Epigraphia Indica Vol 33

SR No.: 032587
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D C Sircar
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1959
Total Pages: 514
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 29 MB

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INSCRIPTIONS FROM GAYA 7 Krishpadēva-mahārāyalu 8 võima-china vijaya-sāsana9 mu || Tirumaladēvi-vallabhaka? ka10 ruņāmaya-hridaya rāja-kam11 thirava Isvara-Narasa-bhūpuramdara.
12 vara-namdana
13 basa-da
14 ppuvara 15 ganddām. 16 kkā (!*1* 17 yi(i)-sa18 sanamu 19 Mukku20 Timmaya 21 vräsenu. [II
4.-Inscription of Achyutarāya, V.S. 1888 This inscription is engraved on a sculptured stone slab kept in the Mahadeva shrine to the right of the Vishņupāda temple in the compound of the latter. The inscribed surface measures about 20 inches in height and 12 inches in width. There are altogether 21 lines of writing. An image of the goddess Durgā is cut in relief in the central part of the lower half of the inscribed face of the stone. Lines 1-11 of the record are engraved above the figure of the goddess while lines 12 and 18-21 are engraved to its right and lines 13-17 to its left. Line 12 should have properly been incised to the left of the image above lines 13-17.
The inscription is written in Telugu characters of about the 16th century and the letters very closely resemble those of the record of Krishnadeva-riya's time, edited above. The letter ch is written in two different forms (cf. stāpan-ācharyya in line 7 and Achchutta in line 10), while t resembles the modern Telugu k. B has been used for v in Vikari (line 3). The language is Telugu and the record is written in prose. The wrong spelling of the words Iresvara for I kvara (lines 8-9), Achchutta for Achyuta (line 10), syāsanań for dāsana” (line 11), sesenu for chēsenu (lines 20-21), etc., exhibits the poor knowledge of the composer especially when compared with the composition of the record of Krishnadeva-rāya's time.
1 Read veyim. • Read vallavha.
This stanza is from the Parijata paharanamu, Canto 2, Vurde 108. Lines 12.16, as indicated above, are engraved to the left of an excavated bed containing the figure of a deity in relief.
• Lines 17-21 are inolsed to the right of the said excavated bed. * It hns been registered as So. 12 of 4.R.Er., 1957-38, Appendix B.