SII 1.37: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. II. COPPER-PLATE GRANTS OF THE EASTERN CHALUKYA DYNASTY. No. 37. A GRANT OF CHĀLUKYA-BHĪMA II.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0037.

Summary: The original of the subjoined inscription was kindly placed at my disposal by R. Sewell, Esq., then Acting Collector of the Kistna District, and was, at his desire, made over to the Central Museum, Madras, for safe custody. It was discovered recently, while digging a mound near the temple at Kolavennu, Bezvāḍa Tālluqa. The document consists of three copper-plates with raised rims. Each plate measures 9 1/4 by 4 5/8 inches. The first and third plates are inscribed only on their inner sides, while the second one bears writing on both sides. The writing on the third plate breaks off in the description of the boundaries of the granted village. As there is no trace of any letters after the words: yasyāvadhayaḥ pūrvataḥ, “the boundaries of which (are), to the east,” it seems that the document was left incomplete, perhaps because the necessary details of the surroundings of the village were not to hand, when the edict was issued. The plates are strung on a ring, which is 1/2 inch thick and 5 inches in diameter. The circular seal, which is attached to the ring, rests on an expanded lotus-flower and measures 2 1/4 inches in diameter. It bears at the top a standing boar, which faces the right, with the sun and the moon over it, a chaurī and an elephant-goad on its left and a chaurī on its right; the centre of the seal is occupied by the legend śrītribhuvanāṁkuśa and its bottom by a lotus-flower with eight petals (bird’s-eye view),—all in relief on a counter-sunk surface. Both the inscription and the seal are in fairly good preservation. The inscription opens with a maṅgala, which mentions the lotus-flower that rises from Vishṇu’s navel,¹ and then gives the usual vaṁśāvali of the Eastern Chalukyas from Kubja-Vishṇu to Vikramāditya, the younger son of Chālukya-Bhīma I. The ensuing reign of Yuddhamalla, the son of Tāḻapa, is left out. This omission is probably due to the fact, that Chālukya-Bhīma II. considered his predecessor, whom he conquered, as an usurper and ignored him purposely. The grant consists of an order addressed by Chālukya-Bhīma II. alias Vishṇuvardhana VII. to the inhabitants of the Kaṇḍeṟuvāṭivishaya² and issued at the request of a vassal of the king, the Pānara prince Vājjaya. On the occasion of a winter-solstice (uttarāyaṇa),³ Bhīma II. gave the village of Koḍhatalli as an agrahāra to Kommaṇa, who know the kramapāṭha (kramavid) and adhered to the Āpastamba-sūtra. The donce was the son of Deṇiya, who know the kramapāṭha (kramaka), and of Kandamavvā, and the grandson of Revaśarman, an inhabitant of Ābharadvasukālmādi.

