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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(OCTOBER, 1885.
SANSKRIT AND OLD-KANARESE INSCRIPTIONS. BY J. F. FLEET, Bo. C.S., M.R.A.S., C.L.E.
(Continued from p. 233). No. CLVIII.
The inscription commences with an invocaGOA PLATES OF
tion of Siva,- followed by a verse in praise of
the same god under the name of Saptakóflóa, SHASHTHADEVA II.-KALIYUGA 4348.
- and another, in which the same god, under This inscription is from & set of copper- the name of Tryaksha, or "the three-eyed," is plates which were found at Goa, and are now asked to preserve king Shashtha, the ornament in the Library of the Bombay Branch of the of the family of the Kadambas,' and king Royal Asiatic Society.
Kåvana (line 3). The plates are three in number, each mea- It then continues,-from a drop of sweat, suring about 7" by 5". The edges of them which fell from the forehead of Paramathana' are raised into rims to protect the writing; and touched the ground near the roots of a and, except in a few places on the outer sidekadamba-tree, there sprang the four armed of the third plate, the inscription is in a state of and three-eyed Jayanta (1. 5.) Many kings perfect preservation throughout. The ring, on of his lineage followed ; and at length there which the plates were strung, is about " thick was born among them Gôhalla (1. 8.) Then and 21"' in diameter; it had not been cut when there was Shashtha (1. 9.) His son was Jay &the grant came into my hands. The seal on the kesin (1. 10.) His son was Vijay ar ka. ring is circular, about 2" in diameter. On the Then there was Jay a kesin (1. 12), to rim, which is about " broad, it has, in the whom the Chalukya king Permadio gave his same characters as the body of the grant, daughter Mailalamahadevi (1. 13) in marriage. the marginal legend - Sri(éri)-Shashthadeva- Their sons were Permadi and Vijaya pratishthápakah óri - Kámadeva - bhu(bha)mi- (1. 14.) From Vijaya there was born Jayapalah,"the illustrious king Kamadova, the kesin (1. 15), whose wife was Mahadevi. establisher of the illustrious Shashthadova," - Their son was Tribhuvanamalla (1. 16.) followed by a svastika. Inside this, in relief on a And from him and his wife Mâņikâdêvi, there countersunk surface, it has a conventional sinha was born king Shashtha (1. 18), the fullor lion, couchant to the proper right, and moon of the ocean which was the family of the facing to the front, with the sun and moon, Kåda mbas (1. 19.) and a sword, dagger, or umbrella, above The inscription then introduces a certain it. The weight of the three plates is 3 lbs. king' Kama (1. 22), Kamadeva (1. 23), or 5} oz., and of the ring and seal, 1 lb. 1} oz. ; Kavana (1. 24), the son of Lakshmidêya and total weight, 4lbs. 7 oz. The characters are Lakshmi,--whose wife was a sister of king Nagari, of the period to which the inscription Shashtha (1. 22), and who is described as the refers itself; and the viráma is represented by establisher of Shashtha. the same sign that is used for the short vowel The inscription then proceeds to record that, 16. The language is Sanskrit throughout. -when four thousand three hundred and fortyThe inscription is arranged on the plates so eight years of the Kaliyuga had expired that they turn over like the pages of an English (1. 30); in the fifth year of his reign; in the book; but the order of them is reversed, Sadharana sasivatsara'; on Budhavára, or Wedand the inscription begins on what, accord nesday, the first day of the bright fortnight of ing to English custom, would be the last Asvayuja (1. 31); when the sun was in the page.
sign of the scales; and at the time of the
· The Kadambes of Gos; see Dynasties of the Kang- Shashtha-bdp dla-pratishth-Adhishthita (1.23); and rose Districts, p. 89 f.
see also the legend on the seal Biva, m the destroyer of the cities of the demon By the Tables in Brown's Carnatic Chronology and Tripura.
Cow sajee Patell's Chronology, Kaliyuga 4848 was the The Western Chalukya king Vikram Aditya VI. Plavangs warhateara, and the Sadh rasa sarvataara
By this name he is mentioned also in the legend onw as Kaliyuga 4351. the seal.
