Copper plates from Chikula — grant of Vikramendravarman, year 10

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Languages: English (eng) [Latin (latin)], Undetermined (und) [Latin (latin)].

Repository: Early Andhra (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00182.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00182.xml.

Version: (ed06ce4), last modified (72e3163).

Edition

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⟨1⟩ (siddham)◯ svasti vijayaḻenduḷūravāsakād bhagavataḥ śrīparvvata-

⟨2⟩ svāmipādānuddhyāto viṣṇukuṇḍinām{m} ekādaśāśvamedhāvabhritā-

⟨3⟩ vadhautajagadkalmaṣasya kratusahasrayājina⟨ḥ⟩ sarvvamedhāvāpta-

⟨4⟩ sarvvabhūtasvārājyasya bahusuvarṇṇapauṇḍarīkapuruṣamedha-

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⟨5⟩ vājapeyayūdhyaṣoḍaśirājasūyaprādhirājyapr⟨ā⟩jāpatyā-

⟨6⟩ dyanekavividhapr̥thuguruvaraśatasahasrayājina⟨ḥ⟩ kratuvarānuṣṭhā-

⟨7⟩ tādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhitaparameṣṭhitvasya mahārājasya sakalajaga--

⟨8⟩ nmaṇḍa◯lavimalaguruprithukṣitipatimakuṭamaṇiga[ṇa]-

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⟨9⟩ nika◯rāvanatapādayugaḷasya mādhavavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ prana(ptā)

⟨10⟩ viṣṇukuṇḍivākāṭa⟨ka⟩va⟨ṁ⟩śadvayālaṁkr̥tajanmanaḥ śrīvikramendravarmma-

⟨11⟩ ṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priyanaptā spuranniśitanistriṁśaprabhāvabhāvitāśeṣajaganmaṇḍa-

⟨12⟩ lādhiṣṭitasya bhr(u)bhaṅgakaravinirdhūtasamagradāyādasya Anekacā-

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⟨13⟩ turddantasamarasaṁghaṭṭadviradagaṇavipulavijayasya yathāvidhi-

⟨14⟩ viniryyāpitaghaṭikāvāptapuṇyasaṁcayasya satatabhumigo-

⟨15⟩ kanyāhiraṇyapradānapratilabdhapuṇyajīvitopabhogasya (pa)-

⟨16⟩ rama◯⟨mā⟩heśvarasya mahār⟨ā⟩jasya śrīIndrabhaṭṭārakavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ priya

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⟨17⟩ j(y)e◯ṣṭhaputro gariṣṭa⟨ḥ⟩ śaisava Eva sakalanr̥paguṇālaṁkr̥ta-

⟨18⟩ sya samyagadhy(ā)ropitasakalarājyabhāra⟨ḥ⟩ paramamāheśvaro

⟨19⟩ mahārāja⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmān vikramendravarmmā Evam ājñāpayati natapaṭyāṁ kr̥-

⟨20⟩ ṣṇabe(ṇṇ)ātaṭe rāvirevagr(ā)masya dakṣiṇapūrvvasyāṁ diśi rego-

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⟨21⟩ nṟannāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sakalajaga⟨t⟩trayanāthasya śiśuśaśikarāvadā-

⟨22⟩ taśubhrīkr̥tajaṭāmakuṭasya bhagavatas triyaṁmbhakasya bhavate-

⟨23⟩ so◯magireśvarānāthāya dattaṁ rājñā vacanād gāraveṇājñāṁ kā-

⟨24⟩ rayi◯ti kaś cid enam pālāyati so rudraloke devagaṇā-

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⟨25⟩ ko◯ṭīsatasahasreṇa svarggina sukhaṁ modati vija-

⟨25⟩ yarājyasaṁvassaraṁbuḷ· 10 māsapakkaṁ 8 gihmā 5

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⟨27⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā datt⟨ā⟩ bahubhiś cānupālitā

⟨28⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiṁ tasya tasya tadā phala(m·)

⟨29⟩ svadatt⟨ā⟩ṁ paradatt⟨ā⟩ṁ vā yo hareti vasundharā(m·)

⟨30⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi narake pacyate dhruvam·

⟨31⟩ gā◯vo bhumi tathā bhāryyā Akramya hara mā nayā

⟨32⟩ srā◯vayanti rājānāṁ brahmahatyā ca li(p)yati∥

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ bhagavataḥ śrī- • Understand bhagavatac chrī-.

⟨2-3⟩ -medhāvabhritāva- • Emend medhāvabhr̥thāva.

⟨4⟩ -svārājyasya Kielhorn 1896–1897 ⬦ -svārājyasya Sankaranarayanan 1967–1968 •

⟨5⟩ -peyayūdhya- • Emend -peyokthya-, with SS.

⟨6⟩ -guruvara- • As Kielhorn notes, ‘Before vara one misses a word like yajña or kratu.’ Or read -vara- and emend -caraṇa-?

⟨6-7⟩ -varānuṣṭhātādhiṣṭhāpratiṣṭhita- • Emend -varānuṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitapratiṣṭhita-, -varānuṣṭhānādhiṣṭānapratiṣṭhita- or -varānuṣṭhānapratiṣṭhita-.

⟨8⟩ -prithu- • Understand -pr̥thu-

⟨9⟩ -nata- • SS proposes the proposes the correction -dāta-.

⟨10⟩ -vākāṭa⟨ka⟩va⟨ṁ⟩śa- • SS notes that ‘The usual form is Vākāṭaka. However, Vākāṭa of the present record seems to indicate that ka of the former form is a Taddhita suffix in svārtha (Vākāṭā eva Vākāṭakāḥ) i.e., in the sense of the base itself and not in any other sense as believed by some writers (e.g., in JBORS, XIX, p. 67; A New Hist. of the Ind. People, VI, p. 96; JIH, XLIX, pp. 135 ff.; etc. Cf. also above Ch. II, note 63.’ — ⟨10⟩ -janmanaḥ ⬦ janmana⟨ḥ⟩ Kielhorn 1896–1897 • The visarga seems to be present.

⟨11⟩ spuran- • Emend sphuran-. — ⟨11⟩ -bhāvitāśeṣa- • Emend -bhāvitāśeṣa-

⟨12⟩ -ṣṭitasya • Emend -ṣṭhitasya. — ⟨12⟩ bhr(u)- • Emend bhrū-.

⟨14⟩ -bhumi- • Emend -bhūmi-.

⟨16⟩ śrīIndra- • Understand śrīndra-.

⟨17⟩ śaisava • Emend śaiśava

⟨17-18⟩ -kr̥tasya samyag- • Following EIAD 175, l. 14, read -laṁkr̥tatvāt samyag-. Or, as Kielhorn proposes, read -kr̥taḥ samyag-. We prefer the second solution.

Translation

gift of a village to Śiva, under Vikramendravarman II

Commentary

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Bibliography

Kielhorn 1896-97. — Sankaranarayanan 1977: 169-71 (no. VII)

Primary

Sankaranarayanan, S. 1977. The Vishṇukuṇḍis and their times: An epigraphical study. Delhi: Agam Prakashan. 80–81, 169–171 (no. VII).

Secondary

Srinivasa Ayyangar, R. 1918. Catalogue of copper-plate grants in the Government Museum, Madras. Madras: Printed by the Supt., Govt. Press. [URL]. Pages 55–56.