History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c15.s3: I—Kuram Pallava Grant

History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c15.s3

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I—Kuram Pallava Grant

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South Indian Inscriptions (Hultzsch) Vol. I p. 148-50.

स्वाति । पञ्चास्यविंशदद्वैः प्रतिभयनयनश्चन्द्रमौलिस्त्रिशूली । भीमाव्याकोपराती- दशभुजपरिग्रस्त्वमात्रात्ममूर्तिः ॥ दिव्यावेक्ष्यो मुकुन्दप्रभृतिभिरमरैःसृष्टिरुन्मन्त्रसिद्धः । कर्ती नो मूर्तविद्याविहितपरयमक्षायतां विश्वमूर्तिः ॥ कार्यव्यूहकलाक्रमस्य परमव्योमा- मृतज्योतिषो । विद्वन्मानसचन्द्रकान्तपतिता मूर्च्छन्ति यस्यांशवः । भूतानां हृदयेषु चानयति यः शर्क्तिं क्रियासाधनीं त्रैय्यात्मा परमेश्वरः स जयति त्रैलोक्यचूडामणिः ॥ अब्रह्मण्यमसोमयागमयथाप्रस्थानदण्डोयमम् । मिथ्यादान्तमदानशूरमनृतव्याहारजि- ह्माननम् । जातं यत्र नरेश्वरं न शृणुमो युद्धेषु वा विह्लवं निर्विघ्नः पृथिवीन्निरितभवतन्त- पल्लवानां कुलम् ॥ ब्रह्मणोङ्गिरस्ततो बृहस्पतिस्तस्माद्भरद्वाजस्ततो द्रोणः । द्रोणादपरिमित- तेजोधामाश्वत्थामा । ततो निराकृतापल्लवः पल्लवः यतः सकलभुवनवल्लभपल्लवकुलम् । स्थेयात्तत्पल्लवकुलं यत्र जातं नरेश्वरम् । अब्रह्मण्यमदातारमशूरं नानुश्रुम । तदु- दयधरणिधरसोमादित्यध्याविनतमुखनृपातिमुर्तिः । चजोशने प्रतियन्ति राजगजयूथ- सिंहस्य नृसिंहवर्मणः ....... मुहरवाजितचोळकेरळकळभ्रपाण्ड्यस्य सहस्रबाहोरिव समरशतनिर्विष्टसहस्रबाहुकर्मणः परिमळमणिमंगलशूरमारप्रभृति रणविदर्शितपुलकेशि पृष्ठपल्लिखितविजयाक्षरस्य कलशयोनेरिव विमथितवातापेः पौत्रो महेन्द्रस्येव सुरचित- सम्पदो महेश्वरवर्मणः सुप्रणीतवर्णाश्रमधर्मस्य पुत्रः परमेश्वर इव सर्वाधिकदर्शनः परमेश्वरवर्मा भरत इव सर्वदमनः सगर इव कृतासमंजस्त्यागः कर्ण इव पुष्कलाङ्गियः प्रियकाव्यो ययातिरिब अनुपन्तानां राज्ञां यस्याज्ञौ भरति सर्वदा पीठा । ...... here follows a description of a hard fought battle which is both very real and poetical; विक्रमादित्यं कप्पटमात्रपरिच्छदं एकाकिपलायितं ..तेन परमेश्वरेण नाम मन्त्यवान्तरराष्ट्रे अष्टशतचतुर्वेदकुलसमृद्धकुरग्रामनाममद्रये विद्याविनीतपल्लवपरमेश्वर- गृहे प्रतिष्ठापितस्य भगवतः पिनाकपाणेः पूज्यास्तवनकुसुमगन्धधूपदीपहविरुपहार- बलिश्खपटहादिप्रवर्तनार्थं अत्रैव उदकमभिभारतमारुयानमणिकोटमध्ये पत्यानामय- न्यवान्तरराष्ट्रे ......

