Indian Antiquary Vol 07

SR No.: 032499
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 386
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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April, 1878.]
SANSKRIT AND OLD CANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
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of the world, the Great King, the supreme out by the measure of a gavy úti" to the north king, the supreme lord.
of the city and to the south of the (tank called) His dear son was Vikramaditya Kar pa ţi-tatâ ka, was given to Sri-VijayaSatyasraya, the favourite of the world, the dê va panditâ charya, -who belonged to Great King, the supreme king, the supreme the (rect called) Dévagana of the lineage lord,-who, (like Indra), cleft open with the of the Mala sam gha; who was the disciple thunderbolt which was his prowess the over- of Râma de vâ charya, who performed the Weening precipitation of the Pandya and most austere penances, and was a very incarnaChola and Kerala and Kadamba and tion of holy learning and was free from sorrow; other kinge, (which was like the lofty summits who was the house-pupil" of Jaya devaof mountains); and whose feet were kissed by 1 pandita, who overcame those that opposed the diadem of the lord of Kanchi, who him in argument; and who had attained singlealways bowed down before him.
ness of speech and other (qualities),--for the His dear son was Vinay aditya-Satya- purpose of repairing breakages and of making sraya, the favourite of the world, the Great new embollishments and of providing the obKing, the supreme king, the supreme lord, the lation, and in order to maintain & hall of most venerable,-who was possessed of the almsgiving, &c. The boundaries of it are debanner of the sword-edges and all the other clared :-On the east, some sa mi trees beside tokens of supreme dominion, acquired by crush- a white stone on the south of the stone of the ing the lord of all the region of the north. Kinnara' already spoken of. On the west,
His dear son was Vijay å dit yu-Satya a Sami tree near a white stone. On the śraya, the favourite of the world, the Great north, the boundary comes back to the stone of King, the supreme king, who was flavoured the Kinnara', already spoken of, from a red with the quality of impetuosity ; who drove back stone on the east of the tank already referred the bands of his enemies; and who possessed
to, (which is reached) from a slightly blue-black the banner of the sword-edge and all the other stone. brilliant tokens of sovereignty which indicate
It is very easy to give one's own property; supreme dominion.
the preservation of the grant of) another is While the victorious camp of his dear son, difficult; (if the question is) whether giving or Vikramaditya-Satyasraya, the favour- preserving is the more meritorious act), preite of the world, the Great King, the supreme servation is better than giving! They say that king, the supreme lord, the venerable one, poison is not poison; the property of a god is whose manhood was increasing day by day; called poison : poison kills a single person; the who enlarged his dominions by invading the property of a god, (if confiscated, kills) sons territories of his foes; and the chief flavour of and sons' sons! He is born as a worm in whose heroism was like the scent) of musk and ordure for the duration of sixty thousand years, of the Kibôra plant,-was located at the city who confiscates land that has been given, of) Raktapura,--six hundred and fifty-six whether by himself or by another! of the Sa ka years having expired, the second May the scripture of Jina become famous ! year of his increasing and victorious reign being
No. XXXIX.. current, on the day of the full-moon of the month) At Vol. I., p. 22, of the Elliot MS. Collection Magha-having embellished the temple there is given a copy of a stone-tablet inscription called) Sa i khatîrth a-vasati of the city of the Western Chalukya Vijay aditya, of Pulikara, and having repaired the white also from the San kha-basti temple at Jinálaya (which was an outbuilding) of it--at Lakshmôgwar. I sent for a tracing of this also, the request of the merchant Bahubali, (which with the following results. was made) for the purpose of increasing the The tablet is about 5' 3" high by 2' 1' broad, worship of Jina, a field of the measure of half and contains 87 lines of writing, more or less a hundred nivartanas by the royal measure, laid perfect, in Old Canarese characters of the tenth - 95 Pali; the word has various meanings, of which the 20 Gavyati, or gauyts, measure of length = 2000 sharp edge of a sword' noems most suitable in such a danas or 1 krisa, or 1000 dandas or 3 krdias. passage as this.
1 Anttolain, a pupil who dwells near or in the house of his teacher.'