North Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PARAMARAS OF MALWA

the Jhālāwaḍ District, adjoining to the southeastern boundary of the Atrū tehsīl. The name of the donated village is partly lost in 1.7 ; but if the suggestion made by Dr. Altekar that it may have been Vilāpadraka, is accepted, it appears to have been the same as Bilānḍī or Bilāndrā, lying about 18 kms. south-southwest of Shērgaḍh and now included in the Chhīpābaḍōd tehsīl of the Kōṭā District. But it is difficult to be certain on the point in view of the fact that the map also shows another village with a somewhat similar name ; it is Bindā (Bindā Rāḍā), [1] which is about 10 kms. due south-east of Shērgaḍh, and this place may have been intended by the name Vilāpadraka. The latter view appears to me to be more plausible, in view of the reading of the name of the twelve-village subdivision, which too is partly lost in 1.6, to be Kakaradaha, since I am tempted to suggest its identification with Kakardā, [2] a village situated about 2 kms. just south of it. Karpāsikā-grāma, the place of the encampment of the king when he issued the grant (1.9), cannot to identified in absence of the necessary details ; but as suggested by the similarity in names, it may have been the modern Kapāsan, the chief town of a tehsil in the Chittōḍ district in Rājasthān and a station on the Chittōḍ-Udaipur line of the Western Railway. It lies about 140 kms. due west of Shērgaḍh.

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[ Metres : Verses 1-2 and 4-5 Anushṭubh ; vv. 3 and 7 Vasantatilakā ; v. 6 Indravajrā ; v. 8 Śalinī].

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[1] C.I.R.A., p. 530, No. 37.
[2] Ibid ., No.8. The name Kakaradaha is also philologically connected with Kākardā, as Kāsahrada with Kāyadrā, for which, see below, No.67. .
[3] From an impression. .
[4] Expressed by a symbol which is partly visible. .
[5] The portion in the brackets has totally peeled off and the reading is conjectural, following Dr. Alterkar, who observed that स्वस्ति is generally followed by जयति व्योमकेशोसौ in the record of the Paramāras. The space can also accommodate these letters. .
[6] The sign of anusvāra is partly visible above व, and the consonant of त that follows is cut as भ. .
[7] These seven aksharas are now entirely lost and have been adopted here from Dr. Altekar’s reading. .
[8] Read Śry-Udayāditya-. We have some other instances of the type where sandhi, though necessary, has not been observed for the sake of clarity. .
[9] The protion lost here contained six akshara, four of which are as supplied here and the last two may have been कक, to make the complete name Kakaradraha, for the identification of which see above. .
[10] The rest of the line is lost. .
[11] The daṇḍas are redundant. .
[12] Here four letters are lost, obviously showing the unit and the decimal figure, in words.

.....................CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
VOL.VII............................................................................... PLATE XXIV
............SHERGADH STONE INSCRIPTION OF UDAYADITYA:
...........................................(VIKRAMA) YEAR 11XX

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