EIAD 182. Copper plates from Chikula — grant of Vikramendravarman, year 10

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Palaeographic description: Lettering typical of the 6th century CE.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (other) (brāhmī_southern_other)].

Repository: Early Andhra (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00182.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00182.xml.

Version: 2026-06-25 21:51 (6b33b5d), last modified 2026-06-23 12:52 (8e8d780).

Edition

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⟨1⟩ ꩜ ◯ svasti vijaya-ḻenduḷūra-vāsakād bhagavataḥ śrī-parvvata-

⟨2⟩ -svāmi-pādānuddhyāto viṣṇukuṇḍinām{m} ekādaśāśvamedhāvabh¿ri?tā-

⟨3⟩ vadhauta-jagad-kalmaṣasya kratu-sahasra-yājina⟨ḥ⟩ sarvva-medhāvāpta-

⟨4⟩ -sarvva-bhūta-svārājyasya bahusuvarṇṇa-pauṇḍarīka-puruṣamedha-

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⟨5⟩ -vājapeya-yūdhya-ṣoḍaśi-rājasūya-prādhirājya-pr¿a?jāpatyā-

⟨6⟩ dy-aneka-vividha-pr̥thu-guru-vara-śata-sahasra-yājina⟨ḥ⟩ kratu-varānuṣṭhā-

⟨7⟩ tādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhita-parameṣṭhitvasya mahārājasya sakala-jaga-

⟨8⟩ n-maṇḍa◯la-vimala-guru-p¿ri?thu-kṣitipati-makuṭa-maṇi-ga[ṇa]-

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⟨9⟩ -nika◯rāvanata-pādayuga¿ḷ?asya mādhavavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ prana(ptā)

⟨10⟩ viṣṇukuṇḍi-vākāṭa⟨ka⟩-va⟨ṁ⟩śa-dvayālaṁkr̥ta-janmanaḥ śrī-vikramendravarmma-

⟨11⟩ ṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priya-naptā s¿p?uran-niśita-nistriṁśa-prabhāva-bhāvitāśeṣa-jagan-maṇḍa-

⟨12⟩ lādhiṣ¿ṭ?itasya bhr(u)bhaṅga-kara-vinirdhūta-samagradāyādasya Aneka-cā-

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⟨13⟩ turddanta-samara-saṁghaṭṭa-dvirada-gaṇa-vipula-vijayasya yathāvidhi-

⟨14⟩ -viniryyāpita-ghaṭikāvāpta-puṇya-saṁcayasya satata-bh¿u?mi-go-

⟨15⟩ -kanyā-hiraṇya-pradāna-pratilabdha-puṇya-jīvitopabhogasya (pa)-

⟨16⟩ rama◯-⟨mā⟩heśvarasya mahār¿a?jasya śrī-Indrabhaṭṭāraka-varmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priya-

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⟨17⟩ -j(y)e◯ṣṭha-putro gariṣ¿ṭ?a⟨ḥ⟩ śaisava Eva sakala-nr̥pa-guṇālaṁkr̥ta-

⟨18⟩ sya samyag-adhy(ā)ropita-sakala-rājya-bhāra⟨ḥ⟩ parama-māheśvaro

⟨19⟩ mahārāja⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmān vikramendravarmmā Evam ājñāpayati natapaṭyāṁ kr̥-

⟨20⟩ ṣṇabe(ṇṇ)ā-taṭe rāvirevagr(ā)masya dakṣiṇa-pūrvvasyāṁ diśi rego-

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⟨21⟩ nṟan nāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sakala-jaga⟨t⟩-traya-nāthasya śiśu-śaśi-karāvadā-

⟨22⟩ ta-śubhrīkr̥ta-jaṭāmakuṭasya bhagavatas triya{ṁ}mbhakasya bhavate-

⟨23⟩ so◯magireśvarānāthāya dattaṁ rājñā vacanād gāraveṇājñāṁ kā-

⟨24⟩ rayi◯ti kaś cid enam pālāyati so rudra-loke devagaṇā-

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⟨25⟩ -ko◯ṭī-¿s?ata-sahasreṇa svarggina sukhaṁ modati vija-

