Epigraphia Indica Vol 13

Author(s): Sten Konow, F W Thomas
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

Page 62

No. 4.)
INSCRIPTIONS AT ITTAGI: A, OF A.D. 1112.
kings Somēšvara, Sankama, and Ahavamalla: it cannot at present be traced, but should probably be found somewhere in the Nizam's territory. Lattalür, the name of which is also fonnd in inscriptions in the forms Lattanúr and Latalanra, is Lätar, a town in the Bidar District of the Nizam's territory, shown in the Indian Atlas sheet 56 (1845) in lat. 18° 24', long. 76° 38': it is noteworthy as having been the original home of the ancestors of the Rashtrakāta kinge of Mālkhöd (see vol. 7 above, p. 223 ff.). Vennekal is very likely the Bennekallu mentioned above.
TEXT. 1 Omorin Namas-Sivāya Om Namo bhagavati Vasudevāya | Orin Namo
Brahmanayet nama[h*] | sri-Ganapatayo nama[h] sri-Sarasvatyai namah Om [11] Namas tumga-siras-chumbi-chandra-chümara-chäravē [l*] trailokya
nagar-arambha-ma2 la-stambhāya Sambhavo II [1] Jayatyrāvishkritari Vishņēr=vvārāhan kshobhit
ārnpavam [1*] dakshin-Ornata-dańshtr-āgra-viśrāmta-bhuvanam vapuh || [2*]
Sri-Sarkarāya namom(mo) namah || 3 Om Sri-Vāņi-nātha-vamdya-prakriti-patu-nati-nātya-sailishan=ātm-ochchh-āvirbhbhāva
svabhava-ttribhuvana-namit-aiśvaryn-sampat-prabhav-aik-āvāsam vidya-vodam suksiti
surabhi-sardoha-doha-kehamam māk=i visvakk-emdumantyutsava-sa4 mudayaman chandra-lèkh-avatarsa || [3] Sri-rāmā-ramaniya-nitra-saphara-krid.
āspadan kāya-kārty-ārūdha-prachur-ēmbu kaustubha-gabhasti-vyakta-kimjalka
vistirar lochana-pamdarika-jathara-svarnn-[a"]bja-ramya samast-ara5 dhyam kamalakaran bol-esedam Lakshmi-mano-vallabham || [4*] 10Kamala
vallabha-nābhihoma-kamalam janm-otsava-sthānam=āge mahātmar paramam
pavitran=ogedam padm-isanam Bhārati-ramanam vēda-mahā-prabandhaka-Virā. 6 jam bhür-bhbhuvas-[6*]vas-trayi-krama-nirmmana-parāyaṇam nikhila-lok-ırädhya-pād
ambuja || [5*] Enis-irdd=amburuha-Svayambhuge gutam Svāyambhuvam puțțidam Manuv=ātange magam Priyabrata-nripar tat-putrar=Agnidhra
mukhya-na7 romdr-öttamar-ervvarll=art-avargge(rge) Rapta-dvipamam pachchu kottan-ila
vallabhan-i Priyabratan=udātta-kshātra-götr-ottamar || [6] Lavan-āmbhonidhi.
sutt-iralk-eseva Jambūdvipav=Agnidhra-rajya-vilās-ispadav=ikshu-voshtita-viśāla8. Plakshay-akshunna-saushthava-Mēdhātithi-paļitam sure-gadal=suttirppinar nodal=
oppuv[u*]d= Salmali S0(80)shma-sähasa-Vapushmad-bhubhuja-sviksitam || [7] 12Jyotishmamtam Kusadvipamanzesev-inegam sarpi sutt-irppudar vikhyat
ām bhörāsi tapna dadhi ba9 lasidudam Kraumchamar raja-chakra-khyātam kai-kondan-art-8 Dyutimad-avanipam
dugdha-vārasi-sIm-&nvitar13 Sak-antavi(ri)pakk-arasan=enisidam Havyanam vyagra-tēja II [8] Svād-adaka-vrita-Pushkara-mediniyam Savanan=āldanavanata-ripu-lakshmi-dayita-mortti Manu.
See Dyn. Kan Disirs, ut supra, pp. 485, 487; and Epi. Carn, vol. 7. Shimova, Sk. 197. ? From the ink-impressions.
Denoted by the spiral symbol. • This extraordinary dative seems to have been suggested by the following Ganapataye. Metre : Sloka; and in the next verse.
• Denoted by the spiral symbol. 1 Metre : Sragdhark.
Possibly rand yan. • Metre : Sardalsvikridits.
10 Metre : Mattēbhavikridits; and so it Tire G 11 Apparently a dialectal form for elvar, unless it is a mistake for orerar. 12 Metre : Sragdhara.
18 See above, vol. 12, p. 270. 11 Metre : Kanda.
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