Epigraphia Indica Vol 10

Author(s): Sten Konow, V Venkayya
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

Page 33

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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rijal Two-thirds of these proceeds were to go to the Jina (Arhat) and one-third to the agere Balabhadra 18 vidyadhana, i.e. fees for imparting knowledge. The date of the donations made by Vidagdharāja is given in verse 19 to be Sanvat 973 in the month of Ashadha, and they wore renewed by Marmata in Samvat 996 on the 11th of the dark half of Mägha. The closing verse 21 expresses a wish that these endowments may be enjoyed by the progeny ok Kēšavadēvasuri as long as the mountains, the earth, the sun, Bharatakhanda, the Gauges, the Sarasvati, the stars, Patala and the oceans last. The dates are then repeated in ciphers and the inscription closes with the information that it was engraved by the sūtradhāra Satayogeśvara.
TEXT. 1 -------- ॥ विरके? - पजे? [रक्षासंस्था :
जवस्तवः । परिशासतु ना -- परार्थिख्या ?]पना जिना: १ ते व: पातु [जिना] विनामसभ[ये यत्पादपद्मोन्मुखखासंख्यमयख[0] खरनखथेणीषु विवो(बिखो)दयात् । प्रायैकादशभिर्गणं दशशती शक्रस्य शंभद्दशा कस्य म्याहुणकारको न यदि वा स्वच्छात्मनां संगमः ॥२
- - -- नासत्करोलो[प]शोमितः । सुसे (शे)[खर] - - - लौ मूर्डि रूढो महीभृतां ॥३ अभिवि(बि)भदुचिं कांतां सावित्री [चतु] रा[न]न: । हरिवर्मा व(ब)भूवात्र भूविभुर्भुवनाधिकः' ॥[४] सकललो
कविलोक(च)नपंकजस्फुरदनंबुदवा(बा)लदिवाकरः । रिपुवधूवदनेंदुहृतद्युतिः 3 समुदपादि विदग्धनृप[स्तत:] " [*] वाचार्यो रुचिरवचनैर्बासुदेवाभिधा
नैर्वा (बों), नीतो दिनकरकरैर्बीरजभाकरो व [1] पूर्व जैनं निजमिव यशो कारयड]स्तिकुंद्यां रम्यं हय गुरुहिमगिरेः शंगसं (शृं)गारहारि ॥६ दानेन तुलितव (ब)लिना तुलादिदानस्य येम देवाय । भाग[यं] व्यतीर्यत
भागश्चा+ [चार्यव]र्याय [*] तस्मादभू[च्छुड]सत्वो(चो) मंमटाख्यो महीपतिः ।
समुद्रविजयो श्लाध्यतरवारि: सदूर्ग (म्मि)क: " ॥८ तस्मादसमः समजनि [समस्त]जनजनितलोचनानंदः । ध[व] लो वसुधाव्यापी चंद्रादिव चंद्रिकानिकर: 12
॥[e*] भंवाघाटं घटाभिः प्रकटमिव मदं मेदपाटे भटानां जन्ये राजन्य5 जन्ये जनयति जनताजं रणं मंजराजे । [श्री] .माणे [प्रणष्टे हरिण
__व भिया गूर्जरेशे विनष्टे तसैन्यानां स (श)रण्यो हरिरिव शरणे यः
[ It is just possible that itens (9) and (10) were added by Mammata to what bad already been granted by Vidagilha. But the wording of the inscription is so unusual that we cannot be sure of it.-Ed.)
From the original stonc. (Pandit Ram Kurha has kindly arnt me an inked estampage for comparison, it which about 10 aksharas are damaged at the commencement of most of the lines. But I bave not marked these and other damaged letters oa doubtful as the Pandit's transcript has been prepared from the original stone.--Ed.] Metre: Anushtubh.
The sign for the spadhminiya ia-(. 5 Metre : Sardūlavikridita. Metre: Anushruth.
Metre: Anushtubh. Metre : Drutavilambita. Metre: Mandákråta. . 10 Metre : Arya. u Metre: Anushtubb.
1 Metre : Arya. 1 Here only 1 is clear and there are two dots (..) before it which tempt one to read the word de बीमाय; but the formation of the letter ख is rather curious in this inscription.