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NADOL PLATES OF KIRTIPALA
145
MAY, 1911]
Sõnana. Haravamḍam cannot be identified. Maḍāda is obviously Moḍādā or Maṇḍādā, 4 miles S.-W. of Mōrkhā. Kāṇasuvam is, in all likelihood, Kana, a mile south of Sōnāṇā. Devasuri is doubtless Desūri. Nādḍāda is Nadāņa in Bali (Godwar) 8 miles from Nadol and Mauvaḍi is, perhaps Mōri or Modi near Beda in the Bali district and a Railway station on the R.-M. Railway.
The inscription records a grant by the Rajapatra (or king's son) Kirtipala, son of Alhaṇadeva of Naddulai in favour of a Jaina temple, and consists of 34 lines of a prasasti with eight verses chiefly of genealogical matter, and the rest in prose.
It opens with a verse invoking the blessing of the gods Brahman, Sridhara (Vishnu) and Samkara (Siva), who, always free from passions, are famous in the world as Jinas or Jaina Arhats. It is curious that the Hindu gods comprising the trinity are here called Jinas (V. 1). In the town of Sakambhari, there was born a king named Vakpatiraja in the Chahamana race (V. 2). His son named Lakshmana became king of Naddula and was succeeded by his son Sobhita. From him sprang Baliraja, and after him there ruled his paternal uncle named Vigrahapala, son of Sobhita (V. 3). Vigrahapala's son was Mahendra, who was succeeded by his son Anahilla, who again bad Jendrarāja as his son, from whom was born Asārāja (V. 4). Asäraja's son was Alhane who was the lord of Nadḍula and who having defeated the ruler of Sarashtra (Sorath in Kathiawar), extended bis dominions (V. 5). He was married to Annallade via the daughter of Sahula3 of the Rashtranda (Rathōr) race (V. 6). She gave birth to three sons, who were well versed in learning as well as in wielding arms, vis., Kelhana, Gajasimha and Kirtipala (V. 7). Of these, Kolhapa, the eldest, who was possessed of all merits, was made a Kumara (or beir-apparent) and given a share in the government by his father (V. 8). Rajakula Alhaṇadeva and the Kumara Kelhaṇadeva were pleased to grant to the prince (Rajaputra) Kirtipala twelve villages appertaining to Naddulai (Naḍläi) (11. 17-19). The Rajaputra Kirtipala after bathing and performing religious rites: such as worshipping the Sun and Maheśvara (Siva), etc., and realising the transitoriness of this world, granted on Monday the 5th of the dark half of Sravana of the Vikrama year 1218 (corresponding to A.D. 25th July, 1160) a yearly sum of 2 drammas from each of the twelve villages of Naddüläi to (the temple of) the Jina Mahavira at the village of Naddulai, and ordered that the money in question should be paid in the month of Bhadrapada of every year, commencing from that year [(i. e., 1218) (11. 20-26)]. The names of the twelve villages are enumerated (1. 27), viz, Nadd ülal-grāma, Süjera, Hariji, Kavilaḍam, Sõnanam, Morakara, Haravamdam, Maḍāḍa Kanasuvam, Devasuri, Naḍāda, and Maüvadi. It is further ordered (11. 28-29) that this grantmoney should be paid at the celebration of the Samvatsart each year and that none should interfere with this grant in future. If his descendants are deprived of their kingdom and some one succeeds them, he binds such new-comers also not to discontinue this grant (L. 30). Then follow the usual verses imprecating those who resume grants (11. 31-82). This grant is given with his own hand (i. e., sign-manual) by the Maharaja putra, the illustrious Kirtipāla. This grant was written ander onders by Subhamkara, son of Damodara and grandson of the Kayastha Sodha of the Naigama lineage (11, 33-34).
She is no doubt the Analadevi mentioned in a Sänderav insoription, for the particulars of which; see Prog. Rep. Arch. Burv., West, Circle, for 1909, pp. 51-52.-D.R.B.
Prof. Kielhorn reads Anahula, but it is Sahuls.
Here the verses end and hence numbers of lines are quoted below.
This was a title borne by many Rajput princes of the mediaeval times, who had become disciples of ascetic belonging to a sect called Rival (see above for 1910, p. 190)-D.R.B,
Samvatsars is the name given to the festival held by the Jainas on Bhadrapada sudi 5th, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Tirthankara named Mahavirasvami when he obtained Nirvapa. These verses are quoted in all grants whether small or large,
