A Stray Plate of a Somavaṁśin or Telugu-Coḍa Grant from Kelga

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⟨1⟩ pramukhaḥ catvāri sīmantajānapadāḥ| ṣaṣṭhīgābhurapramukha-

⟨2⟩ taḥ| yathārtha mānayati| sadād¿a?śati ca viditam astu bhava-

⟨3⟩ roṅgaḍā-maṇḍala-vuravuḍā-grāma-gudhvamālakhaṇḍakṣetrakahna-

⟨4⟩ purakhaṇḍakṣetrapraviṣagr¿a?m¿e? catusīmāyāva¿?| nidhy¿o?panidhihasti-

⟨5⟩ danta¿?ghracarmanānāvancarasametaḥ sajalasthala sam¿ccha?kaccapa

⟨6⟩ sakh¿a? ṭaviṭapasakhallaUnnata sapadrāraṇyaka sagulmal{l}a

⟨7⟩ t¿ā? sa¿A?m{v}ramadh¿a?ka satantalika satālak¿ai?ḥ nānāvr̥kṣasametaḥ śā-

⟨8⟩ sanīkr̥tya pratipādita kumārahārīt{r}a-gotrāya pañc¿a?r{i}ṣa-

⟨9⟩ yapravarāya mādhyandinak¿a?r¿ṇṇa?śākhādhyāy¿a?ne sāvathamaṇḍala

⟨10⟩ | mahuvālīvin¿ī?rgatāya kamala-puravāstavyāya bhaṭa-pu-

⟨11⟩ tra-jayakaraprapautrāya bhaṭa-vidyākarapautrāya| bhaṭa-putra

⟨12⟩ Udayakaraputrāya bhaṭa-putrābhābhakaraś{r}a¿śa?ṇe vidhiv¿a?dhāne-

⟨13⟩ na savidhāya| tām{v}ra-śāsanena pratipādito pāraṁparthakra-bhāga

⟨14⟩ tasarvavacanena ya-

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⟨15⟩ thā kāṇḍātkāṇḍ¿a?tprarohantī|¿s?atena pratanoṣi Evaṁ rā¿c?a-śāsa-

⟨16⟩ nena pratipādita¿?| Evaṁ vadhāḥ parāvahama parato vaṁśakāreṇaḥ

⟨17⟩ ṭha yāyasmād anurādharmma (gau)ravā na tena vi Anyepavādhaḥ

⟨18⟩ raṇeya tasyāgre ko’sti dharmmavit{a} śāsedr̥ṣā dhamahi nada

⟨19⟩ tāsavijaṁ sasyamedini yāvatsuyakathālloke tāvatsagemāda-

⟨20⟩ yata vedavākamayā jāhvā vadanti śādevatāḥ bhūmihatā tathā-

⟨21⟩ nye ca| Aho mohana mā hara yathāyaṁ patitaḥ śakra| tena vendati

⟨22⟩ sapati| Evaṁ bhūmikr̥ta dāna| saśe saśe prarohiti Ādity¿ā?

⟨23⟩ varuṇo viṣṇur| vrahmā som¿a? hutāśanaḥ ś¿a?lapāṇiś tu bhagavān A|-

⟨24⟩ bhinandanti bhūmidaṁ ¿A?sphoṭayaṁti pitaraḥ praval¿s?anti pitāmahāḥ|

⟨25⟩ bhūmidātā kule jāt¿ā? sa te dātā bhaviṣyati| vahubhir vasudhā datt¿a?

⟨26⟩ | rāj¿āna? sagarādibhiḥ mā rodhaḥ phalatatkaya para-datteṣu pāṇita

⟨27⟩ | yasya yasya yadā bh¿a?mis| tasya tasya tadā ¿p?laṁ| tasm¿a?t tvayā na hartavyaṁ| ¿s?ā[*]|-

⟨28⟩ śvatīṅgyim āpnuyāt sva-dattā para-dattāṁ vā yo har¿a?t¿i? vasundhar¿a?>

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[Si] Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1949–1950. “Two Inscriptions from Kelga.” EI 28, pp. 321–328.

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