Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya

Verse 1

May the teaching of the lord of the three worlds, taught by the Jinas, which has the infallible token of the extremely profound Syādvāda doctrine, be victorious!

Hail! May there be fortune, victory and prosperity!

Verse 2

Victorious is the teaching of the Arhat Purudeva, which removes delusion and shows faultless understanding of various things.

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Hail! In the great Kṣatriya family of the illustrious Śilāhāras, there was a king, Jatiga I by name, who harassed the whole multitude of his foes. His sons were four—viz. Goṅkala, Guvala, Kīrtirāja and Candrāditya. Of them, King Goṅkala had a son named Mārasiṃha, His sons were five, viz. Guvala, Gaṅgadeva Ballādeva, Bhojadeva and Gaṇḍarādityadeva, Out of them, the dear son of the illustrious Gaṇḍarādityadeva, who was a veritable pious Yudhiṣṭhira, who initiated the wives of his enemies in widowhood, and who had for his eyes all philosophical systems, is the illustrious Vijayādityadeva—who has obtained the five mahāśabdas and shines with such titles as mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, ‘the lord of Tagara, the best of towns,’ ‘the illustrious Śilāhāra king,’ ‘he who has surpassed the lord of gods by his dalliance,’ ‘he who is born in the race of Jīmūtavāhana,’ ‘he who is well known by his valour,’ ‘he who has the golden eagle for his ensign,’ ‘the god of love to young women,’ ‘he who has quelled the pride of the hostile feudatories,’ ‘a serpent to the hostile army,’ ‘a lion-like son of his father,’ ‘exalted among all by his good qualities,’ ‘a veritable Bhairava to the hostile feudatories,’ ‘a lion to the elephants that are his foes, the Sun among archers,’ ‘Vikramāditya of the Kali age,’ ‘Nārāyaṇa in respect of a handsome form,’ ‘he who has surpassed Cārāyaṇa in political wisdom,’ ‘he who has seized hill fortresses,’ ‘he who has thrown his opponents into captivity,’ ‘he who is successful even on Saturdays,’ ‘he who is devoted solely to religion,’ ‘he who has obtained a boon by the favour of the Goddess Mahālakṣmī,’ ‘he who has by nature the fragrance of musk’—while governing his kingdom, diverting his mind in pleasant conversation at the permanent camp at Valavāḍa, has donated together with a royal charter, when the Śaka years one thousand and sixty-five have expired and the cyclic year Dundubhi is current, on the holy occasion of a lunar eclipse, on Monday, the full-moon tithi of the month Māgha, a field measuring one fourth of a nivartana by the rod of Kuṇḍi and a house measuring twelve cubits in the village Hāviṇa-herilage situated in the kholla of Ājirage as a gift exempt from all taxes, free from all molestations, to be enjoyed as long as the moon, the sun and the stars endure, by pouring water after having washed the feet of Māṇikyandi-paṇḍitadeva, the disciple of Māghanandi-siddhāntadeva, for the eightfold worship of the holy Pārśvanātha, for the repairs of what may be broken and dilapidated of his temple, and for offering food to the ascetics living there, in the temple (vasati) constructed by Vāsudeva, the dear disciple of the holy Māghanandi-siddhāntadeva, the head of the Pustaka Gaccha of the Deśīyagaṇa of the Mūlasaṅgha, and the priest of the Jaina temple of Rūpanārāyaṇa at Kṣullakpura—Vāsudeva who is the betel-box carrier of the Sāmanta Kāmadeva, who is endowed with all jewel-like virtues, who is a bee on the lotuses in the form of the feet of the Jinas, who is a noble scion of a Brāhmaṇa family, and who has adopted righteousness.

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Therefore, future rulers, whether born in our family or others, who desire enhancement of their happiness, religious merit, fame and progeny, should protect this gift just as their own.

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The lord Jina, himself the abode of the sentiment of quietism, is his god the austere Māghanandin, the Saiddhāntika, the Yogin, himself the abode of the virtue of unweariedness, was his preceptor; the lord Kāmadeva, the Sāmanta, is his ruler or master—this is the excellence—this is the religious merit—this is the advancement of Vāsudeva!