Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03077 Ruvanväli-Dāgaba Slab Inscription of Kīrti-Niśśaṅka-Malla

The inscription is engraved on the side of a fixed slab, which stands erect in a bed of brickwork, flanked by two monolithic pillars, within a few yards of the statues near the eastern altar of the Ruvanväli-dāgaba in Anurādhapura. It was discovered in 1874 by Nāranviṭa Thēra. The inscription consists of 35 lines in the Sinhalese alphabet of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It dates from the reign of Kīrti-Niśśaṅka-Malla (1187-1196 A.D.) and gives a general account of his various philanthropic and religious acts, mostly in Poḷonnaruva, his state visit to Anurāpura in his fourth regnal year, the lavish manner in which he worshipped the Ruvanväli-dāgaba there, and the steps he took to restore the Mīrisaviṭiya and other vihāras.

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[line 1] Śrimat-vū tyāga satya śauryy⸗ādi-guṇa-gaṇayen asādhātaṇa-vū Okā-vas-raja- parapu-

[line 2] -ren ā Kālin̆ga Cakravartti-rājavaṁśayaṭa tilakāyamāna-vä Siṁha-purayehi sa-

[line 3] m̆jāta-vū Niśśaṁka-Malla Kālin̆ga Parākrama-Bāhu raja-pā-vahanse sva-vaṁśayaṭa pa-

[line 4] -ramparāyāta Laṁkā-dvīpayehi ek sesat koṭä Mālu Parākrama-Bāhu-vahanse pū-

[line 5] -rbba rāja-carita ikmä kaḷa ati-daṇ̆ḍa avinayen pīḍita-vū diḷindu-vä gos so-

[line 6] -rakam koṭä jīvatvana boho janayā jīvitāśā härä sorakam karanne dhan⸗ā-

[line 7] -śāven vedayi ran ridī masuran mutu mäṇik vastr⸗ābharaṇ⸗ādi-vū un un kämäti vastu hā

[line 8] sarak gam bim dī abhaya dī sorakam haravā sesu boho janayā da ē ē duḥkhayen gaḷavā mese-

[line 9] mä vividha-vicitra-vastu-dānayen sanātha-koṭä mā dun deya sthira-koṭä tavada väḍiyak samurddhava gatamanā-

[line 10] -vēdayi avurudu gaṇanakaṭa aya härä vadārā tun-rajayehi-mä hämä kalaṭa käti-aḍa härä vadārā mā da-

[line 11] -vasä kāt no sin̆gā suvase visuva mänäväyi perä raja-daruvan no kaḷa-virulesekä tulā-bhāra nän̆gemī sitā vadā-

[line 12] -rā urehidā Vira-Bāhu mahapāṇan-vahanse hā aga-mesun Kālin̆ga Subhadrā bisovun-vahanse hā saha-voṭunu abara-

[line 13] -ṇin sädī taman-vahanse hā tun-denā-vahanse tulā-bhāra nän̆gī sat-ruvan hā ätaḷu ridī tiram hā ananta koṭä

[line 14] rāja vīthiyehi (ne)svamin mahā-dāna-varṣā pavatvā tun-rajayehi boho-koṭä Niśśaṁka namin satra naṁvā anna dāna da niranta-

[line 15] -rayen pavatvā siyalu diḷindu-bhaya sora-bhaya kaṇṭaka-bhaya duru-koṭä Lak-div-vāsīn hämä denā suvapat-koṭä śā-

[line 16] -sanayehi da duśśīlayan da utkaṇṭhitayan da paha-no-vannē pratyaya lobhayen hā kaṭayuktehi bhayin bava dä-

[line 17] -nä śāsanaya kiluṭu no koṭä sivuru haḷavunṭa kaṭayutu-du nätä ran piḷī yakaḍa bat bijuvaṭa sarak ādivū dǟ da lä-

[line 18] -beyi sammata karavā vadārā suśīla-vahanse-varundǟṭa da palibodha no vuvamanā vēdayi obagē nǟvädǟyanṭa no e-

[line 19] -k vastuyen san̆graha koṭä sivu-pasayen dāna-pravāha paturuvā mese lokaya da śāsanaya da semehi tabā Pulasti-pura-

[line 20] -yehi väḍä-vasana-seyek Ruvanväli-dāgab-vahanse dā vandanā piṇisä siyuran̆ga senan̆ga pirivarā mahānubhāvayen

[line 21] taman-vahansēṭa sataravannehi nikmä dāgab-vahansē penena mānayehidi-mä vāhanayen bäsä śrī-pādayen Ru-

[line 22] vanmäli-maḷuvaṭa väḍä maḷuvehi väli tavarannāsē ananta mutu atuṭä väli-talā piṭä nan kusum pudannāse ran-

[line 23] mal ridī-mal sat-ruvan sisārā niraturu-koṭä pudā anän̆gi paṭakaḍa patākāyen dagabaṭa ātapa-nivāraṇaya koṭä sisā-

[line 24] -rā niraturu-koṭä kapuru goḍa goḍa-koṭä pahan pudā taliyan-tel suvanda-tel ādivū telin satiyak pahan pudā

[line 25] mese-mä kaḷuväl dumin suvanda malin pudā sivu dǟ gandin sisārā piri-baḍa genä satalis-lakṣayak masuranin pūjā-

[line 26] koṭä nuvaraṭa hātpasin sat gavvak pamaṇa tänä hǟmä satun no märiya häkkäyi abhaya dī bera lavā doḷos

[line 27] maha vǟ tänä masunṭa abhaya dī Kāmbodīnṭa ran piḷī ādi-vū kämäti vastu dī pakṣīn no badana niyāyen sa-

[line 28] -mmata-koṭä pakṣīnṭa abhaya dī prītīn dā vandanā vēlehi ēhi Bauddha-devatāvan svāmin hā baṇannā duṭu minisungē

[line 29] prīti-ghoṣaṇā asā evēlehi upan Buddhā⸗lambana prītīn Lak-div-vāsīnṭa nävätä havuruddakaṭa aya härä ehi si-

[line 30] -ṭi Lokē Arakmēnāvan adhikāra-koṭä un da pudā Mirisaviṭi ādi-vū vihāra karavavayi ananta vastu hā vī

[line 31] siya gaṇan (yāḷa) dī siṭuvā nuvara devu-nuvarak se pera paridden sajjita-koṭä vadāḷa niyā da mēṭa sitin pūjā kaḷa-

[line 32] -naṭa Bauddha-devatāvangen memä lesä ārakṣā äti-bava da dänä matuvana raja-daruvanudu-visin nuvarä vihāra

[line 33] vihāra-vāsīn loka-śāsana sanātha-koṭä raksā kaṭa-yutu [symbol] Śri-Dhāmnā Ratna-caitye ‘pacitim avikalai-

[line 34] -r⸗yyena lakṣair⸗ddhanyanām, catvārimśat-pramāṇair⸗nnirupama-racitām vikṣya sāndraiḥ pramodaiḥ [I] pratyakṣa(ṇy⸗e-)

[line 35] -va taika-stutim akrata tataḥ prīta-citto ‘yam abdaṁ, Laṁkān Niśśaṁka-Mallo byaracayad akarāṁ Śri-Parākrānti-Bāhuḥ [II]