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ harinābhisarojanmā merunālaviśālitaḥ [|] Ajasya janmabhūrādipadmo jayati śā⟨2⟩śvataṁ | ⟨1⟩ svasti [||] śrīmatāṁ sakalabhuvanasaṁstūyamānamānavyasagotrāṇāṁ hārītipu⟨3⟩trāṇāṁ kauśikīvaraprasādalabdharājyānāṁ mātṛgaṇapariṁpālitānāṁ svāmimahāse⟨4⟩napādānudhyātānāṁ bhagavannārāyaṇaprasādasamāsāditavaravarā⟨5⟩halāṁcchanekṣaṇavaśīkṛtārātimaṇḍalānā{ṁ}maśvamedh¿a?⟨ā⟩vabhṛthasnānapa⟨6⟩vitrīkṛtavapuṣāṁ cālukyānāṁ kulamalaṁkariṣṇoḥ {|} satyāśrayasya ⟨7⟩ bhrātā kubjaviṣṇuraṣṭādaśa varṣ¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇi | tatputro jayasiṁhastrayastriṁśataṁ | tadbhrāturi⟨8⟩nd⟨r⟩arājasya nandano viṣṇuvarddhano nava | tatsuto maṁgiyuvarājappaṁcaviṁśati⟨m·⟩ | tadātma⟨9⟩jo jayasiṁh¿a ?⟨as⟩trayodaśa | ta⟨d⟩dvaimāturā⟨nu⟩jaḥ kokkili⟨ḥ⟩ ṣa¿n?⟨ṇ⟩māsa⟨n·⟩ | ta⟨j⟩jyeṣṭho viṣṇuvarddha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨10⟩nassaptatriṁśataṁ | tadauraso vijayādityabhaṭṭār¿a A?⟨ako⟩ṣṭādaśa | tatputro viṣṇurāja⟨ḥ⟩ ṣa⟨11⟩ṭtriṁśataṁ | tatsūnurnnarendramṛgarāj¿a ?⟨as⟩catvāriṁśataṁ | tatsuta⟨ḥ⟩ kaliviṣṇuvarddhanoṣṭādaśa⟨12⟩māsaṁ | tattanujo guṇakenallavijayādity¿a ?⟨aś⟩catu⟨ś⟩catvāriṁśataṁ | tadanujavikra⟨13⟩mādityātmajaścālukyabhīm¿a ?⟨as⟩triṁśata¿ṁ?⟨m⟩ | tatputro vijayāditya⟨ḥ⟩ ṣa¿n?⟨ṇ⟩māsā¿ṁ?⟨n·⟩ [|] ⟨14⟩ tattanujommarāja⟨ḥ⟩ sapta saṁvatsar¿a?⟨ā⟩n· | tatsūnurvvijayāditya⟨ḥ⟩ pa⟨15⟩kṣaṁ | tadanu tāḻaparājo māsaṁ | taṁ viniṁrjjitya cālukyabh¿i?⟨ī⟩ma⟨ta⟩na⟨16⟩yo vikramāditya⟨ḥ⟩ saṁ⟨va⟩tsaraṁ satrikaliṁgaṁ veṁgimaṇḍalamapālayat· || dvaimāturommarā⟨17⟩jasya vijayādityanandana⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨|⟩ cālukyabhīmo badhnāti paṭṭamācandratārakaṁ | ⟨2⟩ yastāta⟨18⟩(bi)kyanākhyaṁ nvaḻadimunniṟiva [?] rājamār{t}taṇḍ¿o?⟨a⟩ Ājau vijitya bāhvā¿rgg?⟨ g⟩āpayati ja⟨Page 2v⟩⟨19⟩nair{ṇ}nijaṁ janodāh¿ā?⟨a⟩raṇaṁ || merurivālaṁdhyamahimā || Induri⟨va⟩ sakalakalādhā⟨20⟩rassa sarvvalokāśrayaśrīviṣṇuvarddhanamahārāj¿a?⟨ā⟩dhirājaparameśvaraparama⟨bha⟩ṭṭā⟨21⟩rakaparamabra(hm)¿(ā)?⟨a⟩(ṇy)¿(ā)?⟨aḥ⟩(ka)ṇḍeṟuvāṭiviṣayanivāsino rāṣṭrak¿u?⟨ū⟩ṭa pramukhān· kuṭ¿i?⟨u⟩ṁ⟨22⟩bina I⟨t⟩thamājñ¿a?⟨ā⟩payati || pānaramahīpapāvanasatyatyāgābhimāna⟨23⟩śauryyanidhiḥ | madrājyarakṣaṇāṁsalabāhurvvājjaya Iti kṣitīśaste⟨24⟩na {|} prārtthyamānairasmābhiḥ [|] Ābharadvasukālmādivāstavyādrevaśarmmaṇaḥ [|] de⟨25⟩ṇiyakramako jajñe ved¿i?⟨a⟩vedāṁgavidvibhuḥ ⟨|| 3⟩ s¿ya?⟨ū⟩treṇāpastaṁbaḥ kommaṇaḥ kulabhūṣa⟨26⟩ṇaḥ | suta⟨ḥ⟩ sv¿ā?⟨a⟩bhijanastasya {|} brahmaśrībhāsvaradyutiḥ | ⟨4⟩ kandamavvātmajaḥ kāntvā{ḥ} kā⟨27⟩maḥ kāmadhugartthināṁ | yatsampatsarasīmetya{ḥ} viprahaṁsā vibhāntyamī | ⟨5⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨28⟩ yatputrapautrāḥ paṭavo vaṭavo v¿ā?⟨a⟩ragoṣṭhiṣu | Agrahārāgra(pū)j¿a?⟨ā⟩nāmā⟨29⟩pn¿a?⟨u⟩vanti paraṁparāṁ ⟨|| 6⟩ tasm¿e?⟨ai⟩ kommaṇakramavide sarvvakaraparihāreṇa koḍhata⟨30⟩lli nāma grāmaḥ Agrahār¿i?⟨ī⟩kṛtya Udakapūrvvamuttarāyaṇanimitte dattami⟨31⟩ti viditamastu vaḥ [||] yasy¿a?⟨ā⟩vadhayaḥ p¿u?⟨ū⟩r{v}vataḥ

