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Hail! Om! While Bhairju is an officer and mahāpradhāna of the illustrious Keśideva, who bears the titles Paścimasamudrādhipati and Koṅkaṇa-cakravartī—at such a time in the śaka year 1131, the cyclic year being Vibhava, Bhairju dug…….and Adhora, who is a Pradhāna of the same king, excavated . . . .in honour of Mahālakṣmī. May the world be happy!

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In the Śaka year 982, on Friday, the 9th tithi of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa during the victorious reign of the illustrious mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Māṃvāṇirājadeva, who has obtained the five mahāśabdas, who is appearing glorious with all royal titles such as the lord of the mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras,’ ‘veritable Dāmodara in the destruction of the demons that are his enemies’, ‘an adamantine cage for the protection of those that seek his refuge’ and so forth-

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During the augmenting, beneficial and victorious reign of that king; while the mahāmātya, the illustrious Bimbapaiya, the mahāpradhāna, the illustrious Nāgaṇaiya, the lekha-sāndhivigrahika, the illustrious Vakavaiya, the mahāsāndhivigrahika, illustrious Jogalaiya, the Senior bhāṇḍāgārasthepāḍhisena, the illustrious Mahādevaiya, the Junior bhāṇḍāgārasena Bhāilaiya, and others who are in charge of the śrīkaraṇa (administration), are bearing the burden of the cares of his entire kingdom.

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The illustrious Mahārājaguru Nābhāṭa, the junior rājaguru Vilaṇḍaśivabhaṭṭa the Śhakāṇa Paivayaka, the mahāsāmanta, the illustrious Tāsivarājala, having undertaken the work of construction, have completed this temple of the mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the illustrious Chittarājadeva known as the temple of Ambaranātha in Pāṭapallī governed by Bhagala.

From Padmapura:

...[who was] the grandson of the illustrious Pravarasena I, the mahārāja of the Vākāṭakas, the Samrāṭa (Universal Monarch), who performed the Agniṣṭoma, Āptoryāma, Ukthya, Ṣoḍaśin, Atirātra, Vājapeya, Bṛhaspatisava, Sādyaskra, and four Aśvamedha sacrifices, and who belonged to the Viṣṇuvṛddha gotra;...[and who was] the daughter’s son of the illustrious Bhavanāga, the mahārāja of the Bhāraśivas—whose royal family was created by Śiva, who was greatly pleased by their carrying the Śiva liṅga like a load placed upon their shoulders, who were besprinkled on their heads with the pure water of the river Bhāgīrathī obtained by their valour, and who performed the ritual ablutions upon the completion of ten Aśvamedha sacrifices...

Success! Hail!

Verse 1

May the fortune of living beings who perform the religious observances which are the most important in their worldly existence, be in abundance by the grace of their favourite deity!

Verse 2

There was the lord of the Vidyādharas, Jīmūtavāhana by name, a good son of Jīmūtaketu, who sacrificed his life to Garuḍa.

Verse 3

From him was descended the Silāra family, the best among the royal families of Siṃhala, which became extremely powerful as it had the good fortune of the blessings of abundant beings.

Verse 4

In that family there was the well-known king Saṇaphulla by name, who had the favour of Kṛṣṇarāja. He occupied the country stretching from the shore of the ocean to the Sahaya mountain.

Verse 5

He had a son, Dhammiyara by name, who was another Dharma incarnate.
Valorous as he was. He, the fortunate one, founded the great fort of Balipattana.

Verse 6

After him, there was king Aiyapa, who had the qualities of a conqueror, who was crowned with the water of the coconut trees growing near Candrapura.

Verse 7

From him was born Avasara I, who was conversant with the principles of the science of politics; who, being of terrible valour, burnt with his sole eye the bundle of sticks in the form of his enemies.

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From him was born his son named Ādityavarman, whose splendour was like that of the Sun. From him was born Avasara II, a righteous king, who vanquished his enemies, and who rendered military assistance to the rulers of Cemūlya and Candrapura. From him was born Indrarāja, who appeared very splendid by his liberality as well as the enjoyment of pleasures.

Verse 10

From him was born Bhīma of abundant fortune, valorous like the Pāṇḍava Bhīma, who, brilliant as he was, annexed Candramaṇḍala by his valour even as Rāhu devours the moon by his lustre.

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From him was descended king Avasara III, possessed of great discrimination. Wise as he himself was, he gave support to learned men. He was brave and had a very handsome form.

Verse 12

From him was born the king, Raṭṭa by name, the foremost among the meritorious, conversant with political wisdom, and self-controlled, who waits upon those who are proficient in the principles of political science.

