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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF KOLHAPUR
TRANSLATION ..Success ! May the noble teaching of Jina, the lord of the three worlds, which has the infallible mark of the extremely profound Syādvāda doctrine, be (ever) victories ! ..(Lines 1-5). Hail ! While the illustrious Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Gaṇḍarādityadēva‒who is adorned with all royal titles such as ‘the Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara’ ‘(he) who has obtained the five mahāśabdas’, ‘the lord of Tagara, the best of cities’, ‘the illustrious Śiḷāhāra King’, ‘a scion of the family of Jīmūtavāhana’, ‘(he) who has the banner with (the device of ) the golden Garuḍa’, ‘a serpent to adversaries’, ‘a lion to his father’, ‘a veritable Bhairava who destroys the hostile feudatories’, ‘a lion to the elephants in the form of his enemies’, ‘the Sun of archers’, ‘Nārāyaṇa in comeliness’, ‘Vikramāditya of the Kali Age’, ‘(he) who is successful (even) on Saturdays’, ‘(he) who was captured mountain fastnesses’ (and) ‘(he) who has obtained the gracious boon of the divine Mahālakshmī’‒is governing the kingdom from his permanent camp at Vaḷavāḍa, being engaged in pleasant conversation‒
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(Lines 5-11). For the worship, with eight offerings, of the divine Pārśvanātha in the
temple constructed in the mudgoḍe of the market place in Kavaḍegoḷḷa by the illustrious
[1] Barnett suggested the emendation बिल्हण‒ here.
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