⟨25⟩ ya-rājya-saṁvassaraṁbuḷ· 10 māsa-pakkaṁ 8 gihmā 5

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⟨27⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā datt¿a? bahubhiś cānupālitā
⟨28⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiṁ tasya tasya tadā phala(m·)
⟨29⟩ svadatt¿a?ṁ paradatt¿a?ṁ vā yo hareti vasundharā(m·)
⟨30⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi narake pacyate dhruvam·
⟨31⟩ gā◯vo bhumi tathā bhāryyā Akramya hara mā nayā
⟨32⟩ srā◯vayanti rājānāṁ brahmahatyā ca li(p)yati ∥

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ ◯ svasti vijaya-ḻenduḷūra-vāsakād bhagavataḥ śrī-parvvata⟨2⟩-svāmi-pādānuddhyāto viṣṇukuṇḍinām ekādaśāśvamedhāvabh⟨r̥⟩tā⟨3⟩vadhauta-jagad-kalmaṣasya kratu-sahasra-yājina⟨ḥ⟩ sarvva-medhāvāpta⟨4⟩-sarvva-bhūta-svārājyasya bahusuvarṇṇa-pauṇḍarīka-puruṣamedha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨5⟩-vājapeya-yūdhya-ṣoḍaśi-rājasūya-prādhirājya-pr⟨ā⟩jāpatyā⟨6⟩dy-aneka-vividha-pr̥thu-guru-vara-śata-sahasra-yājina⟨ḥ⟩ kratu-varānuṣṭhā⟨7⟩tādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhita-parameṣṭhitvasya mahārājasya sakala-jaga⟨8⟩n-maṇḍa◯la-vimala-guru-p⟨r̥⟩thu-kṣitipati-makuṭa-maṇi-ga[ṇa]⟨Page 2v⟩⟨9⟩-nika◯rāvanata-pādayuga⟨l⟩asya mādhavavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ prana(ptā) ⟨10⟩ viṣṇukuṇḍi-vākāṭa⟨ka⟩-va⟨ṁ⟩śa-dvayālaṁkr̥ta-janmanaḥ śrī-vikramendravarmma⟨11⟩ṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priya-naptā s⟨ph⟩uran-niśita-nistriṁśa-prabhāva-bhāvitāśeṣa-jagan-maṇḍa⟨12⟩lādhiṣ⟨ṭh⟩itasya bhr(u)bhaṅga-kara-vinirdhūta-samagradāyādasya Aneka-cā⟨Page 3r⟩⟨13⟩turddanta-samara-saṁghaṭṭa-dvirada-gaṇa-vipula-vijayasya yathāvidhi⟨14⟩-viniryyāpita-ghaṭikāvāpta-puṇya-saṁcayasya satata-bh⟨ū⟩mi-go⟨15⟩-kanyā-hiraṇya-pradāna-pratilabdha-puṇya-jīvitopabhogasya (pa)⟨16⟩rama◯-⟨mā⟩heśvarasya mahār⟨ā⟩jasya śrī-Indrabhaṭṭāraka-varmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priya⟨Page 3v⟩⟨17⟩-j(y)e◯ṣṭha-putro gariṣ⟨ṭh⟩a⟨ḥ⟩ śaisava Eva sakala-nr̥pa-guṇālaṁkr̥ta⟨18⟩sya samyag-adhy(ā)ropita-sakala-rājya-bhāra⟨ḥ⟩ parama-māheśvaro ⟨19⟩ mahārāja⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmān vikramendravarmmā Evam ājñāpayati

