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INSCRIPTIONS AT

ABLUE,

213

village

of

Siv&,

which

belongs

to

the

peadv^naka

vishaya

in

the

GurjaratrS

country

(L,

8.)

The

JBfcflftaHarahuka'has apprised

(ws)

that

the above-written

ayrahdra,

with

every

Income from

it

excepting

previous

gifts

to

gods

and

Br^hmana,

by

means

of

a

charter

was

granted by

our :

reat-grandf

ather,

the

Mdhdrdja VatflarSjadSva,

for

as

long

as the

moon,

the

eun

and

the

earth

endure,

to

his

grandfather,

the

BkLfta

Vfcsndeva,

and

was

possessed

(by

the

latter],

and

that

by

him

(the

Bhatta

Vasndto)

the

sixth

part,

of it

was

given

by

a

deed of donation

to-the

Bhatfa

Vishnu

;

that

our

grandfather,

the

MaMr&ja,

Nagabhatadva,

signified

his

consent

;

but

that,

in

our

own

reign,

that

charter

and consent

have

fallen

into

abeyance.

(L,

12.)

Having

heard,

then,

of

that

charter

thus

brought

to

our

notice,

of

the

con-

sent,

the

deed

of

donation

and the

(fact

of)

possession,

we,

for

the

increa&e

of

the

religions

merit of

our

parents,

have

given

permission

that

(tfa

agraMra),

shared

in exact

accordance

with

previous possession,

shall

belong

to

the

Brahmans

born

in

the

lineage

of

the

Bh&tfa

Vasudeva,

who

are of

the

Kasyapa

06>o.

and

are

students

of

the

Ava%ana

(sfflhtty

of the

RigvMa,

and

to

tho

Brahmans

born

in

the

lineage

of

the

Bhatfa

Vishnu,

who

are

of

the

Katyayana

gfoa

and

are

students

of

the

isva%ana

(4dkh&)

of

the

RigvSda.

Knowing

tiiis,

you

should

assent to

it,

and

the

inhabitants,

being

ready

to

obey

our

commands*

should

make

over

to

these

people

all

income

(due

to

them),

(L.

15.)

Of

the

firmly

enduring

charter,

issued

by

Prabhasa,

the

dutdka

is

here the

Yuuaraja,,

the illustrious

Hagabhata*

Recorded on

the

1

13th of

the

bright

half of

PMlguna

of

the

year

100.

1

No.

25.-

INSCRIPTIONS

AT

ABLUR,

BT

J.

E.

FLEET,

PH.D.,

C.LB.

Ablur

is

a

village

about

two

miles

to

the

west

of

Rod,

the

chief

town

of the

Kod

t&luka

of the

Dh&rw&r

district.

Its

name

occurs in

the

ancienb

records

in

the

fuller

form

of

Abbalftr

or

Abbalftru;

and the

record

E.

places

it

in

the

NslgarakliarLda

seventy,

which

was

a subdivision

of

the

Banavasi

twelve-thousand

province

(see

below).

Ink-impressions

of

seven

inscriptions

were

obtained

for

me at

this

village.

The

most

important

of

the

inscrip-

tions

is

B,,

the

record

which

gives

the

history

of

the

revival

of

Saivism

in

the

twelfth

century

A,D.

This

will

be

edited in full

;

so

also

F,

5

a

short

record

connected

with

it,

and

Gk,

which is

interesting

as

being

a

virgal

or

monumental

tablet,

belonging

to

a

class

of

records

of

which

not

many

specimens

have

as

yet

been

made

fully

available,

The

other records

all

present

points

of

interest

:

but

they

are

not

important

enough,

to

repay

the

time

and

trouble that

would

be

required

to

edit

them in full

;

and

it will be

sufficient

to

give

abstracts

of

the

contents

of

them.

A.

and

B.


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INSCBIPTIONS

AT

ABLUK.

the

second

occasion,

grants

were

made

bv


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216

EPIG&APHIA

IffDICA.

[Voi,

V.

may

ba

remarked,

in

passing,

that

the

allotment to the

G6vmdarasa

of

the

second

passage

of

so

high

a

rank

as

that

of

Mahdsdwiantddhip&ti)

is

undoubtedly

incorrect,

-whoever

he

may

have

been

;

just

aa much

as in

line 4

the

record

makps

a

mistake

iu

describing

Anantapala

as

merely

a

Mah&sdwanta,,

instead of

a

MaMsdw,anbddhvpiiti>

The

Qdvindarasa

of

the

third

passage,

ho

wever,

though

the

special

lirudt

does

not

occur

in

it,

1

being

described as

having

a

much

more

extensive

authority,

is

most

probably

another

person,

to be

distinguished

by

the

full

came

of

Ranaiangabhairava-Gdvmdarasa,

vrho

was

apparently

a

paternal

uncle of

the

Goviadar&ja

of

the

first

passage,

and

regarding-

whom

we

learn

the

following

facts

from

records

at

Balagami

and

T%nnd.

s

He

belonged

to

tne

Parasara

gdfcra,

and

v?as

the

soa

of

Dasiraja,

son

of

Kîraja

and

Nflabbe,

and of

SovaLa-

devi

or

Somtabike

(e.g.,

the

records

of

A.

D.

1102,

line

24

f.,

and

A.D.

1114,

line

37

f.).

The

record

of

A.D,

1102

styles

hioa

(line

44)

Krishnardj-dmjo,,

the

younger

brother

of

Krishnarljaj

-with

reference,

doubtless, to the

Erishiiaraja of

the

Ablur

inscription

;

and

tlie

record of AJ),

1112

styles

him

(line

37)

annan=anka,Mro,

t

the

champion

oi

bis

elder

brother,

and

Knshnar&jm-anugim-tamma,

the

affectionate

(or

beloved)

younger

brother

oi

Krishnar&ja,

The

record

of

A.D.

1114 further describes

him ae

iânflaj/a-ZctZafa-wanâZa-

iiiakdj

which

enpreBeion,

ialdng

Icddtamandala

as

meaning

much

the

same

thing

as

laldfap&tfcti

we

may

render

by

a

forehead-mark

of

the

broad

forehead

tlrat

was

tho

lineage

of t;b.e

Lataa

:

so,

also,

the record of A.D.

1102 describes

Anantapala

(in

line

8)

as

Ldfakt&la-

fctmw$cwawa-wcZ7iw-&a.ra,

a

very

ray

of

the

moon to

(oyen)

the cluster of

water-lilies

(flowering

at

nigU)

that

was

the

family

of the Lata& :

evidently,

both

the

persons

traced

their

origin

to

ancestors

'who

-were

natives

of

the Lata

country

;

and

this,

no

doubt,

accounts

in

part

for

the

intermarriage

and

the

special

favour

&

hevra

by

Anantapala

to

RanaTangabhairava-G&vindarasa.

His

Uruda>

of

Banaratgabhairava,

a

very

Bhairava

(Siva)

in.

the

field

of

battle/'

fig-urea

more

or

less

prominently

in

all

the records.

And

the

record of

A.D.

1114

etyles

Mm

(line

4$)

IW&TiMJattamaEZa^tia-wjap-^^

the

staff of

tie

victorious

right

arm.

of

Tribhuvanamalkd^va-(Vikram4ditya

YL),

In

A,D,

U02,

the

Danfandyafa

Anautapftla,

the

i

who

had

attained the

poLnchamahtifabda?

-was

'*

protecting,

with the

delight

1

No

string

of

titles

and

epithet

a is connected

with

the

name of

GQvindarasa

in this

passage.

