Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03155 Gaḍalādeṇiya Slab-Pillar Inscription

This inscription is engraved on a slab pillar, which now stands outside the main entrance of the Gaḍalādeṇiya Vihārē, a foundation of the fourteenth century situated in Uḍunuvara of Kandy District. The pillar was set up in its present position by H. C. P. Bell, Archaeological Commissioner, who found it inside the temple. All four faces of the pillar are inscribed. On the front of the slab is a record dated in the fifth year of king Siri San̆gbō Śrī Jayavīra Parākrama Bāhu, which grants an amnesty to Mēṇavara Tuṇayan, nephew of the ǟpā Parākrama Bāhu of Doḍamvela, and the people of the Five Countries, on the reduction of the Hill Country then recently effected before the Coronation Festival held on the twelfth of the bright half of Vesak. This text is preceded on one of the narrow sides of the slab by the word Siddhi engraved beneath the sun and moon, a cakra and conch shell. On the reverse of the slab, continued on the other narrow side, is the undertaking of the rebels to be faithful to His Majesty; their leader is here called Mēṇavara Tuṇayārun. Codrington tentatively suggests that the king Siri San̆gbō Śrī Jayavīra Parākrama Bāhu of this inscription may have been Parākrama Bāhu IX, whose coronation took place in 1509 and whose reduction of the Hill Country is recorded in the Rājāvaliya. This would make the date of the inscription 30 September 1513.

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Side A

Siddhi

Side B

[line 1] Svasti praśasta

[line 2] Mahā Sammata pararnparā-

[line 3] nuyāta Sūryya-vaṁśōt-

[line 4] bhūta mahārājādhirāja

[line 5] Śrīmat Siri San̆gabō

[line 6] Śrī Jayavīra Parākrama Bāhu

[line 7] cakravartti svāmīnvaha-

[line 8] nsē-ṭa pasvanu Vapa pura

[line 9] päḷaviya Doḍamvela Parā-

[line 10] krama Bāhu ǟpāṇan-gē

[line 11] bǟna Mēṇavara Tuṇayan hā

[line 12] Gampaḷa Siduruvāṇā De-

[line 13] nuvara Baḷaviṭa Mātalaya

[line 14] Pansiyapattuva Ūva

[line 15] ätuḷu-vū pas-raṭa vāsa-

[line 16] ya karana bohō jana-

[line 17] yāt mevan Vesaga pu-

[line 18] ra doḷosvaka svarṇṇā-

[line 19] bhiṣeka man̆galyaya-ṭa pa-

[line 20] ḷamuva kaḷa dik-vijayehi-

[line 21] di bhaya pat-vä abhaya dā-

[line 22] na ilvā siṭinā-heyin

[line 23] idiriyē davasa me yatho-

[line 24] kta janapadayehi ut-

[line 25] tama maddhyamādhama siya-

[line 26] lu manuṣyayan-ṭa arttha-

[line 27] hāni an̆ga-hāni jīvita-

[line 28] hāni no karanu no kara-

[line 29] vanuva Tunu-ruvan-gē

[line 30] ājñāya Daḷadā Pātra dhā-

[line 31] tunvahanse-gē ā-

[line 32] jñāya Śakra Brahma Viṣṇu

[line 33] Maheśvarādi-vū deviya-

[line 34] n-gē ājñāya kiyā Daḷadā-

[line 35] sāmīn-gē sammukhayehi-

[line 36] di satya-pratijñā koṭä

[line 37] liyā dennēyayi vadāḷa

[line 38] mehevarin mē śilā-le-

[line 39] khyaya liyā dun bava-ṭa

II.

Side A

[line 1] Svasti Siri San̆gabō

[line 2] Śrī Jayavīra Parākrama Bāhu

[line 3] cakravartti svāmīnvahansē-ṭa

[line 4] pasvanu Vapa pura päḷaviya Do-

[line 5] (ḍam)vela Parākrama Bāhu ǟpāṇa-

[line 6] n bǟna Mēṇavara Tuṇayārun

[line 7] ätuḷu-vū (äma) denamha a-

[line 8] pa-ṭat raṭa sēnāva-ṭat abha-

[line 9] ya dāna śilā-lekhya karavā

[line 10] devā vadāḷa Tri (Siṁhaḷa)ya-ṭa e-

[line 11] kātapatra-vä a(pa raṭa-)ṭa prāpta

[line 12] Jayavīra Parākrama (Bāhu) mahā-

[line 13] rājottamayāṇan (va)han-

[line 14] sē-ṭa apa (hā) raṭa sēnāva vi-

[line 15] sin viruddha no vī ekānta (pakṣa-)

