Indian Antiquary Vol 05

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

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[JANUARY, 1876.
ಕುಸಾರ ಜನನಾಯಕರನ್ನ ನಿರೂಪದಿಂದಲೂ ಬಾದಾವಿತಂಮ ಕ್ಕಿಸಿ steg Du ಅ(ಆ)ಯುರಾರೋಗ್ಯಅಯಿ( for "ಅ)ರ್ಯಾಭಿ(ವ, ಕೆ. ಕೆ. ವೃದ್ಧಿಯಾಗ
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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[13] ಕಳುಹಲಾಗಿ
[12] ಜೀನೋr(May]ಾಳವಾಗಿ ಇವನು ಪ್ರತಿಯ ಮರ ಈ ತನು ಅ(ಆ) ಚಿಕ್ಕಚಿನಪ್ಪ ನಾಯಕರೂ ಕೋಟೆಯನೂ
[14] co
ದುರ್ಗದ
[15]
[16]
ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ಮಹಾಮಾಯೆ
water quanter box) dobrom [17] ****e pussy(15) ಶ್ರೀವನಪುರಪತಿ ಶ್ರೀಬನವಮಹಂಮಾಯಿ ಮೊದಲಾದ [18] ಸಮಸ್ತ ದೇವಶಾಸ್ಥಾನಗಳನೂ ಜೀರ್ನೋ(್ರದ್ಧಾರವಾಗಿ ಪುನ(ನಃ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆ ಯನೂ ಮಾಡಿ ಆ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾನ [19] ಗಳನೂ(?) ಅಚ್ಯುತರಾಯಮಹಾ[ರಾಯ]ರಿಗೆ • ಅಚ್ಯುತ [20] ರಾಯಮಹಾರಾಯರ Re[b]+
ಪು೦ (ಪುಣ್ಯ...
Translation.
May it be auspicious! Reverence to Sambhu, who is made beautiful by a chouri which is the moon that lightly rests upon his lofty head, and who is the foundation-pillar for the erection of the city of the three worlds! In order to dispel the darkness of obstacles, I meditate on him who is tranquil and pure, who is possessed of inconceivable glory, who is in body a man but in face an elephant, and who is a very corpulent glory!
Hail! On Monday the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the month Jyêshtha of the Nandana samvatsara, which was the year of the victorious and glorious Salivahanasaka 1455§, while the brave and puissant great king Achyuta raya,-whose lotuses, which are his feet, are adorned by the clusters of blossoms, which are the jewels in the diadems of all chieftains; the most eminent among kings; the glorious supreme king of great kings; the supreme lord of kings, was governing the earth with the recreation of pleasing conversations:
The fort of B â då vi and the shrines of the goddess Sri-Banada-Ma,ham mây ill and other gods having fallen into ruin even under
The remainder of the inscription is lost, the tablet being broken here.
Ganapati. With the exception of reading kim api for tam api', this verse occurs word for word in Mallin&tha's introductions to his commentaries on the Raghu vamia and the Kumarasambhava.
ತಂದ stag ಅಚ್ಯುತರಾಯಮಹಾರಾಯರಿಗೂ
§ According to the table in Brown's Carnatic Chronology, the Nandana samvatsara is Saka 1454, and Saka 1455 is the Vijaya samvatsara.
sc. Mahammayi, (i.e. Mahâmâyi, or more properly Mahamaye,) of the forest'. Mahamaya', the Great Illusion, is Durga, Samkart, or Parvati, as the personification of the illusory nature of worldly objects. Banada-Ma
the great king,
Chinnapanayaka, the general of the great king Achyutaraya, having given orders to repair and reestablish the fort of Bå då vi and the shrines within it of Sri-Banada-Mahammayi and other gods, sent (for that purpose) his son** Chikka-Chinnapanayaka :-+t
And that same Chikka-Chinnappanayaka at the command of his master restored the fort of Bâdâvi, and, with the object that the great king Achyutaraya and his master Chinnappanayaka might obtain an increase of life and health and riches, repaired and reestablished the shrines of all the gods commencing with Sri-Banada-Mahammâyi, who is the holy Mah â mâye; who is the mistress of the fourteen worlds; who is courageous in utterly destroying the race of the demons... .; and who is the mistress of the city of Sri-Vanapura §§,..... ... those same shrines to the great king Achyutarâya....... holy....
The general of the great king Achyu tarâ ya....
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hammayi is evidently the same goddess as Bana. Sam kari, 'Samkart of the forest'.
Maharajikadindal,-but the meaning to be given to this word is somewhat doubtful.
Kumara'-perhaps 'deputy', though a free translation, would be more in accordance with the meaning. tie., 'Chinnappanayaka the younger'.
The meaning to be given to the word 'danda', before rakshasa', is not apparent.
SS The city of the forest'; all this part of the country formed in ancient times part of the great forest called Dandakaranya.
See note † to line 20 of the text.