After

giving

the

titles

of

Aiiantap&la,

tlie

record

eimplj

Bays

[Anantapd^larasaralesadim

bimad-dandandyakcnn

6f^ttfnd-a

2afla^se-(efc,,

as

in

a

note

further

below),

2

The

records

are

:

A.D. 1102

;

P,

8, 0,-C.

Iacr*.

No.

168j

Jfgs,

Inter*,

p.

78.

OfA,D.1103;

,

,

. No,

171

j

,

.

p.

139,

OfA.D.1107;

,

.

.130.218}

.

,

p.

199,

0A,D,lU2j

.

.

No,

172

j

.

,

p.

82.

0A.D.IlUj

.

.

.

No.

175;

.

.

p.

176,

*

The

term

panehamaM.xabda,

meaning

literally

five

great

sounds,

denotes the sounds

of fire

instruments,

the use ot which

wae

allowed,

fta

a

special

mark

of

distinction,

to

person*

of

high

rank and

authority,

The

epithet scmadhigat&panchamaMiabda

is

fonud

moat

commonly

in

connection

with

fche

namefl

of

great

feadatoties

and

high

officials

;

the

intences

in

wMflh it

occtus

among

the

epithets

of

paramount sovereign ,

are

bat

few.

1 have

given

a

general

note

on the

terta

in mv

Gupta

Ifitcriptions,

p.

296

;

in

the course of which

I

bare

quoted

a

paper

in

Ind.

Ani,

Yol,

11.

p.

95

f

.

which

tells ua that the

Li&gayat

FivJcachint

the

five

inatrmnenfcB

as

heing

the

fritya

or

horn,

the

iammata

or

tambour,

the iatikha

or

conch-shell,

the

kettle

-drum,

and

the;aj/aj/^nt^

or

gong.

And

an

inscription

of

A.D.

1032

at

Suttftru

in

Mysore

(tip.

Vol.

Ill,,

Hj.

164

;

I

quote,

however,

fiom

an

bb

-impression)

enumerates

them &B

the

fm[ft],

dadda,

ie^

and

fcê,

and

provides

an

allotment

to

the

god

&0ft-l$?aram-u$eyar

for

playing

(theee

and

performing

the

worship

of

the

god,

three timei a

day.

For

the

t^fc,

which it

the

en

me

$*

the

tt,

see a

note

further

blaw.

The

wore dadda

may

perhaps

stand

for

daddata,

which IB

explained

in

KittaVs

as

'

the

dram

oa

pomhs.'

The

tiwli

and

ktoqdifa

remain,

to

to

identified.

The

former

of

tlkem

was

the

Bpecial

musical inntrumeirit

of

the

Rashttokiita

Miig&of

MWkb64

and

of

theRa^cbieftains

of

Saundatfci.

For

tbc

special

injstrumeutB

of

some

other

grewt

families,

reference

may

he

made to

my

Ztya.

Kan,

Ditto,

p.

37,

and

note

f

f

The

cnatom

of

kings

being

heralded

in

public

by

mtwical inBtrnoientB IB

mentioned

by

the

Chin

cue

pilgrim

Hiuen

Tsi&ng,

in connection

with

Sttaditya-HaiBhavardhana

of

Kauauj;

he

telU

n

(Life,

Beal's

tt^nslatiou,


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]

SCRIPTIONS AT

ABLUE.

(with

Us

217

=====

^^__

__

of

an

agreeable

or

friendly

,

i

two-six-hundred

(i.e.

the

Belvola r^

* ,

,T

T,

.

,

,

>

êe-

gere

three-hundred),

the

B

XT, xu j r i x j;

i,

r

nanapaa,

T

with the

delight

of an

agreeable

or

friendly

interchange

of

communications

Mth

the

vaMaravula

of

the

*

d

.fft

the

a^wa^,

and the

w

4fca. In

A,*

1103,

Anantapala,

with

the

same

two

titles

and

alao

those

of

Ifafi^raîa

and

Uh'âsarcrgade,

was

protecting,

te.,'

the

fiejvola

throe-hnndred,

the

Purigere

three-kindred, the

Banavaê

twelve-thousand,

arid

the#a,m%a-dnty

of

the

saptdrdMahshe

or

seren-aitd-a-Lalf-lakh

count-

*

and

the

Dandandyaka

Rarjarafcgabhairava-Govindaraja,

^vho

had

obtained

the

administration

of

the

YanavU

twelve-thousand

throngh

his

favour*

âs

protecting,

etc.,

the

Bunavai*

twelve-thonsand,

the

vaddardvula,

and

the

whclivpanndya

of

..........

,?

and

had,

under

Hmself,

a

SamdMvigrahddhikrita

or

minister

for

peace

and

wnr

named

Wvarayyan&yaka.

In

A.D.

1107,

the

MahupraiiUna,

Bhanasimma-ergade,

and

Danfandyalta

Ananfcapak

8

wae

happily

governing

9

the

two-six-lmndred

(i.e.

the

Bfilvola

and

Purigere

districts)

and

the

Banav&si

twelve-thonsand

i

and

his

bubnrdmare,

the

Dantfandyalta

Eanarangaliliairava-Govindaraja,

-who

had

attained

good

fortune

by

hie

favour,

10

was

protecting,

etc.,

the

Banavasi

twelve-thonsand,

the

rnddarJinh,

the

and

the

eradum-billtode

;

u

and

this

record

mentions,

as

a

subordinate

of

him,

p.

173)

that,

aa

Stlfl-dityarfLja

inarched,

he

was

always

accompanied

ty

several

hundred

persona

with

jroldeii

drums,

who

beat

one

stroke

for

every

step

taken

;

they

called

these

the

(

umsic-pace-druuis

:

'

Stladitya

alouti

need

thii

method*

other

kings

were

not

permitted

to

tidopt

it,

pr(tti$>dlisuttain-ire]

aee

Byn.

Kan.

Diitrs*

p,

428,

note

.4.

4

Tbe

meaning

seems

to

be

that

he

was

admin

isterin^

the

collection

find

expenditure

of

that

portion

c-f

the

iad(Lardvu]a

vhich

was levied

on,

or

was

allotted

to

(

an

object

called

theme/caê

or

mMvatfe.

The

genitive

melvaêya

may qualify

also the eradum-'bilkode

nnd

the

perjunkn.

Kittel's

Dictionary

gives

mthat^

'an

awning

*

(in

which

vaita

is for

$atta

;

and

patte

6ccurs

us

another

form

of

yz$a},

and

melu-laite

(which might

easily

occur

in

the

form

of

alao

mSlvatte),

*

superior,

fine cloth.'

But

the

tatte

may equally

well

stand

for

batte,

*

a

road

;

'

and

m&wtte

may

indicate the

levy

of

the

duty,

or

the three

duties,

on

the

principal

high-roads

:

compare

m&lu-durga,

'

a

high,

superior

fort/

and

mlu-patifcii

t

'

the

best or

principal

row,*

*

J[>e,

of

the

whole

of

the Western

Chilukya

dominions

;

see

Dgn.

San. Itistrs.

p.

841,

note

2.

The

rendering

in

Mys.

Inters,

p.

HO,

and

note,

would

read

chhatra-choftidgeya

.w^jamam,

and

would

translate

the

pemndyn-tnw

of

the

fifty-sit

(i,e.

merchants)

within

the shadow

of

*it

umbrella

(,.

within

his

jurisdiction).

The

word

chhatwcMhdyeya

is

quite

distinct,

and

seems

to

qualify

the

acfahuvwndya

herein

the

way

in

which

mehatteya

qualifies

the

mddardâ

in

another

passage

(see

note

4

ahove)

The

next

afaftara

is

not

legible

with

any

certainty

in

the

photograph

;

and

there

may

he aa

afetav

between

the

ppa

and

the na.

