# Stray Rawan Plate of Narendra, undated

Natasja Bosma

Author of digital edition: Natasja Bosma

Contributor: Natasja Bosma

Identifier: DHARMA_INSDaksinaKosala00003

Repository: Dakṣiṇa Kosala (tfb-daksinakosala-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSDaksinaKosala00003.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-18 16:39 (e299a40), last modified 2026-09-18 16:30
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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1⟩ ꩜ svasti śarabhapurāt paramabhāgavato
mātāpitr̥pādānuddhyāta⟨1v2⟩ś śrīmahārājanarendra⟨ḥ⟩ maṇṭarājabhukt¿o?⟨au⟩
torāmake brāhmaṇādī⟨n⟩ prati⟨1v3⟩vāsi◯kuṭumbinas samājñāpayati

viditam astu vo yathāsmābhir vva⟨1v4⟩ṭapadrakīyakāritakadevakule
bhagavate śrīdharasvāmine mātr̥{i}rā⟨1v5⟩jakulānā⟨ṁ⟩ puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye
khaṇḍasphuṭitasaṁskārabalicaru⟨1v6⟩sa⟨t⟩t¿r̥?⟨ra⟩

## Apparatus

⟨1v2⟩ °bhukt¿o?⟨au⟩ ⬦ °bhukto KUJ; °bhuktau AMS. — ⟨1v2⟩ brāhmaṇādī⟨n⟩ ⬦
brāhmaṇādi° KUJ; brāhmaṇādī⟨n⟩ AMS.

## Translation

⟨1v1–1v3⟩ Success! Hail! From Śarabhapura the illustrious Mahārāja
Narendra, who is entirely devoted to Viṣṇu and favoured by his father
and mother, issues ⟨the following command⟩ to the landholders, beginning
with the Brahmins, settled ⟨in the village of⟩ Torāmaka situated in the
Maṇṭarāja bhukti:

⟨1v3–1v6⟩ Let it be known to you that ⟨this village has been granted⟩ by
us for the increase of religious merit of mother ⟨and other members of⟩
the royal family, to the Lord Śrīdharasvāmin in the temple constructed
at Vaṭapadraka, ⟨in order to finance⟩ the repair of the temple’s broken
and cracked parts, the performance of bali and caru offerings,
charitable feeding

## Commentary

This stray plate was likely the first copperplate of a complete set of
three plates. It is commonly referred to as `Rawan’ plate, but the
original providence of the plate may have been Malhār.

The grant recorded in this inscription was made in facour of the
mātr̥rājakula, which was interpreted by Usha Jain 1979 as `the family of
Mātr̥rāja’. However, Shastri 1995, pp. 12–13 is probably right to suggest
that the expression may refer to the (royal) family of Narendra’s mother
or, because of the plural, to his mother and (other) members of the
royal family. Cf., Bosma 2018, pp. 99–100

## Bibliography

First edited by Bajpai 1977 and Usha Jain 1979 from the original plate;
edited again by Shastri 1995, pp. 12–13 from the published photographs;
re-edited here by Natasja Bosma from a photograph of the original.

### Primary

[SB] Bajpai, S. 1977. Untitled. Prāchya Pratibhā 5, pp. 182–183.

[AMS] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas,
Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian
Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Pages 12–13.

[KUJ] Usha Jain, Ku. 1979. “Rawan plate of maharaja Narendra.” JESI 6,
pp. 44–45.

### Secondary

Bosma, Natasja. 2018. Dakṣiṇa Kosala: A rich centre of early Śaivism.
Groningen: Barkhuis. [URL]. Pages 99–100, 231–232.