Odisha State Museum Plates of Narendradhavala year 189

siddham svasti śrī-bhīmapurādgavataś carācara-guruoḥ śaśāṅkārddha-śekhara-dharasya sthity-utpatti-pralaya-kāraṇa-hetoḥ śrīyatamaliṅgeśvara-bhaṭṭārakasya śikhara-nivāsinaś caraṇa-kamalārādhana-vyāptasya-puṇya-nicayasya śakti-traya-prakarśānurañjitāśeyaṣa-sāmanta-cakrasyabhuja-vbalākrānta-sakala-khiḍḍiraśṛṅga-maṇḍalādhipateḥ parama-māheśvaro mātā-pitṛ-pādānudhyā toaḥ parama-bhaṭṭārako mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-pṛtvībhañjasya naptā śrī-ripudhavala-sutaḥ parama-māheśvaronala-vaṁśodbhava-kula-tilaka-mahārāja-śrī-narendradhavala-devaḥ kuśalī heṭṭāpatha-viṣaye. sāmanta-sāmatvā jinivāsi-janapadān samādiśati sarvvataḥ śivam asmākam anyaT. viditam astu bhavatāṁ śaucapura-grāmo 'yaṁcatuḥsīmā-paryantaḥ sa-jala-sthalaḥ sa-padrāraṇya-sahaitaḥ parīāśara-gotrāya pañcāriṣarṣeya-pravarāya vājaseana-caraṇāya hastipada-vinirgatāya bhīmapura-vāstuvyāya bhaṭṭaputravbaladeva-naptre. Uḍḍha-sutāya bhaṭṭaputra-śrī-gabhiṭṭa salila-dhārā-puraḥ sareṇa candrārka-vāyu-sthitotyā grāmo 'yaṁ pratipādito 'smābhiḥ yato bhavadbhir yadā kālāttantare brāhmaṇa-purohita-mahādevī-mahāsāmanta-śrī-sāmanta-pratīdāhāra rājaka-rājaputra-vbahir-antaraṅgādīnāṁ na kakaiścid uparodhād dharmma-gauravān na kenāpi vbādhā karaṇīyā tantatathā ca śāsanatayā paṭhyate mānavīye dharmaśāstre.

vbahubhir vasudhā dattā rājabhir va ttā rājabhis sagarādibhirḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasāya tasya tadā phalam saṣṭir varṣa–sahasrāṇi svarge modati bhūmidaḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaset mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam para-dādattānupālane harate hārayate bhūmiṁ manda-vbuddhis tamao-vr̥taḥ savbaddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśais tiryag-yoniṣu jāyate sva-dattāṁpara-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharām sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥsaha pacyate Iti kamala-dalāmvbu-vbaindu-lāolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitaṁ ca sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca vbuddhyvā na hi pu ruvṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

samvat 100 80 9phālguna vadi 12 likhitam idaṁ tāmra-śasanaṁ sāndhivigrahi-vādhyalakeneti

Bibliographical references : Iyer Tripathy EI41 1975-76 p 148-153 ARIE 1974-1975 CP14 Pal n°117 OSM CP68. Introductory porrtion agrees with INSNalodbhava00001

Informations collected from EI41. Place of discovery : somewhere in the Aska division in Ganjam District in Orissa. Place of presevervation : Odisha State Museum, accession number CP68. Seal : a crescent moon at the top and a standing boar below, no legend. Total 34 lines of writing. Script : kaliṅga alphabet of about the 11th century A.D. comparable with INSNalodbhava00001 and INSNalodbhava00003, but with some special features. Date : year 189 evidently of the Bhaumakara era on the 12th day of the dark half of the minth Phālguna (i.e. 1020 A.D.). Importance of this record : from it, it can be asserted that Narendradhavala belongs to the Nala family. The use of the bhaumakara era shows that the Nalas might once upon a time have been the feudatories of the imperial Bhaumakaras.