If the

rea'dins really

ia

tk*pp***>

or

more

likely atoaffOMd,

it

does

not

at anv

rate

mean

fiffev-six

merchants

:

there

might,

111

that

case,

be

possihly

a

reference

to

the

0^jWM0.

or

S

P

aL

32,

*S

S*

entries,

-in

the

sen,

of

-

all

the

world,

or

rather

-all

the

territory

entrusted

tohhn:

this

also,

hower,

do*

not

fieem

Entisfactory.

I

cannot

at

prewut

find

any

other

passage

helping

to elucidate

this

one,-

The

Mftotoju****

variety,

of

the

^^

IB

mentioned

again

in

a

record^

A

D

1108

at

D&vaneere

(P.

&

61

Q.-0.

Jw.

No. 137

j

Jfyt

.

J*r*

M7),

hne

15,

where the

rend.nng

A.V.

LIVO,

at

uavan^Biro

\j.

.

^

^

^^^

WA.I-

>

That

record

tells

ns

that the

director

of

all

arrangements

for

public

d

f

f

^

r

*

W

^^g

1

^^^

of the

second

pa8age

in

the

AUur

inscription

\

8ee

^

wate

^^

|

^^^

w

^

a

^

(

^^.

i

^

Ap

^

ThellgV

^Tto

bave

here

*W^^

*^f

other

records,

the

vowel

o

appears

to

give

tne

corietu

^ ^


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818

EPIGTUPHIA

INDICA.

[VOL,

V.

a

certain,

Trivalibhatta,

of

the Vatsa

gotta,

described

as

tlio

maydma,

L&>

sister's

husband,

or

wife's

brother,

of

the

Dantfandyaka

Goyindarasa,

'who

was

holding

office as

Pergade

1

of

the

mahtimtfda-vilhgQ

of

T&naguiidur (Tajgmid).

The

record

of

A=D.

1112

introduces

a

new

official

superior

of

Rayarangabhaii'ftva-G&nndaraja

:

it

tells

us

that,

under

Vikramaditya

VI.,

the

P*tndya

MahdmandaUsvara,

Tribhttvanamalk-Kamarasa,

the

lord

of

Gokarria the

best' of

towns,

who

belonged

to

the

line of the

Pandya

rulers

of

Sisngali,

the

capital

of

the

Haive

division of

the

Korikan,

was

ruling

with the

delight

of

an

agreeable

or

friendly

interchange

of

communications

(with

his

paramount

sovereign)

;

that

Anantapala

gave

him

the

Vanav&si

country;

2

that,

on

receipt

.of

it,

he made

appointments

;

and

that,

by

appointment

from

him,

Ranarangabaairava-Gdvinda,

mentioned

turther

on in

the

record as the

Dandadhttijara

Govinda,

was

u

protecting

the

Banavase

country.

3

The record

of AJK

1114

does

not

make

any

reference to

the

Pandya

prince

:

it

speaks

of

Anantapala

a^

a

feudatory

of

Vikramaditya

VI,,

but,

evidently

with

reference

to

pa&t

events

only,

as,

*

:e

the

record

of

A,D,

1112,

it

does not

couple

any

titles

with

his

name;

it

speaks

of

the

DandiitiUpa

Govinda as

a

rdjahamsa

or

flamingo

dwelling

on the

water-lilies

that

wero

his

feet;

and it describes

him,

more

fully

as the

MaMsamant&dhipati

who

had attained

the

panchamaliuSa'bda,

4

'

he

who was

a

very

Bauaraagabhairava,

the

HaMpradMna,

the

Manevergade,

the

DandanayakaGrovindamayya,

VTU.O

was

governing

the

Banavase

twelve-thousand,

the

Santalige

thousand,

the

two-

ms-hundred

(-i.e.

the

Belvola and

Purigej;e

districts),

and

the

uaifdardwla

and

panndya

duties.

By

this

time,

then,

Banarangabhairava^G6vindarasa

-had been

promoted

to

most

of the

high

offices

that

had

been

held

by

his

patron

Anantapala,

5

******

hea

the

Danfandyaka,

G&vindarasa' made

his

grant

in

A

D.

1101,

as mentioned

in

line

59 ff.

o

the

record,

he-laved the

feet of a

Saiva

teacher

or-

priest

nam$d

Somesvara,

who is

intro-

duced

to us

in

a

passage,

commencing

in

line

51,

which

runs

thus

:

Srimad-Abbaltr=Echa-gavumdaDa

gurngal

sri-Som^^vaTa-pamdita-d^araajja-gurugala

tapah-pi'abhavam^emt-emdode

j[

Dhareg

s

=eseva

Sa(sa)kti-parshege

karam.=agraniy=eiiipa

Parwat-avaliyolu

Muvara-koneya-samtatig-abharaBam

Kfid&rasakti-yatipati negaldam

||

A

Kedara-yatimdranaT

16ka-prastuna8

giBhyau=atyam^la-un4njbbrii

nirmmala,

9

-charitam

1

The

original

lias

perggatwa

t

which

nraafc

be a

mintage

(unless

it

is

found

to

be

an

authorised

abbrevia-

tion)

for

perggadetona,

J

Anaiitaplla

aeemsj

from

this,

to have

heen

retiring

from

office

about

that

time.

The

original

VMt*-Ra$arafyrtfatravam

******

pdliwttam~ire

Banauaseyaw

Malapwa

jdju

wdhtwmmala'qaraiita-itaSab-prri&dva-nidhi

Govindam.

The

rendering

in

My*.

Insert,

p.

85,

and

nofeo,

wonld

find;-iustead

of


7/19

25.]

INSCRIPTIONS AT

ABLUR

219

Srikamtham

vibudka-chutavana-kalakamtham

]|

Hara

]

-pfolambh6jadok

chittanian=eseva

makhambhojadojaln

2

Bharati-saurndaramam

3

charitradobs

niiTnmakteyan=akhil4ms

4

4mtadok

Sakra-dik.kumjara-bhasvat-kirttiâm

birppnre

6

nilisidan=udyad-gun-augharii

mnn mdr~

bharanam Srikamtha-devam

bnuha-iana

G

-tilakani

tarkka-vidya-samndram

||

A

mahanubiiavana

sishyane

doreyanêmdodo

7

H

Kelabar

8

=fctarkka-vigfiradar-kkelabar=apt-alfipa-

8ariib6(iliakar=kkelabar=nnataka-ls6vidar=kk6labar=ol-gabl3amgalaih

ballavar

=

kkelabar

=

bya(vya^karana-jnai'=imt4nitumani

ball

9

-arhnar=ill=ellamain

sale

S

6

m

e

s

7 a r

a

-

s

u

r

i

ballan=anagham

Myya(ya)yik4greva(^)ram

|j

Aka1

laihk-aiiibra J

]iii}a,fca

10

-Cbaitra-sama,jam

Lokayat-ambhftdhi-sitakararji

saihkhya-disa

1 l

-diSavadani

miic

ams-a,jhgana-kaaibu-kam

tha-kanan-

mauktika-.bhushanam

Sugata-nirejata-chamdfimsu

larkkika-Somesvara-suri

pempu-vadedaih

Naiyayik-agresva(sa)ram

|| ;

1Si

namely,

u

To

describe

the

efficacy

of

the

penances

of

the

grandfather-preceptor

of

the

holy

Somesvarapanditadeva

-who

was the

preceptor

of

Eckagavtmda

of

the

famous

Abbaliir

:

In

the

line

named

Parvatavali,

Tvhich

was

esteemed

to be

greatly

(i.6.

undoubtedly)

the

leading

(division}

of the

sect,

celebrated

in

the

world,

named

Saktiparshe,

there

became famous the

eminent

ascetic

Kddarasakti,

an

ornament

to

the

succession

named

IVCuvarakdneyasamtati.

