Stone Inscription #1 of the time of Raṭṭa Prince Kārtavīrya IV: A.D. 1204

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI13_3a.

Hand description:

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).

Version: (e32d651), last modified (15d3b0c).

Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨59⟩ ⟨60⟩

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I. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā

a

rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ|

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalam||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

Api gaṁgādi-tīrttheṣu

a

hantur ggām athavā dvijaṁ|

b

niṣkr̥ti⟨s⟩ syān na deva-sva-

c

⟨61⟩-brahma-sva-haraṇe nr̥ṇām||

d
⟨62⟩ ⟨63⟩

Apparatus

Translation by Barnett 1915–1916

(60–61) Sagara and many other kings have made grants of lands; whosoever has at any time the soil has at the same time the fruit thereof. The slayer of a cow or of a Brahman may perchance find atonement in the Ganges and other holy places; but in the case of appropriation of the possessions of gods and Brahmans there can be no atonement for men.

Commentary

Inscription incised on a massive stone slab without ornament ; script : Kanarese (type common about A/D/1200); Language : Kanarese except for the prelude and two verses; inscription refers to the time of the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Kārtavīrya IV, one of the Raṭṭa princes of Saundatti; object of the record : donations for the upkeep of the Jain temple named Raṭṭa-Jinālaya at Beḷgaum which had been founded by the Bīchirāja II

Bibliography

Primary

Barnett, Lionel D. 1915–1916. “Two Inscriptions from Belgaum, now in the Bristish Museum.” EI 13, pp. 15–27. Item A, pages 15–26.