Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database | IN03197 Galapāta Vihāra Rock Inscription

This inscription is engraved on a rock by the side of the flight of steps leading to the shrines and monastic buildings at the Galapāta Vihāra, situated about two miles south-west of the Rest House at Bentoṭa in the Valallāviṭi Kōraḷē. Edward Müller published the first scholarly account of the inscription in his Ancient Inscriptions in Ceylon (1883, p. 71, no. 165). The record opens with a Sanskrit śloka in the Śārdulavikrīḍita metre, before switching to Sinhalese prose. It states that a dignitary named Mindal (Mahendra), who held the office of Demaḷa-adhikāra and was administering the Pasyodun District, founded the Galapāta Vihāra with the royal assent and with the cooperation of his mother, his nephews Kodānāvan of Miyaṅguṇubim and Vijayānāvan of Degalaturubim, and his kinsman Kaṭuvitnā Sätumba or Devu. It also gives a long list of the lands and serfs granted to the temple by its founders and ends with the signatures of the donors and of the witnesses to the document.

The date of the inscription is a subject of scholarly debate. The record is dated in the thirtieth year of a king called Parākramabāhu. There are three kings of this name who ruled for more than thirty years: Parākramabāhu I (r. 1153–1186), Parākramabāhu II (r. 1236–1271) and Parākramabāhu VI (r. 1412–1467). Since the inscription can be dated on palaeographic grounds to the twelfth or thirteenth century, the last of these kings can be ruled out immediately. However, scholars disagree over whether the inscription should be attributed to Parākramabāhu I or II. Overall, the evidence is not wholly decisive and the record could belong to either monarch.

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[line 1] Triṁiśe bhūmi-bhujaḥ Parākrama-bhuja[sy⸗ā]bde tad⸗ādeśataś⸗

Śraddhā⸗cāra-draḍādhikāri -vibhunā nāmnā Mahendreṇa tu [|*]

Uttuṅg⸗ānvaya-sambhavena viduṣā klptāya [sat-kīrttinā]

Śailānt⸗āyata[nāya datta-vividha]-grām⸗ādi-saṁkhy⸗o[cya]te [||*]

[line 2] Sirisaṅgabo Parākramabāhu cakravartti-svāmīn-vahanseṭa tis-vanu Vesagä pura pohoyä Pasyodun-vaga kāriya koṭä siṭi Demaḷa-[adhikāra Kahambalkuḷu Mindal]-nā vamha apa hā apagē mǟ-

[line 3] -ṇiyan vahanse hā apagē bǟna Miyaṅguṇubim Kodā-nāvan hā Degal-aturu-bim Vijayā-nāvan hā apagē nä Kaṭuvit-nā Sätumba hā .. .. .. .. .. .. .. vun Velga-

[line 4] -m-muḷaṭa bada va Saddharmma-rājan-pirivanaṭa ätuḷat koṭä raja-sam-mata äti vä dāgap mā-bo piḷima pihiṭuvā apa kärävū Galpāta-vihārayaṭa .. .. .. .. koṭä memä vihara-

[line 5] -yehi väḍä hindinā vahanse-varundäṭa pratyaya piṇisä hā lū apa sī-parapurǟ vä vaḷandā ā Siyambalāpaya hā mehi mä bada viyaḷa tänu Sumbuḷupat-hälla ätu-

[line 6] -ḷu-vū tänä kumburu hā mehi pol puvak ätuḷu-vū koḷavel-aya kusalān koṭä hā Kunrāmä-śāttanāvanṭa ran dīlā gat Bemtoṭä tāvaḷamaṭa ätuḷat Ṭiṅgavaṭu-

[line 7] bhāgayen vihārayaṭa pädum-digin kumbuk hindivu pokuṇa hā dakuṇu-digin kaḷapuva hā päḷa-digin Uḍayā-daśapālayangē vatu-baḍä pokuṇa hā uturu-digin Nam-seṭṭi

[line 8] hinduvu pol-vatu-bhāgayehi v(i)dhi maha-him koṭä me aturehi koḷavel hā mehi bada kumburu hā kevuḷu Maṇakappambarāya[ru]ṭa vihārayen ran dīlā genä pol puvak hindavū

[line 9] Mundal-kämiyā hun Tiratenayā-[vatta] hā Isamviṭi-vatta hā Äveriyā hun Beravā-gamä Panäspol-vatta hā Kasagalu-(goḍa) hā mo .. .. goḍa hā val kapā pavat kaḷa .. ḷaga-

