Epigraphia Indica Vol 20

Author(s): Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

Page 94

No 7.]
THE HATHIGUMPHA INSCRIPTION OF KHARAVELA.
TEXT.1
1 [Two symbols] Namo Ar[i]ba mtänam [.] Namo sava-Sidhanam[*] Aire a3 hārājena Mähämeghavahanena' Cheti-raja-vasa"-vadhanena pasatha-subha lakhanena chaturamta-luthita-gun-opahitena Kalimg-adhipatina" siri-Khāra
velena
2 pamdarasa-vasāni
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siri-kaḍāra-sarira'vatā kiḍitä kumāra-kiḍikā[*] Tato lekha-rupa-ganana 10-vavahara 11-vid hi-visāradena sava-vijāvadātena nava-vasāni Yovaraja[m]13 pasāsitam[*] Sampuna-chatu-visati-vaso tadāni vadhamana 14. sesayo Ven-abhivijayo 15 tatiye
Ma
3 Kalinga raja-va[m]se purisa-yuge Mähäräj-abhisechanam17 papunāti[.*] Abhisita-mato cha padhame 18 vase[,] väta-vihita-gopura-pakara-nivesanam pațisamkharayati[*] Kalimga-nagari-Khibira-isi-tala 20-taḍaga-padiyo 21 cha bamdhapayat] sav-uyana-pa[ṭi]samthapanam cha
4 karayati panatīsāhi sata-sahasehi Pakatiyo cha ramjayati[.] Dutiye cha vase achitayitā Sātakamnim pachhima-disam haya-gaja-nara-radha-bahulam damdam pathāpayati[*] Kanha-berṇa-23-gataya cha senuya vitasitam Musika-nagaram "[*] Tatiye puna vase
5 gamdhava-veda-budho dapa-nata-gita-vadita-samdamsanahi
usava-samāja-kārāpanahi cha kiḍāpayati nagarim [*] Tatha chavuthe vase Vijādharādhivāsaṁ ahata-puvam Kalinga-puva 25-raja-[nivesitam] vitadha-ma[ku]ta-sabilama[dh]ite cha nikhita-chhata
6 bhimgare hita-ratana-sapateye sava-Rathika-Bhojake 20 päde vamdapayati[*] Pamchame cha däni vase Namda-raja"-ti-vasa-sata-oghatitam Tanasuliyavātā panāḍim Nagaram pavesa[ya]ti [*] So . . . . bhisito cha Raja-s28. [u]ya[m] samdasayamto sava-kara-vanaṁ
7 anugaha-anekāni sata-sahasäni visajati Poram Janapadath[*] Satamam cha vasam pasāsato Vajiraghara-vati-ghusita-gharini sa matuka-pada-pumna. . [ku]ma... [*] Athame cha vase mahata sen[a]
Goradhagirim
sava-gahanam cha karayitum Arahato [va ?] . . .
8 ghātāpayitā Rājagahaṁ upapiḍāpayati[.] Etin[a] cha kammapadana-sa[m]nadena 2 samb[i]ta-sena-vahane vipamu 30[m]chitu Madhuram apayato vana-raj[a] D[i]mi[ta]11. . . . yachhati. ... ... palava..
Ya
9 kapa-rukhe haya-gaja-radha-saha-yahte
sava-ghar-āvāsa-parivasane agipathiya3 Bamhapānam jātim pariharam dadāti[*] . . [gi]ya[to]
10. . . k.i. māna[ti]rāja-samnivāsam Mahāvijayam pāsādam kārayati athatisaya sata-sahasehi[.] Dasame cha vase damḍa-samdhi-sama]-mayo Bharadhavasa-paṭhānam mah[i]-jayanam . . . . . . kārāpayati . . .
p[älyätänam cha man[i]-ratnani upalabhate
(a) [The reading seems to be janapada-bhavanaṁ.-Ed.]
11 [mamdam] cha Ava raja-nivesitam Pithumḍam 34 gadabha-namgalena kasayati janasa dabhavanam(a) cha terasa vasa-satikam abhi[m]dati T[r]amira. desha-sarghatam[.*] Bārasame cha vase. hasa ke [saha]
sehi vitasayati Utarapadha-rājāno . . .