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No. 9.]
FIVE VALABHI PLATES.
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nata- instead of run-dvanata., and the syllables nima-pra have been omitted in 1. 6. In l. 7 we find viphita- for vihita-. On the whole the engraver has done his work carefully.
The grant was issned from Valabhi by the Mahāsīmanta, the Mahārāja Dhruvasēns, but only the formal portion is preserved.
TEXT.
1 Om svasti (11) Valabhītaḥ prasabha-prasat-amitra(tra)ņām Maitrakāņām=atula-bala
sapatna-mandal-abhoga2 samsakta- sampra hara-sata-labdha-pratapah pratāp-opanata-dana-man-árjjav-opārjjit
anurāgo=nurakta-maula3 bhrita-mitra-śrēại-bal-äväpta-rājyasrih paramamahēśvaraḥ śri-sènäpati- Bhatakkas-tasya
sutas-tat-pada4 rajo-run-anata(run-ivanata)-pavitr[i]krita-siraḥ sirð-vanata-satru-chūdāmaņi-prabhā
vichchhurita-pada-nakha-pankti5 didhitih din-ânātha-jan-Opajivyamana-vibhavah Paramamahēśvaras- sēnápati- Dharasēnah 6 tasy- anajas- tat-pad-abhipra[på ma-pra®]śasta-vimala-mauli-maņir-Mmanv-adi-praņita-vidhi
vidhāna-dharmmå Dharmma7 răja iva vi[ph]ita-vinaya-vyavastha-paddhatir-akhila-bhuvana-maņdal-ābhoga-svāming
parama8 svāmina svayam-apahita-rajy-abhishēka-mahāviśrāṇan-āvapūta -rājasrih paramami
bēśvarah 9 mahārāja-Drāṇasim has=siṁha iva tasy-ánujaḥ svabhuja-balona para-gaja-ghat
änikānām=ēka10 vijayi saran-aishiņām saranam-avaboddhá sâstr-arttha-ta[t"]tvånām kalpatarur-iva
subfit-prapayinām 11 yathābhilashita-phal-Opabhogadaḥ paramabhagavataḥ paramabhattaraka-pad
ånadhyāto 12 måhäräja-Dhruvasēnak-kusali sarvvån=ēva svān-iyuktaka-mahattara-dramgika
châta-bhats13 dhravasthanadhikaraņa-daņdapāfik-adin=anyams-cha yathi-sambadhya
V.-PALITĀNĀ PLATE OF SILĀDITYA I. DHARMĀDITYA; VALABHI
SAMVAT 286]. Rai Bahadur V. Venkayya has favoured me with the following description of this plate, "One plate only of the inscription is preserved. It has two ring-holes at the bottom, but neither the ring nor the seal which it might have borne is forthcoming. A small piece of the plate is broken at the left top corner, damaging a portion of the symbol for on. Likewise & small piece is missing at the beginning of 1. 10, where, however, no letter has been 'damaged. The plate is engraved only on one side. The working of the engraver's tool shows itself almost completely at the back. Length of plate varies from 111 to 114". Height about 81."
The plate contains 18 lines of well executed writing. The average height of individual letters is ".
The characters agree with those used in the grants of Silāditya I.
With regard to orthography, we may note the use of ri for vi in tridafa-, 1.7; of ri for ri in trina-, 1. 7; the writing of igh for mh in -samghatis-, 1. 5 and in samghat., 1. 13; the use of
Expressed by a symbol.
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