâ jalanidhîn=api sapta tû[rṇṇaṁ] | Laksh[mî]ḥ punar=jjaladhi-madhya-nivâsa-sai(śai)tyât^[10] śrî-Sôḍhadêva-charaṇaṁ sara-

Second side.

32 ṇaṁ prayâtâ || [29*] [Sa*]^[11] śrîmat-Sôḍhadêvô=yaṁ Sarayûpâra-jîvitaṁ | vidushâm=agraṇî[ḥ*] sû(śû)rô dharmma-râsi(śi)ḥ prajêsva(śva)raḥ || 30 [||*] Svasti | Dhuliâghaṭṭa-samâvâsât |^[12] paramabhaṭṭâraka-mahârâjâ-

33 dhirâja-paramêsva(śva)ra-śrî-Maryâdâsâgaradêva-pâdânudhyâta-para m a b h a ṭ ṭ â r a k a- mahârâjâdhirâja-paramêsva(śiva)ra-paramamâhêsva(śva)ra-śrîmat-Sôḍha d ê v a – p â d â ḥ kalyâṇinaḥ^[13] | mahârâjñî- |

34 mahârâjaputra- | mahâsândhivigrahika- | mahâmahaṁtaka- | mahâpratîhâra- | mahâsênâpati- | ^[14]mahâakshapaṭalika-| mahâsâdhanika- | mahâśrêshṭhi- | mahâdânika- | mahâpândhâkulika-^[15] | sau(śau)lkika-| gaulki(lmi)ka- |

35 ghaṭtapati- |^[16] tarapati-vishayadânika- | dushṭasâdhaka- | khaṇḍavâla- | valâdhîra-^[17] prabhṛitîn samasta-râjapurushân | bhaṭṭâmâkutika-^[18] | mahattama-pramukhân(ñ=) janapad-âdîṁś=¹⁹cha mânayanti | vô(bô)dhayanti | samâjñapaya-

36 nti cha | yathâ | Viditam-astu bhavatâṁ | ^[2]Guṇakala-vishaya-prativa(ba)ddha- Ṭikarikâtâṁ pûrvvê Annâḍha | uttarê Ṭikari | dakshiṇê Avaḍachaṇa | paśchimê Chanduliâ | atra chatur-âghâṭ-âbhyantarê Mahiâri-pâṭaka- | Asathî- pâṭa-
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^{[1 ]}Read prâptâs=.
^[2] Read –gaṇair=.
^[3] Metre : Vasantatilakâ.─ Read Kiṁ vâ.
^[4] The letters in brackets in this line are doubtful. Sasva seems to be certain both here and in the next verse.
^[5] Metre of verse 27 and 28 ; Śârḍûlavikṛîḍita.
^[6] Read saṁvaº.
^[7] Read =guṇai.
^[8] Originally śrîsa seems to have been engraved.
^[9] Metre : Vasantatilakâ.─ The first Pâda of this verse in very indistinct in the impressions.
^[10] Read –śaityâch=.
^[11] Metre : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
^[12] All the signs of punctuation from here to the word yathâ in line 36 are superfluous.
^[13] Here and in other places below the rulers of saṁdhi have not been observed.
^[14] Read mahâkshaº.
^[15] This word is quite clear in th impressions ; I am unable to explain it.
^[16] This sign of punctuation seems to have been struck out.
^[17] Read, perhaps, balâdhîra- ; but the term is unknown to me.
^[18] Read, perhaps, bhaṭṭa- | mâkutika- | ; but the latter term is unknown to me.
^{[19 ]}Originally janapada | dîṁś= was engraved.
^[20] From here to ‘smâbhiḥ in line 47 the text forms one sentence, and the signs of punctuation in this part are really superfluous.