natapaṭyāṁ kr̥⟨20⟩ṣṇabe(ṇṇ)ā-taṭe rāvirevagr(ā)masya dakṣiṇa-pūrvvasyāṁ diśi rego⟨Page 4r⟩⟨21⟩nṟan nāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sakala-jaga⟨t⟩-traya-nāthasya śiśu-śaśi-karāvadā⟨22⟩ta-śubhrīkr̥ta-jaṭāmakuṭasya bhagavatas triyambhakasya bhavate⟨23⟩so◯magireśvarānāthāya dattaṁ rājñā vacanād gāraveṇājñāṁ kā⟨24⟩rayi◯ti kaś cid enam pālāyati so rudra-loke devagaṇā⟨Page 4v⟩⟨25⟩-ko◯ṭī-⟨ś⟩ata-sahasreṇa svarggina sukhaṁ modati vija⟨25⟩ya-rājya-saṁvassaraṁbuḷ· 10 māsa-pakkaṁ 8 gihmā 5

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Page 5a⟩ ⟨27⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā datt⟨ā⟩

bahubhiś cānupālitā

⟨28⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiṁ

tasya tasya tadā phala(m·)

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨29⟩ svadatt⟨ā⟩ṁ paradatt⟨ā⟩ṁ vā

yo hareti vasundharā(m·)

⟨30⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi

narake pacyate dhruvam·

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨31⟩ gā◯vo bhumi tathā bhāryyā

Akramya hara mā nayā

⟨32⟩ srā◯vayanti rājānāṁ

brahmahatyā ca li(p)yati ∥

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ ◯ svasti vijaya-ḻenduḷūra-vāsakād bhagavataḥ śrī-parvvata⟨2⟩-svāmi-pādānuddhyāto viṣṇukuṇḍinām{m} ekādaśāśvamedhāvabh¿ri?⟨r̥⟩tā⟨3⟩vadhauta-jagad-kalmaṣasya kratu-sahasra-yājina⟨ḥ⟩ sarvva-medhāvāpta⟨4⟩-sarvva-bhūta-svārājyasya bahusuvarṇṇa-pauṇḍarīka-puruṣamedha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨5⟩-vājapeya-yūdhya-ṣoḍaśi-rājasūya-prādhirājya-pr¿a?⟨ā⟩jāpatyā⟨6⟩dy-aneka-vividha-pr̥thu-guru-vara-śata-sahasra-yājina⟨ḥ⟩ kratu-varānuṣṭhā⟨7⟩tādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhita-parameṣṭhitvasya mahārājasya sakala-jaga⟨8⟩n-maṇḍa◯la-vimala-guru-p¿ri?⟨r̥⟩thu-kṣitipati-makuṭa-maṇi-ga[ṇa]⟨Page 2v⟩⟨9⟩-nika◯rāvanata-pādayuga¿ḷ?⟨l⟩asya mādhavavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ prana(ptā) ⟨10⟩ viṣṇukuṇḍi-vākāṭa⟨ka⟩-va⟨ṁ⟩śa-dvayālaṁkr̥ta-janmanaḥ śrī-vikramendravarmma⟨11⟩ṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priya-naptā s¿p?⟨ph⟩uran-niśita-nistriṁśa-prabhāva-bhāvitāśeṣa-jagan-maṇḍa⟨12⟩lādhiṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩itasya bhr(u)bhaṅga-kara-vinirdhūta-samagradāyādasya Aneka-cā⟨Page 3r⟩⟨13⟩turddanta-samara-saṁghaṭṭa-dvirada-gaṇa-vipula-vijayasya yathāvidhi⟨14⟩-viniryyāpita-ghaṭikāvāpta-puṇya-saṁcayasya satata-bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi-go⟨15⟩-kanyā-hiraṇya-pradāna-pratilabdha-puṇya-jīvitopabhogasya (pa)⟨16⟩rama◯-⟨mā⟩heśvarasya mahār¿a?⟨ā⟩jasya śrī-Indrabhaṭṭāraka-varmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priya⟨Page 3v⟩⟨17⟩-j(y)e◯ṣṭha-putro gariṣ¿ṭ?⟨ṭh⟩a⟨ḥ⟩ śaisava Eva sakala-nr̥pa-guṇālaṁkr̥ta⟨18⟩sya samyag-adhy(ā)ropita-sakala-rājya-bhāra⟨ḥ⟩ parama-māheśvaro ⟨19⟩ mahārāja⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmān vikramendravarmmā Evam ājñāpayati

