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GRANT OF DEVENDRAVARMAN; THE YEAR 254.
19 van-âkaraḥ sa-matsy-åkaraḥ sa-gartt-ôsharaḥ sa-giri-gahana-nidhanaḥ sa-madhûkàmvra(mra)-vana-vâțika-vitapa-trina-yûti-gôchara-paryantaḥ s-ôrddhv-âdhas-chaturâghâta-visu(su)ddhaḥ sva-sîmâ-paryantaḥ shattrimsatyö-a
20 dhixa-dvadasa-sata-samvatsê(tsa)r[e] Ve(vai)sa(sa) khô m[A*]si su(su)kla-pakshe paurṇnimâyâm tithau Su(su)kra-dine anke-pi samvat 1236 Vaisa(ka)kha su di 15 Mu(su)kr[*] adya éri-Ramdavai-samâvâsê Ga[m]gâyâm snåtvå vidhivan-mantra-dêva-mu
21 ni-manuja-bhûta-pitriganams-tarppayitvâ timira-patala-pâtana-patu-mahasam-Ushnarôchisham-upasthây=Aushadhipati-sakala-s[ê]sha(kha)ram samabhyarchchya tribhuvana-trâtur-V vâsud[8]vasya pûjâm vidhâya prachura-på
22 yasena havisha
havirbhujam
hutva mâtâ-pitrôrâtmanas-cha
punya(nya)-yaśôvivriddhayé asmâbhir-gôkarana-kusalata-pûta-karatal-ôdaka-pûrvvakam Vatsagitriya Bharggava-Chyavana-Apaavina-Ma(an)-vvs-Jamadagnya-patcha-prava
râya ma
mahamahattaka-thakkura-éri-Vichchhâ
(dya)dhara-pattaya rauta-śrî-Rijyadharavarmmane chamdr-arkkam yavat sâsanîkritya pradattô matvâ yathâdiyamâna-bhagabhô
24 gakara-pravanikara-javalikam va(mba)li-prabhṛiti-niyatâniyata-samast-âdayânâjñâvidhêyîbhaya dasyath-êti Bhavanti ch-âtra ślôkâḥ 17.. Likhitam ch=ddam
31
tâmvra(mra)32 kam mahakshapatalika-thakkura-śri Sripatim(n)=[ê]ti | Sa(sa)bha[m] bhavatu [*] Mangalam mahâ-śrih N tchha ||
MAY, 1889.]
23 hamahattaka-thakkura-sri-Jagaddhara-pantraya
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SANSKRIT AND OLD-KANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
BY J. F. FLEET, BO.C.S., M.B.A.S, C.I.E.
No. 177.-VIZAGAPATAM COPPER-PLATE GRANT OF DEVENDRAVARMAN.-THE YEAR 254.
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I edit this inscription, which is now published in full for the first time, from the original plates, which I obtained for examination, in 1881, through the kindness of Mr. R. Sewell, M.C.S. It has been noticed by him in the Archæol. Surv. South. Ind. Vol. II. p. 15, No. 93, where the plates are mentioned as being in the Office of the Principal Assistant Collector of Vizagapatam, in the Madras. Presidency; and, originally, by myself in this Journal, Vol. X. P. 243, No. 6.
The plates, of which the first and last are inscribed on one side only, are three in number, each measuring about 8" by 3". The edges of the first and third plates are fashioned slightly thicker than the inscribed surfaces, so as to serve as rims to protect the writing; and the inscription is in a state of perfect preservation throughout. On the outer side of the first plate, near the centre, there is engraved, in Arabic or Persian characters, a word which, it seems, can only be read as Ju ndl; but the purport of the word is not apparent, save that it must be some official voucher stamped on the record, when, in later times, it was produced as a title-deed before some Musalmân authority. The ring on which the plates are strung, and which passes through a ring-hole near the proper right end of each plate, is about 7" thick and 58" in diameter; it had not been cut when the grant came under my notice. The ends of the ring are secured in the lower part of a seal, the top of which is slightly oval, about 18" by 1". And on the seal, in relief on a countersunk surface, there is a bull, couchant to the proper right. The weight of the three plates is about 3 lbs. 4 oz., and of the ring and seal, 1 lb. 4 oz.; total, 4 lbs. 8 oz. The characters belong to the southern class of alphabets. The size of the letters varies from "to". The engraving is bold and good, and fairly deep; but, the plates being thick and substantial, the letters do not show through on the reverse sides of • Read yávachchchasanskritya.
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Read shaṭtriméad-..
Here follow the same verses as in I and J.
Perhaps intended for ttha or chchha; see ante, Vol. XVII. p. 140, note 45.
