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No. 10.]
LUCKNOW MUSEUM PLATE OF KIRTIPALA.
51 pålaniyam Ol Tatha cha dharmma-sló(618)kah | Sam(sam)kham' bhadr
Asanam chchhatram v ar-âsva (sva) vara-våraņâh bhûmi-dânásya chihnáni
phalam=état-Purandara 11 1 11 Sarvvêsham=eva dânânâm=éka-janm-anugam 52 phalam 1 b&taka-kshiti-gauriņam sapta-janm-amu(nu) gam phalam || 2 Bbûmin
yaḥ pratigrihộati yas=cha bhůmir prayachch hati (l") ubhau tau puņya
karmmaņau niyatau svargga-gåminau || 3 | Shashthim (shtim) varsha-saha53 śrá(ara) i svarggé tishthati bhůmi-daḥ achchhêttà ch=Anumantâ cha tåny-éva narak vagêt || 4
Sva-dattâm para-dattâm vậ y harêt=tu vasundharam 1 sa vishthâyám krimir-bhů två pitřibhiḥ saha pachyate
[11] 5 [11*] 54 Gam-êkám svarnpam-êka vê bûmêr=apy-êkam-amgular / haramn='narakam
ayati yavad-ghutasamplavam || 611 Sva-dattâm para-dattâm=lvå gatnâd=raksha
Yudhishthira | mahir mahibhřitâm srêshtha dânåt? freyð= 55 nupålanam 11 7 11 Aham Raghava Markkaņdaḥ sapta-kalp-anajivakaḥ va
sru(sru)tô na may& dfishtaḥ svayamdatt-& pahâra kah || 811 Va(ba)hu bhir
vvasudhå dattå rajabhiḥ Sagar-adibhiḥ [l*] 56 vasya yagya yadá bhômis-tasya tasya tada phalar || 9 || Iti kamaladal-amvu(mbn).
lolâm sriyam-anuchintya jivitam10 chal sa kalam-idam=udahțitam cha
vu(buddhvå na hi purushaih 57 para-kirttayo vilopyah || 10 || Samvatii 1135 Chaitra-va(ba)hula-shashthyâm l
Ravi-dinê I likhito-ya tâmvra (mra)-patta idêsa (sa)-naivam(bam)dhika-sri
Janaken=eti || 0 || 58 || tha || tha 11
Il tha || Mangalam maha-srih | tha !! Sva-hastô=yan mahârâjâdhiraja-śrimat-Sodhadevasya ||
No. 10.- LUCKNOW MUSEUM PLATE OF KIRTIPALA;
[VIKRAMA-]SAMVAT 1167.
By F. KIELHORN, PH.D., LL.D., C.I.E.; GÖTTINGEN. This plate was brought by a tenant to a fair at Bhatpar in the Gorakhpur district, United Provinces, and sold as waste to a copper-smith. Dr. W. Hoey who heard of this followed up the plate to another district and, having recovered it, presented it in September 1898 to the Provincial Musoum, Lucknow. I edit the inscription which it contains from excellent impressions, sent to Dr. Hultzsch by the late Mr. E. W. Smith.
This is a single copper-plate which measures about 114" broad by l' high, not including a semicircular projection which rises from the middle of the top and is about 4' broad and 34" high. On the front side of this projection there is a neatly engraved figure of the god Vishņu
1 Metre of verses 1-9: $18ka (Anushţubh).
? Read chhattrai. Perhaps altered to niyatan, which it should be. • Originally vasundhanrdn. * Read haras.
Read dattdi. 1 Read dandcha. 9 Metre: Pushpit&grå.
Read - dmbuvindu-1614 in. 10 Read manushya-jtoitum. 11 Read samvat.
11 Similarly shaped is e.g. the Gurmha (in Gorakhpur district) plate of Jayaditya II., Jour. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. LXX. Part I. Plate i. In the Gorakhpur grant of the time of the same prince (see my List of North. Inter. No. 604) the projection is at the proper right side of the plate.