natapaṭyāṁ kr̥⟨20⟩ṣṇabe(ṇṇ)ā-taṭe rāvirevagr(ā)masya dakṣiṇa-pūrvvasyāṁ diśi rego⟨Page 4r⟩⟨21⟩nṟan nāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sakala-jaga⟨t⟩-traya-nāthasya śiśu-śaśi-karāvadā⟨22⟩ta-śubhrīkr̥ta-jaṭāmakuṭasya bhagavatas triya{ṁ}mbhakasya bhavate⟨23⟩so◯magireśvarānāthāya dattaṁ rājñā vacanād gāraveṇājñāṁ kā⟨24⟩rayi◯ti kaś cid enam pālāyati so rudra-loke devagaṇā⟨Page 4v⟩⟨25⟩-ko◯ṭī-¿s?⟨ś⟩ata-sahasreṇa svarggina sukhaṁ modati vija⟨25⟩ya-rājya-saṁvassaraṁbuḷ· 10 māsa-pakkaṁ 8 gihmā 5

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Page 5a⟩ ⟨27⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā datt¿a?⟨ā⟩

bahubhiś cānupālitā

⟨28⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiṁ

tasya tasya tadā phala(m·)

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨29⟩ svadatt¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ paradatt¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ vā

yo hareti vasundharā(m·)

⟨30⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi

narake pacyate dhruvam·

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨31⟩ gā◯vo bhumi tathā bhāryyā

Akramya hara mā nayā

⟨32⟩ srā◯vayanti rājānāṁ

brahmahatyā ca li(p)yati ∥

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ -svārājyasya K ⬦ -svārājyasya S.

⟨5⟩ -peyayūdhya- • Emend -peyokthya-, with SS.

⟨6⟩ -guruvara- • As Kielhorn notes, ‘Before vara one misses a word like yajña or kratu.’ Or read -vara- and emend -caraṇa-?

⟨6-7⟩ -varānuṣṭhātādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhita- • Emend -varānuṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitapratiṣṭhita-, -varānuṣṭhānādhiṣṭānapratiṣṭhita- or -varānuṣṭhānapratiṣṭhita-.

⟨9⟩ -nata- • SS proposes the proposes the correction -dāta-.

⟨10⟩ -vākāṭa⟨ka⟩va⟨ṁ⟩śa- • SS notes that ‘The usual form is Vākāṭaka. However, Vākāṭa of the present record seems to indicate that ka of the former form is a Taddhita suffix in svārtha (Vākāṭā eva Vākāṭakāḥ) i.e., in the sense of the base itself and not in any other sense as believed by some writers (e.g., in JBORS, XIX, p. 67; A New Hist. of the Ind. People, VI, p. 96; JIH, XLIX, pp. 135 ff.; etc. Cf. also above Ch. II, note 63.’ — ⟨10⟩ -janmanaḥ ⬦ janmana⟨ḥ⟩ K • The visarga seems to be present.

⟨11⟩ -bhāvitāśeṣa- • Emend -bhāvitāśeṣa-

⟨12⟩ -ṣṭitasya • Emend -ṣṭhitasya. — ⟨12⟩ bhr(u)- • Emend bhrū-.

⟨14⟩ -bhumi- • Emend -bhūmi-.

⟨16⟩ śrīIndra- • Understand śrīndra-.

