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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 175
[2] Raghunath no.: 
[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 
[4] Tsukamoto no.: 
[5] Lüders no.: 
[6] Support : 5 copper plates, 1 blank
[7] (Faces:) Lines: 45
[8] H: 6.4
[9] W: 19
[10] D: 0.2
[11] H: 
[12] W: 
[13] Language(s): Sanskrit
[14] Original locality: Tummalagudem, Ramannapeta Tk., Nalgonda Dt.
[15] Present locality: Archaeological Museum Panagal, P-7175
[16] Primary bibliography: Sastri in Bharati 1965. — Rama Rao Journal Indian History vol. 44. — Sankaranarayanan 1974: 15-20.
[17] Secondary bibliography: Sankaranarayanan 1977: 172-5 (VIII). — Hanumantha Rao et al. 1998: 202-7. — Rama Rao Journal Indian History vol. 44: 683ff.
[18] Visual documentation: Sastri in Bharati 1965. — Sankaranarayanan 1974, pl. VI-VIII.
[19] Substance of inscription: Gift of one village to the queen's vihāra under Vikramendravarman II
[20] Remarks: 
[21] : VK4 Velpuru
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                            <citedRange>136</citedRange></bibl>): <cit><quote>Some word like Mādhavaṁ denoting Vishnu is inadvertently
                                    omitted here. The intended sense is that the Paramabhaṭṭārikā
                                    Mahādevī was the mother of God Mādhava (Vishnu), who has
                                    incarnated himself in the guise of (her son) Mādhavavarman
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                            attempted to cancel the first subscript <foreign>-v-</foreign>.
                            We expect <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">sarvvādāna</foreign> here,
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                            attached to the repha in the photo of the plates.</note></app><app loc="33"><lem source="bib:Mirashi1982c">sarvvābādhaparihāreṇa</lem><rdg source="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a">sarvvabri<supplied reason="lost">bā</supplied>dh<unclear>ā</unclear>parihāreṇa</rdg><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a"/></bibl> however clearly mistook the vocalic marker of the <foreign>ā</foreign>, in <foreign>vvā</foreign>, with
                            an <foreign>i</foreign> attached to the following akṣara. The
                            same reading <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">sarvvābādhaparihāreṇa</foreign> is also found in EIAD <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00187.xml">187</ref>, l. 13.</note></app><app loc="34"><lem><space quantity="7" unit="character"/></lem><note>The engraver left unengraved enough space of 7 akṣaras, as he reached
                            the end of the sentence.</note></app><app loc="34"><lem>sa<unclear>r</unclear>vvair ev<unclear>a</unclear></lem><rdg source="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a">sarvvair eva</rdg><rdg source="bib:Mirashi1982c">sarvver eva</rdg></app><app loc="34"><lem>rājariṣibh<unclear>i</unclear>ḥ</lem><!-- CC : I changed the lem according to the edition--><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a"/></bibl> proposes to emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">rājar̥ṣibhiḥ</foreign>, whereas <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mirashi1982c"/></bibl> proposes <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">rājarṣibhiḥ</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="36"><lem>nigghnatāṁ</lem><note>The expected reading is <foreign>ghna</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="38–39"><lem>cānupālitā</lem><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a"/></bibl> and <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mirashi1982c"/></bibl> mistakenly read the the <foreign>pā</foreign> at the
                            beginning of l. 39.</note></app><app loc="39"><lem source="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a eiad-bibl:Mirashi1982c">bhūmis</lem><note>The vocalization <foreign>-ū-</foreign> includes a
                            superfluous second rightward horizontal stroke.</note></app><app loc="40"><lem><space quantity="2" unit="character"/> svargge</lem><note>The reason for leaving a space after the first pāda of this verse
                            seems to be that two akṣaras were written by the engraver, before being
                            erased.</note></app><app loc="44-45"><lem>nayavikramābhyā<supplied reason="omitted">m·</supplied></lem><note>What may appear to be the <foreign>m·</foreign> that we
                            expect, placed below the <foreign>bhyā</foreign> in the black
                            and white picture of the plate published by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a"/></bibl> does not appear to be one upon closer inspection.</note></app></listApp></div><div type="translation"><p n="1" rend="stanza">Victorious is he, whose lustre has pervaded [all] directions of the compass, he who is resplendent as the young sun, this illustrious Uttamāśraya, son of Satyāśraya.</p><p>Hail!</p><p n="2-16"> The illustrious