13

Of that

great

ascetic

K&d&ra,

the

disciple,

praised

indeed

throughout

the

world,

was

Srikantiiaj

abounding

in

extremely

pure

virtues,

of

spotless

behaviour,

a

very

cuckoo

(or

ring-dove)

in

the

grove

of

mango-trees

that

are

learned

men.

Amidst

groat

applause,

Srikaathadeva,

abounding

in

great

virtue,

im

ornament

of

great

saints,

a

forehead-ornament

of

learned

people,

a

vary

ocean

of

the

science

of

logic,

firmly

fixed

his

thoughts

on

the

water-lilies

that

are

the

feet

of

the

god

Hara

(Siva),

?mcl

made

the

beauty

of

the

goddess

of

eloquence

abide

in

the

charming

water-lily

that

was

his

mouth,

and

maintained

purity

in

all

hi

a

behaviour,

and

established to the

ends of all

tho

points

of

Jie

compass

a brilliant

fame

like

that

of

(Airavata)

the

elephant

of

(the

east

which

is)

the

quarter

of

Indra. To

give

an idea, of

the

disciple

of

that

great

man

:-

Some

people

are

learned

in

logic,

and

some

can

impart

the

knowledge

of

well-chosen

speech

;

some

are

acquainted

with

the

dramas,

and

some are

conversant

with

good

poetry,

and

some

know

grammar

:

there

are

nome

(others)

who know

all

of these

;

but

the

learned

SornSsvaraîndued,

tho

sinless

one,

fche

leader

of

the

Naiyayikas,

knows

them

all.

A

very

season

of

Chaitra

(i.e.

a,

very

month

of

spring)

to

(develop

the

fruit

of)

the

mango-tree

that

is

Akalanka,

14

a

very

cool-rayed

moon

1

Metre,

MahS.srapjdharS.

3

Read

mukMm'bMjadQlVi,

3

F. l,

t

sundtxnyam,

*

Bead dL

5

V.

1.,

cUMarade

ttilisidwh

sad-ffnn-(Uifa(dâ}nt,

B

F.

/.,

hula,

f

B.j

line

61,

has

the

same

5

except

that it

gives

sistfatte*

The

reaovd

of

A,D. 1102

has,

similarly,

siskyane

doreyan=endade.

Read

siskyana

dore^=emt-emdode

t

or

ctit'endnde.

8

Metre,

Mafctublmvikridita;

and

in

tho

nest vetse.

la

the

record

of

A..D.

1103

these

two

verses

are

transposed;

this

one comes

after

the

other,

9

T\

l.

: bdpp-intu

vtivambharfi-tfiladol

batlavarîra&nnlke

mgrildam

vidy-dMki

S6mfvaram,

10

F.

I,)

dmbramaUJa,

Bead,

in cither

cane,

amra,

for

dihfira.

ll

F.

I,,

tlharti.

1S

In

the AlMr

record there

follows

one more verse about

SdniGsvara

:

hut

it

does

not

present

anything

of

interest

j

and it

is not included

in

the

Balagami

record

of

A.D,

1102,

18

I have

not

found

anything

yet

to

explain

the

meaning

of

this

name.

Milvara must

be

the

genitive

of

mfivaritt

'

three

persons,

3

unless

it

can

be connected

with

mi,

**

mudu,

'advanced

age.

1

For

Jc6ne,

of which

kftneya

is

the

genitive,

the

dictionary only gives

the

meanings

of

'a

pitcher;

an

inner

apartment

or

chamber,

a

room,*

14

Ifc seeras

irapossihle

to

avoid

taking

the

word

alcalanka

aa

a

proper

name

;

to render

it

by simply

stainless

people,'*

seema

fco

give

a

very

inadequate

meaning

to the

text;.

At the

same

timo^

wa do not

yet

know

of

liny

Sniv:i

writer

named

Akalankn

;

and

Somesvarn

can

hardly

have

given

encouragement

to

the

writings

of

the

Jain

Akalanka,

ttveu

in.

the

department

of

tar%a

or

logic

with \vhich

the

name of

that

Akalanka

is

sometimes

specially

connected

(eg,

in

line

45 oE

a

Jain

record

of:

A.D; 1077

at

Mag&rai,

P.

S.

0^0 Jnscrs.

Ifo.

163,

Mysmta-Patamjal-adi-y 6gaastra-

fcy

a(vya)khana-sthanamum

ashtadasa-pHrka-dhai'mma^stra-satala-ka

b

y

a

(

vya)

-

n

a t

a k a

-

natik-adi-vividha-ridya-sth^Ttaranm

din-anatha-pamgv-amdha-badhira-kat

haka-gayaka-

vildaka-vamsika-naTttaka-vaitalika-nagna-bhagua-ksliapaiiak-aikadamdi-trid

a

nidi-hamsa-

pammahams-ddi-riana-dâ-bhikshtLkaian^m'varyy-fa*]

ihnadana-sthanamnm

nan-

a

n

a t

h

a

-

rugi

jana-rodha-bhaishajy

a-sthdnamniii

sak

al

a-bhut-

abhaya-pradana-sthanamumâgi

Kodiya-

mathayairppudn,

namely,

there

is

the

Kodiyamatha,

-which

has

become

the

abode of the

god

KSdara

of

the

South,

a

very

field

charming

with

a

crop

which

is

the

standing

erect of

$ie

hairs

of

the

body

that

is

induced

by

doing

-worship

to

the

linga

of

Siva,

'a

place

devoted

to

the

observances

of Saiva

saints

2

leading perpetually

the

life of celibate

religions

stadents,

a

place

for

the

quiet

study

of the

four

Vedas,

the

JJwJi,

Yajws,

jSiâ,

and

At1wvan

t

together

with

their

auxiliary

works,

a

place

where commentaries are

composed

on

the

Kwumfca,

Piinmi}^

Stlkatfajancii

Mmuf

tisane

and

other

grammatical

works,

a

place

where

commentaries

are

composed

on

the

sis

systems

of

philosophy,

namely

the

Nydya,

VaiêsUka^

Eaudd'han

efc.,

3

a

place

where

commentaries are

composed

on

the

,

and

the

P&t&njda

and

other

Yoâwsto,

a

place

for

(studying)

the

eighteen

s,

the

law-books,

and

all

the

poetical

compositions,

the

dramas,

the

light

comedies,

and

the

oth.er various

kinds

of

learning,

a

place

where

food

is

always given

to the

poor,

the

helplessi

the

lame,

the

blindj and

the

deaf,

and

to

professional

story-tellers, singers,

musicians,

bards,

players,

and

minstrels

whose

duty

it is

to

awaken

their

masters

with music

and

songs,

and

to

the

naked

and

the

crippled,

and

to

(Jam

ml

Buddhist)

mendicants,

to

(Br&hman)

mendicants

who

carry

a

single

staff

and

also

those

who

carry

a

triple

staff,

to kamsa

and

paramalmmsa

ascetics,

and

to

all

other

beggars

from

many

countries,

a

place

where

many

helpless

sick

people

are harboured

an_d

treated,

a

place

of

assurance of

safety

for all

living

creatures,

Thefoxmder

of

the

Muvarak6neyasamM appears

to

have

been

KM&raiakti;

at

any

rate,

we

have

obtained

no earlier

name at

present.

'

lor

him,

we have

as

yet

no

date.

The

son

and

chief

disciple

of

Kedarasakti,

and

evidently

his

successor

as

head

of

the

mfba,

was

Srikaiitha.

