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Plates svasti.

śrīmat-piṣṭapuraT-vāsakāT. sva-bhuja-vijita-danu-tanaya-māahā-senena māahāsenenābhivarddhitānān tribhuvana-mātr̥bhir abhirar mmātr̥bhir abhirakṣitānāṁ mānavya-sagotrāṇāṁ hāriti-putrāṇāṁ calukyānāṁ anvayam unnamayitum asakr̥d anubhuūta-raṇa-rāgasya raṇarāganaptāsya naptāsahya-vikramasya raṇavikramasya pautro vipula-kīrtteḥ kīrttivarmaṇaḫ priya-sutaḥ śakti-traya-vaśiīkr̥ta-sakala-mahī-maṇḍalasya satyaāśraya-vallabha-mahārājasya priyānujaḥ svāsidhāraā-nāamita-samasta-sāmanta-maṇḍalaḥ sva-rūpa-guṇa-yauvana-śrīiyā dūram atiśayita-makara-dhvajaḥ sthala-jalādi-durgga-viṣameṣv api labdha-siddhitvād viṣamasiddhir artthi-janaḥ-nitya-prasnuta-kāmadhenuḥ lokātiśaya-vikramatayā nara-loka-vimakramaḥ parama-bhāgavataḥ parama-brahmaṇyo mātā-pitr̥-pādānuddhyaātaḥ śrī-viṣṇuvarddhana-māahārājaḥ|||

paḻaki-viṣaye. kumūlūra nāma grāme pūrva-diśediśi kṣetre catvāri-sahasra-nivartanāni chedaṁ kr̥tvā. pogganūra-vaāstavyāyāa cattaālīsabrāhmaṇaḥ nānā-gaotra-chandoga-sabrahmacāriṇe yama-niyama-pāragāya ṣaṭ-karmma-niratāyāa veda-pāragāya dattaḥ

Seal śrī-viṣamasiddhiḥ I accept the reading of the seal as reported by Hultzsch, who repeats the ARIE report. In its present condition, the seal legend is entirely illegible.

Plates -piṣṭapuraT-vāsakāT The minuscule T glyphs (one above ra and another about the following sva) are rather indiscernible in my recent photographs, but quite clear in EH's estampages. The initially inscribed text was clearly -piṣṭapura-vāsakā. I assume the engraver wished to correct thi to -piṣṭapura-vāsakāT and first engraved the addition in a wrong place. But as Hultzsch notes, it is also possible that the correction piṣṭapurāT was intended, or at least played a role in the process. hāriti- Eyeskip omission corrected by the engraver. mātr̥bhir abhirar mmātr̥bhir abhirakṣitānāṁ Eyeskip omission corrected by the engraver. hāriti- Part of this character (and much a smaller part of the top of ra in the next line) has been obliterated by the hole, which seems to have grown from its original size, perhaps implying that the plates were opened and/or moved while hanging from the ring frequently enough for the ring to wear away the edge of the hole. raṇarāganaptāsya naptā Hultzsch only notes that na is engraved over an earlier ptā.I think that in addition, sya was created by modifying an originally engraved na, since the right-hand end of the subscript y overlaps the left-hand side of the pre-correction p. svāsidhāraā-nāamita- svāsidhārā-nāmita- The characters ranā are engraved over a single pre-correction character, perhaps nā or ṇa. nitya The character ni was probably struck over something else, possibly ma or vā. vimakramaḥ As Hultzsch notes, the composer's intent may have been trivikramaḥ. This proposed emendation is not connected to the premodern correction present here. -viṣaye. kumūlūra If this is a punctuation mark, as read by Hultzsch, then it must have been inserted subsequently into the space between ye and the following character. In spite of its tiny size it has a serif on top, which the earlier daṇḍas in the line lack, so perhaps the intent was something else; perhaps correction of ku into ke? catvāri- catvāri The bottom left corner of the plate is worn away, but I am reasonably sure that there was no subscript v in the original. sahasra-nivartanāni sahasra-nivarttanāni Hultzsch also emends pedantically to nivarttana-sahasrāṇi pogganūra poṭunūṅka

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Greetings! From the majestic residence at Piṣṭapura. The great-grandson of Raṇarāga, who repeatedly experienced the thrill of battle raṇa-rāga to elevate the lineage of the Calukyas—who are cherished by Mahāsena, who defeated the great army mahā-sena of the sons of Danu with his own arms, who are protected by the Mothers who are the mothers of the three worlds, who are of the Mānavya gotra, who are sons of Hāritī; the grandson of Raṇavikrama Pulakeśin I of irresistible valour; the dear son of Kīrtivarman or widespread fame; the dear younger brother of King mahārāja Satyāśraya Vallabha Pulakeśin II who subjugated the entire circle of the earth by means of his three powers śakti-traya; this is His Majesty the supremely pious King mahārāja Viṣṇuvardhana I, the supreme devotee of the Bhagavat Viṣṇu, who was deliberately appointed as heir by his mother and father, who by the blade of his own sword forced the entire circle of subordinate rulers sāmanta to bow, who by his beauty, qualities and youth far surpasses the Crocodile-bannered Kāma, who is known as Viṣamasiddhi because he prevails even over adverse viṣama conditions, such as forts on land, water and so on, who is a cow of plenty kāma-dhenu overflowing with milk for supplicants, who by his valour surpassing common folk is a Vikrama Viṣṇu in the world of men.

