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No. 21) VERAVAL INSCRIPTION OF CHAULUKYA-VAGHELA ARJUNA, 1264 A.D. 147 6 hārājādhirāja-srimat-'Arjjunadēva-pravarddhamāna-kalyāņa-vijaya-rājyē tat-pada
padm-opajivini 7 mahāmātya-rāņaka-sri-Māladēvē brīśríkaran-ādi-samasta-mudrā-vyāpārān pariparnthayat
ity=ēvam kā8 lë pravarttamānē iha sri-Somanätta(tha)dēvapa[tta]në paramapāśupatācharya-mahā
pamditamahattara-dharmmamürtti9 gamda-sri-para-Virabhadra-pārio-mahamo-sri'-Abhayasiha-prabhsiti-pamchakula-prati
pattau tatha Hurmuja-vēlä10 [ku]lē amira-sri-Rukanadina(nő) rājyēljyam) paripamthayati sati karya-vasat sri-[S]ma
nāthadēvanagaram sa11 mäyäta- H[u]rmuja-dēbiya-khājā-nauo-Avū(bū)-Vrā(Bra)hima -guta-nākhū"'-Nõradina
Pirojēnasri12 Sõmanāthadēva-droņi-pratibaddha-Mahāyaņājan-ā)ộtaḥpäti-pratyaya-bțihatpurusha-thaol.
Sri-Palugidēva13 vri(bri)hatpurusha-rāņaka-Sri-Sõmēsvaradēva-bțihatpurusha-thao11-sri-Rāmalēva-bțihat
purusha-thao11-sri-Bhima14 sīball-bțihatpurusha-rāja 13-gri-Chhādā-prabhțiti-samasta-mahaņalūka"-pratyaksham tatha
samasta-jamā. 15 tha15-pratyaksham rāja°15-bri-Nänasiha"-Buta-v[ri](bri)ha 16-rāja°13-6r1-Chhā[dā)-prabhsitinām
pårøvät sri-Somanātha16 dāvanagara-vä(bā)hyė Sikottaryām Mahāyaṇa(jana)pälyär samtishţa(shtha)mana
bhushan(kham)dam nava-nidhana-sahi17 tam yath-ěshta-kāma(karma)-karaniyatvēna sparsana-nyāyēna sam[upā]ttam(ttam) ! tatah
näkhū°17.Píroje18 na sva-dharmma-śāstr-ābhiprāyēņa paramadhārmmikēņa bhūtvā a-chandr-arkkam(rkka)
sthāyini skirtti-pra-11
1 Sandhi has not been observed horo. * This stands for Sanskrit Purohita. . Pari is an abbreviation of Gujarati Parikha. . Mahan is an abbreviation of Gujarati Mahantaka.
Stha is the Prakrit form of Sanskrit simha. • Amira stands for Arabic amir.
+ Khoja is Arabic Khwajah and Nou is an abbreviation of naujana or more probably neuvitlaku, both beeur. ring olaowhere in the inscription.
Arabic Abi Ibrahim. .Nakhe stands for Arabio nakhuda. 10 Arabic Nuruddin Firaz. 11 Tha is a contraction of thakkura. 19 Prakrit o ha stands for Sanskrit simha. 13 Raja is a contraction of the word rajaputra or more probably of rajakula. 14 This is a corruption of Sanskrit mahal-loka, i.o. mahajana. 1* This a modification of Arabic jama'at moaning an Assemblage or congregation. 16 This is a contraction of brihatpurusha. 11 This is a contraction of Arabic nakhuda. 14 Road hayi-hirtti.
• Tho words kirti and prasiddhi bavo beon ted here together M yatos and kinti are sometimes used (cf. CII. Vol. 1. p. 18, noto 7). We may alra fuggest that prasiddhi has been used here in the sense of siddhi or prapli.