The

record

of

A,D. 1094

names

him

as

his chief

disciple

(line

21)

;

and

tbe

record

of

A.D. 1112

names

him as

his

son

(line

50).

In

the

record

of A,D,

1094),

after

the

verse

Dfeiireêsefla,

ek,

there

is

used

(line

21

f,),

to describe

Srikantha,

a verse

which

we

can

now

render

more

correctly,

as

follows,

A

4

munipan=agra-sishyar

srima-t

Srikantha-

1

P.

S.

O.-C,

hsers.

No.

183

;

Mya.

Insert,

p.

152.

2

The

Siixwwty'flWfl


11/19

No,

25.]

INSCRIPTIONS

AT

ABLUR,

223

ma[t]o

L^lmlisar=tt^m=:ene

Sarvvaj5a,4:alpar

=

esedar-

aluraba[ih],

the

hie

disciple

of

that

great

saint was

the

holy

Srikanthapandita,

who,

being

but

little

Inferior

(in

Tfnmoledgfi)

to

the

Omniscient

one,

shone

oufc

excessively

in

the

world

just

as

if,

what mora

could

be

said?,

he

was

Lakujifo

1

himself/' For

Srikantha,

again,

we

have

as

yet

no

date.

2

The

SOD

and

disciple,

and

evidently

the

successor,

of

Srikantha

was

Somesvara.

The

record

of

A.D. 1094

names

him

as

his

disciple

(line

22)

;

and the

record

of

A,D,

1112

names

him as his

son

(line

52),

In A,D.

1094

S

3

he was

the

Achdrya

of

the

god

Nakharesvara

;

and

his

feet

were

then laved

by

the

assembly

of the

Pattanasvdmn

and

other

representatives

of the

people

of the

town,

on the

occasion

of

making

a

grant

to

that

god.

IE

A.D,

1101,

as

we

learn

from

the

Ablur

inscription

A.,

he

was

at

Ablur,

and

his feet

were

laved

by

the

Dandandyaba

G6vindarasa,

on the occasion

of

making

a

grant

to

the

god

Biahm66vara

of

that

village.

The

record

of

A.D. 1102

describes

him

(line

49)

as the

Aohwya

of

the

sMna,

of

the

god

Dakshina-

KMare'svara,

and

tells

us that

his

feet

were then

laved

by

the

Dantfandyaka

Ranarangabhairava-

Gftvindarasa,

in

making

a

grant

to

that

god.

And

in

A.D.

1112

his

feet

were laved

by

the

Pandya

MahdmandalSfawra

Tribhuvanamlla-Kamade'varasa,

when

another

grant

was

made to the

same

god.

4

This last

record

describes

S6msvara,

in

line

34,

as

the

Arddhya

or

family-priest

of

Kamadevarasa.

The

record

of A.D,

1129

opens

the

account of

these

teachera

with

a new

verse,

which

runs

(line

58 f

.)

MuTara

6

-k6neya-aamtati-devabra(vra)tan=eaeva

Pamat-aval

iyol

=

tan

=

&virbhbha(bbha)visidan=aniaja-ya6-vibhii

KMaraâkti-pandita-d^yafm*],

in

the famous

Parvatvali

there

was

born

KSdtasaktipanditadeYa

himself,

the

lord

of

pure

fame, a

devotee

of

tbe

gods

in the

Muvarakoneyasamtati.'*

It

mentions

Srikantha as

the

disciple

of

KedaraSakti,

arid

Somesvararyya

as

the

disciple

of

Srikantha,

After

S6mMvora

there

came,

it tells

us,

his

younger

brother

Vidy^bharamu

But

hej

it

says,

did not

care

for

any

occupation except

the

steady

pursuit

of

knowledge

;

and

so

he

transferred

all

the

business

affairs

of the

matha

to

his

own

chief

disciple

Y&maSakti.

In

A

J).

1129,

however,

when

the

grant

registered

in

this

record

was

made,

namely,

the

allotment

of a

village

for

the

repairs

and

other

purposes

of

the

matha,*

it

waa

Vidyabharana

who

was

summoned

(line

69),

and

whose feet

were

laved,

by

the

Western

Chalukya

king

Som&Svara

III,,

who

had

then

come

south to

make a

state

progress

through

his dominions

and

was

encamped

at

Hulluniyatirtha.

6

Vidyabharana

f

s

name

was

afterwards

expanded

into

V&dividybharana,

by

which

appellation

he

is

mentioned in

the

Ablur

inscription

C,,

and

line

44

of

the

Balagami

record

of A.D, 1149,

As far

as

dates

go,

the

nest name

is

that of

Jftanasakti,

who

is

mentioned

as

a

disciple

of

Yadividyabharana

in

the Ablur

inscription

0,

This record

givaa

dates for

him

in A.D,

1130

and

1144.

In

A.D.

1130

his feet were

laved

by

the

Ndlprabhu Barmagavunda,

when the

latter

made

his

grant

to

the

god

Brahme's

vara

of Abbalur.

In

this record

there

is

used a

1

The

vowel

in

the

first

syllable

of

this

name

is

properly

the

abort

a,,

It

waa

lengths

ned

here

to

suit

the

metre,

'

A

record

of

A.D. 10D8

(P.

S.

O.-C.

Insert.

No.

167,

Mys.

Inters,

p.

107)

mentions

(line

31

,)

**

SrfkBnthap&n^twluva)

the

Achdryct

of

the

temple

of

Pafiohalinga.

Bat

he must

have

been

a

different

person}

if

only

becftuso

tbe

date

there

given

for

Mm

ia

later

than

the

date

of

S6m6vara>

the

son

and

disciple

of

the

Srlkan^ha

who

was

the

son

and

disciple

of

K&daraSakfci.

3

Mr.

Bice

(Mys.

Insorg,

Inbrod.

p.

90,

note)

would allot

to

him

an

earlier

date,

in

A.D,

1071,

from

another

record

at

Balagimi

(P,

& 0.-0.

Inter s* No.

160,

Mys,

Inters,

p.

164).

Bat

the

person

there mentioned

(lines 26,

39

f

.)

was

a,

different

person, afemely Sdm^vaiapanîta, Sthdn&$ati

of

the

god

Mallik&m6de8va,Hi,

and

a

disciple

of

4

This

record

was

composed by

MaHikarjun&rya

or

Mallikarjutiabhatta,

who describes

htaself

as

a

servant

of

S6mesvara,

In

it,

he

three

times

(lines

S4>

60,

64}

speaks

of

SomSsvara

as

which

may

or

may

not

mean

anything

more

than

simply

a

master,

a

leader,

of

learned

people.

5

Metre,

Kanda,

B

i'WaTaih'Ceal-endu

daHcthi-dbhimttJthanî

bandy


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224

EPIGRAPHIA

INDIOA.

[VOL.

V.

variation

of

the verse

given

in the

record of

A.D, 1129

;

and the whole

passage

(line

36

ff,)

runs

Muvara-k6neya-santati-cl(}vabra(vra)tar=esova

Parvvat-avaHyol=tarri=avirblib

h

a(r

b

bh

a)-

viaiLlai'=aTiiala-yas6-vibhava-viEULar=arebaT=i

a,

the

disciple

of the

Acb&rya

Srikanthad6va

}>

It

speaks

of

him

in

line

24 as the

Sthdndchdrya*

And

it

tells

us -that

then,

in

A.D.

1315,

his

feet

were

laved,

at

the

sunkddhikdra

or

office

for

the

collection

of

customs

of

the

Banavase

nd$

:

by

a

certain

Hemmayyanayaka,

an

official

of

the

Mahdpradhdna, Sarvddhikdnn

and

Mahdparamavifodsin

Mayidevapandita.

