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century court poet of the Chahamănas of Ajmer, regards Krishna as the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, while the author of the Belāva plate' of king Bhöjavarman (12th century) of Eastern Bengal, recognises the same divinity merely as amsaktit-avatāra, i.e., a partial incarnation. Another contemporary author, Jayadēva, who was a court poet of king Lakshmanasēna (circa 1179 -1206 A.C.) of Bengal puts Haladhara (i.e., Balarāma-Sankarshaņa) in the place of Krishna as the eighth incarnation of Vishnu in the list of the ten avatāras in the Gitagovinda."
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[Metres : Verses 1, 6, 8-9, 12-13, 20, 37 Vasantatilaka ; verse 2 Prithvi ; verse 3 Sragdhara ; verses
4, 5, 10, 14-16, 18-19, 21, 24, 32-33, 36 Sardulavikridita ; verses 7,17 Malini ; verse 11 Vamsashavila ; verses 22, 27 Sikhariņi; verses 23, 25 Anushțubh ; verse 26 Svägata ; verse 28 Upendravajrā; verse 29 Hariņi; verse 30 Mandākrāntā ; verse 31 Indravajra ; verse
34-35 Upajāti.] 1 Siddham || Om namo Narāyaṇāya || Aradhaniyam amarair=api pātu yushmänäpäd-aravimda
yugalam Garudadhvajasya vinyasta-kaustubhamaņēr=uraso-varuhya Lakshmir-nakhambu-khachitam bhajatē bhțiśam yat | 1 | Jagaj-janana-pālana-pralaya-kēli-karo muhur=
mahā-danuja-nāki2 nän vihita-nigrah-anugrahaḥ | vihamgapati-vāha[no] bhujagarāja-talpē-sayaḥ briyē bhavatu
võ bhav-amvu(bu)nidhi-karnnadhāro Hariḥ || 2 || Omkāro dänava-stri-samudaya-ruditavra(bra)hma pārāyaṇānām kalp-art-āravdha(bdha)-bhāra-stanita-jaladhara-brēni-baky
änukārah | pāp-āhi-kshvēda-pi- 15 3 da-nipatita-sukrit-orthăpan-āmögha-maṁtrū jīyād=yuddhë[shu] [sa] Sri-sahachara-Murajit.
pāmchajanya-pranädah || 3 || Mūrdhni Sri-kucha-kumbhayör=nipatită muktā kalapāyatē lagnä talpa-bhujamga-purgava-tanau nirmāka- pattāyatē nābhi-niraruhasya sannidhi
chari yā rājahamsāya- | 4 të să pāņi-sthita-pāmchajanya-kiraņa-śrēņi Harēḥ pātu (vaḥ || 4] || Vâta-vyädhi -yuto
vayasy-ati-gurau tishthan-va(n=ba)li samtataḥ saty-asakta-matirajjagatra(t-tra)ye-hitam kurvvan=dadhānaḥ kshamām(mām) amtaḥstham gamayan=dhanamjayam=
anauddhaty-ānvitam dipra-bhāṁ(bham) srēyah-samtatayē Purānapurusho dē- ||? 5 vah sad-aiv-astu vah | 5 Vakshahsthal-ochchhalita-kaustubha-kām[ti-liptam] pāņi
sthitam=bhavatu Chakradharasya chakram(kram) yuddhēshv=anēka-danujēndrakathora-kamtha-chchhēd-āvasakta-rudhir-augham=iva sriyē vah | 6 | Vilasita-vanamālo
dipta-Vairöchana-sri-viratikțid=anurajyat-Pannagărir=nikāmammam) 6 bhuvana-janaka-vidyut-pumja-pīt-ām va(ba)ro võ ghatayatu ghana-kāla) [K]savo mamgalāni
7 Slishyat-sudarsana-payodhara-kțishņam=udyad-bhim-ahava-prakațit-andhaku(ka)putra-nāśam(sam) stutyam su-parvvabhir=alamkțita-dharmma-pākam Vyāsasya kāvyaraiva pātu Harēr=vvapur=vva) || 8 | Astr=īti visva-vidito=1"
IN. G Majumdar, Inscriptions of Bengal, Vol. III pp. 14 ff.
• Verse 12. JAyndēva's list of the avatāras corresponds to that given in a Puranio verso quoted in an eighth century inscription from Mamallapuram (Mem. ASI, No. 26, p. 5).
From impressions. • Expressed by symbol. • The danda is superfluous. • Some space is left unengraved after oyadhi. + The two dandas are unnecessary.
