South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

11 janapadânâṁ svavîryy-ârjitânâm=anurakta-sarvva-prakṛitînâṁ pûrvv-âpar-Âkarâvanty- Anûpanîvṛid-Ânartta-Surâshṭra-Śva[bh*]ra-^[1][Ma]ru-[Kach]chha[S]i[n]dhu-S[au]- v[î]ra-Kukur-Âparâṁta-Nishâd-âdîṇâṁ samagrâṇâṁ tat-prabhâvâd=[y]a . . . . . . r[ttha]-^[2]kâma-vishayâṇâ[ṁ] vishayâṇâṁ patinâ^[3] sarvva-kshatr- âvishkṛita-
12 vîraśabda-jâtôtsêk-^[4]âvidhêyânâṁ Yaudhêyânâṁ prasahy=ôtsâdakêna Dakshiṇâpatha- patês=Sâtakarṇêr=dvir=api nîrvyâjam=avajty-âvajîtya^[5] saṁbaṁdh-âv[i]dûrayâ^[6] anutsâdanât=prâpta-yaśasâ mâ[d?] . . . . . . [pta]-^[7]vijayêna bhrashṭa- râja-^[8]pratishṭhâpakêna yathârttha-^[9]hastô-
13 chchhray-^[10]ârjit-ôrjita-dharm-ânurâgêna^[11] śabdârttha-gândharvva-nyây-âdyânâṁ vidyâ- nâṁ mahatînâṁ pâraṇa-dhâraṇa-vijñâna-prayôg-âvâpta-vipula-kîrttinâ turaga-gaja- rathacharyy-âsi-charma-^[12]niyuddh-âdyâ . . . . . . . [ti]-para- bala-lâghava-saushṭhava-kriyêṇa^[13] ahar-ahar=ddâna-^[14]mân-âna-
14 vamâna-śîlêna sthûlalakshêṇa yathâvat=prâptair=bali-śulka-bhâgaih kanaka-^[15] rajata-^[16]vajra-vaiḍûrya-^[17]ratn-ôpachaya-vishyandamâna-kôśêna sphuṭa-laghu-madhura- chitra-kânta-śabdasamayôdâr-âlaṁkṛita-gadya-padya . . . . . . . . . na pramâṇa-mân-ônmâna-svara-gati-varṇṇa-^[18]sâra-satv-^[19]âdibhiḥ
15 parama-lakshaṇa-vyaṁjanair=upêta-kânta-mûrttinâ^[20] svayamadhigata-mahâkshatrapa- nâmnâ narêṁdra-kannyâ-^[21]svayaṁvar-ânêka-mâlya-prâpta-dâmn[â] mahâkshatrapêṇa Rudradâmnâ varsha-sahasrâya gô-brâh [m]a . . . . . . . . r[ttha]ṁ dharma-kîrtti-^[22]vṛiddhy-arthaṁ cha^[23] apîḍayit[v]â kara-vishṭi-
16 praṇayakriyâbhiḥ paura-jânapadaṁ janaṁ svasmât=kôśâ^[24] mahatâ dhan-aghêna^[25] anatimahatâ cha kâlêna trig[u]ṇa-dṛiḍhatara-vistâr-âyâmaṁ sêtuṁ vidhâ[ya] [sa ?]r[v]va-ta[ṭ ?]ê^[26] . . . . . . . . [s]u- darśanataraṁ kâritam=i[t]I [|*] [A?] [s]minn=^[27]artthê^[28]
17 mahâkshatrapa [s]ya matisachiva-karmasachivair=^[29]amâtyaguṇa-samudyuktair=apy= atimahatvâd=^[30]bhêdasy=ânutsâha-vimukha-matibhi[ḥ] praty[â]khyât-âraṁbhaṁ
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^[1] From bhra to Sauvî the upper portion of the aksharas is broken sway. The text has been restored by Dr. Bhagvanlal Indraji to whom the word Sindhu was suggested by Prof. Bühler. Of the first akshara of the word Maru enough remains to show that the akshara was not bha.
^[2] I. omits this, and B. has rvva ; but the akshara is undoubtedly the same which we have in r[ttha]ṁ, l. 15, only without the anusvâra.─ B. proposed to fill up the lacuna by reading ya[thêpsitâvâpta-sarvva]kâma ; I myself would read ya[thâvatprâpta-dharm-ârttha]-kâma-.
^[3] The grammatically correct form would be patyâ.
^[4] The t of the syllable tô of this word looks as if th or ṭh had been originally engraved.
^[5] Read nirvyâjam=avajity-âvajitya.
^[6] I. and B. have –âvadûra[ta*]yâ, but there are clear traces of the vowel i above sign for v. The top of the akshara dû is slightly damaged. Read –âvidûra[ta*]y=ânuº.
^[7] I. and B. have [tta]-.
^[8] B. has bhrashṭarâjya-, but the reading bhrashṭarâja- appears to me to be quite certain.
^[9] I. has yathârtha-.
^[10] I. has chhray-.
^[11] Read –ânurâgêṇa.
^[12] This akshara is rma, not rmma, but the top part of it looks as if some other akshara had been originally in ended to be engraved.
^[13] Read –kriyêṇ=âhar-.
^[14] I. has =dâna-,
^[15] Possibly kânaka- may have been actually engraved.
^[16] B. omits rajata.
^[17] I. and B. have vaidûrya-, but the sign for ḍ is most distinct in the impression. Besides, the sign for the û of dû differs, as has been shown above, from the sign for û which is here used ; compare the dû of -âv[i]dûrayâ, above, l. 12.
^[18] I. has -varṇa-.
^[19] Read -sattv-.
^[20] I. has murtinâ.
^[21] I. and B. have -kanyâ-, but the akshara nnyâ is quite clear in the impression.
^[22] I. has –kîrti-.
^[23] Read ch=âpîº.
^[24] Read =kôśân=.
^[25] Read -aughên=ânatiº.
^[26] I. and B. have [sarvva]naga[ra], but akshara read na by them is clearly ta.
^[27] The a of asminn= is very doubtful, but I consider it more probable than the ta of tasminn= in I. and B.
^[28] I. has =arthâ.
^[29] I. has =karmmaº.
^[30] Read ºmahattvâd=.