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184 måtya-sti navê (II) [107*) Nitya-klți(kli)pt-Asvamødhåya nsip-âgr-ôpakriya-girå
råyasa-śrt-Vén185 katedri-maṁtriņê naya-tantriņê | uddhår-âmsatay=aiv=ait&s=trimsad-vşittir=adur=
muda 11 [108] 186 Parayatôl budha-vånchi (chha) vårayatô vairi-bhupa-chitta-madam l a187 chyuta-vihita-bhûr-Achyutardyasya sâsanam tad-idam 1(11) [1098]
Achutêmdra-ma188 hậry-steanina Sabhipath | abhânimriệt=pa) da-88 thdarbhara todoidan tâm(t2)189 mra-śâsanam (ID) [110*] Achyutêmdra-maharaya-sâsanan-Mallaņåtmajaḥ | tvashta 190 sri-Viranâchåryo vyalikhat=tâm(ta)mra-såganam (II) [111*] Dâna-pålanayôr=maddhye 191 dânâch=chhreyô=nupålanan 1 dânât=svargam=avåpnôti pålanåd=achyutam 192 padar (II) (112*] Sva-dattá[d"]=dviguņam (ņa-) punya para-datt-anupålanarn
para-datt-a193 pahârêņa sva-dattam nispha(shpha)lam bhavêt (II) [113] Sva-dattâm
para-dattâm và 194 yo harêta vasundharan I shashtir=varasha-sahasråņi vishtâyên 195 jåyatê krimiḥ 1(II) [114] Ai(8)k=aiva bhagini lokê sarvêshâm=êva bhûbha196 jám | Da bhôjyà (gy) na kara-gråhyå vipra-datta vasundhari [|| 115] SA197 månyo=yam dharma-sêtur=nţipâņam kålê kalê pålaniyo bhava198 dbhis(dbhiḥ -sarvån=êtấn=bhävinaḥ pårthiv-êmdrån=bhûyo nbhů (bha)yê yâchate
Ramachandrah !! [116*] 199
Śri-Vira(rů)på ksha [ll*]
No. 25.-SPURIOUS SUDI COPPER-PLATE GRANT PURPORTING TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY BUTUGA IN SAKA-SAMVAT 860.
BY J. F. FLEET, I.C.S.; Pa.D., C.I.E. This inscription, which is now published for the first time, came to my notice in April, 1892, when I obtained the original plates, for examination, from Irayya bin Uddanayya Muradimatha, a resident of Sûdi in the Rôn tâluka, Dharwår district.
The plates are five in number, each measuring about 98" by 4" The edges of them were fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed surfaces, so as to serve as rims to protect the writing; and, thongh the plates are in many places a good deal corroded by rust, there are but very few passages in which the text cannot be made out quite satisfactorily - The ring on which the plates are strung, is about thick, and circular in shape, about 3}" in diameter. It had not been cut, when the grant came into my hands. The surface of the soal in which the ends of the ring are secured, is slightly oval, about 13" by 13" It has, in high relief on a slightly countersunk surface, an elephant, standing to the proper right, with its trunk hanging down. - The weight of the five plates is 188 tolas; and of the ring and seal, 23; tolas : total, 2113 tolas. The characters belong to what is usually known as the Old-Kanarese alphabet. The average size of the letters is about 1". The engraving is fairly good: but it is not particularly
Metre: Giti.- In the third Pads of this verse one or two syllables are missing. I would suggest reading achyuta-vihitan bhumeru.
* Metre of verses 110-115 : Ślka (Anushtubb). . [Read abhdmin=msidu-?- E. H.) • Read thashfin varsha.. Metre: śAlint.
