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Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s7: Plate XXX

Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s7

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Plate XXX

c12.s7.1

1. (çri)yam Bhukkabhūpatim yatkīrtilaxmā*h* krīḍanty āvahamaṇḍam ratnamaṇṭhapam muktācchatram çaçā(*m*)- kasudīpa*h* çukradivākarau | dharm(e)ṇa raxati x(o)ṇ(ī)*m* vīraçrīBhukkabhūpatau | nirātamkābha-
5. yāt tasmin nityabhogotsavā*h* prajā*h* Gaurīsahacarāt tasmāt prādurāsīn Maheçvarāt | çaktyā pratītaskamçamço (*sic?*) rāja Harihareçvara*h* | sarvavarṇasamācārapratipālanatatpare | tasmin catu*h*samudrāmta bhūmi*h* kāmadughā ’bhavat si*m*-
10. hāsanajushas tasya kī(r)tyā bhāmti diço daça | udayādrigatasye ’ndo(r) jyotsnā yeva¹) kalānidhe*h* | tulāpurushadānādimahādānāni shoḍaça | kṛitavān pratirājanyavajrapātātmavaibhava*h* || çrīmadrājādhirājaparameçvara*h* | pū(r)vada-
15. xiṇapaçcimottarasamudrādhiçvara*h* | sa nishkāritadushṭarājarājanyabhujamgavainateya*h* | dāraṇāgatavajrapamjara*h* | kalikāladharma*h* | Karṇātakalaxmikarṇāvatamsa*h* | catu(r)varṇādara- (ṇa) pālaka*h* | kalagiritaṭalikhitaghoshaṇa*h*
20. raṇaramgabhīshaṇa*h* | pararājarājīvasudhāka-

c12.s7.2

¹ ^1) Yeva, the common Telugu way of writing eva *cfr. pl.* ix. There are several errors in orthography and mistakes in this document. Much is in çlokas.

c12.s7.3

rah | paranārīsaho*darah* | puṇyaçl(o)kapraha(r)sha*h* |
çārdūlamadabha*m*jana*h* | CeraColaPāṇḍyasth(ā)-
panācārya*h* | Vedabhāshyaprakāçaka*h* | vaidikamārga-
24. sthāpanācārya*h* | karmopetācā(?)rya*h* | rājakalyāṇaçekhara-
[sidhasārasvatetyādivirudāvalībhūshita*h* sa khalu DraviratāpaHariharamahārāya*h etc.*]

c12.s7.4

This is sufficient to explain my remarks (on p. 110) respecting the later, bad official style.