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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
SUPPLEMENTARY INSCRIPTIONS KARANBEL STONE INSCRIPTION OF JAYASIMHA had evidently the Bhērā-Ghāṭ stone inscription of Narasiṁha before him; for, he has imitated some verses of it in the present record¹. The inscription is generally free from errors, but the use of achikīrttayat as the third person singular of the Aorist from V kṛit, and that of asūta, contrary to the usage in classical Sanskrit, in a passive sense in v. 31 deserve notice. As regards orthography, we have to note that the sign for v is generally used to denote b, and that the rules of sandhi have not been observed in two cases. The inscription appears to have been left incomplete; for, there is no mention of what it was intended to record. But as conjectured by Dr. Kielhorn, it may have been intended to be put up at a temple of Śiva, since it opens with an obeisance to that god and the first four verses also are in honour of him. There is, besides, no mention of the author or the engraver and no record of the date. After six verses invoking the blessings of Śiva, Gaṇapati and Sarasvatī, the inscription carries the genealogy of the Kalachuri rules from Yuvarājadēva, who is plainly the second king of that name, to Jayasiṁhadēva. From the description of the latter in verses 43-53, it is clear that the present record was composed during his reign. In connection with Yuvarājadēva II, we are told that he dedicated the wealth which he had obtained by conquering the kings of all quarters of Sōmēśvara. This recalls a similar statement about Lakshmaṇarāja II in the Bilhāri inscription. In regard to Karṇa, the present in- scription says that he was waited upon by the Chōḍa, Kuṅga, Hūṇa, Gauḍa, Gurjara and Kīra princes. The pedigree of Alhaṇadēvī, the mother of Narasiṁhadēva and Jayasiṁhadēva, is given as in the afore-mentioned Bhērā-Ghāṭ inscription, with this additional information that her great-grandfather Haṁsapāla was a ruler of Prāgv¬āṭa which was evidently another name of Mēwāḍ. In other respects, the present record does not make any addition to our historical knowledge.
1 Like that inscription (No. 60, above), the present record opens with verses in praise of Śiva,
Gaṇapati and Sarasvatī. In vv. 21 and 34 also, the author has derived some ideas from vv. 12
and 22 of the former inscription.
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