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No. 8.]
SANJAN PLATES OF BUDDHAVARASA.
30 sagotra-Tettiri-sakhā-Hiranyakēsiḥ-m-anēkam1- sastra - paramgata - pradhana - pratham
ottama-nagara.
31 Vilachchho nadhayirah Rova-chaturvvēdasya putraya Sagulasvami-dikshitasya bali
charu
32 [vai]śvadev-agnihotraya3-kriy-otsarppap-artthaṁ mātāpiṭror-atmanas-cha punya-yaśō
bhi
33 [v]riddhaye Pausha-masasya amaväsyäm
Pinuka-nagara
sthitona śri-Buddhavarase
34 na s[*]a-hastēna udak-ätisarggēna Sagula-dikshitasya ta[t] Sēḍiva-kshetram || Bahathi(b)rvv
aditya-graha[pē]"
35 dha bhuktā rājabhiḥ Sagar-ädibhiḥ [1] yasya yasya yada bhumi(h)s=tasya tasya tada phalam [*]
vasundhara[m] shashtid-varsha
36 Sva-daktām para-daktaṁ cha yo harōta
sahasrani vishṭāyā[m]
37 [ja]yatë krimiḥ Taṭākänām sahasrēṇa-m-asvamedha-satēna cha [1] köţi-pradančna
38 [bh]ūmi-hartta na sndhyati [] Purvva-dakta dvijätibbyo yatna [d*] Yudhishthira [1] maht[m] mah[1]
39 ma[tām śrē]shtha danach-chhreyō-nupālanaṁ Likhitam Rēvaganōna |
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TRANSLATION.
(Line 1) Hail, Prosperity. Ever victorious is the boar shape (of Vishnu), which has a body of the colour of bees, which has terrible eyes, red at the corners... which is
bent
1 Bead -Taittiriya-sākhā-Hiranyakēty-anēka-.
2 Read nivasino? I take Vilachcha to be the name of a town.
Bead -agnihotr-ādi-kriy-.
Read -mäsasy-ämä väsyäm=āditya-.
gavām
(Ll. 2-9) [In the lineage] of the glorious Chalukyas, who belong to the Manavya götra, which is praised by the whole world; the Hariti-people; who have been anointed by the seven (divine) mothers; who meditate on the feet of the illustrious Mahāsēna (Karttikēya); who through the protection of Kärttikeya have obtained continuous prosperity-by the divine Hari, who, being pleased, showed himself before their eyes, a boon was granted and fame and the boar crest were obtained-, (there was) the supreme lord, the devout worshipper of Mahosvara (P), Satyasraya, the illustrious Pulakesin [II] Prithivivallabha, the Mahārāja,-the Aévamedha, Rajasuya and Pauṇḍarika sacrifices were performed, whatever evil there was in the family, was annihilated, head and body were cleansed and purified through Avabhritha baths by him who was an archer comparable as it were to the following, viz. Nriga, Nahusha, Dhundhumara, Dasaratha and Ramadeva, who had acquired vigorous power through his victory over the lord of Uttarapatha, the illustrious Harshadēva,
raksha
(Ll. 9-14) His son was Prithivivallabha, the sovereign king, the supreme lord, the victorious and glorious Kokkulli Vikramaditya [I], the great king, who meditated on his
Bead-haston-ödak-.
Read sva-dattain para-dattam. There is a superfluous hook at the right-hand side of pe. Bead shashtim varsha-.
Bead -dattas.
