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was pure, (or spotless), who was learned in the (sixty-four) arts (kalas) (or who was formed of sixteen parts, i.e. kalas), were annihilated the sufferings of the world (or the heat of the earth caused by sunshine).
V. 11. Whose war-elephants, like clonds, having drunk clear water in the eastern country, which abounds with water, after that having roamed according to their own wills in the sandal forests of the valleys of the Malaya (country), (and) having caused a coolness in the Marn lands by throwing dense sprays (of water emitted from their trunks), enjoyed the slopes of the Himalayan (Pralaydi).
V. 12. From him was born, the protector of the earth, the illustrious Mahipala-dēva, who, slaying all enemies, (and) having obtained his paternal kingdom, which had been snatched away through pride of prowess by people who had no claim to it, placed his lotus-like feet on the heads of kings.
Ll. 24-62. From the illustrious (and) victorious camp (pitched) at Vilasapura, where the illusion of the Setubandha (bridge built for Rama between India and Ceylon) with a chain of mountain tops placed (in the sea) was produced by water-craft of various kinds proceeding along the path of the Bhagirathi; where exceedingly dense arrays of ratting elephants darkened (i.e. obscured) the beauty of the day (and) caused the illusion of the beginning of a perpetual rainy season; where the cardinal points were made grey with the dust dug by the sharp hoofs of the countless army of horses (that were) presented by many kings of the North; where the (surface of) the Earth bent under the weight of the endless infantry of the kings, one and all, of Jambudvipa, (who had) come for serving (their) overlord; he, the Parameśvara, Paramabhaṭṭaraka, great king of kings, the illustrious Mahipala-dēva, who meditated on the feet of the illustrious Vigrahapala-deva, the devout worshipper of the Sugata, the great king of kings, being in good health, honours, informs and orders (the following persons), in the village of Kurata-pallika with the exception of Chița-pallika with the low ground (tala) which belongs to the personal (royal) domain, in the mandala of Gōkalika, in the vishaya of Kōṭivarsha, in the Pundravardhana bhukti, all royal officers assembled (here follows names of officers, 11. 22-41) and others, (who are) royal dependants, but not mentioned in the lists of superintendents (adhyakshas), the neighbouring Brahmanas and others, Mahattamas and other families down to Medas, Andhras and Chandalas, "Be it known unto you, that this village which has been mentioned above, as far as its boundaries, grass and pasture-lands, with low lands, with assignments, with mango and Madhika trees, with land and water, with hollows and salt lands, with the ten offences, with the right of extirpation of robbers, with the exemption from all oppression, not to be entered by irregular or regular troops, not to be meddled with by anybody, with all revenues, shares, rights of easement, taxes, (rights of mining) gold, etc., by the law of bhumi-chchhidra, as long as the Sun and the Moon will last, for the increase of the merit and fame of my father and mother as well as mine, in the name of Lord Buddha, has been granted by us by means of a copper-plate grant, after bathing in the Ganges, according to law, on the occasion of the Vishuva Samkranti, to the Bhattaputra Krishṇaditya-sarman, son of the Bhaṭṭaputra Madhusudana, grandson of the Bhaṭṭaputra Hrishikesa, an inhabitant of the village of Chavați, an emigrant from the village of Hastipada, (who is) well versed in religious law (Mimämsä), grammar and logic, a Brahmacharin of the Yajur-veda, of the Parasara gōtra, whose pravaras are Sakti, Vasishtha and Parisara, (here follows a valedictory sentence in prose). In the year 9 on the 12th day of Phalguna (here follows 5 of the usual valedictory verses)" For this grant given to the best of the twice-born, by the illustrious Mahipala-dēva, the counsellor Bhatta Sri-Vamana was selected as the dutaka (20). This grant was incised by the artisan, the illustrious Mahidhara, son of Vikramaditya of the village of Pōshali (21).
