Benares Copper-plate Grant of Govindracandra of Kanauj Saṁvat 1162
Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI2_29.
Hand description:
Language: Sanskrit.
Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).
Version: (8b980cc), last modified (9f59916).
Edition
⟨Page 1v⟩
⟨1⟩ ⟨2⟩ ⟨3⟩ ⟨4⟩ ⟨5⟩ ⟨6⟩ ⟨7⟩ ⟨8⟩ ⟨9⟩ ⟨10⟩ ⟨11⟩ ⟨12⟩ ⟨13⟩ ⟨14⟩ ⟨15⟩ ⟨16⟩ ⟨17⟩ atrātha paurāṇikāḥ⟨18⟩ślokāḥ
VIII. Anuṣṭubh
bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti
ayaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati
bUbhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau
cniyataṁ svargga-gāminau
dIX. Anuṣṭubh
yo ’rccitaṁ pratigr̥hṇāti
adadāty arcci⟨19⟩tam eva vā
btāv ubhau gacchataḥ svargaṁ
cnarakaṁ tu viparyaye
dX. Anuṣṭubh
bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā
arājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ
byasya ¿satya?⟨yasya⟩ yadā bhū¿g?⟨m⟩is
ctasya tasya ¿v?⟨t⟩adā ⟨20⟩ phalaṁ
dXI. Indravajrā
yānīha dattāni purā narendrair
adānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi
bnirmmālya-v¿attat?⟨ānta⟩-pratimāni tāni
cko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta
dXII. Vasantatilakā
Asmat-kula-¿para?⟨krama⟩⟨21⟩m udāram udāharadbhir
aanyaiś ca dānam idam ¿|ṇumā?⟨abhyanumo⟩danīyam
blakṣmyās taḍit-salila-budbuda-ca¡ṁ!⟨ñ⟩calāyā
cdānaṁ phalaṁ para-yaśaḥ-paripālana¡ṁ!⟨ñ⟩ ca {ja}
dXIII. Anuṣṭubh
¡ṣaṁ!⟨śaṅ⟩kha⟨ṁ⟩ bhadrāsanaṁ ⟨22⟩ chatra⟨ṁ⟩
avarāśvā vara-vār¿e?⟨a⟩ṇāḥ
bbhūmi-dānasya cihnāni
c¿masaṁ?⟨phalaṁ⟩ [svargaḥ] pura¡ṁ!⟨n⟩dara
dXIV. Anuṣṭubh
sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
ayo ¿dare?⟨hara⟩ti ¿vamaṁ?⟨vasun⟩dharāṁ
bsa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir ¿dūlā?⟨bhūtvā⟩
cpitr̥bhiḥ sa⟨23⟩ha majjati
d⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨24⟩
Apparatus
⟨22⟩ cihnāni V • The standard stanza recorded by Sircar 1965 has the reading puṣpāṇi.
Translation
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Commentary
Sircar 1965, n. 1, p. 172 indicates the purāṇic authorship attributed to the final stanzas.