⟨17⟩ śaisava • Emend śaiśava

⟨17-18⟩ -kr̥tasya samyag- • Following EIAD 175, l. 14, read -laṁkr̥tatvāt samyag-. Or, as Kielhorn proposes, read -kr̥taḥ samyag-. We prefer the second solution.

Translation by Kielhorn 1896–1897

⟨1–18⟩ Om! Hail! From his residence, the victorious Ḻenduḷūra, he who meditates on the feet of the holy lord of Śriparvata (and belongs to the family) of the Vishnukundins, the great-grandson of the Maharaja Madhavavarman who washed off the stains of the world by his ablutions after eleven aśvamédha sacrifices, who celebrated thousands of sacrifices, who by a sarvamédha sacrifice obtained the supreme dominion over all beings, who celebrated a hundred thousand bahusuvarna, paundarika, purushamedha, vâjapêya, yudhya (?), shôdasin, rajasuya, prâdhirajya, prajapatya and various other large and important excellent [sacrifices], who by the celebration of excellent sacrifices attained to firmly established supremacy, (and) whose two feet were bent down by multitudes of heaps of jewels from the diadems of the stainless, noble and great kings of the whole orb of the earth,- the dear grandson of the glorious Vikramêndravarman whose birth was embellished by the two families of the Vishnukundins and Vakatas, the dear eldest son of the devout worshipper of Maheśvara (Śiva), the Maharaja, the glorious Indrabhattarakavarman, who presided over the whole orb of the earth which was illuminated by the radiance of his flashing sharp sword, who by the act of contracting his eyebrows scattered all claimants, who gained extensive victories when his troups of elephants encountered in battle numerous four-tusked elephants, who acquired a store of merit by emptying¹ water-jars (at donations made) according to precept, who found a meritorious enjoyment of life in constantly bestowing land, cows, and gold, and giving girls in marriage,- the devout worshipper of Maheśvara (Śiva), the Maharaja, the glorious Vikramêndravarman, the most noble, who, in childhood already embellished with all the virtues of a king, has duly taken upon himself the whole burden of government, thus issues his commands:

⟨19–24⟩ The village named Rêgonram, in Nat[ri?]pați on the bank of the Krishnabenna, in a south-eastern direction of the village of Ravirêva, has been given to the Somagiriśvara- nâtha (temple), belonging to the holy Tryambaka (Siva), the lord of all the three worlds, whose crown of matted hair is whitened and rendered bright by the rays of the young moon. Out of respect for the king’s word you should execute (this) command. Whoever obeys it, enjoys the happiness of the inhabitants of heaven with the hundred-thousand billions of divine hosts in Rudra’s world.

⟨25⟩ In the year 10 of the reign of victory, on the 5th (day) of the 8th fortnight of summer. [Here follow three benedictive and imprecatory verses.]

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Bibliography

Edited and translated by Kielhorn (1896–1897); revised edition by Sankaranarayanan (1977), but without a new translation. This digital edition verified from Kielhorn’s reproduction of estampages.

Primary

[K] Kielhorn, Lorenz Franz. 1896–1897. “Chikkulla plates of Vikramendravarman.” EI 4, pp. 193–198.

[S] Sankaranarayanan, S. 1977. The Vishṇukuṇḍis and their times: An epigraphical study. Delhi: Agam Prakashan. 80–81, 169–171 (no. VII).

Secondary

Srinivasa Ayyangar, R. 1918. Catalogue of copper-plate grants in the Government Museum, Madras. Madras: Printed by the Supt., Govt. Press. [URL]. Pages 55–56.

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[2] Raghunath no.:

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.:

[4] Tsukamoto no.:

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : 5 copper plates

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 32

[8] H: 7 1/8"

[9] W: 2 1/4"

[10] D:

[11] H:

[12] W:

[13] Language(s): Sanskrit

[14] Original locality: Chikula agrahāra, Tuni Tk., Eastern Godavari Dt.

[15] Present locality: CGM, acc. no. ???

