Epigraphia Indica Vol 01

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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MALHAR INSCRIPTION OF JAJALLADEVA.
account of his Heroism, the moon by his mighty splendour, the bestower of fortune (Kuvéra), dear to supplicants? By the people, thus deliberating," was he at last found out to be Jajalladeva.
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(V. 27.)-The glorious Jajallapura ... ... [and an auspicious] monastery (matha) for ascetics; a mango grove with a garden; a pleasant lake, too, equal to the lake of heaven, which was caused to be made by the illustrious Jajalla, may that be, shining like fame, . . . .
(V. 28.)-His religious adviser (was) the illustrious Rudrasiva, who knew the authoritative doctrines of . . . . . pa, Dignaga (?), and others, and knew his own and others' established truths.
(V. 29.)-His minister for peace and war also was Vigraharaja,..
(V. 30.) The prince Jajalla gave to the god the excellent village of Siruli, to the monastery a group of patald trees, as a perpetual grant.
(V. 31.)-Arjunakonasarana (?) he.....
(V. 32.) The Kayastha, the illustrious. . . . in the Sauḍa family..... the leader of those whose counsel rivals the preceptor. . . . . illustrious. ... who is an unequalled proficient in the essence of the Sastras...., has composed the unequalled eulogy on JAjalladera.
(V. 33.).. rbheda has brought his spotless qualities into the eulogy, the excellent
(V. 34.)..... the learned... dhara, the younger brother...., haa written the eulogy which has obtained a dwelling in heaven.
The year 866; the 9th day of the bright half of Margs[traha]; on a Sunday. Jaja (P).
VI.-MALHAR STONE INSCRIPTION OF JAJALLADEVA, OF THE (CHEDI) YEAR 919.
By Prof. F. KIELHORN, Ph.D., O.I.E., GÖTTINGEN.
This inscription is on a black stone, now in the Nagpur Museum, where it appears to have been brought from Malhår in the Central Provinces.
The inscription consists of 28 lines. The writing covers a space of from 2'3" to 2' 43" broad by 1' 6" high. At the upper proper right corner a small piece of the stone appears to have broken away, so that the first four aksharas of the first line are missing; otherwise the inscription is complete, and well preserved almost throughout The size of the letters is ".-The characters are Devanagari.-The language is Sanskrit, and, except for the introductory blessing and the date at the end, the inscription is in verse. The verses are numbered, and their total number is 26. They were composed by Ratnasimha, son of Mâmê, of the Vastavya race; and the inscription was written by the Kshatriya Kumarapala, of the Sahasrarjuna race, and engraved by the sculptor Sampula (verses 23-26). In respect of orthography we have to note the employment of the dental for the palatal sibilant and vice versa in saurya, line 8, and vydéakta, line 25; the use of the dental n instead of the anusvára in mimáned, line 16, and anhri, line 26; the exceptional denotation of ñcha by the sign for ncha in bhutin-cha, "I take mrish, marshayati, to be used in the sense of mrsis, mrilati.