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<pb
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n="1" break="no"/><unclear>bhi</unclear>laṣi<unclear>ta-kā</unclear>ryya-vija<unclear>ya</unclear>-siddheḥ śrī-maṁgi-yuvarājasya priya-tana<lb
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n="3" break="no"/><unclear>ṇa-yu</unclear>galaḥ sva-vikramākrānta-mahī-maṇḍalaḥ vara-yuvati-jana-ma<lb
n="4" break="no"/>kara-dhva<space type="binding-hole"/>jaḥ parama-brahmaṇyo mātā-pitr̥-pādānudhyātaḥ śrī-vi<lb
n="5" break="no"/>ṣṇuva<space type="binding-hole"/>rddhana-mahārājaḥ sarvv<unclear>ā</unclear>n ittham ājñāpayati</p>
<p>viditam astu vaḥ va<lb
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n="1v" break="no"/><lb
n="7" break="no"/>ya veda-vide śaṁkaraśarmmaṇaḥ pautrāya revaśarmmaṇaḥ putrā<lb
n="8" break="no"/>ya veda-vedāṁga-pāragāya tri-veda-vide vr̥ddhaśarmmaṇe U<unclear>t</unclear>tarāya<lb
n="9" break="no"/><unclear>ṇa</unclear>-ni<supplied reason="omitted">mi</supplied>tte <space type="binding-hole"/> dvādaśa-<choice><orig>k</orig><reg>kh</reg></choice>aṇḍika-kodrava-<subst><del rend="corrected"><unclear>vāpa</unclear></del><add place="overstrike"><unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">b</unclear>ī<unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">jā</unclear></add></subst>vāpa-mātraṁ kṣetraṁ sarvva<lb
n="10" break="no"/>kara-pa<space type="binding-hole"/>rihāraṁ kr̥tvā Uñ<choice><orig>c</orig><reg>ch</reg></choice>a-sahitaM dattaM</p>
<p part="I">kṣetrasya sīmā<lb
n="11" break="no"/>ni<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> pūrvataḥ nekkontha-sīmāvadhiḥ sīm<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice><supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> dakṣiṇataḥ Ātukūri sīmā<lb
n="12" break="no"/>vadhiḥ sīm<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice><supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> paścimataḥ boddamāri reṇḍuvaddi<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> Uttarataḥ kar<unclear cert="low">i</unclear><unclear>y</unclear>aṭa</p>
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<lem>-siddheḥ</lem>
<rdg source="bib:Sampath2005_01">-siddhiḥ</rdg>
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<lem>-<sic>ki<unclear>rī</unclear></sic><lb
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<rdg source="bib:Sampath2005_01">kiraṇa</rdg>
<note>The reading is confident in spite of some weathering, and indicates a major scribal omission. The intendet text may have been <foreign>kiraṇa-rāga-raṁjita-caraṇa</foreign> (as found for instance in the <ref target="DHARMA_INSVengiCalukya00014.xml">Nutulapaṟu grant of Maṅgi Yuvarāja</ref>), but an even longer omitted chunk is also possible. The word <foreign>kirīṭa</foreign> does not occur in a similar context in any related grant that I am aware of, but may also have been intended here; in this case, however, the omission cannot be attributed to eyeskip.</note>
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<lem>-ni<supplied reason="omitted">mi</supplied>tte</lem>
<note>The last character of this word is distorted because of the adjacent binding hole. Above the hole there is a mark resembling a Roman capital T, which is probably nothing but a museum marking in ink (perhaps a Roman numeral I?). The plate was evidently inked before taking the photograph from which I edit it, but this mark seems to be in ink alone, not accompanied by any engraved strokes.</note>
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<lem>-<choice><orig>k</orig><reg>kh</reg></choice>aṇḍika-</lem>
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<lem>nekkontha-</lem>
<rdg source="bib:Sampath2005_01">nekkonṟa-</rdg>
<note>The subscript component is not quite identical to that of <foreign>ittham</foreign> in line 5, but it is very unlikely to be <foreign>ṟ</foreign>, as it has a round and convex outline both on the top and the bottom.</note>
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<lem>kar<unclear cert="low">i</unclear><unclear>y</unclear>aṭa</lem>