                    Vikramendrabhaṭṭārakavarman, who was entrusted with the burden of kingship, as
                    he was still a child, by the council of the ministers, on account of his
                    accomplishment in and dedication to all the virtues of royal seers [and of] his
                    superior heroism worthy of his [father], who is extremely righteous (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">paramadhārmika</foreign>) and a conqueror through Dharma
                        (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">dharmavijayin</foreign>), the pair of whose
                    excellent feet is illuminated by the rays of the gems of the diadems of many
                    neighboring rulers as they bow [to him]; who belongs to the Viṣṇukuṇḍins—who
                    have obtained the legitimacy (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">adhikāra</foreign>)
                    to protect their subjects thanks to the blessings received at the feet of the
                    Bhagavant Śrīparvatasvāmin, who abound in the glory of [both] the brahmins and
                    kṣatriyas and who, like Viṣṇu, are accomplished in prowess and political skill
                        (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">naya</foreign>)—; the beloved son of
                    Śrī-Indrabhaṭṭārakavarman—who acquired the sovereignty over the whole domain of
                    a cakravartin by means of victories in innumerable four-tusked (i.e. elephant)
                    [combats], by whom the veil of dense darkness [constituted by] the circle of
                    other heirs [to the throne] was entirely dispelled, by means of the power of the
                    sun that was [lying in] his own hand, and spread through the rows of rays [in
                    the form of] the glittering swords [of his army]—, the son of the great king
                    Śrī-Vikramendravarman [I]—who was the son of a great Vākāṭaka queen, was a great
                    poet and a devout worshipper of the Sugata—; the beloved son of the great king
                    Śrī-Mādhavavarman—who perfectly carried out the accomplishment of all difficult,
                    desire-fulfilling, rites prescribed by the śruti because of his performance of
                    eleven Aśvamedhas, Bahusuvarṇas, and Pauṇḍarikas, a thousand of Kratus, the
                    Sarvamedha, the royal consecration, and human sacrifice, who was the lord of
                    earth adorned with the ring of the waters formed by the Revā (i.e. the Narmadā)
                    [in the north] as well as of the oceans in the east, south, and west; the son of
                    the mahārāja Śrī-Govindavarman— the Śrī-Govindavarman, whose trust in the
                    Teaching of the Sugata was born from the favour of a miraculous vision of Him
                    who is endowed with the six super-knowledges (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">ṣaḍabhijña</foreign>, i.e. the Buddha), whose accumulation of boundless
                    Brāhma-merit has been obtained through the foundation of many <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">mahāvihāra</foreign>s that produced a brilliance
                    rivalling with that of the residences of the gods (or: their temples); after
                    dutifully honoring all royal seers, who will be true ornaments in the his own or
                    in other dynasties, informs in this respect:</p><p n="18-21"> ‘She who gave birth under the pretext
                    of a son, to the [very] heap of virtues [like] political wisdom/restraint,
                    endowed with charming personality, bearing the glorious name Mādhavarāja and
                    having an unsurpassed might, manifest in forcibly seizing the royal seats (i.e.,
                    cities) that had been completely beneficial to other royal families of reputed
                    might;</p><p n="21-24"> who (Paramabhaṭṭārikāmahādevī), by
                    taking birth, adorned the Śrī-Pr̥thivīmūla family—just as Śrī (Lakṣmī) [did] the
                    ocean—which, by the abundance of rays of lights causes the extensive quarters of
                    space to shine; whose greatness is manifest in (its) honorable and unique
                    marriage-relationship with the Viṣṇukuṇḍi family; and [therefore] whose noble
                    descent stands in the foremost among the family of all feudatories/neighboring
                    kings;</p><p n="24-29"> on account of whom (Paramabhaṭṭārikā)
                    the glorious Govindarāja resembling Govinda (Viṣṇu) by virtues, beauty and
                    wealth, did not crave for Śrī having corporeal body, who gave rise to the fame
