# Madras Museum Plates of Narendradhavala

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSNalodbhava00003

Repository: Nalodbhava (tfb-nalodbhava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSNalodbhava00003.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

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⟨1⟩ siddham khiṇḍarasigheṃ| śrī-narendradhavala-rājye| gomuṇḍa-maṇḍale|
dharaṇimpha-vi⟨2⟩nīsṛta| nāgavanśa-śambhava| rāṇaka-śrī-mudhavarāha|
suta-rāṇaka-śrī-vikāra ⟨3⟩ | vikāra-suta-rāṇaka-śrī-ghoṅghakena|
rājaputra-vigraha-śahasthena| rupyaka-śo⟨4⟩padhinā| kraya-śāsanatvena|
kulaputraka| vaṇadeva-suta| bhaṇḍāri-raṇiyā ⟨5⟩ | tasya śuta seḍa|
śrī-śilābhañjadeva-krita| ṭhākura-konvi| ṭhākura ⟨6⟩ Uma¡v!⟨b⟩ā|
ḍom¡v!⟨b⟩ī| syobhanadagge tīrna| rupyaka pla 10 Ā| mā 2 gu 4 ⟨7⟩
taḍesvargrāma| catu-simā-paryaṁntayā| śa-saila-vana-kānanna-sameta|
purva⟨8⟩diśena| cāmpā-sāndhi-¡v!⟨b⟩ṛhada-pāthara| paḍum¡v!⟨b⟩ā-śāndhi|
gāḍa Ārdhdhd-śrotri⟨9⟩prākacheda| dakṣine gaḍa-prākacheda| paścimena
vori-stupa-śāndhi| pa⟨10⟩ścima-Utarena kosu(mvra)-pāthara-prākacheda|
¡v!⟨b⟩ṛhata-parvvate| ga(la)⟨Page 2r⟩⟨11⟩chinā-prākacheda |
sṛviḍā-parvvata-madhya-prākacheda| sṛviḍā-Uta⟨12⟩rena|
galachinā-pāthara-prakachedā| Utara-disena| guḍesara-pā⟨13⟩thara-simaya|
Utara-purvva-disena| viṇa-pāthara-pravvata-prākacheda|
mā⟨14⟩hāśāmanta-kaveṭhī| māhāsāmanta-AIcharā| suta-sonapa|
khā⟨15⟩ṭāvādāmaya| ṭhākura-¡v!⟨b⟩ahulā| kaḍulliṅga
Etatta-sa⟨16⟩rvva-śamnatena| dāyādya-maṇḍala-vibhramena|
Aśana-ka⟨17⟩rpaṭābhāvina| gāmo ’yaṁ kraya-śāsanaṁ pradata| Etāna
vidi⟨18⟩taya| bhāṭaputra-Aṁkura| bhāṭaputra-vāghaḍa|
bhāṭaputra-ka⟨19⟩Uḍḍiyā| bhāṭaputra-heU| māhā-kuḍḍapolu|

1. Anuṣṭubh

yāvad¿aṇḍā?⟨ dattā⟩ bha⟨Page 2v⟩⟨20⟩ved bhumi⟨ḥ⟩|
¡ś!⟨s⟩ama-⟨c⟩chedā suśobhanā{ṁ}|
¿tāvda?⟨tāvad⟩ yuga-sahasrāṇi
⟨21⟩ rudra-lok¿añ?⟨e⟩ ca tiṣṭhati|

2. Anuṣṭubh

s⟨v⟩a-dat⟨t⟩āṁ para-dat⟨t⟩āṁ vā|
yo hare ⟨22⟩ t¿i?⟨a⟩ vasundharā⟨m⟩|
⟨sa⟩ viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bh¿u?⟨ū⟩t⟨v⟩¿a?⟨ā⟩|
pitr̥bhi⟨ḥ⟩ ¡ś!⟨s⟩aha pacyate|

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨23⟩ ta¡ṭ!⟨ḍ⟩ā¡k!⟨g⟩ānāṁ sahasreṇa|
A¡s!⟨ś⟩vamedha-śatena ca|
go-¿ghna⟨24⟩-sahasreṇa?⟨sahasra-pradānena⟩|
bh¡u!⟨ū⟩mi-hartā na śudhyati|

4. Anuṣṭubh

yasya yasya yadā ⟨25⟩ bhūmi⟨s⟩{|}
tasya tasya tadā phala⟨ṁ⟩|

5. Anuṣṭubh

harate hārayate bh¡u!⟨ū⟩mi|
⟨26⟩ manda-¡v!⟨b⟩u⟨d⟩dhi⟨s⟩ tam¿ā?⟨o⟩-vr̥ta⟨ḥ⟩|
sa ¡v!⟨b⟩a⟨d⟩dho vāruṇai⟨ḥ⟩ pāśai⟨ḥ⟩|
⟨27⟩ tirya-yoniṣu jāyati|

6. Anuṣṭubh

¡A!⟨Ā⟩dityo varuṇo vi¿mnu?⟨ṣṇur⟩|
¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨28⟩ somo hutā¡s!⟨ś⟩ana⟨ḥ⟩|
¡s!⟨ś⟩ūlapā¡n!⟨ṇ⟩iś tu bhagavā¡ṁ!⟨n⟩|
Abhinandanti bh¡u!⟨ū⟩⟨29⟩midaṁ|

go-¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇa-vi¡s!⟨ś⟩vebhya⟨ḥ⟩ rājñ¿ā?⟨e⟩ ¡s!⟨ś⟩āntir bhabhavati|
pitā⟨30⟩moha-pātena| bho¡tka!⟨kta⟩vyaṁ| deśa-maryādayā| niUnākṣaram
a⟨31⟩vaṇik{a}-pāṇḍi| suta-padmanābha| śāsana Udagirītam iti ⟨32⟩ | |

## Commentary

Bibliographical references : Sircar EI28 1949-1950 p 44-50; ARSIE
1916-1917 CP11 . This charter records a krayaśāsana (line 4 and line 17)
which means a "deed of purchase" and indicates acutally a sale deed. It
was transacted when Narendradhavala was the king of Gomuṇḍā-maṇḍala
Prose except for 6 customary verses in line 19-28 which are hopelessly
defective due to the writer’s inadvertance or to the considerable
influence of the local pronunciation. (Acharya2014 p418)

Sircar EI28 : findspot unknown. Line 28 contains the maṅgalam ’let there
be peace to the cow, the Brāhmaṇa and the world as well as to the king’.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[S] Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1949–1950. “Madras Musuem Plates of the Time
of Narendradhavala.” EI 28, pp. 44–50.

### Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan
inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Item 35, pages 210–211.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a
descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE).
New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Item 3, pages 418–419.