Benares Copper-plate Grant of Govindracandra of Kanauj Saṁvat 1162

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI2_29.

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Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).

Version: (1fa0bd3), last modified (9f59916).

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VIII. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti

a

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati

b

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

c

niyataṁ svargga-gāminau

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

yo ’rccitaṁ pratigr̥hṇāti

a

dadāty arcci⟨19⟩tam eva vā

b

tāv ubhau gacchataḥ svargaṁ

c

narakaṁ tu viparyaye

d
X. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vasudhā bhuktā

a

rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

b

yasya ¿satya?⟨yasya⟩ yadā bhū¿g?⟨m⟩is

c

tasya tasya ¿v?⟨t⟩adā ⟨20⟩ phalaṁ

d
XI. Indravajrā

yānīha dattāni purā narendrair

a

dānāni dharmmārtha-yaśas-karāṇi

b

nirmmālya-v¿attat?⟨ānta⟩-pratimāni tāni

c

ko nāma sādhuḥ punar ādadīta

d
XII. Vasantatilakā

Asmat-kula-¿para?⟨krama⟩⟨21⟩m udāram udāharadbhir

a

anyaiś ca dānam idam ¿|ṇumā?⟨abhyanumo⟩danīyam

b

lakṣmyās taḍit-salila-budbuda-ca¡ṁ!⟨ñ⟩calāyā

c

dānaṁ phalaṁ para-yaśaḥ-paripālana¡ṁ!⟨ñ⟩ ca {ja}

d
XIII. Anuṣṭubh

¡ṣaṁ!⟨śaṅ⟩kha⟨ṁ⟩ bhadrāsanaṁ ⟨22⟩ chatra⟨ṁ⟩

a

varāśvā vara-vār¿e?⟨a⟩ṇāḥ

b

bhūmi-dānasya cihnāni

c

¿masaṁ?⟨phalaṁ⟩ [svargaḥ] pura¡ṁ!⟨n⟩dara

d
XIV. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

a

yo ¿dare?⟨hara⟩ti ¿vamaṁ?⟨vasun⟩dharāṁ

b

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir ¿dūlā?⟨bhūtvā⟩

c

pitr̥bhiḥ sa⟨23⟩ha majjati

d

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Apparatus

⟨22⟩ cihnāni V • The standard stanza recorded by Sircar 1965 has the reading puṣpāṇi.

Translation

Commentary

Sircar 1965, n. 1, p. 172 indicates the purāṇic authorship attributed to the final stanzas.

Bibliography

Primary

[V] Venis, Arthur. 1894. “Benares Copper-plate Grants of Govindachandra of Kanauj.” Epigraphia Indica 2, pp. 358–363.