Epigraphia Indica Vol 14

SR No.: 032568
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sten Konow, F W Thomas
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1917
Total Pages: 480
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 24 MB

Page 178

No. 8.]
SANJAN PLATES OF BUDDHAVARASA.
the present Kelve, at 19° 36' N. and 72° 44' E., close to Mahim. Avaranta is evidently the same as Aparanta, the Northern Konkan. The Twelve-village District and Matṛidinnagrama would, if we consider that the northern and western limits are the sea-shore, have to be looked for in the country to the west of the river Amba; and it is possible that Mätṛidinna is a semi-Sanskrit form of the village name which is now Mandva.
I am not able to interpret the whole grant to my own satisfaction. The accompanying plate has been prepared from impressions which I owe to the kindness of Mr. Cousens.
1 Om3 3Bhramara-sa[m]kasa-kaya[m]
bh[1]shana-rakta [m]ta-locha... da.
sikhand[Pustah[]
2 jayatu
sada väräha-rupaṁ || śrimatām sakala-bhu[vana]-samstü [ya]manaMa[navya]-ago
3 trāṇām Haritipatrāṇām saptamatar-ābhisi(shi)ktānā [m*]
Kadhy&ta
5 na
TEXT.1
First Plate.
4 nã[m] Kärttikoya-samrakshana-prapta-kalyana-paramparānāṁ bhagava pratyakshaHarina tu[shte]
sa-jala-jaladbara-pa
varo daktaḥ samāsādita [h] pratyayo varaha-la (la) mchhanam cha Chalukyanām krita ch-atvamēdha-rā
6 jasuya-paundarika-[yā]gāḥ yat-kinchik-tula-duritam tad-vinashtam avabhri
vä
tha-snanaiḥ suchi-pa
7 vitrikrita [m] Sira-gartra Nriga-Napusha10-Dhumdhumara-Da[sa]ratha-Rāmadēva-tatpratimanam-iva dhanu
8 shmatall
Uttarapath-adhipati(b)-ért-Harshadēva-pazájay-öpalabdh-gra(b)
pra[ta]pa[b] parame[śva]raḥ
9 paramala Satyasrayaḥ śri-Pulakesi1-Prithivivallabha-mahārājaḥ tasya suta (ḥ)s= tat-pad-a
10 nudhyātā dakshina-m-iva bahudamḍa[ḥ*] prithivi-palana-kshamō vyapags[a]
11 tala-[vyo]ma-tala-gata-sarad-indu-kirana-dhavala-vimala-yaso1
12 rana-ni[b]sesha-karkkas-abhoga-bhishaṇātnr-opani [t-osha]dhi-m-iva tushṭikard=m=
Arijana-m-[1]--
13 [sesha]-sa[m]grama-vijayole
14 Read -yafa maki-.
11 Bead-vallabhō rājādhirāja-. 1 Read pitṛivyah.
śri-Mahāsēnasya
Kōkkulli:8 Vikra.
14 [ma]ditya-mahārāja [b] tasya pitriyo19 Satyarayay-knjs
abhirato
149
1 From impressions.
Expressed by a symbol. Read nā.
Read perhaps bhagavată.
1 Road krität ch-äfoamëdha, or, kritäívamedha... yägō. Read yat-kichit-kula-.
• Read -fariram.
11 Read dhanushmat=Otta..
13 Read paramamākēt varaḥ.
1 Read -bhishapa atur-.
18 Perhaps -Kokkulli, or l
påd
Prithivivallabhaḥ rājābhiraja17-parame[śva]ra-jayasri
1, or -li-,
mahipati-samaravāraṇa
* Metre not to be made out.
• Bead dattaḥ.
10 Read-Na hutha-. 18 Re ad -Pula-. Read -vijayi.
déra-dvija-fuirtish