Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya

Success! May the noble teaching of Jina, the lord of the three worlds, which has the infallible mark of the extremely profound Syādvāda doctrine, be ever victorious!

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Hail! While the illustrious mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Gaṇḍarādityadeva—who is adorned with all royal titles such as ‘the mahāmaṇḍaleśvara’ ‘he who has obtained the five mahāśabdas,’ ‘the lord of Tagara, the best of cities,’ ‘the illustrious Śilāhāra King,’ ‘a scion of the family of Jīmūtavāhana,’ ‘he who has the banner with the device of
the golden Garuḍa,’ ‘a serpent to adversaries,’ ‘a lion to his father,’ ‘a veritable Bhairava who destroys the hostile feudatories,’ ‘a lion to the elephants in the form of his enemies,’ ‘the Sun of archers,’ ‘Nārāyaṇa in comeliness,’ ‘Vikramāditya of the Kali Age,’ ‘he who is successful even on Saturdays,’ ‘he who has captured mountain fastnesses,’ and ‘he who has obtained the gracious boon of the divine Mahālakṣmī’—is governing the kingdom from his permanent camp at Valavāḍa, being engaged in pleasant conversation—

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For the worship, with eight offerings, of the divine Pārśvanātha in the temple constructed in the mudgoḍe of the market place in Kavaḍegolla by the illustrious mahāsāmanta Nimbadevarasa—who is dependent on his (i.e. Gaṇḍarāditya’s) lotus-like feet,  and who has all the titles of honour such as ‘a mahāsāmanta who has obtained the five mahāśabdas,’ ‘beloved of the Goddess of Victory,’ ‘he who removes the parting line of the hair of the wives of hostile feudatories,’ ‘the beloved paramour of the courtesans of warriors,’ ‘the wind which disperses the clouds in the form of enemical feudatories,’ ‘the scent-elephant of Nāgaladevī,’ ‘the god of death causing the destruction of hostile feudatories,’ ‘a veritable Gopāla to chief feudatories,’ ‘a veritable heroic Kārttikeya to the demon Tāra (i.e. Tārakāsura) in the form of rival feudatories,’ ‘Kedāra (Śiva) to feudatories,’ ‘a furious rutting elephant to the clusters of lotuses that were the feudatories of the Toṇḍai country,’ ‘the vigilant long right arm of Gaṇḍarādityadeva,’ ‘the wish-fulfilling gem which satisfies the desires of suppliants,’ ‘the foremost among feudatories,’ ‘a bee on the lotuses of the feet of Jina,’ ‘a mine of the gem of righteousness,’ ‘he who delights in offering food, protection, medicine and scriptural knowledge to others’ and ‘he who has obtained the gracious boon of the divine Padmāvatī—and for the repairs of the temple as also for the supply of food to the ascetics residing there—

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Hail! They who are adorned by a multitude of numerous virtues obtained by following the religion of the Five-hundred Heroic Men renowned in the whole world; who are virtuous by reason of the maintenance of the code of the heroic Baṇañjas consisting of truthfulness, pure conduct, agreeable behaviour, political wisdom, courtesy and mercantile knowledge; who look splendid with their banner bearing the device of Guḍḍa hill, who are exalted with their unfaibing adventurous spirit; who are embraced by Lady Fame; whose breast is resorted to by the Goddess of Victory secured by their own arms; who are born in the race of Vāsudeva, Khaṇḍalī and Mūlabhaḍra; who are exalted by their valour in the whole world; who have obtained the gracious boon of Bhagavatī; who are invincible when they fight; who destroy their enemies; who abstain from the wives and property of others; who are like Brahmā in respect of proficiency of the sixty-four arts; like Nārāyaṇa in the possession of a cakra (discus, or association); like Rudra who is the Fire of World-destruction in slaying their opponents by their gaze; like Paraśurāma in seeking out and destroying slayers by their weapons; like a rut-blind scent-elephant in trampling underfoot and slaying their opponents; like a lion in seizing those that take shelter in mountain fastnesses; like the serpent Vāsukī in destroying those that enter the nether world; like Garuḍa in slaying those that fly in the sky; like the earth in greatness, like the chief mountains in weightiness (gravity); like the ocean in profundity; like Rāma in perservence; like Arjuna in valour; like Bhīṣma in purity of conduct; like Bhīma in adventurous spirit; like Yudhiṣṭhira in righteousness; like Sahadeva in scientific knowledge; like Indra in enjoyment; like Karṇa in charity; like the Sun in brilliance—they who are the lords of the city of Ayyavole also known as Ahicchatra, namely, the Five-hundred Svāmins, the Gavares, the Gātriyas, the Seṭṭis, the Seṭṭiguttas, the Gāmaṇḍas, the Gāmaṇḍa-svāmins, the heroic men, the heroic merchants, Bilpaṇaseṭṭi, and Govinda-seṭṭi of Kollāpura, Komara-annamayya, Bijja-seṭṭi and Boppi-seṭṭi of Miriñje, Vesapayya-seṭṭi, the royal merchant of Gaṇḍarāditya, Bammi-seṭṭi of the Maṇḍaleśvara’s (i.e. Nimbadevarasa’s) household Rāva-seṭṭi, who is the Government officer in charge of the temple of the Sun in Kuṇḍipaṭṭaṇa, Chaudhore Bappi-seṭṭi, Kannapaiya-seṭṭi, the Chief of Torambarage, Choudhore Goravi-seṭṭi, the Manager of Mayisige, Śānti-seṭṭi of Baleyavaṭṭaṇa, Hāliya-seṭṭi, the lion of the Five-hundred of Ayyavole, Khapparayya, the sheriff of Kovaḍegolla and others representing the whole country, having assembled-

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On Monday, the fifth tithi of the dark fortnight of Kārttika in the cyclic year Rākṣasa and the thousand and fifty-eighth year of the Śaka era, having washed the feet of the holy Śrutakīrti Traividyadeva of the Pustaka Gaccha in the Deśīyagaṇa of the Mūlasaṅgha, who is the priest of the famous temple of Rūpanārāyaṇa in Kollāpura—have donated the following rates with the pouring out of water:-

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Areca-nuts fifty on a load, twenty on a half-load, five on a hasara; betel leaves, one hundred on a load, fifty on a head-load, twenty-five on a hasara; a sollage on each pitcher of clarified butter and oil, one half maund on each siddige, one maund on each sangaḍi; a paṇa on each honge (gold cloin) on articles sold in each cloth-merchant’s and gold-smith’s shop; five palas on each malave of cloth; two bīsige on each malave of karuse sold from carts, ten palas on each half-load; a stool, a tripod, and a maravi on each house of carpenters every six months, and one bedstead every year; in the case of goods sold by weight, five palas on each head-load, two palas on each half head-load and one pala on each hasara of green ginger, turmeric, dry ginger, garlic, baje and bhadramuste; one maund on each cart-load, a half maund on each halfload, a sollage on each hasara in the case of cumin, black pepper and mustard; one kolaga on each cart-load, two maunds on each load and one maund on each head-load in the case of salt and similar articles and eighteen kinds of grains; ten on each cart-load of dry and fresh fruits, and four on each head-load; one daṇḍige and five myrobolans on each cart-load; one daṇḍige and two myrobolans on each pair of hūṭes; one garland on each basket of flowers; one pot on each shop of potters.

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(Here occurs an imprecatory formula of the usual type.)