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JAINISM IN SOUTH INDIA
6 rāja Kuvaļāļa pura varē'svara........
7 rmmānaḍigal devar... 8 vadi-tombattaru-sasira..
9
munnurumaṁ dushta,
10 tt-ire [*] Samadhigata... 11 sishta-jana-vatsa...
12 drōha-kā..
13 damaged.
14 ndam vairi-kṛitānta.
15 dore irchchasirada..
16 nripa-kal-atīta-sam[ vatsara..
17 neya Vikari...
18 Iguna 'suddha pra.. 19-21 damaged.
22 panada polada..
23 naman nirisi.
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24 dibhiryasya... 25 Svadattāṁ..
26 rsha-saha.
27 da bhōgapatigal kādu......ha-śrī [*]
..[Pe]
.biṭṭa bā
TRANSLATION
Lines 1-23. Hail! The illustrious suzerain Akālavarshadēva Kannara
deva bearing the titles, Śri-Prithvi-vallabha (Favourite Lord of the Goddess of Fortune and Earth), Mahārājādhirāja (Supreme Lord of the Sovereigns), Parameśvara (Paramount Ruler) ...... is ruling (the kingdom) victoriously with ever increasing prosperity. And...... Permanaḍi bearing the titles, Satyavākya (Truthful in Speech), Komgunivarma, Dharmamahārāja and Kuvalalapuravarēśvara (Lord of the foremost town of Kuvalala) is governing the province of Gangavaḍi Ninetysix Thousand and Belvala Three Hundred feudatory chief. (who is) affectionate towards the people of righteous veritable God of Death to the hostiles......... Ededore Two
The
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1 It would be interesting to trace the origin and significance of the title Permānaḍi. It figures primarily in the inscriptions of the Gangas of Mysore. Next we have to note the occurrence of the similar title Permadi subsequently in connection with the later Chalukyas of Kalyana and their feudatories. Permadi appears to have been contracted from Permanadi. In Paramardhi, also met with in inscriptions and literature, we have the Sanskritised equivalent of Permaḍi. Permanaḍi which is a contraction of Perumanadi, consists of two words, perumän (meaning 'great') and adi (meaning 'foot' indicating respecatability). It is likely that the expression peruman is influenced by Tamil and derived from the Sanskrit pramukha. Compare Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIV, p. 39.