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In prosperous Balipattana situated in the kingdom of mahāmāṇḍalika Raṭṭarāja, which is increasing and venerable like the Sun and the Moon—

Raṭṭarāja, having called together the residents of the five great maṭhas, guilds, artisans and the chief amātyas, informs them as follows:-

Be it known to you. On the occasion of the Uttarāyaṇa Saṅkrānti, on Sunday, the first tithi of the dark fortnight of Puṣya (i.e. Pauṣa) in the cyclic year Sādhāraṇa in the years nine hundred increased by thirty-two, which have elapsed by the era of the śaka King, in figures also 932, the illustrious Raṭṭarāja, adorned with all royal titles, has, by pouring water with his own hand on the hand of the donee, granted to Saṅkamaiya, son of the Brāhmaṇa Seṇāvai Nāgamaiya, a rice–field yielding two crops annually in the rice-village of Kalvāla, with……… an orchard of areca-nuts was also given to him as a means of livelihood of a Brāhmaṇa named Chāṭhavaiya, son of Kuṃvaraiya, grandson of the Brāhmaṇa Sañjhaiya, residing in the hamlet named Āvaḍi, situated to the west of the agrahāra village Palauree, for the religious merit of his grand-daughter Annaṇā, ………… the well-known boundaries of the orchard being as follows—on the east, a stone temple; on the south the river; on the west, the sea near Voribhāṭhā; on the north, the village Gāvoma.

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The sons and grandsons of the illustrious Raṭṭarāja, should preserve this gift as tax-free, with all the exemptions in favour of the sons and grandsons of this Brāhmaṇa. If this gift is confiscated, there would be a great sin. And it has been said by the sages –

         (Here follow three benedictory and imprecatory verses.)

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He who, though thus entreated, will confiscate this old religious gift, his mind being clouded by the Kali Age, will experience the effect of his action in a hell.

         (Here follow two similar verses.)

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Having understood these sayings of the sages, all future kings should covet only the religious reward of the preservation of this gift and should not incur any infamy due to its confiscation.

In confirmation of this gift, the illustrious Raṭṭarāja puts his hand to his signature.

“This is the signature of Me, the illustrious Raṭṭarāja.”

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A charter becomes authoritative when it is faultless in regard to its seal, faultless in regard to the observance of rules, and faultless as regards possession, and has the requisite marks, and is faultless in respect of the king’s signature.

This has been written by the son, named Lokapārya, of the Sāndhivigrahika, the illustrious Devapāla.

May there be bliss and great prosperity!

Do not take away this gift-charter.

Verse 1

There was, in the lineage of the Pāṇḍavas of extremely spotless glory and abundant lustre, a king of Mekalā who acquired wide fame and became foremost among the lords of the earth. He, by his own glorious deeds, has for all time become renowned in this world by the name of Jayabala, a disposer of fortune, who had a charming form and was adorned with a multitude of excellent qualities.

Verse 2

He had a son, who resembled the lord of Vatsa (i.e., Udayana); who attained victories in battles; who was famous, compassionate, endowed with virtues, and conversant with religious rites; and who made the gardens of the houses of his enemies crowded with wild beasts.

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There was the king, the illustrious Vatsarāja, who was magnanimous; who extolled the good deeds of others; who could differentiate between merits, was obliging to his people, righteous, and devoted to good policy.

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His son was the illustrious mahārāja Nāgabala, born of the illustrious queen Droṇabhaṭṭārikā, who meditated on his feet; who was a devout worshipper of Maheśvara (Śiva) and a great patron of the Brāhmaṇas; who was regarded as the most revered teacher, a deity, and the supreme divinity, and who was possessed of royal fortune.

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As he marched along, the earth, the paths of which were pounded by the hoofs of his horses, obscured the quarters, their farthest regions becoming dry and disturbed by dust; but his elephants, whose temples were soiled with rutting juice, immediately restored order to them, making them wet with the spray of their rut.

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Then there is his son, the illustrious mahārāja Bharata, born of the illustrious queen Indrabhaṭṭārikā, who meditates on his feet; who is a devout worshipper of Maheśvara and a great patron of the Brāhmaṇas; and who is regarded as the most revered teacher, a deity, and the supreme divinity.

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From her, who was endowed with the qualities of compassion and good nature as well as generosity and wisdom, there was born the son known as Indra, possessed of a spotless and lovely lustre, even as Kārttikeya was born from Pārvatī, the daughter of the lord of mountains.

Verse 6

He is the god Indra in the destruction of his enemies and the god Fire, brilliant with lustre; he is amiable and steadfast in his adherence to good behavior. He has attained authority and eminence in consequence of the sacred mantras recited by the Brāhmaṇas; his appearance makes good persons happy and leads to the attainment, by the people, of religious merit and prosperity. He is always honoured by good persons with presents of wealth, even as a sacrificial fire kindled on the altar is with offerings of ghee, etc.

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He is the powerful one who has covered all regions with the dead bodies of the multitude of mighty and roaring enemies whom he has forcibly overthrown, even as an excellent quarter-elephant does with the lofty, thickly growing, and resounding trees which it uproots. May the Earth, who yields the three objects of religious merit, wealth, and enjoyment, produce abundant prosperity due to good government throughout the entire dominion of this king who thus exerts himself!