[line 16] vä pavatinuvat Väḍa-un-täna-

[line 17] ṭa vipakṣa raja yuvaraja ǟpā

[line 18] māpā siṭu senevirat adi-

[line 19] kāra ätuḷu-vū kavara taram

[line 20] kenakun-ṭat (pakṣa) no va-

[line 21] nuvat Väḍa-un-(täna-ṭa) ekā-

[line 22] nta pakṣa kenakun-ṭa vipa-

[line 23] kṣa no vanuvat ( .. t veḷa-)

[line 24] n̆dāma ätu(n näga-)[ē]ma paṇa-

[line 25] m gasvīma paṭabän̆davīma ā-

[line 26] kara kä(ra)vīma .. .. (da) .. (diya)

[line 27] no karanuvat .. t .. ..

[line 28] .. ovun .. (ya)t (kän̆dava .. .. )

[line 29] gaman ka(ra)vanuvat sam(ma-)

[line 30] (ta)yak pämiṇi-viṭa apa a-

[line 31] (p)e s(ē)vakama-ṭa (ra)ṭa samu-dāva

[line 32] kän̆davā gena gos e kiyana

[line 33] [kāri]ya ṣakti-vū paṇata-ṭa sā-

[line 34] [dā] denuvat viparītayaka-ṭa

[line 35] [ke](naku)-ṭa patäk basak mi-

[line 36] [ni](ssu)n kenakun gaman

[line 37] no karavanuvat adahasa

[line 38] varadavā ā gi(ya) kenakun

[line 39] no (si)ṭuvā gaman karavanu-

[line 40] va-da Tunu-ruvan-gē ājñāya

[line 41] Daḷadā Pātra dhātunva[ha]nsē-

[line 42] gē ājñāya (Śakra Bra)hma

[line 43] Viṣṇu Maheśvarādi [d]e-

Side B

[line 1] viyan-gē ā-

[line 2] jñāya Kihiräḷi-

[line 3] Upulvan Saman

[line 4] Boksal Ska-

[line 5] ndha Vibhiṣaṇādi

[line 6] deviyan-gē ā-

[line 7] jñāya satara vara-

[line 8] m devi ma(haraja-)

[line 9] daruvan-(gē) ā-

[line 10] jñāva ki(yā) mē

[line 11] satya(pratijñā-) śi-

[line 12] lā-lekhyaya li-

[line 13] yavā dun (ba)va-(ṭa)

[line 14] .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 15] Mēṇa(vara) [Tuṇa](yā)run

[line 16] Peru(māḷun va-)

[line 17] mha .. .. .. .. ..

