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15 bharana kotapimmadirayakanthabharanabhurikara joda- 

 odaya pattasutraturangaprahara rudradevadaksinaSubhadan- 

 da nijakirtipuritabrabmandakarandaparibalof/danda srisoma- 

 nathadevadivyasripadapadmaradbaka parabalasadhaka sama- 

 disamastaprasastisahitam srlmatu misiyaraganda goreganga- 



20 yaraddivaru poddamanapuramanandu sukhasankathavino- 

 dambuna prthuvirajyamam seyacumnundaganu tadrajya- 

 raksamani ayina srmarayanadevadivyasripadapadmaradbaka 

 sakalajanapratipalaka parabalasadbaka sakaladayasadbaka 

 punyagunasanatha vithalanatha bhunathandu adavanitumbu- 



25 kamu magudahaluva durgalu sadbinei tadanantarambu racti- 

 ripattanapatisabbimukbundai sukbasankatbavinodambuna 

 prtbuvirajyam seyucumnundi sakavarsambulu 1216 agu 

 jayasamvatsara margasira ^uc?da 10 ra nandu sarvarastra- 

 samastaprajaraksanartbam jeriladurgavam racayincenu — 



3q mangala maba — srl srl srl. 



C. 



TRANSLATION OF THE INSCRIPTION. 

 Hail ! wbile be wbo is tbe embodiment of all good qualities, a 

 jewel mine of trutb, wbo possesses dignity and generosity, tbe 

 most formidable of ancient beroes, passionate in daring, wbo is 

 tbe mail of the city of the Kakatiyas, whose prowess in battle 

 is established, the sovereign of the excellent town Kudupaluru, 

 the own Consort of the G-oddess of heroism, the sun to the lotus 

 of the Hasulu family, who is fierce in war, an excellent hero, 

 the most eminent of the two armies, the hero of heroes, who 

 is invincible, like a Grandabherunda, superior to his enemies, 

 the conqueror of thirteen, who wears an anklet on which are 

 the pictures of the heads of the defeated Ladakas, the only 

 hero of the whole world, who has a shining beautiful diadem, 

 who is always resplendent, the true charioteer of him who 

 has the moon as his crest, who trains a line of vicious horses, 

 who is an incarnation of a hero irresistible at the time of 



Line 15, pimmddirdya. Compare the Ramarajlyam, p. 22, 1. 6, where Hemma- 



liraja, the son of Tatapinna, is mentioned. 

 Line 16.. daksimsubhadanda. In the Local Records XVIII, p. 319, 1. 15 Naga- 



raja, the son-in-law of Sadasiyaraya, is called daksinabhujadanda. 