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⟨1⟩ harinābhisarojanmā merunālaviśālitaḥ [|] Ajasya janmabhūrādipadmo jayati śā-
⟨2⟩ śvataṁ | ⟨1⟩ svasti [||] śrīmatāṁ sakalabhuvanasaṁstūyamānamānavyasagotrāṇāṁ hārītipu-
⟨3⟩ trāṇāṁ kauśikīvaraprasādalabdharājyānāṁ mātṛgaṇapariṁpālitānāṁ svāmimahāse-
⟨4⟩ napādānudhyātānāṁ bhagavannārāyaṇaprasādasamāsāditavaravarā-
⟨5⟩ halāṁcchanekṣaṇavaśīkṛtārātimaṇḍalānā{ṁ}maśvamedh¿a?⟨ā⟩vabhṛthasnānapa-
⟨6⟩ vitrīkṛtavapuṣāṁ cālukyānāṁ kulamalaṁkariṣṇoḥ {|} satyāśrayasya 
⟨7⟩ bhrātā kubjaviṣṇuraṣṭādaśa varṣ¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇi | tatputro jayasiṁhastrayastriṁśataṁ | tadbhrāturi-
⟨8⟩ nd⟨r⟩arājasya nandano viṣṇuvarddhano nava | tatsuto maṁgiyuvarājappaṁcaviṁśati⟨m·⟩ | tadātma-
⟨9⟩ jo jayasiṁh¿a ?⟨as⟩trayodaśa | ta⟨d⟩dvaimāturā⟨nu⟩jaḥ kokkili⟨ḥ⟩ ṣa¿n?⟨ṇ⟩māsa⟨n·⟩ | ta⟨j⟩jyeṣṭho viṣṇuvarddha-
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⟨10⟩ nassaptatriṁśataṁ | tadauraso vijayādityabhaṭṭār¿a A?⟨ako⟩ṣṭādaśa | tatputro viṣṇurāja⟨ḥ⟩ ṣa-
⟨11⟩ ṭtriṁśataṁ | tatsūnurnnarendramṛgarāj¿a ?⟨as⟩catvāriṁśataṁ | tatsuta⟨ḥ⟩ kaliviṣṇuvarddhanoṣṭādaśa-
⟨12⟩ māsaṁ | tattanujo guṇakenallavijayādity¿a ?⟨aś⟩catu⟨ś⟩catvāriṁśataṁ | tadanujavikra-
⟨13⟩ mādityātmajaścālukyabhīm¿a ?⟨as⟩triṁśata¿ṁ?⟨m⟩ | tatputro vijayāditya⟨ḥ⟩ ṣa¿n?⟨ṇ⟩māsā¿ṁ?⟨n·⟩ [|] 
⟨14⟩ tattanujommarāja⟨ḥ⟩ sapta saṁvatsar¿a?⟨ā⟩n· | tatsūnurvvijayāditya⟨ḥ⟩ pa-
⟨15⟩ kṣaṁ | tadanu tāḻaparājo māsaṁ | taṁ viniṁrjjitya cālukyabh¿i?⟨ī⟩ma⟨ta⟩na-
⟨16⟩ yo vikramāditya⟨ḥ⟩ saṁ⟨va⟩tsaraṁ satrikaliṁgaṁ veṁgimaṇḍalamapālayat· || dvaimāturommarā-
⟨17⟩ jasya vijayādityanandana⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨|⟩ cālukyabhīmo badhnāti paṭṭamācandratārakaṁ | ⟨2⟩ yastāta-
⟨18⟩ (bi)kyanākhyaṁ nvaḻadimunniṟiva [?] rājamār{t}taṇḍ¿o?⟨a⟩ Ājau vijitya bāhvā¿rgg?⟨ g⟩āpayati ja-
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⟨19⟩ nair{ṇ}nijaṁ janodāh¿ā?⟨a⟩raṇaṁ || merurivālaṁdhyamahimā || Induri⟨va⟩ sakalakalādhā-
⟨20⟩ rassa sarvvalokāśrayaśrīviṣṇuvarddhanamahārāj¿a?⟨ā⟩dhirājaparameśvaraparama⟨bha⟩ṭṭā-
⟨21⟩ rakaparamabra(hm)¿(ā)?⟨a⟩(ṇy)¿(ā)?⟨aḥ⟩(ka)ṇḍeṟuvāṭiviṣayanivāsino rāṣṭrak¿u?⟨ū⟩ṭa pramukhān· kuṭ¿i?⟨u⟩ṁ-
⟨22⟩ bina I⟨t⟩thamājñ¿a?⟨ā⟩payati || pānaramahīpapāvanasatyatyāgābhimāna-
⟨23⟩ śauryyanidhiḥ | madrājyarakṣaṇāṁsalabāhurvvājjaya Iti kṣitīśaste-
⟨24⟩ na {|} prārtthyamānairasmābhiḥ [|] Ābharadvasukālmādivāstavyādrevaśarmmaṇaḥ [|] de-
⟨25⟩ ṇiyakramako jajñe ved¿i?⟨a⟩vedāṁgavidvibhuḥ ⟨|| 3⟩ s¿ya?⟨ū⟩treṇāpastaṁbaḥ kommaṇaḥ kulabhūṣa-
⟨26⟩ ṇaḥ | suta⟨ḥ⟩ sv¿ā?⟨a⟩bhijanastasya {|} brahmaśrībhāsvaradyutiḥ | ⟨4⟩ kandamavvātmajaḥ kāntvā{ḥ} kā-
⟨27⟩ maḥ kāmadhugartthināṁ | yatsampatsarasīmetya{ḥ} viprahaṁsā vibhāntyamī | ⟨5⟩ 
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⟨28⟩ yatputrapautrāḥ paṭavo vaṭavo v¿ā?⟨a⟩ragoṣṭhiṣu | Agrahārāgra(pū)j¿a?⟨ā⟩nāmā-
⟨29⟩ pn¿a?⟨u⟩vanti paraṁparāṁ ⟨|| 6⟩ tasm¿e?⟨ai⟩ kommaṇakramavide sarvvakaraparihāreṇa koḍhata-
⟨30⟩ lli nāma grāmaḥ Agrahār¿i?⟨ī⟩kṛtya Udakapūrvvamuttarāyaṇanimitte dattami-
⟨31⟩ ti viditamastu vaḥ [||] yasy¿a?⟨ā⟩vadhayaḥ p¿u?⟨ū⟩r{v}vataḥ  
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Apparatus

