South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

No. 2, Plate i. (Ksh. 18).

On the back wall of the veranda in Cave No. 3, above the entrance.

TEXT.

1 Siddhaṁ (1) raño Vâsiṭhîputasa (2) Siri-Puḷumâyisa savîchhare (3) ekunavîse 19 gimhâṇa (4) pakhe bitiye 2 divase terase 13 râjaraño Gotamîputasa Himavata- Meru-
2 Madara-pavatasamasârasa Asika-Asaka(5)-Muḷaka-Suraṭha-Kukur-Âparaṁta(6)- Anupa-Vidabha-Âkarâvati-râjas Vijha-Chhavata-Pârichâta(7)-Sahya-Kaṇhagiri- Macha-Siri­ṭana-Malaya-Mahida-
3 Seṭagiri-Chakora-pavatapatisa savarâjaloka(8)maḍala(9)patigahîtasâsanasa divasakarakara(10)vibodhitakamalavimalasadisavadanasa tisamudatoyapîtavâhanasa paṭipuṇachadamaḍalasasirîka-
4 piyadasanasa varavâraṇavikamachâruvikamasa bhujagapatibhogapînavâṭa(11)- vipuladîghasuda . bhujasa (12) abhayodakadânakilinanibhayakarasa avipanamâtu- susûsâkasa (13) suvibhatativagadesakâlasa
5 porajananivisesasamasukhadukhasa khatiyadapamânamadanasa (14) Saka-Yavana- Palhava-nisûdanasa dhamopajitakaraviniyogakarasa kitâparâdhe pi satujane apâṇahisâruchisa dijâvarakuṭubavivadha-
6 nasa Khakharâtavasa(15)niravasesakarasa Sâtavâhanakulayasapatithâpana(16)karasa savamaḍalâ(17)bhivâditacha . ṇasa vinivatitachâtuvaṇasakarasa anekasamarâvaji- tasatusaghasa aparâjitavijapatâkasatujanadupadhasanîya(18)-
7 puravarsa kulapurisaparaparâgatavipularâjasadasa âgamâna (19) nilayasa sapurisânaṁ asayasa Sirîy . adhiṭhânasa upachârâna (20) pabhavasa ekakusasa ekadhanu- dharasa ekasûrasa (21) ekabamhaṇasa Râma-
8 Kesav-Âjuna-Bhîmasena-tulaparakamasa (22) chhaṇaghanusava(23)samâjakârakasa Nâbhâga(24)-Nahusa-Janamejaya-Sakara-Yayâti-Râm-Âbarîsa-samatejasa aparimitam akhayam achitam abhuta (25) Pavana-Garuḷa(26)-Sidha-Yakha-Rakhasa- Vijâdhara-Bhûta-Gadhva-Châraṇa-
9 Chada-Divâkara-Nakhata-Gaha-vichiṇasamarasirasi jitaripusaghasa nâga(27)varakhadhâ gaganatalam abhivigâḍhasa kulavipulasirikarasa Siri-Sâtakaṇisa mâtuya mahâdevîya (28) Gotamiya Balasirîya sachavachanadânakhamâ(29)hisâ(30)- niratâya tapadamaniya-
10 mopavâsataparâya râjarisivadhusadam (31) akhilâm anuvidhîyamânâya kârita deyadhama . . . . . . . . . . (32) sikharasadise Tiraṇhupavatasikhare vim . (33)varanivisesamahiḍhîka leṇa eta cha leṇa mahâdêvî mahârâjamâtâ mahârâjap . tâmahî (34) dadâti nikâyasa Bhadâvanîyânaṁ (35) bhikhusaghasa (36)
11 etasa cha leṇasa chitaṇanimita (37) mahâdevîya ayakâya sevakâmo (38) piyakâmo cha ṇat . . . . . . . . (39)pathesaro (40) pitupatiyo dhamasetusa dadâti gâma (41) Tiraṇhupavatasa aparadakhiṇapase Pisâjipadakaṁ (42) savajâtabhoganiraṭhi.

REMARKS.

(1) G. siddha raº.─ (2) G. and AS. ºsiṭhipuº.─ (3) G. savachhare ; AS. saṁvachhare ; î seems clear, and it must be remembered that saviṁchhala = saṁvatsara is found in the Sahasrâma edict. As to the change of a into i in Prâkṛit, comp. Pischel’s Grammatik der Prâkṛit-Sprachen, paragraphs 101-3.─ (4) G. and AS. gimhâna. ─ (5) G. Asika-Susakaº. ─ (6) G. ºparâtaº ; ta is followed not only by such a blank as is frequent in this inscription, but by some traces which look like the rest of a letter. As, however, it cannot be a k, it is not easy to