[16] Primary bibliography: Kielhorn 1896-97. — Sankaranarayanan 1977: 169-71 (no. VII)

[17] Secondary bibliography: Srinivasa Ayyangar 1918: 55-6. — Sankaranarayanan 1977: 80-1.

[18] Visual documentation: Kielhorn 1896-97.

[19] Substance of inscription: gift of a village to Śiva, under Vikramendravarman II

[20] Remarks:

[21] : VK10 Chikkula Plates

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ekādaśāśvamedhāvabh<choice><sic>ri</sic><corr>r̥</corr></choice>tā<lb n="3" break="no"/>vadhauta-jagad-kalmaṣasya

kratu-sahasra-yājina<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> sarvva-medhāvāpta<lb n="4" break="no"/>-sarvva-bhūta-svārājyasya bahusuvarṇṇa-pauṇḍarīka-puruṣamedha<pb n="2r" break="no"/><lb n="5" break="no"/>-vājapeya-yūdhya-ṣoḍaśi-rājasūya-prādhirājya-pr<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>jāpatyā<lb n="6" break="no"/>dy-aneka-vividha-pr̥thu-guru-vara-śata-sahasra-yājina<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied>

kratu-varānuṣṭhā<lb n="7" break="no"/>tādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhita-parameṣṭhitvasya mahārājasya

sakala-jaga<lb n="8" break="no"/>n-maṇḍa<space type="binding-hole"/>la-vimala-guru-p<choice><sic>ri</sic><corr>r̥</corr></choice>thu-kṣitipati-makuṭa-maṇi-ga<supplied reason="lost">ṇa</supplied><pb n="2v" break="no"/><lb n="9" break="no"/>-nika<space type="binding-hole"/>rāvanata-pādayuga<choice><sic>ḷ</sic><corr>l</corr></choice>asya

mādhavavarmmaṇa<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> prana<unclear>ptā</unclear>

<lb n="10"/>viṣṇukuṇḍi-vākāṭa<supplied reason="omitted">ka</supplied>-va<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>śa-dvayālaṁkr̥ta-janmanaḥ śrī-vikramendravarmma<lb n="11" break="no"/>ṇa<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> priya-naptā s<choice><sic>p</sic><corr>ph</corr></choice>uran-niśita-nistriṁśa-prabhāva-bhāvitāśeṣa-jagan-maṇḍa<lb n="12" break="no"/>lādhiṣ<choice><sic>ṭ</sic><corr>ṭh</corr></choice>itasya

bhr<unclear>u</unclear>bhaṅga-kara-vinirdhūta-samagradāyādasya Aneka-cā<pb n="3r" break="no"/><lb n="13" break="no"/>turddanta-samara-saṁghaṭṭa-dvirada-gaṇa-vipula-vijayasya yathāvidhi<lb n="14" break="no"/>-viniryyāpita-ghaṭikāvāpta-puṇya-saṁcayasya satata-bh<choice><sic>u</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>mi-go<lb n="15" break="no"/>-kanyā-hiraṇya-pradāna-pratilabdha-puṇya-jīvitopabhogasya <unclear>pa</unclear><lb n="16" break="no"/>rama<space type="binding-hole"/>-<supplied reason="omitted">mā</supplied>heśvarasya mahār<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>jasya śrī-Indrabhaṭṭāraka-varmmaṇa<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> priya<pb n="3v" break="no"/><lb n="17" break="no"/>-j<unclear>y</unclear>e<space type="binding-hole"/>ṣṭha-putro gariṣ<choice><sic>ṭ</sic><corr>ṭh</corr></choice>a<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> śaisava Eva sakala-nr̥pa-guṇālaṁkr̥ta<lb n="18" break="no"/>sya samyag-adhy<unclear>ā</unclear>ropita-sakala-rājya-bhāra<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> parama-māheśvaro <lb n="19"/>mahārāja<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> śrīmān vikramendravarmmā Evam ājñāpayati</p> <p>natapaṭyāṁ kr̥<lb n="20" break="no"/>ṣṇabe<unclear>ṇṇ</unclear>ā-taṭe rāvirevagr<unclear>ā</unclear>masya dakṣiṇa-pūrvvasyāṁ diśi rego<pb n="4r" break="no"/><lb n="21" break="no"/>nṟan nāma grāma<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> sakala-jaga<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>-traya-nāthasya śiśu-śaśi-karāvadā<lb n="22" break="no"/>ta-śubhrīkr̥ta-jaṭāmakuṭasya bhagavatas triya<surplus>ṁ</surplus>mbhakasya bhavate

