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No. 7] DHARWAR PLATES OF THE TIME OF SIMHANA
3 gavān=yasy=rika-hamptrakurēt [l*] Kurmaskamdati' nälati dvi4 rasanaḥ patraṁt digudaṁtino Mērushköbati mēdini jalaja5 ja ti vyom=āpi rõrambati' || [1*) Abhūt=tushāra-kiraņāt=gaun tā 6 no Yādav-ahvayaḥ [l*] tasmimna(sminn-A)mara-Gāmgāyo jāto Gāṁgēya-sanni7 bha[h*] [ 2*] Tatastu Mallugistasmād=Bhillamo vallabho bhuvaḥ [I*) yat-pratāp-a8 nal-āli[dha]m na rõhasya(ty=a)hit-ā[m*]kuram(ram) [] 3*] Tato-jani mahā-vā(bā)huh(hu)r-Jai9 (tulgiḥ śi(simghaņas=tataḥ [l*) yan-nām=ādy=āpi. kathitam(ta)m=ākrāmati na 10 kāṁ disam(sam) |[] 4*] Kar-ākrānta-dharah padm-õllāśi(si) dushprēksha-mamdha(da)
laḥ [l*] 11 bhūbhțin-mauli-stha-pădő=[yam*] bhāti Simghanap-bhāskaraḥ || [5*] svasti [11*] Sri12 pri(pri)thvivallabha-mahārājādhirāja-para mēsvara-paramabha13 [ttāra)ka-Dvärivatspuravarādhisvara-Yadavakula ka mala14 [kali]kävikäsa bhaskara-rāyanārāyan-ētya(ty-a)di-nām-ā[va]15 [li]-virājamāna-praudhapratāpachakravarti-sri-Simghanadsöval16 vijaya-rājy-oday? | Vira-sri-Sim(Sim)haņa-kshmāpa-pāda-padm-õp&17 [sē]vakaḥ | Bichirāya iti khyāto dēsānõ(nā)m=adhipo=bhavat [Il 6*] 18 [So=yam) sri-Simghana-kshmāpa-prasāda-dhana-bhājanam(nam) [l*] bhū[ri]-vi19 [svambharā]-bhāram yo babhāra bhujē bhrisaṁ(Sam) [7*] Ta[j-jā]mātā jaga[t-trā]20 [tā] Malli-śrēshthi babhu(bhūva yaḥ [l*) yat-pur(pu)nnya-kirtim vitatā[m] gă
Second Plate, First Side 21 yamti cha dig-amganāḥ [ll 8*) Sa cha samasta-vastu-vistirņņa-ratna-mau22 ktik-ady-anēka-kraya-vikraya-käri-sakala-jana-mano-na23 yan-ānamdakāri sakala-la[kshm]i-patiḥ* Chikkävi(mbi)kā-pati24 Malli-trëshțhi Bichi-brēshțhinaḥ sakāsād=Beluvaladēs-ādhipatyarr 25 labdhvā tasmimdē(smin=dē)sē Vēm(Vā)pna-nadi-paschima-taţa-vāsini Heruru26 grāma(mē) brahma-purim kartun tadu(tad)-grāma-mūla-svāmibhyām Bomma-gai27 ta-Malla-gaimtābhyamo pratyēkam nivartana-chatushtayam da[t*]tvā tau sampūjya 28 samtarpya tābhyām sakāsāt grāmasya paschima-digubhā(g-bhā)gē Bādurit29 bēga kshētrāt=paschimē. Kurruhatti-grāma-sim-õttara-bhāgē Hulla30 legerreyim" pūrva-bhāge Kisuvargallu-grāma-simā-dakshiņa-bhāgē
1 Road damahtr-ankurd. * Read Kirmati=kandati. • Read dig-dantino Mēruli=losati. • The akshara ja is redundant.
The Siktimuktavalt reads lolambati. The Haralahalli plates read dushprakshya 'In the Haralahalli plates, the reading is opddo=bhat-tasmit=Singhara'. Cf. sakala-lakahmi-patid an epithet of Biohana's father Chikka in the Haralahalli plates (text line 67).
Road gaunda-Malla-gaundabhyan 1 The correct form is Kuruhati.
11 The correct form of the name is gere. The suffix yith indicates the fifth vase-ending in Kannada. Read gested