North Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF KOLHAPUR

following r is reduplicated (see nānārttha-, line 2), the letter l is in some cases, though not always, changed to ḷ, and the sign of the upadhmānīya occurs in line 3.

..The inscription refers itself to the reign of the Śilāhāra king Vijayāditya. His genealogy is given in lines 3 to 7 as in other grants of this branch of the Śilāhāras, with this difference that the names of all the sons of Jatiga I and of Mārasiṁha are mentioned here. Thus Jatiga is said to have had four sons, Gōṅkala. Gūvala, Kīrtirāja and Chandrāditya. Gōṅkala had a son named Mārasiṁha. His sons were five, viz. Gūvala, Gaṅgadēva, Ballāladēva, Bhōja and Gaṇḍarāditya. Vijayāditya was a dear son of Gaṇḍarāditya. He had the title of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara, and bore most of te birudas assumed by his predecessors, some more being added such as Nīti-vijita-Chārāyaṇa and Sahaja-kasturik-āmoda.

.. The inscription is dated in the expired Śaka year 1065 (expressed in words), the cyclic year being Dundubhi, on Monday, the full-moon tithi of Māgha, when there was a lunar eclipse. Though the stated Śaka year is mentioned as an expired one, the details of the date appear regular only for it as a current year. The cyclic year for the current Śaka year 1065 was Dundubhi according to the southern luni-solar system. Again, the specified tithi fell on Monday only in the current Śaka year 1065, the corresponding Christian date being the 1st February A.D. 1143, when there was a lunar eclipse 17 h. 22 m. after mean sunrise. It was visible in India[1]. This is one of the current Śaka years mentioned in the records of the Kolhāpur Śilāharas.

.. The object of the inscription is to record the grant, made b king Vijayaditya while staying at the permanent camp at Vaḷavāḍa, of a field measuring one quarter of a nivartana by the measure current in the Kuṇḍi country, and a dwelling house measuring twelve cubits, both belonging to the village Hāvina-Hērilage included in the kholla of Ājirage for the eightfold worship of Pārśvanāthadēva at the temple (vasati) constructed by Vāsudēva, the betel-box carrier of the Sāmanta Kāmadēva and disciple of Māghanandisiddhāntadēva, there. This Māghanandisiddhāntadēva was the head of the Pustaka Gachchha of the Dēśīya Gaṇa of the Mūla Saṅgha, and officiated as the priest of the temple of Rūpanārāyaṇa at Kshullakapura[2]. The grant was made after washing the feet of Māṇikyananḍipaṇdita, who was another disciple of the aforementioned Māghanandisiddhāntadēva. He was probably in charge of the temple.

.. The last verse in Kannada eulogies the lord Jina, the Āchārya Māghanandin and the Sāmanta Kāmadeva.

.. As for the localities mentioned in this grant, Vaḷavāḍa has already been identified. Ājirage, the chief town of the kholla in which the donated village was situated is evidently modern Ājare, the chief town of the Ājare Mahāl of the Kolhāpur District. Hāvina-Hērilage seems to be a joint village-name. Hērilage may be identical with the modern village Here, about 6 miles south of Chāndgaḍ, the chief town of the Chāndgaḍ tālukā of the same district. The other village cannot be traced in its neighbourhood. Kshullakapura was the ancient name of Kolhāpur.
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[1] In the expired Saka year 1065, the full-moon tithi of Magha fell on Saturday (22nd January A.D. 1144), though there was a lunar eclipse that day also. The cyclic year, however, was Rudhirodgārin according to the southern luni-solar system.
[2] The Jaina temple of Rūpanārāyaṇa was built by Nimbadēvarasa and named after his suzerain, the reigning Śilāhāra king Gaṇḍarāditya, who bore that biruda, though some of his ancestors also are known to have done so. Kielhorn has pointed out that from the inscriptions at Terdāḷ and Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷ we know was the holy priest of it.