<lb n="23" break="no"/>so<space type="binding-hole"/>magireśvarānāthāya dattaṁ rājñā vacanād gāraveṇājñāṁ kā<lb n="24" break="no"/>rayi<space type="binding-hole"/>ti kaś cid enam pālāyati so rudra-loke devagaṇā<pb n="4v" break="no"/><lb n="25" break="no"/>-ko<space type="binding-hole"/>ṭī-<choice><sic>s</sic><corr>ś</corr></choice>ata-sahasreṇa svarggina sukhaṁ modati vija<lb n="25" break="no"/>ya-rājya-saṁvassaraṁbuḷ· <num value="10">10</num> māsa-pakkaṁ 8 gihmā 5</p>

<l n="a"><pb n="5a"/><lb n="27"/>bahubhir vvasudhā datt<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice></l>

<l n="b">bahubhiś cānupālitā</l>

<l n="c"><lb n="28"/>yasya yasya yadā bhūmiṁ</l>

<l n="d">tasya tasya tadā phala<unclear>m·</unclear></l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="29"/>svadatt<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>ṁ paradatt<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>ṁ vā</l>

<l n="b">yo hareti vasundharā<unclear>m·</unclear></l>

<l n="c"><lb n="30"/>ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi</l>

<l n="d">narake pacyate dhruvam·</l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="31"/>gā<space type="binding-hole"/>vo bhumi tathā bhāryyā</l>

<l n="b">Akramya hara mā nayā</l>

<l n="c"><lb n="32"/>srā<space type="binding-hole"/>vayanti rājānāṁ</l>

<l n="d">brahmahatyā ca li<unclear>p</unclear>yati <g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g>

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<lem source="bib:Kielhorn1896-1897_02">-svārājyasya</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Sankaranarayanan1977_01">-svārājyasya</rdg>

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<lem>-peyayūdhya-</lem>

<note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-peyokthya-</foreign>, with SS.</note>

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<lem>-guruvara-</lem>

<note>As Kielhorn notes, ‘Before <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">vara</foreign> one misses a word like <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">yajña</foreign> or <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">kratu</foreign>.’ Or read <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-vara-</foreign> and emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-caraṇa-</foreign>?</note></app>

<lem>-varānuṣṭhātādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhita-</lem>

<note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-varānuṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitapratiṣṭhita-</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-varānuṣṭhānādhiṣṭānapratiṣṭhita-</foreign> or <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-varānuṣṭhānapratiṣṭhita-</foreign>.</note>

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<note>SS proposes the proposes the correction <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-dāta-</foreign>.</note></app>

<lem>-vākāṭa<supplied reason="omitted">ka</supplied>va<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>śa-</lem>

<note>SS notes that ‘The usual form is <hi rend="italic">Vākāṭaka</hi>. However, <hi rend="italic">Vākāṭa</hi> of the present record seems to indicate that ka of the former form is a Taddhita suffix in <hi rend="italic">svārtha</hi> (<hi rend="italic">Vākāṭā eva Vākāṭakāḥ</hi>) i.e., in the sense of the base itself and not in any other sense as believed by some writers (e.g., in JBORS, XIX, p. 67; <hi rend="italic">A New Hist. of the Ind. People</hi>, VI, p. 96; JIH, XLIX, pp. 135 ff.; etc. Cf. also above Ch. II, note 63.’ </note>

