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INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RATANPUR

AKALTARA STONE INSCRIPTION OF RATNADEVA II

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TRANSLATION

Ōṁ ! Adoration to Śiva !

(Verse 1) May . . . . of Śambhu protect you . . . . . . !

(V. 2) . . . . . heavenly damsels . . . . . .

(V. 3) Glorious is this moon, the light of the Lōkālōka^¹¹ (mountain), a beautiful
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¹ Metre of this and the next verse: Śikhariṇī.
² The last four aksharas in this bracket are clear in 1.8 of the Kugdā inscription of Pṛithvīdēva II, dated K. 893 (No. 87, below).
³ Metre: Śārdūlavikrīḍita.
⁴ The last four aksharas in this line may have been शिरःसर-.
⁵ Metre of this and the next verse: Śārdūlavikrīḍita.
⁶ Metre of this and the next two verses: Vasantatilakā.
⁷ Metre: Upēndravajrā.
⁸ Metre: Āryā.
⁹ Metre: Mālinī.
¹⁰ Metre: Vasantatilakā.
¹¹ This is a mythical range of mountains round the world. The sun and the moon move along one side of it.
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