South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

occurs also in the Pâlî plate of Gôvindachandra referred to by me above, Vol. V. p. 114, note 4, in the passage Saruvâra- (or, more probably, Saruvâra | ) Ôṇavala-pathakê | Sirasî-pattalâyâṁ || Pâlî-grâma-. Of the localities mentioned in this passage, Pâlî is the village ‘Palee’ in Indian Atlas, sheet No. 102, long, 83º 25’, lat. 26º 30’ ; Sirasî is ‘Sirsi,’ ibid. sheet No. 87, S.E., long. 83º 9’, lat 26º 32’ ; and Ôṇavala survives Unaula, (Unoula, Unaola, Anaola, Aonla),^[1] a name of one of the pargaṇas in the western part of te Gôrâkhpur district. As the Ôṇavala pathaka (with Sirasî and Pâlî included in it) according to the Pâlî plate formed part of the Saruvâru, this would indicate in a general way where the localities mentioned in the present inscription should be looked for ; but I have searched for them in vain on the maps at my disposal.

EXTRACT FROM THE TEXT.2
First Plate.

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^[3]śrîmad-Gôvindachaṁdradêvô vijayî ||^[4] Sar[u]vârê Dudhâli-samvaddha-^[5]Gôvisâlakê Pândala-pattalâyâtâṁ^[6]
16 Pôtâchavaḍa-grâma-nivâśi(si)nô nikhilâṁ-janapadân=upagatân=api cha râja-râjñî- yuvarâja-mantri-purôhita-sênâpati-pratîhâra-
17 b h â ṇ ḍ â g â r i k – â k s h a p a ṭ l i k a – b h i s h a g – n a i m i t t i k – â n t a ḥ p u r i k a – dûta- karituragapattanâkarasthânagôkulâdhikâri-^[7]purushân=âjñâpayati vô(bô)dha-
18 yaty=âdiśati cha yathâ viditam=astu bhavatâṁ yath=ôparilikhita-grâmaḥ sa-jala- sthalaḥ sa-lôha-lavaṇ=âkaraḥ sa-matsy-âkaraḥ sa-
19 madhûk-âmvra-^[8]vana-vâṭikâ-viṭapa-tṛiṇa-yûti-gôchara-paryantaḥ sa-giri-gahana-nidhânaḥ sa-gartt-ôsharaḥ s-ôrdv(rddhv)-âdhaḥ^[9] chatur-âghâṭa-visu(śu)ddhaḥ
20 sva-sîmâ-paryantaḥ dvyadhika-dvâdaśa-śâta-samvatsarê^[10] Vaiśa(sâ)khê^{[11 ]}mâ[si] su(śu)kla-pakshê tṛitîyâyâṁ tithau Sôma-dinê ςṅkatô=pi sa-
21 yat^[12] 1202 Vaisâ(śâ)kha-sudi 3 Sômê ady-êha Mudgagi[ri]-samâvâsê akshaya-tṛitîyâyâṁ Gaṅgâyâṁ vidhivat-snâtvâ

Second Plate.

22 maṁtra-dêva-muni-manuja-bhûta-pitṛi-gaṇâṁs=tarppayitvâtimira-paṭala-pâṭana-paṭu- mahasam=Ushṇarôchisham=upasthây=Aushadhipati-
23 sa(śa)kala-sê(śê)kharaṁ samabhyarchchya tribhuvana-trâtur=Vvâsudêvasya pûjâṁ vidhâya prachura-pâyasêna havishâ havirbhujaṁ hutvâ mâtâpi-
24 trôr=âtmanaś=cha puṇya-yasô(śô)-bhivṛidhayê ςsmâbhir=gôkarṇṇa-kuśalatâ-pûta-karatal-ôdaka-pûrvvakaṁ Kâsya(śya)pa-sagôtrâya Kâsya(śya)p-Â-
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^[1] In the Indian Atlas, on the margin of sheet No. 87, S. E., we have ‘Unaula,’ in Archæol. Survey of India, Vol. XXII, p. 66, ‘Unaola’ and ‘Anaola,’ and in the Imperial Gazetteer, 2nd ed., Vol. V. p. 166, ‘Aoula.’ According to Thornton’s Gazetteer, ‘Unoula’ is the principal place of the pargaṇa of the same name (in the Gôrâkhpur district) ; it is described as a small town, 13 miles south of Gôrâkhpur, in lat. 26 ̊ 32’ and long. 83 ̊ 21’. If this is correct, it must be the ‘Bubhnowlee’ of the Indian Atlas, sheet No. 102, 2½ miles north-west of ‘Palee.’ The same sheet, 10 miles south by west from ‘Palee,’ contains the name ‘Oonowlee.’
^[2] From impressions supplied by the Curator of the Provincial Museum, Lucknow.
^[3] Up to this, the text is practically identical with the text of the Kamauli plate of Gôvindachandra, published above, Vol. IV. p. 100 f.
^[4] This sign of punctuation is superfluous.
^[5] Read –sambaddha-.
^[6] Read -pattalâyâṁ ; the second yâ most probably is struck out already in the original.
^[7] The two aksharas kâri were originally omitted and are engraved on the margin at the foot of the plate.
^[8] Read –âmra-.
^[9] Here and in some places below the rulers of saṁdhi have not been observed.
^[10] Read -saṁvatsarê.
^[11] The second akshara of this word originally was sô.
^[12] Read saṁvat.