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Dr. Hoernle — Tivo Copper-plate Grants of Ratnapdla. [No. 1, 
40, (n=s)alia-simni istak(endrasy)=opari 9 a'va)ra-mula 15 | khod- 
amv(b)ra-vrksau I purvva-daksinena (daksi 16 )-pati-nauki-sa- 
41, ha-simni Vetasa-vrksah | daksinena Sadhava-naukl-saha-simni 
Hijala-vrksah I daksina-pa^imena (Bhayaka)- 
42, ma-vrksah I pa^imena Cande-nauki-saha-simni adhuna-ropita- 
falmali-vrksali I pa 9 cim-ottarena Kalagga- 
43, daiidi-daksina-patah I purvva-ga-vakrena Sadhava-Kalagga- 
dandi-dakaina-pata-stha-Cdraka-vrksah I daksina-ga-vakre- 
44, na kula-sont-ottara-patah | purvva-ga-vakrena Sadhava-kula- 
sont-ottara-pata-stha-Yaruna-vrksah I uttara-ga-vakrena Hija- 
45, la-vrksah | uttarena Diyamv(b)aranjal-ofctara-patahI uttara- 
purvven=ali-mastaka-Vefasa 9 =c=eti || 
The Seal. 
(1) Cm svasti Pragjyotis-adhipaty-anva- 
(2) yo maliaraj-adbiraja-pn-Ratna- 
(3) pala-varmma-devnh || 
Translation. 
Second Plate : Reverse. 
(Liue 34; verse 1.) There was a learned Brahman, called Bala- 
deva, full of holy lore and good conduct, who belonged to Bharadvaja’s 
g5tra and the Qrikantha 9 akha of the Vajasaneyins. 
(2) He had a son, Vasudeva by name,. 17 , who (by his 
sanctity) had exempted himself from hell, and whose feet were revered 
by many learned men. 
(3) He had a loving and chaste wife who, like Laksmi (the goddess 
of good fortune), was honoured by the people. She was known by the 
name of Cheppayika, 13 a woman charming, true in faith, and an orna¬ 
ment to her caste. 
(4) From her was born a son Kamadeva who on earth by his power 
and his charm excels Kama, the god of love ; for his beauty, brilliant 
like the moon, and illuminating the heavens, incessantly wanders 
through the whole world. 
16 Probably read m?~de ’ khdd-dmbra . 
15 Perhaps read daksina. 
n Here the original text is illegible. There are 11 aksaras —all short, as the 
metre shows,—of which only one (the seventh) mn is legible. 
18 This appeal's to be a vernacular name, the Sanskrit equivalent of which I 
do not know. 