******

n

the

mention

of

tlie

Lakulasiddhfinta

in line

65

of

this

-record

at

Ablur,

and

in

certain

allusions

in

some

of

the

Balagami

records

quoted

above,

reference

is made

to the

doctrine of

a

Saiva

teacher

named

Lakula,

Lakullsa,

Laknlisvara,

and

HakuliSa,

2

the

founder

of

the

school

of

the

Lakulisa-Pasupatas,

regarding

whom some

information

may

conveniently

be

put

together

here.

The

Cintra

j>roAwt,

which

was

composed

in

the

period

A,D.

1274

to

1296,

(edited

by

Dr.

Biihler,

12$.

Ind,

Vol.

I.

p.

271),-

claims that

he

was an

incarnation of the

god

Siva,

It

mentions,

in

connection

with

him,

a

place

named

Kar&hana,

in

the Lata

country,

which

Dr.

Biihler has identified

with

the

modern

Karvan,

about

seven

miles

towards the west

from

Pabhol

in

the

Baroda

State,

8

where

four

branches

of his

school

were

established

by

four of

his

pupils

named

Kuslka,

G-argya,

Kaurusha,

and

Maitre'ya.

And Dr, Biihler

under-

stood

it

to

imply

that Kk&hana-Karvan

was

his

birthplace,

Now,

however,

in the

light

of

the

facts

that

I

shall

adduce

further

on,

it

seems clear

that

the

words used

in

the

original,

samStya

KdManam-adhyttvdsa,'*'-meaning, literally,

as translated

by

Dr.

Biihler,

he

came

to

and

dwelt

at

Karfihana,

are

not

to be

interpreted

as

implying

that

it

was

at

Karohaca that

the

god

became

incarnate,

but

mean

that

Laknlt^a

came from

some

other

part

of

the

country

and

settled there-

Dr. Biibler has

told

as that the

doctrines

of the

Lakullga-Pagupatas

are

explained

in

S%ana's

Sarua,da#$a,na8afograha

t

But,

he

added,

nothing

is

known

regarding

their

history.'*

And

it is

interesting, therefore,

to

be

able

to

fix,

from

the southern

records,

the

period

when

the

founder

of

the school

lived.

1

S


15/19

25.]

INSCBIPTIOtfS

AT

ABLUE.

227

The most

important

record

is

an

inscription

at

Balaganii

of

A,D,

1035,

of the

time

of

the Western

Chfdnkya

king

Jayîmha

11.

(P,

S.

O.-C.

Inters.

No,

155;

and see

toys,

Lnscrs.

p.

146).

It

registers

grants

that

were

made

in

that

year

for

the purposes

of

the

temple

of

the

god

Pauchalinga,

founded

by

the

Pandavas,

which

was

the

college

of

the

Kalanmkha

Brfihnitin

students

of

Balligive,

the

capital

of

the

Banavase

twelve-thousand.

1

And

'it

states

(line

11

.)

that

the

grants

tvere

made,

saniasta-tarkk-adi-sastra-parayara-paragam

vadi-

Rudrarii

vadibha.mastaka-nakh-asphala(la)na-kis6ra-kesari

vadi-mah-aranya-davadahanam

dushtavadi-nishtliura-patishtha-sarddulam

Bauddh-aHH-badavamukham

MimuriiBaka-

dhtitridhara-vajrarii Ldkayata-raahfi,-taru*vidarana-krakacham

samkhy-ahimdra-ruiiidra

-

Vainateyamn

2

=advaitav

adi-bhu

ja-k

uth

aran=

Akalamka-tripui-a-dahana-Trinetram

Vadigharatta-

disapattam

Madhavabhatta-gharattaih

Jnananaihda-mada-bhamjana[m]

Yisvana[m]da-

pralay-ogr-analanÂbhayachaThdi-a-kaLanalam

Vadibhasi[m]harsarabha-m

V a

d

ir a

j

a-

mukhamndra[rh]

Nayanaindi-disapattaiii

rTaiyayika-safihJrakshan-aika-dakshaih

sva-paksha-

pfishana-para-paksha-dufihana-patutara-Virimcham

vagvadhu-mandanan-astham-Padinasanarii

vi

veka-Narayacam

gamaka-Mahesvaran-upanyas-amarapaga-pravaham

vy

ftkhy

ana-k^li-

la[m]pata*iBan6hara-saraBirTiha-bhrimgan=a7adata-k]iiti-dhvajan=amalina-chaiitrarii

dvishta-

darppishth

a-pandita-gala-K

[a]|a-pasam vadi-Digaihbara-dhflmaketuv=adi

ru[m]dra-gTi9a-n:hn-

amkitar-appa

srimal-Lakulisvara-panditargge,

namely

to

the

holy

Laktili^varapandita,

>v3ao

was

distinguished

by

names,

of

great

virtue,

such

as

5

he

who

has

penetrated

to

the

very

end

of both

the further

and

the

nearer shores

of

(the

ocean that;

is)

tho

tarka

and

other

sdstras

;

he

who

is a

very

Kudra

(Siva)

among

disputants;

he

who is

a

young

lion in

tearing

open

with

his

claws the heads

of

the

elephants

that

are

(hostile)

disputants

;

he

who

is

a

jungle-fire

to

the

great

forest

of

(hostile) disputants

;

he

who

is

a

cruel

and

very

crafty tiger

to

those

who

dispute

unfairly

;

he

who

IB

a

submarine

fire

in

the

ocean

of

the

Buddhists

;

he

who

is a

thunderbolt

to the

mountains that

are the

MSmameakas

;

he

who

is a

saw to

cleave

asunder

the

great

trees

that

are

the

L6kayatas

;

he

who is

a

great VainatSya

(Garuda)

to the

large

serpent

that

ia

the

jSa/Jik7it/a-doctrine

;

he

who

is

an

axe

to

the

trees

that

are

those

who

propound

the

Jduaô.-philosophy

;

he

who

is

a

very

Trinefcra

(Siva)

to

burn

the

three cities

in

the

shape

of

Akalanka;*

he who

has

utterly

confuted

6

Vadigharatta

;

6

he

who

is

the

grindstone

of

Madhavabhatta

;

he

who

has

broken

the

pride

of Jo&nananda

;

he

who is

a

fierce

fire

o

1

The

text

here

(line

18

ff.)

runs

(folmal-Lakulttmra'-'pan&ifargge) Bewavase-parniirchchhdsi'radci

rdjadhdni

Balligdveya

Kdldmukha*lrahm(tckAri~tMnam

Pdndawpratishtheya

Pamc'fiaUmga-d&vara

dfyvlada

khanda-sphutitada

mdicLklcavsi^

etc.

It

is this

same

record

which

gives

the

tradition

about

the

Pandavas

establishing

the five

lihgas

at

Balagami,

in

a

verse

(line

2

ff.)

which

aa,ya

that,

in

order

to

acquire

the

means

for

(&

celebration

of)

the

ro/aswy#-sacriftce

that

should

astound the

world,

the

-five

P&ndavas

went

(somewhere

or

other),

and,

having

there

collected

wealth

and

tribute,

turned

back,

and came

to

Ballig&ve,

and

set

up

these five

lihgas,

The

complete

reading

of

the

-verse

cannot

be made

out from

the

photograph

j

and no

help

is to be

derived

from

the

transcription

in

Car.'D&a

In&crs.

Vol.

L

p.

59:

but

the end of

it

runs

Ppdndamr-

a

Bead

Vainatfyan.

