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INSCRIPTIONS OF THE CHANDELLAS OF JEJAKABHUKTI
TEXT[1]
[Metres : Verses l. 6 and 8 Anushṭubh ; vv. 2, 4, 7, 14, 18, 27 and 28 Śārdūlavikṛīḍita; v. 3 Indravajrā.
Upajāti or Vasantatilakā (as shown by the first five letters only); v. 5 Mandākrāntā; vv. 10, 15, 17,
19, 21, 25 and 29 Vasantatilakā; v. 12 Pushpitāgrā; v. 16 Sragdharā; vv. 20 and 26 Hariṇī; vv. 22
and 24 Mālinī; v. 23 Drutavilambita; v. 9, 11 and 13 are totally lost].
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[1] From impressions and the original stone, which is No. E-25 of the Lucknow Museum Catalogue.
[2] Expressed by symbol. What immediately follows it may have been a daṇḍa, with its lower end mixed
with the curve of the following syllable, as already noted by Hultzsch.
[3] Read  .
[4] Here 21 syllables of v. 1 and 54 of v. 2 are lost. The number of lost syllables here and in the follow-
ing notes are mentioned as already noted by Hultzsch.
[5] Here the remainder of v. 3 and 27 syllables of v. 4 are lost. As in this line, all the ūrdhvamātrās
throughout are beautifully engraved, but occasionally they are not deep and consequently have only
faintly come out in the impressions.
[6] Here 18 syllables of v. 4 and 48 of v. 5 are lost.
[7] Here 20 syllables of v. 6 and 47 of v. 7 are lost.
[8] By an additional redundant stroke this letter appears as myā.
[9] here 23 syllables of v. 8 and the commencement of v. 9 are lost.
[10] Here 20 syllables of v. 10 and the commencement of v. 11 are lost.
[11] Read babhūva. The first of these aksharas is lost in the preceding line.
[12] Here 7 syllables of v. 12, the whole of v. 13, and 6 syllables of v. 14 are lost.
[13] This syllable, which is mutilated, looks like ma, but the reading is certain.
[14] Here 18 syllables of v. 14 and 37 of v. 15 are lost.
[15] Here 46 syllables of v. 16 and 7 of v. 17 are lost.
[16] Here 49 syllables of v. 18 are lost. For the use of tulayāñchakāra, cf. tulika-khasa-balaḥ in No. 98.
above.
[17] Here 21 syllables of v. 19 and 32 of v. 20 are lost.
[18] Pa, the first syllable of this word, is lost in the preceding line.
[19] Here 32 syllables of v. 21 and 18 of v. 22 are lost. Read ─ vārya-vīryaḥ in the end of the line.
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