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

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⟨1⟩ pramukhaḥ catvāri sīmantajānapadāḥ| ṣaṣṭhīgābhurapramukha-

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

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

⟨4⟩ purakhaṇḍakṣetrapraviṣagr¿a?m¿e? catu⟨ḥ⟩sīmāyāva¿ḥ?| nidhy¿o?panidhihasti-

⟨5⟩ danta¿vā?ghracarmanānāvancara⟨sametaḥ⟩ sajalasthala⟨ḥ⟩ sam¿ccha?kaccapa⟨ḥ⟩

⟨6⟩ sakh¿a? ṭaviṭapa⟨ḥ⟩sakhallaUn⟨n⟩ata⟨ḥ⟩ sapadrāraṇyaka⟨ḥ⟩|| sagulmal{l}a

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

⟨8⟩ sanīkr̥tya pratipādita⟨ḥ⟩|| 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|| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-pu-

⟨11⟩ tra-jayakaraprapautrāya|| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-vidyākarapautrāya| bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩a-putra

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

⟨13⟩ na sa⟨ṁ⟩vidhāya| tām{v}ra-śāsanena p⟨r⟩atipādito pāraṁparthak⟨r⟩a-bhāga

⟨14⟩ tasarvavacanena|| ya-

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

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

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

⟨18⟩ raṇeya|| tasyāg⟨r⟩e ko’s⟨t⟩i dha⟨r⟩mmavit{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 viṣṇu⟨r⟩| vrahmā som¿a? hutāśanaḥ ś¿a?lapāṇiś tu bhagavān A|-

⟨24⟩ bhinandanti bhūmidaṁ ¿A?s⟨ph⟩oṭayaṁti pitaraḥ|| p⟨r⟩aval¿s?anti pitāmahāḥ|

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

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

⟨27⟩ | yasya yasya ⟨ya⟩dā bh¿a?mi⟨s⟩| tasya ⟨tasya⟩ tadā ¿p?laṁ| tasm¿a?⟨t⟩ tvayā na ha⟨r⟩tavyaṁ| ¿s?ā[*]|-

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

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Primary

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

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