8

The

word

that

ia used

here,

r^ndr


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228

EPiaRAPHIA

INDICA,

[VOL.

V,

destruction

to

Visvananda

j

1

he

who

is a

world-destroying

fire to

Abhayachandra;

3

he

who

is

a

sarabKa,

to

(tlw

lion

that

is)

Vadibhasimha

;

3

he

who

has

silenced

Vadira/ja

;

4

he

who

has

utterly

confuted

Nayanandi

;

he -who

is

supremely

clever

in

protecting

the

Naiyayikas

;

he

who

is

a.

very

Yirincha

(Brahman)

in

being

most

expert

in

supporting

his

own

adherents

and

refuting

the

adherents o

his

adversaries

;

he

who

is

the

ornament of

the

goddess

of

eloquence

*

ho who

is

a

very

Padmasana

(Brahman)

in

darfalr

;

he

who

is

a

very

Narayana

(Vishnu)

in

discrimination;

he

who

is a

very

Mahegvara

(Siva)

in

making

things

clear

;

he

who is

a

very

stream

of the

river

of

the

gods

in

reasoning

;

he

who

is a

very

be

e

on

the

charming

water-lilies

which

are those

who

are

lustfully

addicted

to

the

sport

of

commentating;

he

who

hag

the

banner

of

pure

fame

;

he

who

is of

spotless

behaviour

;

he

who

is

a

very

noose of

Death to

the

throats

of

hostile

pandits

puffed up

with

pride

;

he

who

is

a

fiery

portent

in

(the

sky

that

is

the

andy of)

the

disputant

Digamharas.

These

grandiloquent

terms

plainly

describe,

no

ordinary

priest

of

a

temple,

but

someone

of great

note,

who

was

a

recognised

leader

among

the

Saivas.

And

we

need not

hesitate

about

identifying

the

Lakulisvarapandita

of

this

record

with

the

Lakulisa

of the

Cintra

jpras'ttsfi,

who, therefore,

was

alive

in

A,D,

1035

and

was

then

at

BaJagSmi,

An

earlier

date

for

him is

furnished

by

an

inscription

at

Melpadi

near

Tiruvallam in

the

North Arcot

district,

5

This

record

is

dated

in the ninth

year

of

the

(Making

Parakesarivarma-

Raj&idrach&lad&va

L,

i.e. in

JUD. 1019

or 1020.

6

It

registers

the

fact

that

certain

shepherd*

of that

village

pledged

themselves

to

supply

gliee

for a

lamp

in

the

Ajinjisvam

Saiva

temple,

And

the

declaration

was made

before

the

Pujdri

Lakulisvarapandita,

of

the

matha of

the

#od

Mahadeva

connected with

the

temple,^

Here,

we

need not

assume

that

mention

is

made

of

simply

some

namesake

of

the

great

Saiva

teacher,

or

that

tha

matha at

Melpadi

was

a

branch

of

an

establishment

previously

founded

in

Gujarat;

we

may

safely

identify

the

Lahilisvarapandita

of this

record

of A.D,

1019-20

with

tho

person

of

the

same

name

of

the

Balagfimi

inscription

of

A.D.

1035,

And it

would

seem,

therefore,

that

Lakulisa

commenced

his career

at

Kelpadi

in Iforth

Arcot,

and

laid

there

the

foundations

of

the

reputation

and

influence

that

he

subsequently acquired,

^that

from

there

he

went

to

Balagami

in

Mysore

and

attached

himself to one

of

the

great

Saiva

establishments

at that

place,

and

that

it

was

towards

the

end

of

Ma career

that

he

proceeded

to

Gujarat

and

then,

settling

at

Karvan

founded

the

school

of

Pasupatas

which

carried

on

the

memory

of

him

for

so

long

a

time,

ABSTRACT

OF

CONTENTS.?

The

record

opens

with

the

usual

verse

Namas^tumga-tims.clnimU,

etc.,

in

praise

of

the

o*

d

Siva

under

the

name

of

Sambhu,

followed

by

another

which

runs

1

If

the

flame

here

were

Vidyannnda,

we

could

identify

the

person,

The

second

akshara,

however

is

distinctly

Svd,

'

'

3

This

name

occurs in

a

record

of A.D.

1398

(Insert.

at

Srav.~Bel.

No,

105),

but

apparently

cannot

be

referred

to

a

period

early

enough

for

the

person

there

mentioned

to

be

the

one

who is

spoken

of

in

this

passage

s

This

SiV^oooura

in

the

case

of

a

Jam

teacher

named

Ajitaaena

(above,

Vol.

Ill,

p.

133),

wl,

]

lowev

may

have

been

of

later

date.

It

also

occurs in

the

spurious

Tanjore

graut,

purporting

to be

dated

*A,D

248*

(In


17/19

No,

25.]

INSCEIPTIONS AT

ABLUR,

229

pravdrHayaty=amtaram

mano-vdrddhim

swa-damj-drdd'hyasija

oha

yasyn

stavah-pdtu

warn,

1

It

then

refers

itself

to

tlie

reign

of the

asylum

of the

universe,

the

favourite

of

fortune

and

of

the

aarth,

the

MaMrdjddUiraja.

Param&svara,

and

Paramdbhaft&rakcL,

the

glory

of

the

family

of

.âtyasraya,

the

ornament

of

the

ChSJiikyas,

the

glorious

Tribhuvanamalladeva-

(Vikram&d.itya

VI.)

(line

3),

And

it

then

mentions

hia

feudatory

?

the

Mahasdmmta

who

had

attained

the

pnno'h(vmahd&dlida

}

the

Danfand-yaâ

Anantap|a

(1,

4),

3

who

in

the

north

subdued

the

seven

Malava

countries

4

up

to

the

Himalaya

mountains,

and

in

the

south

drove

all

the

kings

of

the

dakskind&d or

Dekkan. into

the

ocean

(1.

5),

and

thus

became

famous

among

the leaders

of

the forces

of

the

emperor

;

at

the

command

of the

Chalukya

emperor,

5

he

led

an

invasion,

and

gave

the

seven

M&lavas

to

the

fiames,

up

to

the

Himalaya

moun-

tains

(1, 6),

The

elder

sister

of

the

thus famons

Dandandyaka

Anantapala

was

Padmalade'vl

(1,

7)

She

became

the

wife

of

Krishnaraja

or

Krishna

(1.

8).

And

to

them

there were

born

LaTcshmana

and

Govindaraja

(1,

8),

They

had

two

younger

brothers,

named

Mallideva

and

G-anapati

(1,

9),

And

all

four

of

them

attained

the

rank

and

office

of

D&ndandyaka

There

follow

here two

verses

in

praise

of

the

Dandandyaha

Lakshmldhara

(1.

9)

or

Lakshma

(1, 11),

and

six

in

praise

of

Govindarl

ja

(1,

11),

otherwise

called

the

Dan$ddhipa

Govinda

(1.

13).

And

then

we

are told

that,

while

the

famous

G-ovindar&ja

was

ruling

(L 17):

fi

There

was

a

certain

person

named

Mudda

(1.

17),

a

resident of

Abbaltir,

who

was

possessed

of

such

uneqnalled

virtues

that

he

was

looked

upon

as the

very

father

and

mother and

friend

of

the

Banavase

twelve-

thousand.

7

He

belonged

to

the

Madanda or Madanda

family

(1,

IS),

8

To

Mm

and

his

wife

Bh&ganabbe,

there

were

born

Bamma

(1.

19)

and

Erahag&vnnda

:

the

former

of

them

is

also

mentioned

as

Bainmagavnnda

(1.

22)

and

Bammadeva

(1.

