Epigraphia Indica Vol 17

SR No.: 032571
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: F W Thomas, H Krishna Sastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1923
Total Pages: 426
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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Lines 4-5. State that there was a king named Suvarnna-Chandra who was neither purified in fire nor measured on the scales (like gold) but was by nature endowed with greatness (heaviness) and whose deeds were good.
Línes 5-6. State in a verse why the king was called Suvarnna-Chandra.
Lines 6-9. The above king got a son named Trailokya-Chandra, whose look was sacred, who was afraid of the next world, by whom the living world was consoled, whose meritorious deeds were well known throughout the three worlds.
Lines 9-10. Some further epithets of the same king who satisfied his desire of conquering the whole world and who extinguished the fire of his enemies.
Lines 11-13. More enlogistic epithets of Trailokya-Chandra-Deva).
Lines 14-15. The above king had a son named (Śrt)-Chandra who was like Indrs and whose prowess was like Indra and who was born at the auspicious moment and the signs at whose birth were indicative of royal fortune.
Lines 15-18. Some eulogistic epithets of (Švi)-Chandra-Deva. Lines-18-19. From the victorious camp pitched at Vikramapura,
Line 20, the devout worshipper of Sagata (Buddha), the meditator of the feet of i.e. the son of) Mahārajadhiraja Trailokya-Chandra-Dēva, the Paramētvara, the Paramabhattāraka,
Line 21, the Maharajadhirāja, the Sriman, Sri-Chandra-Dāva, being in good health and having done honour to all the following royal officers and villagers assembled at the village of Leliya,
Line 22, in the Kumāratālaka-mandala of Sataţa-Padmăvä(ti) district, Line 28, thus commands the above officers .. Lines 29-30. Contain the names of the donees." The following is an abstract of the present Ködarpur plate:
The inscription opens with a salutation to the Buddha, the Dharmma, and the Sangha,--the three jewels of the Buddhist faith. It then goes on to say that there was one Parnna-Chandra by name who was the possessor of large forces. He was neither of royal birth nor of pare caste, but he obtained a son Buvarnna-Chandra by name, resplendent as gold (v. 3). Suvarna Chandra was a famous man of religious character, and his son was Trailölya Chandra (v.4). Trailokya's conquests extended far and wide and he was a terror to his foes (v. 5). Trailokya's son was dri.Chandra who was extremely virtuous (v. 6). He was a great conqueror whose fame at arms had reached the heavens (v.7). With this last king Sri-Chandra-Déva who was to have issued this plate from his victorions capital at Sri-Vikramapura the inscription stops.
I edit the inscription from the original plate, now in the Dacca Museum,
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TEXT. 1 मिहिरस्तु' स्वस्ति । वन्यो जिन: स भगवान् करणेकपावं 2 wait farga mereta: [1] AUT
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