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MAY, 1883.]
A NEW YÅDAVA DYNASTY.
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A NEW YÂDAVA DYNASTY.
BY PANDIT BHAGVÅNLÅL INDRAJI, Hon. Mem. B.B.R.A.S. N OTHING has hitherto been written about third plates have been engraved. The number
a hitherto unknown Yådava dynasty, of lines in the first plate is 24, in the second whose dominions at one time extended over the on either side 23, and on the third 21. All the present Näsika zilla, I know of only two three plates are well preserved, and do not inscriptions of this dynasty, one of them a appear to have suffered from the effects of time. copper-plate and the other a stone inscription, The writing is in Devanagari, much resembling the two together forming the basis of this that used in Silhåra inscriptions. The letters paper.
,, and are a little different from modern The copper-plate was bought by the late Dr. Någari, and, as in old manuscripts, the mútra Bhâu Dåji from a husbandman of Bassein, and stroke is placed before the letter over which it lay in the possession of the trustees of his is meant to stand. The language is a very brother, the late Dr. Narayan Dâji, from whom it incorrect Sanskrit; the first ten slokas are in a was obtained by the Hon'ble J. Gibbs, C.S.I., and variety of metres, and the rest in prose. As handed over to me by Dr. Burgess. It consists the poet does not appear to have been a scholar, of three plates each 118 inches long and 7:5 there is no lack of grammatical'inaccuracies, broad, which are held together by a ring at which often make it very difficult to understand the top. The ring has a Garuda sitting with the precise meaning of the text. Add to this that folded palms, and on either side of him are the engraver appears to have made numerous two conch shells, emblematic of Vishņu. The mistakes in his work, due, I think, to his ignorwriting on the plates runs across and, as ance of the letters. It often occurs that is usually the case, both sides of the middle not knowing a particular letter, he has cut it in and only the inner sides of the first and the a fashion quite his own.
Transcription.
Plate I. [1] उ स्वस्ति जयोभ्युदयश्च' । त्रैलोक्ये सं सृजति भगवाँलब्धमाहात्म्यतेजाश्चित्ताराध्यः परमतपसां [?] hifi buat : Tai wala lagarrafa great a: ar agarayà: piti: [S] SPATE II II II a 'Cy fa: astfasure: fara aar ATHER[*] तनुर्धारावतीपत्तनात् । संग्रामे रिपुहस्तिपत्तिशिरसा संच्छेदभेदे दृढः चंदादित्यपुरं प्रसिद्धमक[७] रोत्प्रासंभवं यो भुवि ।। २ ॥ श्रीमत्सेउणचंद्रनामनृपवर स्तस्मादभूमिपः नित्यं देसपदातिविषये [°] सन्नाम संपादयन् । येनाकार पुरं च सेउणपुरं श्रीसिदिनेरेवरे तत्पुत्रः कुलदीपको गुणनिधिः ['] fraiska: 11 3 11 CHAG H " Three frist IGT FT[%] qarsitat A39: Sittaa YERT: fafcich 79: Tenaga AT[°] faraca: TEHT II 8 || TF TRT HELST affereraator [10] mapangla HT TE 41 | 9 TAMTH18 TonifaT9
1 The of apy looks like y owing to a mistake the engraver, of for a, the two letters being much alike. of the engraver's. Read त्रैलोक्येश. - The ध्यः of श्चित्ता- | - For आर्वा read अ. " Read °च्छूवर. । लस्थियब्वा Tr :looks like : a mistake of the engraver. Read may be also read लस्थिअब्बा or लच्छिअब्बा. The व्हof 19.Read : uia. There is a break here Pot looks like th. but this makes no sense, while the in the metre. Sandhi rules would require burrit, but in similarity between ak and Fh accounts for the mistake either case the metre breaks. 'Read on . Read of the engraver. Read ago. " The metre breaks in RICHT.. There is a break here in the motro; TET: this pada; perhaps after would be better. As meaning the best among men would be a good reading to it stands बालनाज° makes no sense; perhaps बालराज preserve the metre. There are two letters wanting after
is meant, the letters and being similar in form. The देश to complete the metre. " Read भूतलशशि. " In the
metre breaks again in this pada; ought to be long but original atat looks like a perhaps by a mistake of would make no sense.
