THE MERKARA PLATES.
DEc. 6, 1872.]
and was renowned among the Gangá-kula for pro. tecting the kingdom. 26. Satya Vákya Rāya succeeded his father
Ganda-deva, and ruled the kingdom in equity and
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was then entirely overrun with jungle. This place he called Sri Ranga pattana (Seringapatam)." Prof. R. G. Bhandárkar's remarks given below will show the importance of the inscription in con
justice, punishing the wicked and protecting the
nection with this abstract.
good.
He was never failing in truth, hence he ob
scription” will aid those unacquainted with the
tained the title of Satya Vákya Rāya (the truth
original character in reading it. The Canaresee has been rendered by 1, 3–equivalent to 2–by l, Q.9 by l, ºr by L, C by r, and the second form by r.
speaking Ring).
27. Gur, ottama Deva, brother of Satya Vákya, was installed at Dalavanpura; he ruled the kingdom in an equitable manner, allowing many charities, and maintained friendship with the other rājas. 28. Malla Deva Rāya II., younger brother of Gunottaina, succeeded during the life-time of the
latter, whom he is stated to have kept at Vijaya Skandapura. This king was a very valiant man and defeated the Pándya Rāja, who had attacked him. In the reign of this prince, his brother Gunottama
And Mr. Rice's tran
There is a difficulty connected with the date. Finding that Māgh Suddha 5th, S. 388, fell on Wednesday, I submitted the question to Prof. Keru Lakshman Chatre. He finds the day to fall on “Wednesday—Budhavára or Saumyavāra, Nak shatra–Uttara Bhādrapada,” and considers that
the engraver, being careless, has written aſh for
- T.” Nakshatra Sväti never falls near 5th Māgh
made a grant of land in Ani, A. Sál. 800,—year of the cycle, Vikari (A.D. 878), to a Jaina, for the per
Suddha, but the astrologer consulted, he thinks, may have carelessly taken Mágh vadha, and given Sváti, which falls only a day in advance of the 5th,
formance of worship to a Jaina deity.
for S. 388.
On the 7th Vaisãkha sud, A. Sál. 816-year of the cycle, Ananda (A.D. 894), a person named Tiru malayan, built a temple, and to the west of it erected an image of Vishnu, which he called Tirumala Deva,
B A D A N E G UPP E, mentioned in the last line of the second plate, appears on Rennell's map as Badenacoopy or Vadanacoopum, and in the 61st sheet of the Gt. Trigonometrical Survey maps as Buddancupa," in N. Lat. 11° 59, E. Long. 76° 56'. It is therefore 18 geographical miles S. W. from the old capital of Tālakād on the Kāveri.-J. B.
upon some land “in the midst of the Kávéri,”
where in former times the western Ranganād Swāmſ had been worshipped by Gautama Rishi, but which
II. TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION. By
B. LEWIS RICE, EDUCATIONAL INSPECTOR, MAISUR.
[1] Svasti jitam bhagavatá gata-ghana-gaganābhena Padman àb he na Śrimad-jāhnaviya ſku)
- a-vyomâvabhasana-bhāskarah swa-khadgayka-prahára-khandita-mahā-silä-stambha-labdha-bala
Parākramodaranorigana - vidăranopalabdha - brana – vibhūshana – vibhūshita Kanväyana sa gotrasya
Śri mã n Ko fig an i mahādhirāja|tatputra pituranvágata-guna-yukto vi hita-vrittah samyak-prajāpālana-mătrădhigata-rājyātprayojana widvat-ka vi-kālīchana-ni kāshopala-bhāto niti-sāstrasya waktri-payoktri-kusalasya dattaka-sătra writti-rpranetáñ Śrīmán Mādhava-mah ādhirāja | tatputra pitri-paitāmaha guna-yukto vaneka
dyā dvineya-vi
chaturddanta-yudhdhavăpti-chaturudadhi-salila-svādita-yasa Srimad Hari Varmma mahādhirāja|ta tPutra || dvija guru devatārpūjana-paro nárāyana charamānuddhata Śrimad-Vishnu-Gopa-m a [II] hadhirāja|tasyaputral Triyambhaka-charanáñbhoruha-rājār-pavittrikritottamáñgasva-bhuja bala-parākrama-kriyā-krita-rajya kaliyuga-bala-pañkāvasanna-Vrishoddharana-nitya-sannaddha Śri mān Mādha
va-mahādhirāja| tasya putra Śrimad Kadamba-kula-gagana-gabhastimãLina Krishna Varmma-ma hādhirājasya-priya-bhāgineyo vidyā-vineyatisaya-paripúritântarātma niravagraha prathana-sau ryya Vidvasu- prathama-ganya Śrīmān Ko fig a ni mahā dhirāja Avinità-námadheya-Dattasya desiga-ganań Kondakundanvaya-Gunachandra-Bhatāra-sishyasya Abhanandi-Bhatāra tasyasishyasya
Silabhadra-Bhatāra-sishyasya Janānandi-Bhatāra-sishyasya Gunanandi-Bhatāra-sishyasya Vanda mandi Bhatārargge ashta a siti
uttarasya trayo satasya sañvatsarasya Māgha-măsań śomavāraā swati nakshatra suddha
- .
Iml akala.
- A transcription was also prepared by Prof. Bhandarkar, but as he was doubtful about the Kanarese portion of it, I
have used Mr. Rice's, transliterating it from Devanāgari into Roman characters.-J. B.