<rdg source="bib:Sampath2005_01">kariya-U</rdg>
<note>The <foreign>i</foreign> of the second character is faint and very small; perhaps <foreign>a</foreign> is to be read here. MDS's <foreign>U</foreign> cannot be ruled out, but the last character resembles the instances of <foreign>ṭa</foreign> in line 2 more than it does the <foreign>U</foreign> earlier in the present line.</note>
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<p n="1-5">the dear son of Maṅgi Yuvarāja, who prevailed in victory <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vijaya-siddhi</foreign></supplied> in whatever goal he desired; His Majesty the supremely pious King <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mahārāja</foreign></supplied> Viṣṇuvardhana <supplied reason="explanation">III</supplied>, who was deliberately appointed <supplied reason="subaudible">as heir</supplied> by his mother and father and whose pair <supplied reason="subaudible">OMITTEDof feet were tinted by the hues of the rays from</supplied><note>The text omitted by the scribe is restored in this translation; see the apparatus to line 2.</note> the gems fitted to the surfaces of the crowns of enemy kings bowed down by the blade of his sword; who has by his own valour conquered the circle of the earth; and who is a crocodile-bannered <supplied reason="subaudible">god of love</supplied> to choice young ladies—<supplied reason="subaudible">this Viṣṇuvardhana III</supplied> commands everyone as follows.</p>
<p n="5-10">Let it be known to you that on the occasion of the winter solstice a field of a measure <supplied reason="explanation">sufficient</supplied> for sowing twelve <foreign>khaṇḍika</foreign>s of <foreign>kodrava</foreign> seed has been given, rendered exempt of all taxes and together with <supplied reason="explanation">the dues for</supplied> gleanings <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>uñcha</foreign></supplied>, to the grandson of Śaṅkaraśarman, son of Revaśarman, <supplied reason="subaudible">namely</supplied> Vr̥ddhaśarman, a resident of Vaṁgipaṟu of the Hārīta <foreign>gotra</foreign>, adherent of the Āpastaṁba <foreign>sūtra</foreign>, a knower of the Veda who is thoroughly versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas and knows the three Vedas.<note>The qualifications “knower of the Veda” and “knows the three Vedas” (<foreign>veda-vide</foreign> and <foreign>tri-veda-vide</foreign>) are rather redundant. The former may have been intended, along with the specification of the residence, <foreign>gotra</foreign> and <foreign>sūtra</foreign>, to qualify the donor’s grandfather. This would be implied by proximity, but is ruled out by the syntax of the text as composed.</note></p>
<p n="10-12">The boundaries of the field <supplied reason="subaudible">are as follows</supplied>. To the east, the border is the extent of the border of Nekkontha. To the south, the border is the extent of the border of Ātukūri. To the west, Boddamāri <supplied reason="subaudible">and</supplied> Reṇḍuvaddi. To the north, <gap reason="ellipsis"/> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kariyaṭa</foreign></supplied> <gap reason="lost"/></p>
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<p>Single extant medial plate of a set, probably the second of three.</p>
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1932-1933"/><citedRange unit="page">6</citedRange><citedRange unit="appendix">A/1932-33</citedRange><citedRange unit="item">7</citedRange></bibl>. Edited by M. D. Sampath (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Sampath2005_01"/></bibl>) without reference to the ARIE report. Edited here by Dániel Balogh from public photographs from the National Museum, New Delhi,<note><ref target="http://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/nat_del-56-121-7-17122">http://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/nat_del-56-121-7-17122</ref></note>, subsequently collated with Sampath's edition.</p>
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