Epigraphia Indica Vol 14

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

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DANDAPALLE PLATES OF VIJAYA-BHUPATI: S.-S. 1332.
(V. 6.) There flourishes on earth the world-famed family of his (i.e. the moon's), in which the omnipresent Hari, the creator of the worlds, himself was born.!
(Vv. 7 and 8.) In that (family) was sprang king Bukka-Raya, the ocean of a multitude of good qualities, of irresistable valour, whose exalted position was well known in all quarterswhose course of conquests extended to all directions with the grandeur of contingous success and who as such) surpassed the gods Indra and the rest, who were lords each of a single quarter.
(Vv. 9 and 10.) To him was born by virtue of superior penance accumulated in former (births) a virtuous son Hariharēsvara, who was to be reckoned among the ancient kings. To him, well served by Srl (i.e. Lakshmi) and famous as the all-knowing (Sarvajña), only Hari and Hara were equal and none else.
(V. 11.) Victorious on this earth is the prosperous Rājaparamēšvara, king Dēvaraya, the Bon of this Rājādhiraja.
(V. 12.) While this king sate on the ancestral throne, bestowing wealth on his friends, the thrones of his enemies became vacant in two or three days.
(V. 13.) Amazed at his excellent virtues, the earth actually forgets the sovereigns Nala, Nibhaga, Bharata, Nahusha and others.
(V. 14.) Like unto the city of) Alakā of (Kubēra) the giver of wealth, and unto Amarlvati of Indra, the excellent and famous city which has for its prefix the word Vijaya (1.6. Vijaya-nagara) was his residence (vasati).3
(v.15.) His consort DömAmbika by name, the daughter of Naka-Bhapala, is prosperous like Maha Lakshmi, the consort of Madhava.
(v. 16.) The illustrious Vijaya-Bhopati, the chief fruit, in the form of a son, of their (i.e. of the parents') penance practised) in former births, is victorious as the (farther) limit of prowess.
(V. 17.) At the root of whose lineage are (the Moon and the Sun), the friends of the white and red lotuses (respectively); and who is voluntarily chosen as lord by the goddesses) Saras. vati, the Earth and Lakshmi.
(V. 18.) The lightning and the stars (were) the flowers and the sun and the moon (were) the fruits of the two well-grown creepers,' the valour and fame of this lord."
(V. 19.) Upon whom the kings of Ange, Kalinga, Vanga and the rest always attend holding chaurts, etc., the insignia of royalty, themselves.
(V. 20.) His i.e. Vijaya-Bhüpati's) spiritual teacher was Kriyadakti-dējika who, placing his foot on the diadems of kings (raja), became more illustrious than Śiva carrying the moon (raja) on his head.
(V. 21.) Kriehņa Pandita, the ocean of good qualities and the abode of every fortuno, is highly esteemed by that king and is famous.
1 This is the Yadava family, in which Krishṇa was born. • Hari (VLihņu) is the husband of Lakshmi and Sarvajia is a recognised surname of Hara (stva). . In the Eastern Ganga granta pasaka appean in the sense of rajadhasi ; above, Vol. III, p. 20, note 2. • Vijaya-Dhupati was born in the race of the moon. His mother Démambika was born of the Solar Tace,
. I... his fame and velour reached even unto the sky. This verse is the same me verse 12 of the Satyamangalam plates of Dövaršys II ; Ep. Ind., Vol. III, p. 37, text lines 20 .
• Kriyankta-dehiks is greater than Sive, because the raja carried on his head by the latter wo merely trodden by the former.