Verse 8

The illustrious king Bharata, the foremost among the lords of the earth, resembles Indra, the lord of gods, in valour. It is he who has given shelter to the Fortune of the multitude of foes slain by him, when she resorted to his arm.
The matchless one—

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who is, as it were, the Gaṅgā herself, descended here from the world of gods, sanctifying the people, she who has a character bright and spotless like crystal, which is purified by restraints and vows, even as the Gaṅgā has a pure stream of crystal-like white and clear water flowing within its banks; and who is endowed with a multitude of tranquility and other virtues, just as the Gaṅgā has its waves of water;

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who, named Lokaprakāśā, has become the best royal consort of the king Bharatabala, whose fame is lovely like the moonbeams. Being born in a family of the gods, she has become highly renowned. By her constant pursuit of the three purushārthas of religious merit, prosperity, and happiness, she has dispelled the darkness of ignorance and has become extremely resplendent in the world; and she has attained an eminent status with her sons and grandsons, who, lion-like princes as they are, are devoted to justice and discipline.

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The illustrious king, the sovereign, who is endowed with a multitude of excellences, who has destroyed his enemies, whose pair of feet, having the grace of full-blown lotuses and rubbed by the heads of several feudatory princes subdued by his perfect triad of powers, has overcome all regions, and whose birth is highly extolled by the people as being in the famous Lunar race,

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He issues the following order to all residents concerned, headed by the officials (viz., the Grāmakūṭa, the Chief of the Droṇāgraka, the Devavārika, and the Gaṇḍakas) in the village Vardhamānaka in the viṣaya of Pañcagartā, included in the Uttara rāṣṭra (Northern Division) of Mekalā,

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“Be it known to you that for the increase of the religious merit of Our father and mother and of Ourself, We have donated this village extending to its four boundaries—together with udraṅga and uparikara, together with treasures and deposits, and with the privilege that it is not to be entered by our soldiers and policemen except for punishing thieves, to the illustrious Lohitasarasvāmin of the Vatsa gotra and the Mādhyandina śākhā, to be enjoyed by him and his successors as long as the moon, the sun, the earth, and the stars will endure.

Knowing this, you should obey his orders and offer him the bhoga and bhāga according to custom.”

This command has been given by Me personally. And those kings also who will be born in our family should consent to and maintain these gifts. And whosoever will cause obstruction in the enjoyment of this grant will incur the guilt of the five great sins.
(Here occur three benedictive and imprecatory verses.)

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This charter is concluded. In the year 2 of the increasingly victorious reign, on the thirteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada, the nakṣatra being Puṣya.
This charter has been written by Śiva, son of the Rāhasika Īśana, and engraved by Mihiraka, son of the goldsmith Īśvara.

Success ! Hail ! May there be victory and prosperity!

In the years eleven hundred increased by twenty which have elapsed by the era of the śaka King—in figures, śaka year 1120—on Monday, the 15th tithi of the dark fortnight of Mārgaśiras, in the cyclic year Kālayukta—on this day, here, in the beneficial and victorious reign of the mahārājādhirāja, Paramēśvara, the illustrious Anantadēvarāya, adorned with all royal titles, while the government consisting of the mahāmātya Nāika Vrīhimaprabhu (and) . . the illustrious Vāhimaprabhu is bearing the burden of the cares of administering the whole kingdom obtained by his grace, the Kōnkana-chakravartī, mahāmandālēśvara, mahārāja, the illustrious Anantadēva II has donated to . . in the orchard of Amātya . . of Sāmantapai, son of Lāhugiprabhu . sheaves 1000 sheaves 1000

(Here follow two benedictory and imprecatory verses.)

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Success! Hail! In the śaka Year 1083, on Monday, the 15th tithi of the dark fortnight of the month Puṣya (Pauṣa) included in the cyclic year Vṛṣa, on the holy occasion of a solar eclipse, on this day here, during the reign of the illustrious Mallikārjuna, who has obtained all the five mahāśabdas and who is adorned with all royal titles such as mahāsāmantādhipati, tagarāpura-parameśvara and the illustrious Śilāhāra king, while the administration is carried on by the mahāsāndhivigrahika Prabhākaranāyaka, the senior sthapāti (treasurer) of the Government, the illustrious mahāpradhāna Anantapaiprabhu and the junior sthapāti (treasurer) Amuka—at such a time, when the holy Vedaśiva is the Rājaguru and Vyomaśiva, is the Bhopaka—

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There shines the illustrious Bhopaka Vyomaśiva, who is a Kalpavṛkṣa (wishfulfilling tree) to suppliants, having discrimination as its root, merit as its mass of foliage, wealth as its branches, fame as its flowers and spiritual well-being as its fruit.

These repairs have been caused to be made by those two. The work has been executed by Lakhaṇa Vaṇgaka, son of Mahadugiva Jhā. By the same two a well has been dug at their preceptor’s place, Loṇavāṭaka in the territorial division of Paṭālasaka included in the viṣaya of Kaṭaṣaḍi has been donated to Lakhaṇa Upādhyāya. This religious gift has been given for the penance and happiness of the donor.

That person who would preserve this gift… … would obtain wealth. None should object to this gift. The mother of him, however, who would cause obstruction… … by an ass.