⟨24⟩ de • There is a crack at the right of this letter, which may have been pe.

⟨25⟩ s¿ya?⟨ū⟩treṇāpastaṁbaḥ • Two aksharas are missing in this pāda.

Translation by Hultzsch 1890

(Verse 1.) The primeval lotus-flower, which rises from a tank (that consists of) the navel of Hari (Vishṇu), which is enlarged by a stalk (that consists of the mountain) Meru, and which is the birth-place of Aja (Brahman), is victorious for ever.

Hail! Kubja-Vishṇu, the brother of Satyāśraya, who adorned the race of the glorious Chālukyas, etc.,⁴ (ruled) for eighteen years.

His son Jayasiṁha (ruled) for thirty-three (years).

Vishṇuvardhana, the son of his brother Indra-rāja, (ruled) for nine (years).

His son Maṅgi-yuvarāja (ruled) for twenty-five (years).

His son Jayasiṁha (ruled) for thirteen (years).

Kokkili, his younger brother from a different mother, (ruled) for six months.

His elder brother Vishṇuvardhana (ruled) for thirty-seven (years).

His legitimate son Vijayāditya-bhaṭṭāraka (ruled) for eighteen (years).

His son Vishṇu-rāja (ruled) for thirty-six (years).

His son Narendra-mṛigarāja (ruled) for forty (years).

His son Kali-Vishṇuvardhana (ruled) for eighteen months.

His son Guṇakenalla-Vijayāditya (ruled) for forty-four (years).

Chālukya-Bhīma, the son of his younger brother Vikramāditya, (ruled) for thirty (years).

His son Vijayāditya (ruled) for six months.

His son Amma-rāja (ruled) for seven years.

His son Vijayāditya (ruled) for half a month.

After him Tāḻapa-rāja (ruled) for (one) month.

