Indian Epigraphy c13.212

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c13.212

³ *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXVIII, p. 312, text lines 17-18. A modified form of the last three feet of the stanza reads: *ye bhūmipāḥ satatam=ujjvala-dharma-cittāḥ | mad-dharmam=eva paripālanam=ācaranti tat-pādukā-dvayam=ahaṃ śirasā vahāmi ||* (ibid., Vol. XVI, p. 96, text lines 41-44). The second half is sometimes also given as: *mad-dharmam=eva satataṃ paripālayanti tat-pāda-padma-yugalaṃ śirasā namāmi (or vahāmi).* Cf. *Ep. Carn.*, Vol. III, Mysore *Nos.* 1-3, 34, etc. The stanza is also found as: *Mad-vaṃśajā v=anya-kul-odbhavā vā rakṣanti ye dharmam=imaṃ nṛpālāḥ | teṣāṃ tu nityaṃ sa Harir=dadātu santāna-vṛddhim bhuvan-ādhipatyam ||* (ibid., Vol. III, Sr. *Nos.* 64, 100; TN. *No.* 63). For similar variations, see *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. XII, p. 121; Vol. XVI, p. 256; *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XVIII, p. 299, text lines 40-42; Vol. XX, p. 134, text line 19; Vol. XXI, p. 25, text lines 39-40. See Nos. 87 and 90.

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Epigraphia Indica
Epigraphia Carnatica
Bassein copper-plate grant of Seuṇachandra II, Śaka 991 — Sanskrit
Hulgūr stone inscription of the reign of Someśvara I, Śaka 988 — Kannada
Bhopal plates of Udayavarman.—Vikrama-Samvat 1256 — Sanskrit
Charkhari plate of Viravarmadeva : [Vikrama-]Samvat 1311 — Sanskrit