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

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI13_3a.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).

Version: (8fb66aa), last modified (15d3b0c).

Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨59⟩ ⟨60⟩

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I. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā

a

rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ|

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalam||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

Api gaṁgādi-tīrttheṣu

a

hantur ggām athavā dvijaṁ|

b

niṣkr̥ti⟨s⟩ syān na deva-sva-

c

⟨61⟩-brahma-sva-haraṇe nr̥ṇām||

d
⟨62⟩ ⟨63⟩

Apparatus

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

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