Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03134 Maḍavaḷa Rock Inscription

The inscription is cut in bold letters on a rock in the village of Maḍavaḷa (Madawala) in the Pāta Dumbara division of Kandy District. It records a grant of land made to a silversmith Paramaṇāyā of Siddāvulla and his son Suriyā by King Siri San̆gbō Śrī Parākrama Bāhu VI in the year following the forty-sixth of his reign in the presence of Dantoṭa-vature Devan and Divāṇavatte Laṁkā Adhikārin. The signatures of these dignitaries are reproduced in the upper left-hand corner of the record as Äpaṇa and Joti Siṭāṇa. The latter is probably the ruler of the hill country, whose later rebellion is described in the Rājāvaliya. Parākrama Bāhu VI ascended to the throne in 1412 A.D. Accordingly, the date of the grant – the full moon of Vesak in his forty-seventh year – fell in April 1458.

Diplomatic Edition
Critical Edition

Top-Left Corner

[line 1] Äpaṇa vamhä

[line 2] Joti siṭā-

[line 3] ṇa vamha

Main Text

[line 1] Siri San̆gabo Śrī

[line 2] Parākrama Bāhu ca-

[line 3] kravartti-svamin-va-

[line 4] hanse-ṭa satalis-

[line 5] savanen matu havurudu Vesa-

[line 6] n̆ga pura Dumvara bada gam-säläs-

[line 7] men Maḍavaḷa kuburu bijuva-ṭa samu-

[line 8] ṇa hā mehi bada gam-mudala gasa ko-

[line 9] ḷa val-piṭa ätuḷu-vu tän Siddāvulle

[line 10] ācāri Paramaṇāyā-ṭa praveṇi-ṭa salasvā

[line 11] meku put Suriyā-ṭa praveṇi sälas-

[line 12] ma-ṭa ira sada äti tek pavatinā lesa-ṭa sa-

[line 13] lasvā mi-ṭa iḍiriye davasa raja yuvaraja

[line 14] mahā amātth di kavara taram kenakun-

[line 15] genut avulak udharaṇayak no ki-

[line 16] yana no karaṇa lesa-ṭa salasvā Dantoṭa

[line 17] vature Devan Divāṇavatte Laṁka adhikā-

[line 18] rin mäda-vä me divel-patkaḍa dun bava-ṭa

[line 19] Dumvara aghampaḍi dasa-dena mäda-va keṭa-vu

[line 20] silā-lekhayayi