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INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI
TRANSLATION
Success ! Om ! Adoration to Śiva.
(Verse 1) May the mass of Śambhu’s matted hair, the store of all blessings, protect you !---(the mass of matted hair), on which the rolling waters of the Mandākinī (i.e., the
Gangā), flowing down from the bright vault of heaven, appear like a white umbrella,
being upheld by the wind from the opened mouths, dreadful through the large expanding
hoods, of the lord of serpents (which is) greatly afflicted, being drawn into a tight knot !
Moreover––
(V.2) May the flame of the fire of the eye of the moon-diademed (Śiva) protect
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1Read -
2Metre of this and the following verse: Anusbtubh.
3Delete. There is no indication that these aksharas have been cancelled.
4Metre of this and the following three verses: Gīti.
5The akshara which was at first omitted is written below the line.
6Metre: Śikhariņī.
7About eight aksharas are illegible here.
8Perhaps is meant.
9Metre: Āryā (?).
10Metre of this and the following verse: Āryā.
11These aksharas are fairly legible on the original stone.
12One akshara is indistinct here, and two or three more have been lost by the breaking off of the corner of the stone.
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