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shipper of Mahêśvara (Siva), the illustrious déve (or Salakhanavarmadêva, as the name Vamadeva.” And the inscription is dated, is written afterwards), of whom the former in line 13, "the year of years 1253 (expressed succeeded his father, while he himself was in decimal figures only), on the serenth tithi succeeded by Salakshanavarmadêva. or lunar day, in the dark half in the month In lines 7-14 the chief SalakbaņavarmaMârgasira, on Sukra-dina or Friday."
déva, who had attained the five mahasabda, With the exception that Vámadêra is styled and who evidently owed allegiance to the Chêdi here the devout worshipper of Mahêsvara ruler Vijayadêva, informs the people and the (Siva),' which is sufficient to prove that Vâma- officials concerned, that on the date mentioned dêva cannot be Śiva himself, the epithets above he gave the village of Chhiqauda, in here applied to Vijayadeva are the same as the Kayisavapalina pattala, to certain Brâhthose applied to Jayasimhadeva in the in- maņs, son's sons of the son (or sons) of the scription A. And as the date of the inscription Thakura Madhava, of the Kausilla gótra, and must clearly be referred to the Vikrama era, whose three pravaras were Kausilla, Visvathere can be no doubt that the Vijayadeva here mitra, and Devarata (P). The village thus spoken of is the son of Jayasim hadeva of the granted was divided into five padas" or shares, inscription A., Vijayasimha, the Chedi ruler of which two were given to Ramašarman, of Tripuri, of whom we possess the Kumbhi Gathéśarman, and Damaraśarman, sons ef-(?), copper-plate inscription of the Chêdi] year while one share went to śarman (P), the son 932 = A.D. 1180-81.
of Chithu, one to Paitéśarman, the son of As regards the date, the 7th of the dark half Pithana, and one to Haridattaśarman, the son of Margaśiras, of the Vikrama year 1253 cur. of Sridhara. rent, by the northern reckoning, corresponds Lines 14-19 contain the usual admonition to to October 27, A.D., 1195, which was a Fri. give to the grantees whatever might be due day, as required. On that day, the seventh to them, and to protect them in the possession tithi of the dark half ended about 7h 35m of their property, and some of the customary after mean sunrise.
benedictory and imprecatory verses. And the From lines 4-6 of the inscription we learn concluding line 20 appears to say that the that at the capital of Kakaredi there was inscription was engraved by Kuke and his once a personage named DhAhilla," who was son, and to contain some statement, which an object of respect for all princes. After I do not understand, concerning the quanhim came Vajaka, Danduka, Khojaka, and tity of grain necessary for Bowing the fields Jayavarman, whose exact relationship to granted. Dhâhilla or to one another cannot be deter- There in nothing in lines 4-20, which calls mined from the present inscription. Jayavar- for any further remarks. I have only to add man's son was Vatsaraja; and that chief had that I am unable to identify the village and two sons, head-jewels of Samantas or feudatory the pattalu, mentioned in the inscription, on chiefs, Kirtivarman and Salakshanavarme- my maps.
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1 [Om P] svasti 1 [Nirggu]ņam” vyâpakam n[i]tya[m] siva[1] parama-karana[rn]
bhava-grâhyam pana(ra)m (jy]ôtis-tasm[ai] Bad-Vra(bra)hmane namah (11)
Suddht" hridaya-ksh[@]tr[a] vallim=i[va ?] dhya. 2 yanti yâ[] munayah | môksha-mahậphala-janani Bharati śd(e)kshmâ så jayati 11
Paramabhattaraka-mahârâjâdhiraja-paramêśvara-paramama3 hêsvara-śrî-Vamadóva-pad-anudhyâta 1"-paramabhattaraka-maharajadhiraja - paraméávara
paramamahêśvara-Trikalinga]dhipati-nija-bhuj-ôpârjjit-a
» See Archæol. Survey of India, Vol. XXI. page 146. ** Not ChAhila.
» For the word pada, in the sense of '& share,' see ante, Vol. XV. p. 39, verae 75.
From the impression. * Metre, floks (Anushtabh). » This verse looks like an Åryd, but its construction is very irregular.
» This sign of punctuation is superfluous.
