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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
MISCELLANEOUS
Ōm! Adoration to Śiva ! Adoration to Gaņapati ! (Verse 1) May this god, the son of Dēvakī, be victorious! May this Krishņa, the great luminary of the Vrishņi family, be triumphant! May (this Krishņa), who has a delicate person dark like a cloud, be glorious! May Mukunda, who removes the burden of the earth, attain victory! (V. 2) May the blue-throated (Śiva), the enemy of Smara and the dear husband of (Pārvatī) the daughter of the snow-mountain, who has a spear in (his) hand, protect all people,––(he) who was able to burn the three cities5; who has the bright moon on his head; who affords protection to all people and is the sole lord of all worlds! (V.3) May the all-white Sarasvatī, the female swan (sporting) in the assemblage of lotuses which are the mouths of Brahmā, always enjoy herself in my mind ! (Line 5) During the reign of the illustrious Trailōkyamalladēva, who looks res-
plendent with the complete series of royal titles commencing with Paramabhaţţāraka, who is a devout worshipper of Mahēśvara (and) the supreme lord of three kings, viz.,
the lord of horses, the lord of elephants and the lord of men, who is the lord of speech
through his study of various lores, who meditates on the feet of the illustrious Vāmadēva,
who is the lord of Kānyakubja and whose beneficial and victorious rule is augmenting on
the earth, ––on Monday, the 7th (lunar) day of the bright (fortnight) of Jyēshtha in the
year 963, while the Mahāmahattaka, Mantrin and Māndalika, the illustrious Malayasimha is present on duty, while the Sāndhivigrahika Thakkura Haripāla, the Kōţţapāla
Vāhada and the Arthalēkhin the illustrious Śrēshţhin Chanda (are also present on duty),
(and) while the affairs in the court of justice of the Pañchakula 6 are being managed by all
merchants according to custom,––at the camp fixed at some auspicious place in the
Dhōvahatta pattana (situated) in the Dhanavāhi pattalā, the holy Śāntaśiva of the
Vatsa gōtra, a son of the Bhaţţāraka, the holy Rājaguru Vimalaśiva, ––who has become the
sovereign of ascetics through the practice of self-restraint, observances, study of sacred
texts, and meditation; (who is) the crest-jewel of an assembly of learned people, the lord of
Śaiva Āchāryas, proficient in all lores, (and) an incarnation of Durvāsas in the Kali (age) ;
to whose feet is devoted the illustrious Trailōkyamalla,7 the lord of three hundred
kingdoms, (and) who is (always) engaged in meditation with a concentrated mind,––has
given, by way of mortgage, the village Alaurā, together with all dues (such as) bhaga, bhoga,
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