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No. 9j
ANDHAVARAM PLATES OF INDRAVARMAN
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uccount both Siddhavattam and Push pagiri were called southern gateways of Srisaila and considered holy. Our inscription states that the temple of Vaidyarātha at Pushpagiri was situated on the west bank of the confluence of five rivers. But today at this spot there flows only one river, viz., the Pennār.
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1 Namas-tumga-siras-chumbi-chandra-chāmara-chāravē [l*) trailõkya-naga2 r-ārambha-mülastambhāya Sambhavē || Svasti samasta3 prasasti-sahitam śrīman-mahāpradhānam samastasē4 nādhipati anēkadēsādhipati sakaļalakshmipati ba(ba)hatta5 raniyāgādhipati giridurggamalla paschimnaraya6 Bhõjadēvadisā(sā) patta śrīmatu-Pratāpachakravartti7 Sirigañadēva-dakshinabhujādamda nāyakanārāya8 ņa Lakshmīdēva-Damdanāyakaru Śrīparvatada dakshiņa-dvāra9 pradē sa*]dalli Srigiri-pāda-parvatav=appa Sri-Purpagiriya .) pañcha-nadi-samgama[da] paśchima-tata-pradēšadalli sri-Vai11 dyanāthadēvargge amga-bhoga-ramga-bhögärtthamga!-agi 12 ... (!ū]ram dēvargge kottu avāri-satravanadasuv-ant-agi 13 Lakshmi-nilayavemddu tanna hesaralu matham.... 14 ....[mā]disi tanna āyur-ārögy-aisvaryyā.... 15 ....tri-sandhyeyo!um parasu.... 16 ....va [sai]va-mahā[bhā).... 17 ....sri-Lakshmidē[va]....
(The rest of the inscription is mutilated and lost).
No. 9-ANDHAVARAM PLATES OF INDRAVARMAN
(1 Plate)
R. SUBRAHMANYAM, VISAKHAPATNAM
This is the second of the four sets of copper plates discovered at the village of Andhavaram, Srikakulam District, Andhra State. The first of these charters belonging to the Māthara king
1 From impressions. The figures of the sun, seated bull and the crescent moon are engraved at the top.
* The engraver seems to have at first written here by mistake the letters ta ta which he erased and wrote the letters da and pa over the erasure.
Some letters at the end of line 1l and at the beginning of line 12 appear to have been written even an
trasure.
Originally ne seems to have been written and later corrected into sa.
I am grateful to Sri M. Somasekhara Sarma and Dr. B. Ch. Chhabra for their valuable suggestions given to me while editing these plates.
| SR No. | 032584 |
| Book Title | Epigraphia Indica Vol 30 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hirananda Shastri |
| Publisher | Archaeological Survey of India |
| Publication Year | 1953 |
| Total Pages | 490 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 27 MB |