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While Chālukya records represent Pallavas as defeated by Vikramāditya this grant represents him as flying from the field covered with a rag or rather a “langoti.” to use in Marathi. However both accounts may be true; as there are usually successes and reverses between equally matched opponents. The further interest of this record is that it presents Parameśvaravarman as fond of poetry. And the occurrence of the word Rāṣtra as the name of a division or district shows that the Pallavas originally came from the Mahārāṣṭras. We will refer to this again later on.

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II—Some Nasik cave Inscriptions in Prakrit as read by Senart (latest version) Ep. In. Vol. VIII.

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(1) No. 22 page 93.

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सादवाहनकुले कन्हे राजिनि नासिककेन समणेन महामातेण लेण कारित.

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(Under king Krishna of the Sātavāhana family this cave has been caused to be made by the officer in charge of the Śramaṇas at Nasik)

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(2) No. 24 page 94.

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सिधं गणो गोतमीपुतस सामिसिरीयण सातकणिस संवछरे सातमे हेमताण पखे ततीये ३ दिवसे पथमे कोसिकस महासेणापतिस भवगोपस भरिजाय महासेना-पतिणीय वामुय लेण बोपकियतिसुजमान अपयवसितसाने बहुकाणि वरिसानि उकुटे पयवसान नितो चातुदिसस च भिसुसंघस आवासो दतो ति ।

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(Tran.:--Success. On the first day of the 3rd fortnight of winter in the seventh year of the king the lord Siriya Sātakani son of Gotami, the Mahāsenāpatini Vasu wife of the Mahāsenāpati Bhavagopa of the Kauśika family has completed and given as an abode to the Universal Sangha of monks this cave which has been excavated for many years but after having been created by the ascetic Bopaki had remained uncompleted).

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III—No. 5 page 73.

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सिध गोवधने आमचस सामकस देयो राजानितो रत्रो गोतमीपुतस सातक-णिस महादेवाय च जीवसुताय राजमांतय वचनेन गोवधने चोसामको अरोगवतवो ततो एव च वतवो एथ आम्हेहि पवते तिरणहुम्हि अम्हधमदाने लेणे पतिवसतां पवजि-तान भिसून गामे कखडिसु पुव खेतं दत तच खेत..कसते सोच गामो न वसति एवं तति य दानि एथ नगरसीमे राजकं खेत अम्हसतकं ततो एतेस पवजितान भि-सूनं तेरन्हुकानं दद्म खेतस निवतणस तं तस च खेतस परिहार वितराम अपावेस अनोमस अलोणखादच अरठसविनायिक सवजातपारिहारिक च एते हि न परिहारेहि परिहारेठ एत च स खेतपरिहारे च एथ निबधंपेथ अवियेन आणत पटिहारखिय लोटाय छटो लेखो संवछरे २४ वासान पखे ४ दिवसे पचमे ५ सुजिविना कटानिवधो निवधो संवछरे २४ गिम्हाण पखे २ दिवसे १०.

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(Tran.:--Success. Order of the king to be made over to Sāmaka the officer at Govadhana in the name of the king Sātakani Gotamiputa and of the king's queen-mother whose son is living. Sāmaka the officer at Govadhana shall be addressed with the usual civility and then shall be told thus: "We have here on mount Tirahnu formerly given to the mendicant ascetics dwelling in the cave which is a pious gift of ours a field in the village of Kakhadi. But this field is not tilled nor is the village inhabited. Matters being so that royal village of ours which is now here on the limit of the town, from that field we give to the mendicant ascetics of Tirahnu one hundred Nivartanas of land and to that field we grant immunity not to be entered (by royal officers) not to be touched (by any of them) not to be dug for salt, not to be interfered with by the district police and in short to enjoy all kinds of immunities; invest it with these immunities and take care that the donation of the field and the immunities are duly registered." Verbally ordered. The deed written down by Lota the doorkeeper. The charter executed by Sujivin in the year 24 in the 4th fortnight of the rainy season on the 5th day. The donation had been made in the year 24 in the second fortnight of summer on the 10th day.