Epigraphia Indica Vol 09

SR No.: 032563
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: E Hultzsch, Sten Konow
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1907
Total Pages: 498
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 28 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
3 n-pattam gaṭṭi
4 si Ud[e]ya
5 puramân-po
6 gutappalli Na
7 ndavilmuḍiya
8 rå magan-Pali
9 pare eridu
10 svarggalaya11 kk-êgidon [*]
TRANSLATION.
Hail! Prosperity! When Prithivisagara, having had (himself) crowned, was entering Udeyapura, Nandavilmuḍi's son Palipare, having struck down (his enemies), ascended to the abode of heaven.
V.-Inscription of Prithivisagara.
This inscription (No. 101 of 1901) is engraved on an octagonal pillar in the court-yard of the same temple and records that another follower of the Alupa king Prithivisågara fell at the storming of Udayapura (Udiyâvara).
TEXT.
1 Svasti si [1] Prithu(thi) visagara 2 śrimad-Alupêndra dushța-bhayakarargge ishta-bhritysnappa Po
3
4 lokku Priyachelva [U]da[ya]
5 puraman pugutappa
6 lli Aha[pa] (va)-ra[nga]dul-uru
7 bhatara [e]ridu Priyache
8 lva chelva-sanpanna ka (kha)la
[VOL. IX.
9 [ja]na-varjjitan dharegi(gf)
10 [sa Jige ovadora pata
11 [t]iya alidu suralô
12 kakke eridan [1] Keleys
13 Vareyan nigelda [*]
TRANSLATION.
Hail! Prosperity! When Polokku Priyachelva, who was the beloved servant of Prithivisagara, the glorious Alupêndra, the terror of the wicked, was entering Udayapura,(this) Priyachelva, (who was) endowed with beauty (and) shunned by wicked people, ascended to the world of the gods, having struck down great warriors on the stage of battle (and) having destroyed the foot-soldiers of those who were not attached to the lord of the earth. (His) friend Valereya set up (this memorial stone).*
VI.- Inscription of Prithivisagara.
This inscription (No. 102 of 1901) is engraved on another octagonal pillar in the courtyard of the same temple. It opens with the name and birudas of the Alupa or Aļuva king
1 Read-sampanna.
As Mr. Krishna Sastri suggests, patati is perhaps a tadbhava, used collectively, of, padati.
Fiz. the Alupa king Prithivisagara.
Rai Bahadur Venkayya would prefer to take are as synonymous with the Tamil irai and to translate: "Keleya set up (this stone representing) a chief (with) a sword (in his hand)."