Having conquered him, Vikramāditya, the son of Chālukya-Bhīma, ruled for (one) year over the country of Veṅgi together with Trikaliṅga.

(Verse 2.) Chālukya-Bhīma, the son of Vijayāditya and brother of Amma-rāja by a different mother, ties the (royal) tiara for as long a time as the moon and stars shall endure.

Having conquered in a battle with his arm Tāta-Bikyana(?) . . . . ., this Rājamārtaṇḍa⁵ (i.e., the sun among kings) causes his fame to be sung by the people.

He who, like Meru, is possessed of insurmountable greatness, and who knows all arts (kalā), just as the (full) moon possesses all digits (kalā), this asylum of the whole world, the illustrious Vishṇuvardhana, the king of great kings, the supreme master, the supreme lord, the most pious one, thus issues his commands to the householders, (viz.) heads of provinces, etc., who inhabit the district of Kaṇḍeṟuvāṭi:—

“Be it known to you that, at the request of king Vājjaya, who purifies the Pānara princes,⁶ who is a treasure-house of truthfulness, liberality, pride and heroism, and whose strong arm (is able) to protect my kingdom;”—

(Verse 3.) From Revaśarman, who dwelt at Ābharadvasukālmādi, there sprang the lord Deṇiya, who knew the kramapāṭha, the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.

(Verse 4.) His son was the noble Kommaṇa, a follower of the Āpastamba-sūtra, who adorned his race and was resplendent with holiness;

(Verse 5.) The son of Kandamavvā, (who resembled) Kāma in beauty and who fulfilled the desires of suppliants. Having approached his abundance, those brāhmaṇas are resplendent, just as swans which have entered a tank.⁷

(Verse 6.) His sons and grandsons, youths who are clever in assemblies of eminent men, obtain a succession of agrahāras and of highest marks of reverence.

“To this Kommaṇa, who knows the kramapāṭha, we gave, with exemption from all taxes, the village called Koḍhatalli, making it an agrahāra, with a libation of water, on the occasion of the winter-solstice.”

The boundaries of this (village are): on the east . . . . . . . . . .

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.37 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Daniel Balogh (Kolaveṇṇu plates of Bhīma II).

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 43–46, item 37.

Notes

1. For this sacred emblem of the Vaishṇavas the lotus-flower on the royal seal seems to be intended.
2. See No. 36, line 43, and Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII, page 56.
3. Professor Bühler has drawn attention to the fact, that the three great modern Sanskrit dictionaries compiled by Europeans contain a mistake in their explanations of uttarāyaṇa and dakshiṇāyana, and that in reality the former means “the winter-solstice,” the latter “the summer-solstice.” See Vienna Oriental Journal, Vol. II, page 90.
4. The passage, which is omitted in the translation, is identical with the first 4 lines of No. 35.
5. This seems to have been a biruda of Chālukya-Bhīma II.
6. I.e., who belonged to the Pānara race.
7. I.e., he was liberal to brāhmaṇas.

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The original of the subjoined inscription was kindly placed at my disposal by R. Sewell, Esq., then Acting Collector of the Kistna District, and was, at his desire, made over to the Central Museum, Madras, for safe custody. It was discovered recently, while digging a mound near the temple at <hi rend="bold">Kolavennu</hi>, Bezvāḍa Tālluqa. The document consists of three copper-plates with raised rims. Each plate measures 9 1/4 by 4 5/8 inches. The first and third plates are inscribed only on their inner sides, while the second one bears writing on both sides. The writing on the third plate breaks off in the description of the boundaries of the granted village. As there is no trace of any letters after the words: <hi rend="italic">yasyāvadhayaḥ pūrvataḥ</hi>, “the boundaries of which (<hi rend="italic">are</hi>), to the east,” it seems that the document was left incomplete, perhaps because the necessary details of the surroundings of the village were not to hand, when the edict was issued. The plates are strung on a ring, which is 1/2 inch thick and 5 inches in diameter. The circular seal, which is attached to the ring, rests on an expanded lotus-flower and measures 2 1/4 inches in diameter. It bears at the top a standing boar, which faces the right, with the sun and the moon over it, a <hi rend="italic">chaurī</hi> and an elephant-goad on its left and a <hi rend="italic">chaurī</hi> on its right; the centre of the seal is occupied by the legend <foreign>śrītribhuvanāṁkuśa</foreign> and its bottom by a lotus-flower with eight petals (<hi rend="italic">bird's-eye view</hi>),—all in relief on a counter-sunk surface. Both the inscription and the seal are in fairly good preservation.

