Collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit Inscriptions

SR No.: 007577
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P Piterson
Publisher: Bhavnagar Archiological Department
Total Pages: 322
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Catalogue
File Size: 8 MB

Page 73

SAH DYNASTY.
II. Rock Inscription of the San King Rudra Dama at Junagadi.
Dated 72nd year of that King. The rock, on which this inscription is found, is at the foot of Mount Giranåra on the way to the temple of Damodarji, about a mile to the east of the town of Junigadh in Saurashtra.
The face of the rock measures 11'2" x 5' 5' having some of its portion in the middle and at the end worn out.
It contains twenty lines and gives an account of a dam thrown across the Sudarsana lake in the Giranâra, which was washed down by the force of water during the previous rainy season.
The date given is the 72nd year of King Rudra Dåmå; the date corresponding to which in the Christian, Vikrama, or Saka era is difficult to determine. On this point there is great deal of difference of opinion among antiquarian scholars, though some are inclined to take this date to be that of the Saka era.
The language of the composition is Saņsksit, the character being of the Sah period.
TRANSLITERATION. १ सिद्ध इदं तटाकं सुदर्शनं गिरिनगरा दापादरम(णी).........
......"त्तिकोपलविस्तारायासोछायानःसन्धिबद्दढसर्वपाडीकृत्वो स्पर्वतपा२द प्र(म)तिस्पर्धिसुश्लिष्ट(बन्धं)....... ............... मवजातेना (क)त्रिमेण सेतुबन्धेनोपपत्रं
सुप्रतिविहितप्रनाडीपरिवाह । ३ मीढविधानं च विस्कंध................."नादिभिरखरहै.(6) महत्युपचये वर्त्तते तदिदं राशो महा.
क्षत्रपस्य सुगृही४ तनानः स्वामिचष्टनस्य पौत्र.............. पुत्रस्य राो महाक्षत्रपस्य गुरुभिरभ्यस्तकामः (कामस्य)
कद्रदानो वर्षद्विसप्ततितमे ७२ । ५ मार्गशीर्षबहुल(प्रतिपदि)............... (सोसष्टवृष्टिना पर्जन्येन एकार्णवभूतायामिव पृथिव्यां कृतार्या
गिरेरूर्जयतः सुवर्णसिकता६ पलाशिनीप्रभूतानां नदीनां अतिमात्रोद्धगैः सेतु म.............(वा) र्यमाणानुरूपमतीकारमपि
गिरिशिखरतरतटाहालकोपतल्पद्वारशरणाड्रायविध्वंसिना युगनिधनसह७ शपरमघोरवेगेन वायुना प्रमथितसलिलविशितजर्जरीकृताव.............. (क्षि)साश्मवृक्षगुल्मलताप्रता
आनदी(तला द)त्युट्याटितमासीत् चत्वारि हरतशतानि विशदुत्तराण्यायतेन एतावत्येव विस्तीर्णेन ८पंचसप्ततिहस्तावगादेन भेदेन निस्सृतसर्वतोय मरुधन्वकल्पमतिभशदर्शन .... (स्था) .........!
मौर्यस्य राज्ञः चंद्रगु(तस्य) राष्ट्रियेण (वै)श्येन पुष्पगुप्तेन कारितमशोकस्य मौर्यस्य ते (तत्) यवनराजे नुपरस्पेनाभिशमा
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