1896.] . N. N. Vasu—Copperplate-grant of Vigva-riipa. 7 
superscript sign, is written on the line in the conjuncts rgq, run, rnn, 
rpp, rvv, mm, @.g., in durggam line 23, vargga, line 27, nirnnikta, line 8, 
raniyamita, line 9; and that the sign of the avagraha is employed thrice, 
to indicate the elision of the vowel a, e.g., vandé ’ravinda, line 1. 
The inscription opens with an invocation of the God Narayana, of 
the Sun, and of the Moon. It then relates that :— 
From this famous lineage (of the Moon) sprung Sudha-kirana- 
Cekhara (the moon-crested Civa), in the shape of Vijaya-séna, the 
touch of the nails of whose feet made kings cheerful (L. 8). From him was 
born a very powertul king named Ballala-séna. In battlefields, torrents 
of blood used to flow from the bodies of his enemies (L. 11). From him 
sprang a son named Laksmana-séna, who possessed extraordinary 
prowess, and whose charities obtained renown like those of the 
Kalpa-druma (. 13). During his reign sacrificial posts were erected to 
celebrate victories achieved by the king on the coasts of the southern 
sea, where exist the images of Musaladhara (Balarama) and Gadapant 
(Jagannatha), also in Vicvégvara-ksétra (Benares ), at the confluence of the 
Asi, the Varana, and the Gayga, and also at the T'rivéni (near Allahabad), 
where the lotus-born (Brahma) performed the sacrificial ceremony (L. 19). 
His wife Citala-dévi (?) earned the ¢ri-varga, 1.e., virtue, wealth, and all 
objects of desire (L. 21). As Cakti-dhara (Kartikéya) was born from 
Caci-cékhara (Viva) and Girija (Durga), so was born from the king, and 
his queen, the crest-jewel of the rival kings, Vigvariipa-séna-déva 
(L. 22). 
The inscription then records :— 
In the victorious camp pitched at the village of Phaleu (L. 31), 
Gaudécvara Vicvariipa-séna-déva, the most devout worshipper of 
Mahéevara, the Lord.of the Acva-pati, Gaja-pati and Nara-pati, meditat- 
ed on the feet of the illustrious Laksmana-séna-déva (L. 35), in the 
presence of all the Rajas, Rajanyas (lL. 38), queens, and all the officers 
of thé Court (L. 40), declares that in Vanga, included in the kingdom 
of Paundra-vardhana, within the limits of Vikrama-pura (L. 42), bounded 
on the east by the village-boundary of Athapaga, on the south by the 
village of Varayipada (L. 43), on the west by the village of Uftcakatthi, 
(. 44), and on the north by the village-boundary of Virakatthi, and 
situated in the village of Pifjakagthi (L. 43), certain lands are presented 
by this copper-plate grant, with the hope of the future reward known as 
Bhimi-dana mentioned in the Civa-purana, to the Cruti-pathaka (reader 
of the Védas), the illustrious Vi¢variipa-déva-carman! of the Vatsa-gotra, 
of the Bhargava, Cyavana, Apnuvata, Aurva, and Jamadagnya pravara, 
1 He was a brother of I¢vara-déva-garman the donee of the other grant by 
same king, dated érd year. 