23)

;

and

he

is

described

as

having

the

management

of

the

hejjwika,

va$$a/ru/0tila

t

and

liBcoife

duties

of

the

ndt}

or

district

(in

which

Abbaliir

was

situated)

(1.

24)

,

Four verses follow in

praise

of

his

virtues

and

liberality

;

one

of

which

tells us that

he,

a

very

Dilipa

in

generosity,

a

very

Ohamp&pati

(Kama)

in

truthfulness,

a

very

tree

of

paradise

for tho benefit

of

other

people,

caused

to be

madej

in

such

a

fashion

that

Abbaliir

(L

28)

became

famons,

a

temple,

9

in

respect

of

which

people

said

that

it

was

the

mountain

Kailasa,

tbe

home of Isvara

(Siva),

that

it

had

all

the

grandeur

of

except

where

otherwise

specified,

towards

the

end

of

the

record,

where

passages

illegible

in

A.

have

to

he

supplied

from B.

In

many

respects,

B.

is

more

easy

to read

thau

A.

;

but

I

have

quoted

the lines

of

A.,

because

this

copy

is

outside

the

temple

and

would

probably

be

more

easy

of

access

to

anyone

who

might

wish

to examine the

original

i

The

last

pdda

ia

imperfect

;

and

B.,

which reada

yasya

stawtfcpdtmdih,

does not

help

to

supply

the

deficiency.

This

verse

is

omitted

iu

the

transcription

in

CarnsDfaa

Inscrs.

3

The

original,

in

both

copies,

hfis

maMsdmamtw^di-prackamda-damdandyakav*

This is

unquestionably

a

mistake

for

mahdsdmantddhipati-maMpracJiandadaiiidandâ'kan

',

see

the

description

o

Anattaplla

in

all

the

records

quoted

on

page

216 L

above,

*

S&pta-Mdlava

',

and

$lu&-M


18/19

230

EPIGRAPHIA

INDIOA.

[VOL.

V.

the

golden

mountain

(Meru),

the abode

of

Achyuta

(Vislmu),

1

and

that

it

looked

like

the

mountain

of

dawn,

for

the

rising

of

the

sun.

Then

there

comes

a

string

of

epithets

in

prose,

in

tbe

coarse

of

which

he

is

mentioned

as

having

acquired

i>be

excellent

favour of

the

god

Brahmesvara

(1.

30).

And

then

we are introduced

to

his

wife,

Suganabbe

(1,

31),

To

them

there

were

born

two

sous,

fiJuhi

(1, i$),

ficha

(1.

34),

fichama

(I

41),

or

fichaguvunda

(1.

51),

and

Muttiga (1.

33)

or

Mutta

(1.

45).

Seventeen

verses

follow

in

praise

of

the

virtues

and

prowess

of

the

two brothers. Then

the

record

reverts

(1.

48)

to

the

elder

brother,

fichagavunda,

whom

it mentions as

a

bee

on

the

succulent water-lilies that

are

the

feet

of

the

god

Hara

(Si7a)

(1,

49j,

3

as

the

moon

of

the

water-lily

that was

the

Madanda

family,

as a

very

Vatsaraja

with

restive

horses,

3

and as

being

also

called

the lion

of

his

father

u

(1,

50)

.

4

His

Guru

or

religious

preceptor

was

S&rafiSvavapatiditadeva

(1.

51),

the

disciple

of

Sriktintha

(1.

52),

who

was the

disciple

of

Kedarasakti,

who

was

the

ajja-guru,

lit*

'grandfather-preceptor,

5

of

Sflmesvarapanditadeva

(I.

51),

and

was

an ornament

of

the

succession

of

teachers called

the

Muvarakoneyasamtati (1.


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No. 25

J

INSCRIPTIONS AT ABLUR

composed)

by

the

facile

poet

Charaja

or

Acharaja

(B.

L

77)

and the Lorn

noet

'

(],

72).

*

The

Mvdri

Sov6ja

(B.

1,

77)

and

ilie

Mvdri

Honnoju,

2

engraved

it,

3

The

record

then

repeats

the verse

NQMab-tuwgri-slfiifi-Gliumbi,

e/o.

Ifc

then

proceeds

to

refer

itself

again

to the

reign

of

Mbliuvaiiamalladeva-(yikramaditya

VI.)

(i.

74.).

While,

by

the

command

of

his

feudatory,

4

the

Mahfaiinianttidhipati

who had 'attained

the

pafahamahdsabda

(I

75),

the

UahdprudMtw,

the

Bhdnaswefygade]

or

chief of

the

kitchen,

['the

VandandyakcL

Anantapajlarasa

(B,

L

80),

the

'Danfanttyaka

Govindarasa

(B.

1.

80)

was

[administering]

trie

Banavase

twelve-thousand

(1.

76]

and

the

vatjffartivuliL'tluby,

punishing

che

wicked

and

protecting

the

good,

with

the

pleasure

of tin

t^rt'cablo

or

friendly

interchange

of

communications ;

6

And

while

lie

who was

the

moon

of the

cluster

of water-lilies

thai

was

the Madanda

family

(1.77),

he

who

-was

a

paramamAltfJ'oara

or

most devout

worshipper

of the

god

MaMsvara

(Siva)

(1.

78),

he

who

had

attained the

excellent

favour

of

thog^d

Bruhmesvara

(B.

1,

S3),

he

who

was

the

lion

of

his

father

(1. 79),

fi

namely

fichagft[vnnda],

the

Prallw

of

Abbalur

(1.

70),

was

[governing

the

nd$

or

district]

:

7

Mal''f?)gam-Dasaya

(B.

1.

84),

and

liis

younger

brother

Masanm

(L

79, SO),

and

Earnva-Sifrganana-BSrana,

and

Beveya-GMeya,

and

iMaleyanayalca,

and

J&giRetti-Gona

.

.

.

and

Tippana,

(B.

1.

85),

and

^Kesiynna,

and

Niilam^riva-

M&rana'

and

Aim

tto,

these

ten

persons

(I.

81),

on

Sunday,

(couple^

with)

the

sixth

-

tithi

of

'the

brigkt

forthigJjLt

of

the

month

Bbadrapada

of

the'Tarana

samvatsara,

wnich

was

the

twenty-ninth

of

the

years

of

the

Chftlukya

Vikra'ma

(1. 81),

s

having

given

p

nM

to

the

Pralhu

fictag&vn^da

for

the

worship

of

the

shrinfe

(B.

1.

86)* tkoy,

and

the

three-

Imndred

(jl/afccfjawo*)

acquired

.-

.....

-

*

;

' *

'

...

.9

And

Mali-Ghattaya.

(1.

82),

and

Maydana,

and

Jakkayagetana

(B.I,

fa/),

and

Sunriada-Btrana,

these

four

persons

joined

with

the

ten

(mentioned

aftori),

and

gave

gold,

and

acquired

'

.........

10

^

ntl

a11 of

these

'

teaded

ty

^ottakara-Holeyana

(B

1

88)

allotted

,

for

the

angalMga

w&

the oil

of

the

perpetual

lamp

of

the

god

Brahmcsvwa

(1.83),

the

turmeric

of

.........

(B.

1.

88),

and

the

turmeric

of

fc .

and

the

.

*

* *

>

5>ri

^

OTie

?

a

^

a

P

er ftnn

'

am

on

each

ladder*

(?),

n

(

J

a

grant

to

continue)

afi

long

as

the

moon^ancl

,sun

should

last.

The

SfaMm

Madiyanna

(B.

1.

90)

and

Chattiyanna

wrote

(U

:

apparently,

composed)

this.

12

The

EtMJtcr*

Honn6>

engraved

it.

13

Chardjanum

(or

pp*M

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