                    that resembled the <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">kaustubha</foreign> gem that
                    shines uniquely at the centre of the necklace in the form of the row of kings of
                    the past and future of the family [sprung] from the Śrīparvata; and who
                    beautified the whole of the Dakṣiṇāpatha by varied attractive and sublime works
                    viz., the wonderful <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">stūpa</foreign>s and
                    monasteries [built] in every district;</p><p n="29-30"> in the glorious
                    Paramabhaṭṭārikāmahāvihāra founded by the <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">mahādevī</foreign> Paramabhaṭṭārikā as if she was desirous of highly
                    beautifying the glorious Indrapura;</p><p n="30-33"> on the eleventh year of the
                    increasingly victorious reign, on the eighth lunar day of the dark fortnight of
                    the month of Kārtika, the village named Irundora is gifted by us with the
                    exemption from all obstacles and with all the constituents of the gift (or with
                    all custom-duties) for the enjoyment of the universal congregation of the
                    excellent monks.</p><p n="34-36"> [This gift] may also be well protected
                    by all the sage-kings following [the path] of the <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">śruti</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">smr̥ti</foreign>, and
                        <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">sadācāra</foreign>. Whosoever, being victim of
                    greed, carelessness, or the wickedness of [his] mean servants, proceeds on this
                    [gift] with a view to destroy the charity, to him will accrue these sins
                    enjoined in the <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">smr̥ti</foreign>s.’</p><p n="2" rend="stanza">The destiny of those who slay their master, a cow, a
                    brahmin, a child, a woman or a learned man, will be the one of him who seizes
                    the livelihood that is marked by a (royal) charter.</p><p n="3" rend="stanza">By numerous [kings], land has been given; and by many it
                    has been protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the fruit
                    then belong.</p><p n="4" rend="stanza">The giver of land revels in heaven for sixty thousand years;
                    the one who seizes [land] as well as the one who approves (of the seizing) will
                    reside as many [years] in hell.</p><p n="41-44"> Having made the Pallava named Siṁha as
                    weak as a fragment of the sprout and having returned back and come first to
                    Śakrapura, the king widely known as Uttamāśraya, issued this edict when four
                    hundred and eighty-eight years of the lot of the Śakas have elapsed.</p><p n="44-45"> The <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">ājñāpana</foreign> [of this charter] is that Śrīmūlarāja who is born of a
                    reputed family; who is the foremost among the kings; and by whom the down-fallen
                    fortune of the family of the overlord is restored by means of political wisdom
                    and valor.</p></div><!--<div type="commentary">
                <listApp>
                    <app loc="lineNumber">
                        <note><!-@loc = number of the line commented here in the note element.</note>
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            </div>--><div type="bibliography"><p>First described and edited by Sastri in Bharati 1965
                    <!-- I don't have this bibliographical reference-->, followed by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Rama_Rao1965"/>: <citedRange>733–8</citedRange></bibl>, <bibl><ptr target="bib:Venkataramanayya1974a"/>:
                            <citedRange>15–20</citedRange></bibl> and <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mirashi1982c"/>: <citedRange>135–8</citedRange></bibl>. Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the
                    plates.</p><listBibl type="primary"><bibl/></listBibl><listBibl type="secondary"><!--<bibl>
						<ptr target="eiad-bibl:Rama_Rao1966"/>: <citedRange>683ff</citedRange>
					</bibl> AG 20170905: I presume this was mistaken reference to the Rama Rao 1965 entry recorded above--><bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE"/><citedRange>1968-69: 2, no. A.3</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Sankaranarayanan1977a"/>: <citedRange>172–5 (no.
                            VIII)</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Hanumantha_Rao1998"/>: <citedRange>202–7</citedRange></bibl></listBibl></div></body></text>
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