[line 10] -ntoṭa- vatta hā kaḷapu-mändä (Dharmma)-nandana-dūva hā memä asä Manonandana-dūva hā memä asin val kapā koḷavel hindivū Bolutuḍāva hā mema asä Beravā-go[ḍa]

[line 11] .. .. .. Niśśaṁka-galaṭa pädum-digin kaḷapuva hā dakuṇu-digin Suva-vat-kämiyāgē geya kere kōn-gasa hā päḷa -digin Kakuḷuvā-galä arama-baḍa hā Kitkev-

[line 12] -ven pol hindivū Ilubässa him koṭä me aturehi hindivū koḷavel ätuḷu-vū tän hā me vihārayaṭa hā me vihārayehi väḍä hindinā vahanse-varu-

[line 13] -ndǟṭa at-pā-mehe karana paritden apa anvayāgata-vahalin hā ran-vahalin hā me vihārayehi mundu-karaṇḍuyen ran dīlā genä lū Konta Boga-

[line 14] -nta hā meku mavu U(ba) hā me(ku naṁ Mi)ndi hā meku pit Uyavandā hā meku mal Get(kämi) Lo(ke)yi hā meku mal Ponvāṇī Mīndā hā meku mal Raku hā meku mal (Suva) hā (Mīndal-kämiyā) .. ..

[line 15] -raya hā meku dū Goḍäli Deva .. .. .. .. natta hā meku bǟ Poraṇa Maṇiyā hā meku mal Poraṇa Budu hā Dämi-deva hā meku putu hā Goḍäḷi Heḷili Rakahäḷ(i) Sigaliya hā meku dū Sāti-

[line 16] -ya hā meku [putu] Karaḍi .. .. .. hā meku naṁ Se[l]liya hā [Goḍali] .. .. .. ya hā meku dū .. .. Käliraka hā Māniya dū Suva Goḍaliya hā Se(nä)n Kottiya hā meku dū Kottiya hā meku naṁ

[line 17] Raka hā meku mal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. hā meku ambu Mindi hā meku pit .. .. ṇattu hā .. li Deva hā meku put Matdaḷa Sātā hā meku mal Poraṇa (Sa)lā hā Matdaḷa Koraḷa

[line 18] Devu hā Sātan Si .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. meku mal Lokeyi hā meku mal .. .. .. hā meku mal Goḷu Mindā hā meku mal Budu hā Bemtoṭa Kita hā meku put Suvayā hā

[line 19] .. .. .. Deva hā meku put .. .. .. .. hā Kaḷu Kitu hā Eṇḍera Boyi hā He[ḷi]li Deva put Suvayā hā Kora Nāthā hā e-nädi Sātiya hā meku naṁ Sātiya hā meku pu-

[line 20] -t Suvayā hā meku mal .. .. .. meku mal Lokeyi hā meku naṁ Raka hā meku mal .. .. .. .. (Āveri) Devu hā Demaḷa Payā hā meku ambu Supaniya hā meku dū Na(mbi)ya hā meku put .. ..

[line 21] hā Kora Nambā hā Maddaḷa .. .. yā hā Karaḍi Devā hā Ambalavā hā .. niyā hā Kiḷa .. .. Kitā hā Gaṅgā hā Gä .. gaṅgiya hā La .. .. diya hā Näviya hā Demaḷa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 22] Sundā hā Jayavand(ā) hā .. .. .. .. hā Selē hā Heḷulu Rāmā hā Kaḷu Rāmā hā Kuḍā Rāmā hā Sī(n) .. Demäli Gäviya hā Baḍal Periya hā meku dū .. .. .. .. [me]-

[line 23] -ku put .. .. yā hā .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. hā meku ambu Ādittiya hā meku put Kovivā hā heḷa-sarak mī-sarak ätuḷu-[vū] siyallaṭa taman taman visin .. .. .. .. .. (sala)-

[line 24] -(kamin) svargg⸗āpavargga .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. no-salakā meyaṭa hāniyak kaḷa ekek ät nam kavuḍu balu vūyē yä kāvaṇuyehi lū bat kǟye yä .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

[line 25] Kahambalkuḷu Mindal-nā vamha Kaṭuvitnā Devumi Miyaṅguṇu bim Kodā-nā vamha Degalaturu-bim Vijayā-nā vamha (Datmi) Rak-häli But .. .. .. ..

[line 26] (datmi) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Devāmi datmi Vatkämi Pedara Nāthāmi datmi Pedara Vijayāmi datmi Vat-kämi Ramukkaḍu Da .. .. .. datmi ..

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