INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RATANPUR
Success! Ōṁ, ! Adoration to Brahman!
[For a translation of verses 1-10, see above, pp. 428-29.]
(Verse 11) From him was born Pṛithvīdēva (II) as a cub is from a lion; who,
having
the strong body of a lion, destroyed his enemies like a troop of elephants.
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1Perhaps the intended reading is
अष्टादशारिकरिकुम्भविभङ्गर्सिहाः.
See above, p. 479.
2 The correct reading may be
वभूवुरतिशौर्यपराश्च.
3 Hiralal suggested the reading
भूद्भुवि कार्तवीर्यः.
The correct reading would be
तद्धंशग्रभवा नरेन्द्रपतयः.
but it
would not suit the metre.
4 Read
वह्निक्षपिता-.
5 Read
द्दिष्टरिपुप्रवीरप्रियाननाम्भोरुहपार्व्वणेन्दुः.
6 Read
शत्रून्.
7 Read
शत्रून्.
8 Metre: Vasantatilakā.
9 Read
पृथ्वीदेव-.
on the authority of the reading in 1.35 of the Amōdā plates of Pṛithvīdēva II,
dated K. 905 (No. 94, below).
10 Read वांछिता-.
11 The figure denoting the tithi has been omitted.
12 This akshara is reverse in form.
..................................................CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
VOL. IV................................................................................................. PLATE LXXV.
..........................GHOTIA PLATES OF PRITHVIDEVA II: (KALACHURI) YEAR 1000(?) (900)

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