Book Title: Epigraphia Indica Vol 11
Author(s): E Hultzsch
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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________________ No. 9.] FIVE VALABHI PLATES. 115 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. 22

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