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HINDOL PLATE OF KULASTAMBHA
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(Verse 29) His consort who was well adorned like the damsels of the quarters, and who was well versed in the practical lore of the scriptures, and whose ear-ornaments were dressed by the damsel-like Maruts, became a source of pleasure to the sages.
(Verse 30) His son Prithvidhara shed lustre like the new moon by causing delight to the masses of lily-like righteous persons; he possessed attractive manners and a commendable personality.
(Verse 31) Being desirous of crossing the worldly ocean by the ship of the husband of Lakshmi, he takes to the devotional course for salvation with the most pious intentions.
(Verse 32) Thus seeing the futile agreeableness of worldly pleasure derived from the objec. tive world, and desiring salvation, he maintains his face like the lily after having wrought his fame for the elevation of his soul.
(Verse 33) This highly spirited and versatile Nāna, an adept in all the fine arts, caused this well-made image of Hari to be placed at the victorious and celebrated fort of Jayapura in honour of his ancestors, for love of fame ; he was a judge of merits, an expounder of all polity, grateful, and of splendid understanding.
(Verse 34) This Nāna of respectable intellect established a temple with the image of Kebaya for the salvation of his ancestors.
(Verse 35) So long as the mountains, the earth, the gods, the oceans, the moon, the sun and the heavenly luminaries (shall endure), so long shall that man, the seat of virtue and the beloved of the gods, live in the habitation of the Creator.
(Verse 36) The poet Amara, being desirous of satisfying the curiosity of the learned, wove this variegated priceless literary carpet, replete with excellent metaphors expressed in appropriate phrases. He was gentle and stately and had earned the title of wise man' by dint of his eminent qualities.
(Verse 37) This inscription was written on the lucky day of the month of Vaisakha in the Samvatsara indicated by the moon, Siva's eyes, the Vēdas and the bhūtas.
In figures also Samvat 1345, time Vaisakha.
(Verse 39) He had two sons named Nätha otherwise known as Sumaika and Vallabha by Champakā (his wife), who loved one another, who spoke sweetly and were well known in the world, and a pattern of morality.
This was written by Parisuha (born) in the family of Kayastha-[Sri ]vāstavya, the son of the illustrious Thakura Ayo, the commandant of the balconied Jayapura fort........ May good luck attend the author.
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No. 20-HINDOL PLATE OF KULASTAMBHA
(1 Plate) D. C. SIRCAR, OOTACAMUND, and P. ACHARYA, CUTTACK The copper plate inscription, which is being published here for the first time,' was lying in the office of the Subdivisional Officer of Hindol, the headquarters of a state (now merged) of that
1 See J. R. A. 8., 1906, p. 539 et. seq. 'The Sanskrit pratoli and its new Indian derivatives' by J. Ph. Vogel.
* The inscription was noticed by B. Misra in his Medieval Dynastien of Orissa, p. 28. * Hindol is now a Subdivision of the newly formed Dhenkanal Distriot.
