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 June. 1873.] NAGAMANGALA COPPER PLATES. 159 [X.] Asya danasya sakshinali sliannavati saliasra vishaya prakritayah. Yosyapahartta Lo(blia) t moliat pramadena va sapanchabhirmmahadbliih p:takais samyuktovabhava(ti) yo rakshati sapu nyabliagbhava(ti). Apicliatra Manu gitsi sloka svadattam paradattam va yohareta vasundharam shasht irva- rslia saba srani vislillyam [jaya] jayate krimih. SvandatumsumahachchhakhyaiAdukkkamanyasyfj lanam. pa- Danam va prilanamveti danachchhreyonu pala(na)m. Bahubhirbbasudha bliukta rajabhi- s Sagara dliibhi yasyayasya yadabhumis tasya tasya tada plialam. Devasvant uyisliam ghoramna- visliam yisham ucliyate yisliam ekakinam lianti devasvam putra pautrakam. Saryya kaladharabhuta cbitraka labhijnena Visva Karmmacbaryenedam sasanara likliitain. Chatusli kanduka vrihi bija(?)matrain dvi kandu ka kaugu kslietram tadapi brahmadcyam iva rakshaniyam. III. TRANSLATION. May it be well. Success through the adorable P a d m a n a b h a ,* resembling (in colour) the cloudless sky. A sun illumining the clear firma¬ ment of the J a h n a v i race, + distinguished for the strength and valour attested by the great pillar of stone divided with a single stroke of his sword, adorned with the ornament of the wound received in cutting down the hosts of his cruel enemies, was Srimat Kodgani V a r m m a Dharmma Mahadhiraja of the Kanvuyanasa gotra. His son, in- heriting all the qualities of his father, possessing a character for learning and modesty, having obtained the honours of the kingdom only for the sake of the good government of his sub¬ jects, a touchstone for (testing) gold the learned and poets, skilled among those who expound and practise the science of politics, the author of a treatise on the law of adoption, X was Sriman M a d h a v a M a h a d h i r a j a. His son, pos¬ sessed of all the qualities inherited from his father and grandfather, having entered into war with many elephants (so that) his fame had tasted the waters of the four oceans, was & r i m a d II a r i V a r m m a M ah a d h i r a j a. His son, devoted to the worship of BrAh¬ mans, gurus and gods, praising the feet of N a ra- yana,§ was Sriman Vishnu Go pa Mahadhiraja. His son, with a head puri¬ fied by tho pollen from the lotuses the feet of t Might also be rendered—the donor of ,lands to the Dattakoi, Une. § Vishnu. J| Siva. tiakti tray a—these are prabhu fakti, mantra .4akti, and utsaha 4akti, or the powers of sovereignty, of counsel, and of energy or perseverance. T r y a m b a k a ,|| having by personal strength and valour purchased his kingdom, daily eager to extricate the ox of merit from the thick mire of the Kali Yuga in which it had sunk, was Sriman Madhava M a h a d h i r a j a. His son, the beloved sister’s sqfc ot Krishna V a r m m a Mahadhiraja, who was the sun to the firmament of the auspicious K a d a m b a race, having a mind illuminated with the increase of learning and modesty, of indomitable bravery in war, reckoned the first of the learned, was S r i m a n K o g a n i Mahadhiraja. His son, named A v i n i t a, possessed of the three powers of increase, who had brought anxiety to the face of Yama* on account of the smallness of the residue left after the countless animals offered to him as a tribute, (viz.) the brave men consumed in the sacrifice of the face of the many wa rs waged for the kingdoms of Andari,Alat- tur, P a u r u 1 a r e,P e 1 n a g a, equal to Kiratar- juna, the mighty master of the fifteen creationsf and of the syllable om, was called Duvvinita. His son, the lotuses of whose feet were dyed with the balls of honey shaken from the lines of bending bees, the clustering savages, rubbing against one another, had the illustrious name of M u s h k a r a. His son, of a pure wisdom acquired from his being the abode of fourteen branches of learning, an embodiment of the nine treasures,X skilled among those who t The reference is not understood. J Nara-ko*a - vava nidOhi, the nine treasures of Ru¬ ber a, god of riches, viz. mahopmlnut, 4ankha, makara, kachchhapo, mukuiida, natida, nil a, kharva. It is uncertain what these are.
 * Vishnu. f Jahnavt knla—Gangti kula • r ran.%.
 * God of death, judge of the dead, the Indian Pluto.