This inscription is engraved in larger and clear characters on a rock by the side of the stream known as Kospotu Oya, close to the dam at Alavaḷa in the Hēvāvisse Kōraḷē of the Kuruṇǟgala District. Its existence was recorded by Edward Müller in his Ancient Inscriptions in Ceylon (1883: 72, no. 171) but he provides neither the text nor the translation of the record. Müller also reported as fact an erroneous local legend that the text contained a grant to the nearby temple of Maedagama by king Parākramabāhu of Dambadeniya. In fact, the inscription registers the grant of extensive fields at Badalagoḍa to the Laṅkātilaka temple. Unfortunately, the name of the king who was responsible for the grant is no longer legible, due to the damaged condition of the first ten lines of the text. The lands affected by the grant lie close to the location of this epigraph and it was presumably inscribed here so that the local people, particularly the tenants, could be made aware of the fact. The same grant is recorded in two inscriptions – one in Sinhalese (IN03212) and one in Tamil (IN03214) – at the temple itself. However, the inscriptions at Laṅkātilaka refer to a much smaller extent of land at Badalagoḍa – only fourteen yāḷas, compared to the ninety yāḷas mentioned in the present inscription. This has led Senarath Paranavitana to conclude that the present inscription is somewhat later than those at the temple. As he suggests, the probability is that, after the publication of the temple inscriptions, more lands were brought under the plough below the Batalagoḍa tank and the income from these fields was also dedicated to the Laṅkātilaka temple.
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[line 2] pämiṇi Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 3] Śrī-Danta-dhātu-s[vā] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 4] sa-śrīka-vū sūryya-va . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 5] svāmin-vahansēṭa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 6] nam mäti-tumā tamā matu Budu vanṭa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 7] ubhaya-vāsayehi maha-saṁghayā-vahansē karavū vihāraye[hi] . .
[line 8] loka-śāsana-rakṣāvehi dakṣa-vū rajjuru-svāmīn biso . . . . . . . . . .
[line 9] tun-väni-mālehi nāyaka-svāmīn ätuḷu-vū piḷima-dahasa . . . . . . senā-
[line 10] -va-t pradhāna-gaṇā-t ek vä käravū aṭa-visi-Bodhiyen sat . . . . . . samurddha-vū deva-
[line 11] -na-mālehi piḷima-dāsak isā tun-rajayē senāven pihiṭa lat Senā-Laṁkā-adhikāra-
[line 12] -yan käravū paḷamu-väni-mālehi vajrā＝sanaye sāmīn pansiya-panas-jātakaya piḷima-de-dāsa-
[line 13] -k ätuḷu vä piḷima-pan-dāsakin samanvita-vū Brahma-Viṣṇu-Maheśvara-Satara-varam-Kihiräḷi-
[line 14] Upulvan-Saman-Vibhīṣaṇa-Gaṇapati – Kandakumāra-ādi-loka-pāla deviyangen＝ut ba
[line 15] -baḷannā-vū Laṁkātilakaya ran-tun-keḷa-säṭa-lakṣayak dī karavā ubhaya-vāsaye saṁghārā-
[line 16] -ma karavā matu pavatnā-lesa bhūmi-dānayak äta mänavä yi sitā vadārā yam yam kenakun
[line 17] santaka gamak bimak udurā piduvot matu no pavatī kiyā pradhā-na-gaṇā hā senāva ara-
[line 18] gena rajjuru-sāmi me ma tenaṭa väḍä vadārā amutu va äḷa-amuṇu bandavavā vel val ka-
[line 19] -ppā tana govīn eḍēran vahal sarak pudā matu äti vana raja-yuvaraja-mahā-amātyādin-
[line 20] -gen nūguḷuvana-lesa ira-sanda-im-pamuṇu koṭa pudā vadāḷa Parana- Badalagoḍa
[line 21] Kasambiḷiyagoda Nāramgoḍa Alut-Badalagoḍa ätuḷu-vū-gam-satarin sa-
[line 22] -tara-digin yotnakin kum̆buru-biju-vaṭa-anū-yāḷak isā Siṅguru-vāṇen Siddāulla
[line 23] Gonvaṇakē Kirivavuluva Goḍavela ätuḷu-vū-tenin kum̆buru-biju-vaṭa-tun-yāḷak isā
[line 24] sädä-ättangen no-ek-tena pidū kumburu-biju-vaṭa sat-yāḷak ätuḷu va kumburu-bi-
[line 25] -ju-vaṭa siyak-yāḷa-t mehi tuvak tenaṭa bhayakin van kenakunṭa abhaya-dāna-t
[line 26] devā vadārā meyin lat yam ma deyak tunu-ruvanṭa tun-bhāgaya-t salasvā mē-
[line 27] devāla-pasaṭa bhāgayak vihāraya matu pavatvana Senā-Laṁkā-adhikāra-nam-mantrīhu-ge
[line 28] bandhūnṭa bhāgayekä yi pasak niyāvaṭa bedā devā vadārā mīta anikak kī kaḷa e-
[line 29] -kek panca-caṇḍālayanṭa-t anta va kavuḍanṭa ballanṭa-t p[u*]t veyi narakā-
[line 30] -diyat tamē ma dakki basakin＝ut sahaya-vū uttamayek meyin kusal-bhāga-
[line 31] -yak läba diva-säpat nivan-säpat Iäbe yi vadārā me-tänhi mä väḍä siṭä liyavā vadāḷa
[line 32] isā[*] Saṁrakṣituṁ dharmmam＝anūnam-enaṁ baddhāñjalir＝mūrddhvani yācate ‘sau [|*]
[line 33] jātān narendrān＝api jāyamānān mantrī＝śvarān＝anya janān bahu-śrī[ḥ*] [||*] Śubham＝astu[|*].
