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306 EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
[VOL. XXXI perhaps alludes to some deeds of valour performed by him, and the grant may be a reward for that. The illegible portion presumably contained the boundaries of the land granted together with the imprecatory verses."
The grant was made in the Saka yaar 982 (line 44) on Thursday the fifth of the bright fortnight in the month of Makara. The date regularly corresponds to the 28th December, 1060 A.D.: The donee is said to belong to the Vēsya family (line 45). Vèsyä may be taken as an error for urbyā (prostitute), for the interchange of ś with a frequently occurs in this record. But it is hardly likely that a man's ancestry should be traced to a prostitute in a public document. So it may be suggested that the word stands for Vaisya.
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Metres: verses 2, 6, 12 Anushtubh ; versug 7, 8 Giti; verses 5, 9 Mālini, verses 1, 3, 11
Sardilavikridita; verhe 4 Vamsastha ; verse 10 Vasantatilakā.]
First Plate
1 Ons svastillo (srilmatām=akh[i]la-bhuvana-vinuta-naya-vinaya-daya-dana-dākshinya
satya-śaucha2 sauryya-dhairyy-ādi-guna-ratna-pavitrak[ä*]ņām=Ātrē[ya*)-gotrāņām vimala-visā(cha)r.
asā(cha)ra-punya-sa(sa)3 lila-pra[kshā]lita-Kali-kala-kalma[shā(sba)]-mashiņām mahi-Mahēndr-achala-tikhara
prati4 shțhitasya sa char-ichara-gurāḥ sakala-bhuvana-nirmmāņ-aika-sūtradhāra5 sya saśānka-chūdāmaņērbhbha(r=bbha)gavato Gökarņņasvāminah "prasādā[t*] 6 samāsādit-aikaśansankha)bhēri-pañchama hāśavda(bda)-dhavalachchbattra-hēmacbā7 mara-varavȚishabhalāñchhana-samujva(jjva)la-samasta-sämrājya-mahimnām=anē8 ka-samara-sarighatta-samupalavdha(bdha)-vijaya-lakshmi-samīlingit-otam(ttum)ga-bhu
Second Plate, First Sid 9 ja-danda-manditānāí Trikalinga-mahībhujām Gangānām=anvayam-alanka10 rishn[h*] Vishņor-iva vikram ikranta-dharā-mandalasya Gunamahärppava-maha(ha)11 rājasya putrah ||0|| Pirvvari bhūpatibhir=vvibhajya vasudha ya pañchabhiḥ pa12 ñchadhá bhuktā bhūri-parikramo bhuja-va(ba)lātætām=ēka ēva svayam(yam ) - 13 kikțitya vijitya sa(ka)ttru-nivahān sri-Vajrahastas-chatuschatvari14 ruga[ta*]m=aty-udāra-charitaḥ sarvvām=arakshitesamāḥ || [1*] Tasya tanayo Gundama
ra(ra)[See below.-Ed.). . I am indebted for thin calculation to Prof. V.V. Mirashi. • Vaidva.kula va riba is referred to in line 13 of record of Madhukimirnava (JAHRS, Vol. VIII. 181). [See above. Vol. XXIII. p. 09.-Ed.] . From a set of impressions. Expressed by symbol.
