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

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSVaria90011

Repository: Varia Epigraphy (varia-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSVaria90011.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:15 (2438289), last modified 2026-09-29 11:15
(2438289)

## Summary

The previous identifier was INSEI13_3a.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨59⟩ ⟨60⟩

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1. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā
rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ|
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalam∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

Api gaṁgādi-tīrttheṣu
hantur ggām athavā dvijaṁ|
niṣkr̥ti⟨s⟩ syān na deva-sva-
⟨61⟩-brahma-sva-haraṇe nr̥ṇām∥

⟨62⟩ ⟨63⟩

## 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

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