The inscription opens with a <hi rend="italic">maṅgala</hi>, which mentions the lotus-flower that rises from <hi rend="bold">Vishṇu's</hi> navel,<note>For this sacred emblem of the Vaishṇavas the lotus-flower on the royal seal seems to be intended.</note> and then gives the usual <hi rend="italic">vaṁśāvali</hi> of the Eastern <hi rend="bold">Chalukyas</hi> from <hi rend="bold">Kubja-Vishṇu</hi> to <hi rend="bold">Vikramāditya</hi>, the younger son of <hi rend="bold">Chālukya-Bhīma</hi> I. The ensuing reign of <hi rend="bold">Yuddhamalla</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Tāḻapa</hi>, is left out. This omission is probably due to the fact, that Chālukya-Bhīma II. considered his predecessor, whom he conquered, as an usurper and ignored him purposely. The grant consists of an order addressed by <hi rend="bold">Chālukya-Bhīma</hi> II. <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Vishṇuvardhana</hi> VII. to the inhabitants of the <hi rend="bold">Kaṇḍeṟuvāṭivishaya</hi><note>See No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0036">36</ref>, line 43, and <hi rend="italic">Ind. Ant</hi>. Vol. XIII, page 56.</note> and issued at the request of a vassal of the king, the <hi rend="bold">Pānara</hi> prince <hi rend="bold">Vājjaya</hi>. On the occasion of a winter-solstice (<hi rend="italic">uttarāyaṇa</hi>),<note>Professor Bühler has drawn attention to the fact, that the three great modern Sanskrit dictionaries compiled by Europeans contain a mistake in their explanations of <hi rend="italic">uttarāyaṇa</hi> and <hi rend="italic">dakshiṇāyana</hi>, and that in reality the former means “the winter-solstice,” the latter “the summer-solstice.” See <hi rend="italic">Vienna Oriental Journal</hi>, Vol. II, page 90.</note> Bhīma II. gave the village of <hi rend="bold">Koḍhatalli</hi> as an <hi rend="italic">agrahāra</hi> to <hi rend="bold">Kommaṇa</hi>, who know the <hi rend="italic">kramapāṭha (kramavid</hi>) and adhered to the <hi rend="italic">Āpastamba-sūtra</hi>. The donce was the son of <hi rend="bold">Deṇiya</hi>, who know the <hi rend="italic">kramapāṭha (kramaka</hi>), and of <hi rend="bold">Kandamavvā</hi>, and the grandson of <hi rend="bold">Revaśarman</hi>, an inhabitant of <hi rend="bold">Ābharadvasukālmādi</hi>.

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(<hi rend="italic">Verse</hi> 1.) The primeval lotus-flower, which rises from a tank (<hi rend="italic">that consists of</hi>) the navel of Hari (<hi rend="italic">Vishṇu</hi>), which is enlarged by a stalk (<hi rend="italic">that consists of the mountain</hi>) Meru, and which is the birth-place of Aja (<hi rend="italic">Brahman</hi>), is victorious for ever.

Hail! <hi rend="bold">Kubja-Vishṇu</hi>, the brother of <hi rend="bold">Satyāśraya</hi>, who adorned the race of the glorious <hi rend="bold">Chālukyas</hi>, <hi rend="italic">etc.,</hi><note>The passage, which is omitted in the translation, is identical with the first 4 lines of No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0035">35</ref>.</note> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for eighteen years.

His son <hi rend="bold">Jayasiṁha</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for thirty-three (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

<hi rend="bold">Vishṇuvardhana</hi>, the son of his brother <hi rend="bold">Indra-rāja</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for nine (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

His son <hi rend="bold">Maṅgi-yuvarāja</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for twenty-five (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

His son <hi rend="bold">Jayasiṁha</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for thirteen (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

<hi rend="bold">Kokkili</hi>, his younger brother from a different mother, (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for six months.

His elder brother <hi rend="bold">Vishṇuvardhana</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for thirty-seven (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

His legitimate son <hi rend="bold">Vijayāditya-bhaṭṭāraka</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for eighteen (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

His son <hi rend="bold">Vishṇu-rāja</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for thirty-six (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

His son <hi rend="bold">Narendra-mṛigarāja</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for forty (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

His son <hi rend="bold">Kali-Vishṇuvardhana</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for eighteen months.