[line 18] .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Side A

Siddhi

Side B

[line 1] Svasti praśasta

[line 2] Mahā Sammata pararnparā-

[line 3] nuyāta Sūryya-vaṁśōt-

[line 4] bhūta mahārājādhirāja

[line 5] Śrīmat Siri San̆gabō

[line 6] Śrī Jayavīra Parākrama Bāhu

[line 7] cakravartti svāmīnvaha-

[line 8] nsē-ṭa pasvanu Vapa pura

[line 9] päḷaviya Doḍamvela Parā-

[line 10] krama Bāhu ǟpāṇan-gē

[line 11] bǟna Mēṇavara Tuṇayan hā

[line 12] Gampaḷa Siduruvāṇā De-

[line 13] nuvara Baḷaviṭa Mātalaya

[line 14] Pansiyapattuva Ūva

[line 15] ätuḷu-vū pas-raṭa vāsa-

[line 16] ya karana bohō jana-

[line 17] yāt mevan Vesaga pu-

[line 18] ra doḷosvaka svarṇṇā-

[line 19] bhiṣeka man̆galyaya-ṭa pa-

[line 20] ḷamuva kaḷa dik-vijayehi-

[line 21] di bhaya pat-vä abhaya dā-

[line 22] na ilvā siṭinā-heyin

[line 23] idiriyē davasa me yatho-

[line 24] kta janapadayehi ut-

[line 25] tama maddhyamādhama siya-

[line 26] lu manuṣyayan-ṭa arttha-

[line 27] hāni an̆ga-hāni jīvita-

[line 28] hāni no karanu no kara-

[line 29] vanuva Tunu-ruvan-gē

[line 30] ājñāya Daḷadā Pātra dhā-

[line 31] tunvahanse-gē ā-

[line 32] jñāya Śakra Brahma Viṣṇu

[line 33] Maheśvarādi-vū deviya-

[line 34] n-gē ājñāya kiyā Daḷadā-

[line 35] sāmīn-gē sammukhayehi-

[line 36] di satya-pratijñā koṭä

[line 37] liyā dennēyayi vadāḷa

[line 38] mehevarin mē śilā-le-

[line 39] khyaya liyā dun bava-ṭa

II.

Side A

[line 1] Svasti Siri San̆gabō

[line 2] Śrī Jayavīra Parākrama Bāhu

[line 3] cakravartti svāmīnvahansē-ṭa

[line 4] pasvanu Vapa pura päḷaviya Do-

[line 5] (ḍam)vela Parākrama Bāhu ǟpāṇa-

[line 6] n bǟna Mēṇavara Tuṇayārun

[line 7] ätuḷu-vū (äma) denamha a-

[line 8] pa-ṭat raṭa sēnāva-ṭat abha-

[line 9] ya dāna śilā-lekhya karavā

[line 10] devā vadāḷa Tri (Siṁhaḷa)ya-ṭa e-

[line 11] kātapatra-vä a(pa raṭa-)ṭa prāpta

[line 12] Jayavīra Parākrama (Bāhu) mahā-

[line 13] rājottamayāṇan (va)han-

[line 14] sē-ṭa apa (hā) raṭa sēnāva vi-

[line 15] sin viruddha no vī ekānta (pakṣa-)

[line 16] vä pavatinuvat Väḍa-un-täna-

[line 17] ṭa vipakṣa raja yuvaraja ǟpā

[line 18] māpā siṭu senevirat adi-

[line 19] kāra ätuḷu-vū kavara taram

[line 20] kenakun-ṭat (pakṣa) no va-

[line 21] nuvat Väḍa-un-(täna-ṭa) ekā-

[line 22] nta pakṣa kenakun-ṭa vipa-

[line 23] kṣa no vanuvat ( .. t veḷa-)

[line 24] n̆dāma ätu(n näga-)[ē]ma paṇa-

[line 25] m gasvīma paṭabän̆davīma ā-

[line 26] kara kä(ra)vīma .. .. (da) .. (diya)

[line 27] no karanuvat .. t .. ..

[line 28] .. ovun .. (ya)t (kän̆dava .. .. )

[line 29] gaman ka(ra)vanuvat sam(ma-)

[line 30] (ta)yak pämiṇi-viṭa apa a-

[line 31] (p)e s(ē)vakama-ṭa (ra)ṭa samu-dāva

[line 32] kän̆davā gena gos e kiyana

[line 33] [kāri]ya ṣakti-vū paṇata-ṭa sā-

[line 34] [dā] denuvat viparītayaka-ṭa

[line 35] [ke](naku)-ṭa patäk basak mi-

[line 36] [ni](ssu)n kenakun gaman

[line 37] no karavanuvat adahasa

[line 38] varadavā ā gi(ya) kenakun

[line 39] no (si)ṭuvā gaman karavanu-

[line 40] va-da Tunu-ruvan-gē ājñāya

[line 41] Daḷadā Pātra dhātunva[ha]nsē-

[line 42] gē ājñāya (Śakra Bra)hma

[line 43] Viṣṇu Maheśvarādi [d]e-

Side B

[line 1] viyan-gē ā-

[line 2] jñāya Kihiräḷi-

[line 3] Upulvan Saman

[line 4] Boksal Ska-

[line 5] ndha Vibhiṣaṇādi

[line 6] deviyan-gē ā-

[line 7] jñāya satara vara-

[line 8] m devi ma(haraja-)

[line 9] daruvan-(gē) ā-

[line 10] jñāva ki(yā) mē

[line 11] satya(pratijñā-) śi-

[line 12] lā-lekhyaya li-

[line 13] yavā dun (ba)va-(ṭa)

[line 14] .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 15] Mēṇa(vara) [Tuṇa](yā)run

[line 16] Peru(māḷun va-)

[line 17] mha .. .. .. .. ..

[line 18] .. .. .. .. .. .. ..