[line 1] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 2] pämiṇi Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 3] Śrī-Danta-dhātu-s[vā] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 4] sa-śrīka-vū sūryya-va . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 5] svāmin-vahansēṭa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 6] nam mäti-tumā tamā matu Budu vanṭa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[line 7] ubhaya-vāsayehi maha-saṁghayā-vahansē karavū vihāraye[hi] . .
[line 8] loka-śāsana-rakṣāvehi dakṣa-vū rajjuru-svāmīn biso . . . . . . . . . .
[line 9] tun-väni-mālehi nāyaka-svāmīn ätuḷu-vū piḷima-dahasa . . . . . . senā-
[line 10] -va-t pradhāna-gaṇā-t ek vä käravū aṭa-visi-Bodhiyen sat . . . . . . samurddha-vū deva-
[line 11] -na-mālehi piḷima-dāsak isā tun-rajayē senāven pihiṭa lat Senā-Laṁkā-adhikāra-
[line 12] -yan käravū paḷamu-väni-mālehi vajrā＝sanaye sāmīn pansiya-panas-jātakaya piḷima-de-dāsa-
[line 13] -k ätuḷu vä piḷima-pan-dāsakin samanvita-vū Brahma-Viṣṇu-Maheśvara-Satara-varam-Kihiräḷi-
[line 14] Upulvan-Saman-Vibhīṣaṇa-Gaṇapati – Kandakumāra-ādi-loka-pāla deviyangen＝ut ba
[line 15] -baḷannā-vū Laṁkātilakaya ran-tun-keḷa-säṭa-lakṣayak dī karavā ubhaya-vāsaye saṁghārā-
[line 16] -ma karavā matu pavatnā-lesa bhūmi-dānayak äta mänavä yi sitā vadārā yam yam kenakun
[line 17] santaka gamak bimak udurā piduvot matu no pavatī kiyā pradhā-na-gaṇā hā senāva ara-
[line 18] gena rajjuru-sāmi me ma tenaṭa väḍä vadārā amutu va äḷa-amuṇu bandavavā vel val ka-
[line 19] -ppā tana govīn eḍēran vahal sarak pudā matu äti vana raja-yuvaraja-mahā-amātyādin-
[line 20] -gen nūguḷuvana-lesa ira-sanda-im-pamuṇu koṭa pudā vadāḷa Parana- Badalagoḍa
[line 21] Kasambiḷiyagoda Nāramgoḍa Alut-Badalagoḍa ätuḷu-vū-gam-satarin sa-
[line 22] -tara-digin yotnakin kum̆buru-biju-vaṭa-anū-yāḷak isā Siṅguru-vāṇen Siddāulla
[line 23] Gonvaṇakē Kirivavuluva Goḍavela ätuḷu-vū-tenin kum̆buru-biju-vaṭa-tun-yāḷak isā
[line 24] sädä-ättangen no-ek-tena pidū kumburu-biju-vaṭa sat-yāḷak ätuḷu va kumburu-bi-
[line 25] -ju-vaṭa siyak-yāḷa-t mehi tuvak tenaṭa bhayakin van kenakunṭa abhaya-dāna-t
[line 26] devā vadārā meyin lat yam ma deyak tunu-ruvanṭa tun-bhāgaya-t salasvā mē-
[line 27] devāla-pasaṭa bhāgayak vihāraya matu pavatvana Senā-Laṁkā-adhikāra-nam-mantrīhu-ge
[line 28] bandhūnṭa bhāgayekä yi pasak niyāvaṭa bedā devā vadārā mīta anikak kī kaḷa e-
[line 29] -kek panca-caṇḍālayanṭa-t anta va kavuḍanṭa ballanṭa-t p[u*]t veyi narakā-
[line 30] -diyat tamē ma dakki basakin＝ut sahaya-vū uttamayek meyin kusal-bhāga-
[line 31] -yak läba diva-säpat nivan-säpat Iäbe yi vadārā me-tänhi mä väḍä siṭä liyavā vadāḷa
[line 32] isā[*] Saṁrakṣituṁ dharmmam＝anūnam-enaṁ baddhāñjalir＝mūrddhvani yācate ‘sau [|*]
[line 33] jātān narendrān＝api jāyamānān mantrī＝śvarān＝anya janān bahu-śrī[ḥ*] [||*] Śubham＝astu[|*].