His son <hi rend="bold">Guṇakenalla-Vijayāditya</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for forty-four (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

<hi rend="bold">Chālukya-Bhīma</hi>, the son of his younger brother <hi rend="bold">Vikramāditya</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for thirty (<hi rend="italic">years</hi>).

His son <hi rend="bold">Vijayāditya</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for six months.

His son <hi rend="bold">Amma-rāja</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for seven years.

His son <hi rend="bold">Vijayāditya</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for half a month.

After him <hi rend="bold">Tāḻapa-rāja</hi> (<hi rend="italic">ruled</hi>) for (<hi rend="italic">one</hi>) month.

Having conquered him, <hi rend="bold">Vikramāditya</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Chālukya-Bhīma</hi>, ruled for (<hi rend="italic">one</hi>) year over the country of <hi rend="bold">Veṅgi</hi> together with <hi rend="bold">Trikaliṅga</hi>.

(<hi rend="italic">Verse</hi> 2.) <hi rend="bold">Chālukya-Bhīma</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Vijayāditya</hi> and brother of <hi rend="bold">Amma-rāja</hi> by a different mother, ties the (<hi rend="italic">royal</hi>) tiara for as long a time as the moon and stars shall endure.

Having conquered in a battle with his arm <hi rend="bold">Tāta-Bikyana(?) . . . . .</hi>, this <hi rend="bold">Rājamārtaṇḍa</hi><note>This seems to have been a <hi rend="italic">biruda</hi> of Chālukya-Bhīma II.</note> (i.e., <hi rend="italic">the sun among kings</hi>) causes his fame to be sung by the people.

He who, like Meru, is possessed of insurmountable greatness, and who knows all arts (<hi rend="italic">kalā</hi>), just as the (<hi rend="italic">full</hi>) moon possesses all digits (<hi rend="italic">kalā</hi>), this asylum of the whole world, the illustrious <hi rend="bold">Vishṇuvardhana</hi>, the king of great kings, the supreme master, the supreme lord, the most pious one, thus issues his commands to the householders, (<hi rend="italic">viz.</hi>) heads of provinces, <hi rend="italic">etc</hi>., who inhabit the district of <hi rend="bold">Kaṇḍeṟuvāṭi:</hi>—

“Be it known to you that, at the request of king <hi rend="bold">Vājjaya</hi>, who purifies the <hi rend="bold">Pānara</hi> princes,<note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi>, who belonged to the Pānara race.</note> who is a treasure-house of truthfulness, liberality, pride and heroism, and whose strong arm (<hi rend="italic">is able</hi>) to protect my kingdom;”—

(<hi rend="italic">Verse</hi> 3.) From <hi rend="bold">Revaśarman</hi>, who dwelt at <hi rend="bold">Ābharadvasukālmādi</hi>, there sprang the lord <hi rend="bold">Deṇiya</hi>, who knew the <hi rend="italic">kramapāṭha</hi>, the <hi rend="italic">Vedas</hi> and <hi rend="italic">Vedāṅgas</hi>.

(<hi rend="italic">Verse</hi> 4.) His son was the noble <hi rend="bold">Kommaṇa</hi>, a follower of the <hi rend="italic">Āpastamba-sūtra</hi>, who adorned his race and was resplendent with holiness;

(<hi rend="italic">Verse</hi> 5.) The son of <hi rend="bold">Kandamavvā</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">who resembled</hi>) Kāma in beauty and who fulfilled the desires of suppliants. Having approached his abundance, those brāhmaṇas are resplendent, just as swans which have entered a tank.<note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi>, he was liberal to brāhmaṇas.</note>

(<hi rend="italic">Verse</hi> 6.) His sons and grandsons, youths who are clever in assemblies of eminent men, obtain a succession of <hi rend="italic">agrahāras</hi> and of highest marks of reverence.

“To this <hi rend="bold">Kommaṇa</hi>, who knows the <hi rend="italic">kramapāṭha</hi>, we gave, with exemption from all taxes, the village called <hi rend="bold">Koḍhatalli</hi>, making it an <hi rend="italic">agrahāra</hi>, with a libation of water, on the occasion of the winter-solstice.”

The boundaries of this (<hi rend="italic">village are):</hi> on the east . . . . . . . . . .

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