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17 pakvė(kshê) paurṇṇamasyam tithau Bh[au]ma-dinė skvě(hké)-pi samvat Karttika-sudi
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Bh[au]mė ||
1tad-êtat-sammatya
Srimad-Varanasyam
samastarajaprakriyôpêta-sarvvålamkaravibhushita-va(pa) [tta] mahâdêvi-mahârâjñî-éri-Gösaladevibhiḥ Kartti[ki]-parvvani dêva-sri-Lôlarkka-sannidhô(dhan) Gangâyâm snåtvå [timi]-patala-pâtanam2-Uahparðvi(chi)aham-upasthly-Aushadhipati-sa (sa) kala[68]aha(kha)ram samabhyarchchya trila(bha)vana-tråtar-Vvásaděvava(sya) pajam vidhaya havisha havirbhujam [hutvå måta]
20 pitrôr-âtmanas-cha punya-yaso (so)-vi(bhi) vriddhayê svargga-dvâra-kapât-ârggalôdghâṭanâya ayuh-érêyah-kam-ârthê va(cha) | dêva-sri-Lôlarkk-âgrê
gokar[o]-kn[alath]
21 pâta-karatal-ödaka-půrvvam-samābhiḥ
Pațall(11)putra-visirggaidys [Chchha]doga(4)kh-dbyyin Vasishtha-götrays thakkura-ir-Kalhé-pastry(ya ) --
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vrâ(brå)hmanâsa (ya)
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19
22 putrâyâ (ya) tha-gri(éry)-Apatasa (sa)rmanê
Mankritys
pradatto matva yathadiyamina-bhāgabbögakara-sra(pra) vapika[ra"]-prabhriti sa[ma]st-adâyân=[âjñA-árava]
23 pa-vidhêvi(yi)bhuyabhayas dasyap(th)-ŝti | chchha | Bhavanti oh-âtra dharmAnusam(s)sinah [1]ôkâh 1°
No. 16.- SIX EASTERN CHALUKYA COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTIONS. BY F. KIELHORN, PH.D., LL.D., C.I.E.; GÖTTINGEN. A.-ÊPERU PLATES OF VIJAYADITYA II.
[A.D. 799-843.]10
These plates were found, about twenty-five years ago, at the village of Eḍeru (the 'Eedra' of the Indian Atlas, map 94, long. 80° 48' E., lat. 16° 43' N.) in the Naziviḍu Zamindari of the Kistna district of the Madras Presidency, and they are preserved now in the Madras Museum. The inscription which they contain has been already published, by Pandit S. M. Natesa Sastri, in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XIII. p. 55 ff.; I re-edit it from an excellent impression, supplied to me by Dr. Hultzsch.
These are three copper-plates, the first and last of which are inscribed on one side only, and each of which measures about 7" broad by 27" high. The plates have slightly raised rims,
* One would have expected here asmat-eammatyd; see above, Vol. IV. p. 109, 1. 19 of the text. Read -patana-patu-mahasam.
The aksharas in brackets at the end of lines 19-22 are broken away.
This asmdbhi is superfluous.
• Read "tandy.
Le. thakkura-.
1 Here three or four aksharas are broken away.
Read vidhéytbhûya da.
Here follow the four verses commencing Bhumith gah pratigrihndti, Sankham, bhadr-deanamh, Gamm ed, and Shashtim varsha-sahasrdni.
10 Here and below I add the times of the reigns of the donors, from Dr. Fleet's account of the Eastern Chalukya dynasty in Ind. Ant. Vol. XX., to indicate in a general way the period to which each of the six inscriptions belongs.
11 Compare also Dr. Fleet in Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 101, H.