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<lem>-janmanaḥ</lem><rdg source="bib:Kielhorn1896-1897_02">janmana<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></rdg><note>The visarga seems to be present.</note>

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<lem>-bhāvitāśeṣa-</lem>

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<app loc="12"><lem>-ṣṭitasya</lem><note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-ṣṭhitasya</foreign>.</note></app>

<app loc="12"><lem>bhr<unclear>u</unclear>-</lem><note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">bhrū-</foreign>.</note></app>

<app loc="14"><lem>-bhumi-</lem><note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-bhūmi-</foreign>.</note></app>

<app loc="16"><lem>śrīIndra-</lem><note>Understand <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">śrīndra-</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="17"><lem>śaisava</lem><note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">śaiśava</foreign></note></app>

<app loc="17-18"><lem>-kr̥tasya samyag-</lem><note>Following EIAD <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00175.xml">175</ref>, l. 14, read <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-laṁkr̥tatvāt samyag-</foreign>. Or, as Kielhorn proposes, read <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">-kr̥taḥ samyag-</foreign>. We prefer the second solution.</note></app>

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<p n="1-18">Om! Hail! From his residence, the victorious Ḻenduḷūra, he who meditates on the feet of the holy lord of Śriparvata (and belongs to the family) of the Vishnukundins, the great-grandson of the Maharaja Madhavavarman who washed off the stains of the world by his ablutions after eleven aśvamédha sacrifices, who celebrated thousands of sacrifices, who by a sarvamédha sacrifice obtained the supreme dominion over all beings, who celebrated a hundred thousand bahusuvarna, paundarika, purushamedha, vâjapêya, yudhya (?), shôdasin, rajasuya, prâdhirajya, prajapatya and various other large and important excellent [sacrifices], who by the celebration of excellent sacrifices attained to firmly established supremacy, (and) whose two feet were bent down by multitudes of heaps of jewels from the diadems of the stainless, noble and great kings of the whole orb of the earth,- the dear grandson of the glorious Vikramêndravarman whose birth was embellished by the two families of the Vishnukundins and Vakatas, the dear eldest son of the devout worshipper of Maheśvara (Śiva), the Maharaja, the glorious Indrabhattarakavarman, who presided over the whole orb of the earth which was illuminated by the radiance of his flashing sharp sword, who by the act of contracting his eyebrows scattered all claimants, who gained extensive victories when his troups of elephants encountered in battle numerous four-tusked elephants, who acquired a store of merit by emptying¹ water-jars (at donations made) according to precept, who found a meritorious enjoyment of life in constantly bestowing land, cows, and gold, and giving girls in marriage,- the devout worshipper of Maheśvara (Śiva), the Maharaja, the glorious Vikramêndravarman, the most noble, who, in childhood already embellished with all the virtues of a king, has duly taken upon himself the whole burden of government, thus issues his commands:</p>

<p n="19-24">The village named Rêgonram, in Nat[ri?]pați on the bank of the Krishnabenna, in a south-eastern direction of the village of Ravirêva, has been given to the Somagiriśvara- nâtha (temple), belonging to the holy Tryambaka (Siva), the lord of all the three worlds, whose crown of matted hair is whitened and rendered bright by the rays of the young moon. Out of respect for the king's word you should execute (this) command. Whoever obeys it, enjoys the happiness of the inhabitants of heaven with the hundred-thousand billions of divine hosts in Rudra's world.</p>

<p n="25">In the year 10 of the reign of victory, on the 5th (day) of the 8th fortnight of summer. [Here follow three benedictive and imprecatory verses.]</p>

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<p>Edited and translated by Kielhorn (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Kielhorn1896-1897_02"/></bibl>); revised edition by Sankaranarayanan (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Sankaranarayanan1977_01"/></bibl>), but without a new translation. This digital edition verified from Kielhorn's reproduction of estampages.</p>

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