Navamuni cave inscription undated maybe of the time of Uddyotakeśarin

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor:   Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSomavamsin00048

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    śrī-Ācārya{ḥ} kulacandrasya{ḥ} tasya 2śiṣya-vell(u)-subhacandrasya_1_ {ḥ}|


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    śrī-vara(ḥ)-chātra

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    chātra-vij⟨ñ⟩o

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    1 Ācārya{ḥ}Ācārya° S1 °candrasya{ḥ}candrasya R S
    2 śiṣya-vell(u)°śiṣya-vellu° R; śiṣya-khalla° B; śiṣya-racella° S2 °drasya_1_ {ḥ}|°drasya| R; °drasya S
    3 śrī-vara(ḥ)-chātraśrī-dhara-chātra S • This part of the line situated on the left side of the inscription is omitted by Rajaguru 1966. It is seen as an incomplete and another part of the inscription by Shastri 1995. According to him, the two parts seem to be separate and issued by two different donees.3 chātra vij⟨ñ⟩o Bchātra vijño R; chātra vi vijo⟨.⟩ S

    Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

    Homage! From Subhacandra (originated from) Vellu, disciple of the venerable Master Kulacandra.

    The venerable best of pupils.

    A learned pupil.

    Commentary

    The record consists of two parts and is incised between the two inner chambers in the cave. During the fieldtrip in January 2023, I observed that the whole text was anointed by devotees living in the cave.

    Beglar 1882: page 90 who first noticed this inscription gives the following reading: ‘Sri acārya Kula Candra, the disciple of Saha Candra Katuriji, *** rest oblitared; another Sri Sravaki Vi***’.

    Bibliography

    This inscription was noticed first by Beglar 1882: page 90.

    Primary

    Banerji, Rakhal Das. 1915–1916. “Inscriptions in the Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves.” EI 13: 159–67.
    № XV, page 166. [siglum B]
    Panigrahi, Krishna Chandra. 1961. Chronology of the Bhauma-Karas and the Somavaṁśīs of Orissa.
    Page 55. [siglum P]
    Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, Vol. 4. Sri Sarada Press. [https://archive.org/details/inscriptions-of-orissa-v04-1966].
    № 38, pages 242–243. [siglum R]
    Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass.
    Note 5, page 302. [siglum S]

    Secondary

    Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive Topographical Catalogue of Orissan Inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors.
    Page 300.