Epigraphia Indica Vol 23

SR No.: 032577
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1935
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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BADAKHIMEDI COPPER-PLATES OF INDRAVARMAN.
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the Parlakimedi' plates on palaeographical grounds. The former appears to be the son of Pșithivivarman who issued a Ganjam grant which like the present record was also issued from Svēt(ta)ka, written by the Sandhivigrahin Sri-Samanta, and engraved by Svayambhu. The name of this Indravarman is known from our plates for the first time. He is described as Kökalāvalapurapaffanavinirgata (11. 7-8). Prithivivarman, father of Indravarman, also calls himself Kolaulapurapattanaka i.e., belonging to the city of Kõlaulapura. Generally the Eastern Ganga kings have the title Kölāhalapuravarēśvara (Lord of the city of Kölāhala). The terms Kökalāvalapura, Kõlāhalapura and Kõlaulapura seem to denote one and the same place which has been identified by Mr. L. Rice with Kolar in the Mysore State. Indravarman bears the title of Nandagirinātha, or the Lord of Nandagiri, which has been identified with the well-known fortified hill to the west of Kolär District, Mysore, now called Nandidroog. It may be noted that both the above titles were also adopted by some of the Western Chalukyat and Western Ganga kings.
The inscription was written by the Samdhivigrahin who also bears the designation Sri-Samanta but his name seems to have been omitted. It was engraved by the Sreshthin the Sri-Sämanta Svayambhu of the brazier class, son of Nripa, and registered by the Vaishnavi Sri-Gösvāmini Sri-Mahadevi by which the chief queen may have been referred to.
TEXT.
First Plate. 1 Om svasti (*) Svēt(ta)k-ādhishthānād=bhagavataḥ sacharāchara-gurāḥ sa(sa)2 kala-sansämnka -sēkhara-dharasya | sthity-utpati(tti)-pralaya-karana -ho3 tör-Mahendrāscha(cha)la-si(si)khara-nivāsi(si)naḥ srimaḥ(ma)daḥ(d)-Gökarna(në)sva(sva)ra
bha4 třärakasya charana-kamal-ārādhanāt(d-a)vāpta-punya(nya)nichaya(yah) ! sakkti(kti).
traya-praka8rish-anuranjit-a(ā) sēša 10-sāmanta-chakra[h*] śva(sva)-bhuja-va(ba)la-parākram-ākrānta-sa6 kala-Kaling-ādhirājē(jyah) l' parama-mähēsvarā mātā-pitsi-pād-ānu 7 dhyāto !" Gang-amala-kula-tilaka[h*) !? sri-Nandagirinātha[h*] Kökalāvala8 pura-pattana-vinirgata-kāmvalya-varayaghosa-mā(ma)härājādhiraja-pa9 ramēsvara-paramabhatýāraka-sri-Indravarmadēva[h]* kusa(sa)li sri-Prithi10 vivarmadēva-sutaḥ Hallanyara-vishaēlyė) yathākāl-ādhyāsi-mahäsä
Second Plate; First Side. 11 manpa(nta)-brisamanta-rājanaka-rajaputra-kumārāmāty-utpa1-dandana12 yakaḥ(ka)-vishayapati-[grá]mapati(tin) anya(nyām)s=cha chăta-bhā(bha)ţa-vallabha-já 13 ti(ti)yä[n] räțrakuța-kutumvinām svāmavājikais sãmanta-janapadānā(dān) sa 14 mädisati viditam-astu bhavata * etad-vishaya-samvandha-gramo=yam Tana
* Ind. Ant., Vol. XVI, p. 134.
. Above, Vol. IV, pp. 198 f. Imp. Gaz., Vol. XVIII, p. 369.
• Kichhorn's Last of 8. I. Inscr., Nos. 168, 170n. . Ibid., Nos. 95, 124, 125, 130, 132 and 133.
• Expressed by a symbol. Danda unnecessary.
8 Read dabänka. Karana has been omitted in the Samantavarma inscription. Above, Vol. XV, p. 277. 10 Read .prakarsh-anuraljit-allaha.
11 Read -Oparika. 11 Read räshfrakufa-kutumbinah.
1 Read aimarrvikun. * Darda unnecessary. Read tamEtad-,
15 Read eambadia.