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No. 29.]
SON PUR PLATES OF KUMARA SOMESVARADEVA.
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मिथमि[धि] [कुमरिधे [प]पिमधि
[प] मरधे [रमि र]धे धेमंस[ध]
सुंरुसके रिकसेके सेअमिके
रिधुसके एमसेकु धुरसेकु
36 समिरधे संकेमधे
क[में रधे मित्र[प]धु रुंउमेध सिधेसुंधे
[प] एमधि धेपुंमधि 37 केरसे[क] समुंसके
सुंरुमिं]कु रमिसके मधिसेकु धिमसेकु
सधु[स] के मिरसे क] 38 धुकेस [केस[मुं] मुं[क]समुं
[के]सउंपें मधेस' मिधुरि]पुं
से कुंसे' मिसेमपि श्रोद्राचार्यशिष्येण परममाहेश्वरेण रा[ज्ञा] शिष्यहितार्थ कता: स्वरागमा: . ॥
[E]ttirkum élirkum [i]vai uriya : ||
सरिम सम[ए]पं [केसरं
रिसरुयें रिकेमपं मुंरपि
No. 29.-SONPUR PLATES OF KUMARA SOMESVARADEVA.
Br B. C. MAZUMDAR, B.A., M.R.A.S.
This document, as will appear from its detailed description, consisted originally of four plates engraved on one side only, but in the place of the second and the fourth plates-now missing, two plates engraved on both sides were substituted, and one concluding line was attempted unsuccessfully to be engraved on the reverse side of the plate which was originally the third plate. When this doenment was unearthed by a cultivator in his field in 1908, the four plates now edited were found strung on a circular ring (supporting the seal), cut open at the lower end in such a manner, that all the plates could be taken out of the ring. The seal is rather peculiar, as it does not contain any legend and as it is fashioned in imitation of a lotus. The inner side of the seal is hollow. The lower external ring of the seal consists of fifteen petals, and the middle ring contains fourteen petals. On the top surface there is a seated figure with the right arm ontstretched to the knee, within the enclosure of a blossoming creeper. The figure seems to represent a goddess, and, if so, she is the representation of Lakshmi. I may state, however, that the posture indicating peaceful meditation is hardly consistent with the figure of any goddess.
IPossibly कु.
Possibly fH.
. Read Cara The tour following words are written in Tamil characters of about the mme period. Literally translated they mesn: "These (rearas) areappropriate (also) to eight and seven."
