No. 54. Inscription of Еhavalaщrи's time, year 11
B. Ch. Chhabra - El, XXXIII, No. 27-
(BCh). The subjoined stone inscription [This is No. 5 of AREp., 1957-58, App. B.] was
copied and examined by me in July 1957 at Nаgаrjunakoндa in the course of my
epigraphical tour. It is peculiar in several respects: it is one of the comparatively few
Sanskrit inscriptions that have been discovered at this site, most of them being in
Prakrit; it is Brahmanistic in nature, the Prakrit ones being all Buddhistic; it is found
in six or seven versions, all broken fragments, not a single version having been found in
its entirety. It took me some hours to dovetail the fragments till then discovered and
kept in the site museum at Nаgаrjunakoндa. Many of the fragments are still missing. I
was, however, able to restore the complete text by deciphering the extant parts or, the
various fragments. The facsimile on Plate A shows the greater part of one of the versions,
while those on Plate B represent parts of two more versions. The fragments, of the other
versions, so far discovered, are too few and are hence not illustrated here.
TEXT
[Metres: verse 1 Anuштubh, verse 2 Sragdharа.]
1 Siddham | Varшa еkаdaще rаjгax-prabhоr=Еhavalaщriyaх [|*]
2 щukla-pakшasya Mаghasya puнya еkаdaще-hani [|| 1*]
3 Dеvе yasy=аtibhaktir=Hutavaha-tanayе chaндa-щaktau Kumаrе
4 pautras=sеnаpatеr=yyas=samara-vijayinaЫ =kkhyаta-kиrttеr=Aнikkех [|*]
5 prаsаdaк=Gандi-puttras=sa talavara-varaЫ =Kаrttikеya-pprasаdаt 9
6 Еliщrищ-щrи-viщаlaм щubha-matir-akarоt=Sarvvadеv-аdhivаsam |[| 2*]
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L. 5. Sandhi has not been observed here.