Benares Copper-plate Grant of Govindracandra of Kanauj Saṁvat 1162
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⟨17⟩ atrātha paurāṇikāḥ-
⟨18⟩ ślokāḥ bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau yo ’rccitaṁ pratigr̥hṇāti dadāty arcci-
⟨19⟩ tam eva vā tāv ubhau gacchataḥ svargaṁ narakaṁ tu viparyaye bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya ¿satya? yadā bhū¿g?is tasya tasya ¿v?adā
⟨20⟩ phalaṁ yānīha dattāni purā narendrair dānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi nirmmālya-v¿attat?-pratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta Asmat-kula-¿para?-
⟨21⟩ m udāram udāharadbhir anyaiś ca dānam idam ¿|ṇumā?danīyam lakṣmyās taḍit-salila-budbuda-ca¡ṁ!calāyā dānaṁ phalaṁ para-yaśaḥ-paripālana¡ṁ! ca {ja} ¡ṣaṁ!kha⟨ṁ⟩ bhadrāsanaṁ
⟨22⟩ chatra⟨ṁ⟩ varāśvā vara-vār¿e?ṇāḥ bhūmi-dānasya cihnāni ¿masaṁ? [svargaḥ] pura¡ṁ!dara sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo ¿dare?ti ¿vamaṁ?dharāṁ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir ¿dūlā? pitr̥bhiḥ sa-
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Apparatus
⟨22⟩ cihnāni V • The standard stanza recorded by Sircar 1965 has the reading puṣpāṇi.
Bibliography
Primary
[V] Venis, Arthur. 1894. “Benares Copper-plate Grants of Govindachandra of Kanauj.” Epigraphia Indica 2, pp. 358–363.
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Commentary
Sircar 1965, n. 1, p. 172 indicates the purāṇic authorship attributed to the final stanzas.