He, Viṣṇuvardhana I has granted four thousand nivartanas—splitting this land off the field in the eastern direction of the village named Kumulūra in Paḻaki district viṣaya—to forty Brahmins who are residents of Pogganūra, of various gotras belonging to the Chandoga school, thoroughly dedicated to restraint yama and observance niyama, engaged in the six duties of a Brahmin and versed in the Vedas.

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Hail! From his residence in the prosperous Piṣṭapura,—the great-grandsonHultzsch indicates that naptr̥ can have this meaning and points to parallels. of Raṇarāga, who repeatedly indulged in the passion of fighting in order to elevate the family of the Calukyas, who were Hāritiputras, who belonged to the gotra of the Mānavyas, who were protected by the Mātr̥s, the mothers of the three worlds, and who were rendered prosperous by Mahāsena, who by his own arm had defeated the great army of the sons of Danu;

—the grandson of Raṇavikrama, whose valour was insuperable; the dear son of Kīrtivarman, whose renown was extensive; and the dear younger brother of Satyāśraya-Vallabha-Mahārāja, who had subdued the circle of the whole earth by the triad of regal powers;

—the devout worshipper of Bhagavat, the very pious one, who meditated at the feet of his mother and father,—Śrī-Viṣṇuvardhana-Mahārāja, who by the edge of his own sword humbled the circle of all the vassals, who by the splendour of his own beauty, virtues and youthfulness far surpassed Cupid, who was surnamed Viṣamasiddhi because he had obtained success siddhi in impassable straits viṣama on land, on sea, etc., who was a cow of plenty kāmadhenu constantly yielding milk to suppliants, and who was the [Tri]vikramaSee the apparatus entry on this word in line 9. Viṣṇu of the world of men because his valour surpassed that of all mankind;

—has granted four thousand nivartanas in the fields on the eastern side of the village named Kumulūra in the Paḻaki district viṣaya, having portioned them off, to forty Brāhmaṇas of various gotras, residing in Poṭunūṅka, belonging to the school of the Chhandogas observing the greater and smaller rules, engaged in the six duties, and familiar with the Veda.

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Depuis la résidence de l’illustre Piṣṭapura, l’arrière petit-fils de Raṇarāga, qui éprouva plus d’une fois le goût du combat pour éléver la lignée des Calukya, du même gotra que les descendants de Manu, eux à qui Mahāsena accorda la prospérité, qui par leur propre bras ont vaincu la grande armée des fils de Danu, protégés par les mères, mères des trois mondes, le petit-fils de Raṇavikrama à la vaillance insoutenable, le fils aimé de Kīrtivarman à la gloire immense, le frère cadet aimé du grand roi Satyāśraya Vallabha possesseur du cercle entier de la terre soumis par ses trois pouvoirs, lui devant la lame de l’épée duquel s’incline le cercle de tous les feudataires, lui qui par sa beauté, ses vertus, sa jeunesse et sa splendeur surpasse de loin le porteur de la bannière à makara, lui, (nommé) Viṣamasiddhi car il obtint la réussite dans l’adversité sur terre,Même glose du biruda que dans les insc. nos 11 et 13 sur mer, etc., vache des désirs dont le lait nourrit éternellement la foule des mendiants, Trivikrama du monde humain grâce à sa vaillance qui surpasse le monde (des hommes), excellent dévôt de Bhagavat, très pieux, méditant aux pieds de sa mère et de son père, l’illustre grand roi Viṣṇuvardhana, sur le terrain à l’est, dans village nommé Kumūlūra, dans le viṣaya de Paḻaki, a donné,La construction syntaxique est incorrecte : le donateur śrī-viṣṇuvarddhana-mahārājaḥ, qui devrait être l’agent, et le prédicat, dattaḥ sont au nominatif masculin singulier, de plus le prédicat n’est pas accordé à son sujet, qui est au neutre pluriel, nivarttana-sahasrāni. après les avoir morcellés, quatre mille nivartana pour quarante brahmanes de divers gotra, résidant à Potuṇūṅka, appartenant à l’école de Chandoga, maîtrisant parfaitement les observances essentielles et secondaires, voué aux six devoirs, maîtrisant parfaitement les Veda.