Epigraphia Indica Vol 03

SR No.: 032557
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 472
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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No. 15.]
GANAPESVARAM INSCRIPTION OF GANAPATI.
(V. 21.) At the command of (his) lord, he converted this Dvipa, which Dhanada (Kuvêra) had formerly created at the junction of the Krishnavêni (i.e. the Křishņå river) and the salt-sea, into a fortress which was hard to be entered by enemies (and) pleasant to the residents.
(V. 22.) He converted Dvipe, which had been previously uninhabitable by men, into a city which was fit for the residence of a king, as it shone with whitewashed mansions, upstairhouses, palaces, towers, and lofty ramparts; as its site was adorned with extensive gardens which teemed with various flowers and fruits; (and) as its glittering fields of paddy and sugar-cane were inundated by the water of brimful tanks in the neighbourhood.
(V. 23.) He constructed in this Dvipa the Chôdasamudra tank and the Chodesvara temple, (both of which were called) after the name of (his) lord, and the Bhimêsvara temple, tohich was called) after the name of his father.
(V. 24.) He built in the same place) lovely temples of Vishạn and of Karåla-Bhairava, of Banduladevi (and) of Mahakali.
(V. 25.) Further, he constructed in the village called Vadlakurru the Bhimasamudra tank, (and) a lovely temple of Siva, called Bhimeávara, (both of which were) named after (his) father.
(V. 26.) The lord, who was pleased with (his) valour, granted to this Narayana the lordship over Dvipa and the mastership of the Gontu villages (palli)
(V. 27.) Knowing him to be) a conqueror of wealth, a great hero, (and) able to govern (his) country, king Choļi also appointed the same Narayana (his) general.
(V. 28.) To this renowned Narayana were born by Náramba four sons, resplendent as the sun,- Chodi, Bhima, the renowned Pinna-Chôdi, and Bramma by name.
(V. 29.) These four excellent warriors resemble the four) oceans, as they are the refuge of Brahmanas (Badaba), (just as the oceans are the seats of the submarine fire); they resemble the (four) expedients of the king, as they accomplish (his) objects; (and) they resemble the (four) arms of (Vishņu) the enemy of Mura, as they embrace Fortune.
(V. 30.) (These four chiefs of warriors procured by the strength of (their) arms the victory over the four quarters to the king who was the lord of the Choda country.
(V. 31.) As Sri is the wife) of Vishna, Gir (Sarasvati) of the lotus-born (Brahma), the mountain-daughter (Parvatt) of Sambhu (Siva), Rati of Kama, Sach of (Indra) the lord of the gods, Ushå of the Sun, (and) Rohini of the Moon, the chaste wife of the virtuous lord, the glorious Pinna-Chodi, was Dámåmbi, who fulfilled the desires of supplicants, (as) the celestial cow.
(V. 32.) This couple had two daughters, Náramba and Pêramâmbe, (and) three sons, called Prithva, Jâye, and Narayana.
(V. 33.) Though the middlemost of these three brothers, the general Jaya is the chief of them in ability, just as (Arjuna) the middlemost of the Pandavas.
(V. 34.) At this time the ornament of princes, king Ganapati, having easily subdued the lords of Chole, Kalinga, Sêvana, great Karnata, and Lata, (and) ruling the territory between the Sonthern ocean and the Vindhya mountain, made the whole country of Velananda, together with Dvipa, subject to himself.
(v. 35.) The king carried to his city & mass of handsome women, fine men, excellent elephants and horses, and various kinds of precious stones, which he had seized throughout this country of Velananda
Compare A 82, noto 2
Din Pinna-Chodi and Dimimble