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No. 14.]
UDAYENDIRAM PLATES OF VIRA-CHOLA,
Second Plate ; Second Side. 7 vasvatas-chal suto Manuḥ [1] Asit kshitibhřitám=&dyaḥ 8 pranavas-chhandas&m=iva
11 Ikshvakus-cha
mahd-pråjño 9 bhaktiman Garudaddhvajê [1] Manôs=sûnuḥ kshitisasann=&si(81)d-Akha10 ņdala-samaḥ
Ikshvåku-vamsa-játéshu
kshatriyeshu 11 babushv=api [1] pålayitvå bhuvan=di[r]ggham: yatêshu cha divam 12 prati | Sagarô nâma tad-vamsê játavan [bh]pa-pa (pu)mgava[h] [1] Bhagi13 rathô=pi tad-vamse tato jât8 jan(ne)svara[h*] 11 Raghurennima
Fifth Plate; First Side. 1 Rakshamâne bhuvam visvam Vira-Chol@ npip-eśvaré [1] dha[r]m-6. 2 padêghtå tasy=&bhût 5 Nila-nama mahisuraḥ 11 Yush[m]ad-g[u]roņam 883 [r]vvêshâm svargga-prâpaņa-karanam [1] brahmadêyan-dvijêndrebhyo 4 dêh=ity=énam-adidisat 1 Srutvå tad-vachanam r åjå gatva 5 Chôļa-mahi(hi)patin = namasksitya
puras-tasya
sthitv=aitad=abravf6 davacha[b] Mat(a.) dêsê tu mah&-gråmam 8 dåsyami tava sam
Fifth Plate; Second Side. 7 jñay [l] bhůsurebhy-han=tat-kå[r]yye mahyan=d&b=lty=anugraham !! 8 Tad=asu kurvv=ity=anujñataḥ Parakesarivarmmaņa [1] pañchåsa9 dbhyag-gatêbhyascha Vi(vi)ra-Chôļ8n piv(p)-êsvaraḥ 11 Parakesaricha-10 10 tu[r]vvedimamgal-Ahvayam pů[ro]ņņam 11 Kåvēryya 13 svatpa-nadya11 cha maddhyamê supratisḥta(shthi)tam [ll*] Sa[r"]vva-lakshaņa-sampannam 13 6A12 ly-edi-sasya-bhtishitam
panas-mr-Adi-samyuktam pùg-åråm-a
TRANSLATION,
A.-Second Plate. .......... may the primeval glory, with four faces, 14 the essence of the three Vêdas, promote your welfare !
Of that Creator, Mariohi was the great mind-born son; and of Marichi's body sprang the great sage Kasyapa.
Of the sage Kasyapa the resplendent Sun was the son, who dispels the darkness of all the worldg.
Vivasvat's 16 son again was Manu, thoroughly familiar with the Vedas and Védángas, the first of the rulers of the earth, as om is of the Vedic texts.
And Manu's son was the wise Ikshváku, devoted to him whose symbol is the Garuda; he ruled the earth, equal to Akhandala.17
1 This cha spoils the metre.
Read either kakitliak samor keshitish (drada, Read dirghan. • Read bhudai vibodi.
Read an-Nila.. . Read sorodshdi. 7 Read patim l. * Read grdman. . Here again this ity oftends against the metre.
10 The first half of this verse is quite incorrect. 11 Read pernai.
» Read Kdvérydh ralpa, as suggested by Mr. Foulkes,
» Read campannari. 24 1., the glorious god Chaturdnans (Brahms). 11.c. the Sun's. 1 ... the god Vishad-Krishna. 17 ... Indrs.
