South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

51 pâlanîyaṁ || ʘ || Tathâ cha dharmma-slô(ślô)kâḥ || Saṁ(śaṁ)khaṁ^[1] bhadrâsanaṁ chchhatraṁ^[2] var-âsvâ(śvâ) vara-vâraṇâḥ | bhûmi-dânasya chihnâni phalam=êtat=Purandara || 1 || Sarvvêshâm=êva dânânâm=êka-janm-ânugaṁ

52 phalaṁ | hâṭaka-kshiti-gaurîṇâṁ sapta-janm-âmu(nu)gaṁ phalaṁ || 2 || Bhûmiṁ yaḥ pratigṛihṇâti yaś=cha bhûmiṁ prayachchhati [|*] ubhau tau puṇyakarmmâṇau niyatau^[3] svargga-gâminau || 3 || Shashṭhiṁ(shṭiṁ) varsha-saha-

53 srâ(srâ)ṇi svarggê tishṭhati bhûmi-daḥ | âchchhêttâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva narakê vasêt || 4 || Sva-dattâṁ para-dattâṁ vâ yô harêt=tu vasundharâṁ^[4] | sa vishṭhâyâṁ kṛimir=bhûtvâ pitṛibhiḥ saha pachyatê [||*] 5 [||*]

54 Gâm=êkâṁ svarṇṇam-êkaṁ vâ bhûmêr=apy=êkam=aṁgulaṁ | haraṁn=^[5]narakam= âyâti yâvad-âhûtasaṁplavaṁ || 6 || Sva-dattâṁ para-dattâm=^[6]vâ yatnâd=raksha Yudhishṭhira | mahîṁ mahîbhṛitâṁ śrêshṭha dânât^[7] śrêyô=

55 nupâlanaṁ || 7 || Ahaṁ Râghava Mârkkaṇḍaḥ sapta-kalp-ânujîvakaḥ | na sru(śru)tô na mayâ dṛishṭaḥ svayaṁdatt-âpahârakaḥ || 8 || Va(ba)hubhir= vvasudhâ dattâ râjabhiḥ Sagar-âdibhiḥ [|*]

56 yasya yasya yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ phalaṁ || 9 || Iti^[8] kamaladal-âmvu(mbu)- lôlâṁ^[9] śriyam=anuchintya jîvitaṁ^[10] cha | sakalam=idam=udâhṛitaṁ cha vu(bu)ddhvâ na hi purushaiḥ

57 para-kîrttayô vilôpyâḥ || 10 || Samvat^[11] 1135 Chaitra-va(ba)hula-shashṭhyâṁ || Ravi-dinê | likhitô=yaṁ tâmvra(mra)-paṭṭa âdêsa(śa)-naivaṁ(baṁ)dhika-śrî- Janakên=êti || ᵒ ||

58 || tha || tha || || tha || Maṁgalaṁ mahâ-śrîḥ || tha ||

59 Sva-hastô=yaṁ mahârâjâdhirâja-śrîmat-Sôḍhadêvasya ||
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No. 10.─ LUCKNOW MUSEUM PLATE OF KIRTIPALA ;
[VIKRAMA-]SAMVAT 1167.
BY F. KIELHORN, PH. D., LL.D., C.I.E. ; GÖTTINGEN.

This plate was brought by a tenant to a fair at Bhatpar in the Gôrâkhpur district, United Provinces, and sold as waste to a copper-smith. Dr. W. Hoey who heard of this followed up the plate to another district and, having recovered it, presented it in September 1898 to the Provincial Museum, Lucknow. I edit the inscription which it contains from excellent impressions, sent to Dr. Hultzsch by the late Mr. E. W. Smith.

This is a single copper-plate which measures about 11¾” broad by 1’ high, not including a semicircular projection^[12] which rises from the middle of the top and is about 4” broad and 3¼” high. On the front side of this projection there is a neatly engraved figure of the god Vishṇu
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^[1] Metre of verses 1-9 : Ślôka (Anushṭubh).
^[2] Read chhattraṁ.
^[3] Perhaps altered to niyataṁ, which it should be.
^[4] Originally vasundhaṁrâṁ.
^{[5 ]} Read haran=.
^{[6 ]} Read –dattâṁ.
^[7] Read dânâch=.
^[8] Metre : Pushpitâgrâ.
^[9] Read –âmbuvindu-lôlâṁ.
^[10] Read imanushya-jîvitaṁ.
^{[11 ]} Read saṁvat.
^[12] Similarly shaped is e.g. the Gurmha (in Gôrâkhpur district) plate of Jayâditya II., Jour., Beng., As. Soc. Vol. LXX. Part I. Plate i. In the Gôrâkhpur grant of the time of the same prince (see my List of North. Inscr. No. 604) the projection is at the proper right side of the plate.