Babbēpalli plates, time of Kumāraviṣṇuvarman, year 13 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00377.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata ...

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svasti jitaṁ bhagavatāt

kāñciīpurādhiṣṭhānaāt parama-brahmaṇyasya sva-bāhu-balā rjjitorjjita-kṣātra-taponidher vvidhi-vihita-sarvva-maryyādasya mahārājasya śrī-vīrakorccavarmmaṇaḥ prapautro ’bhyutthita-śakti-siddhi-saṁpannasya pratātpo panata-rāja-maṇḍalasya vasudhā-talaika-vīrasya mahārājasya śrī-karā ḷavarmmaṇaḥ pautro deva-dvija-guru-vr̥dhddhāopacāyinaḥ pravr̥dhddha-dharmma-sañcaya sya prajā-pālana-dakṣasya lokapālaānāṁ pañcamasya lokapālanāṁsya satyā tmano mahārājasya śrī-skanda-mūlavarmmaṇaḥ putro bhagavat-pādānu ddhyāto bappa-bhaṭṭhṭāraka-pāda-bhaktaḥ parama-bhāgavato bhāradvāja-sago traao yathāvad-āhr̥dtānekāśvamethdhānāṁ pallavaānaāṁ pallava-śrī-mahārājasyaḥ śrīmāN kumaāra-viṣṇu-varmmā Imam arttham aājñāpayati

tad yathā karmmarāṣṭre ka ligoṇḍa-nāma-grāma-vīri-grāma-patethaḥ pūrvvataḥ cuṇoprāḷu-grāma-sīnmmna puUttarataḥ koṇḍamujunūru-grāma-patethaḥ paścimataḥ sarppāḷaya-dakṣiṇata Etac catur-avadhi-dakṣiṇa e sukṣetre doṇāvadi-grāma-sīnmmnaḥ paścimataḥ cuṇoḷū prāḷu-grāma-siīnmmnaḥ Uttarataḥ sarppagr̥hea-pūrvvataḥ vr̥dhddha-taṭāka-dakṣiṇata Etac catur-avadhīi-dakṣiṇa-pūrvve sukṣetre sarppagr̥hea-pūrvvataḥ mahiṣaśira-grāmea -siīnmmnaḥ dakṣiṇataḥ pullaḷūru-grāmea-siīnmmnaḥ paścimataḥ kaṁsāri-taṭākasya Uttararataḥ Etac catur-avadhīi-pūrvvottare sukṣetre trai-bhūmyāṁ cauṣaṣṭi nivarttanāni kāśyāa pa-gotrāya Isara-sśarmmaṇe dattavāN

Āyur-bala-puṇyārogya-nimitttaM saṁ prattas

tad avagamya rāja-vallavbha-naiyogika-gopāla-vatsapāla-sañcara ntakāḥ parihaāraiḥ pariharantu parihārayantu ca

yo ’smac chāśsanam atikra met saḥ pāpaḥ śārīraṁ daṇḍam arhati

Api cātrārṣāḥ śuśloklkāḥ

bhūmi-dānāt paraṁ dānaṁ na bhūtaṁ na bhaviṣyati tasyaiva haraṇaāt pāpaṁ na bhūtaṁ na bhaviṣyati . bahurbhir vvasudhā dattaā bahubhiś cānupālitā yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā pphalaṁ . sva-dattaāṁ para-dattaāṇṁ vaā yo hareta vasundharāṁ gāavāṁ śata-sahasrasya hantuḫ pibati kilvbiṣaM brahma-svan tu viṣaṁ ghoraṁ na viṣaṁ viṣam ucyate viṣam ekākinaṁ hantui brahma-svaṁ putra-pautrikaṁm kāñcīpurādhipoena dattaM bhaktena brāhmaṇāya ca rakṣaṇārtthaṁ yāadā bhūmi -vallabha-pallavaḥ sadā .

pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājya-saṁvatsare trayodaśe mahā-kā rttikāa-māse śukla-pakṣa-pañcamyaāṁ viśākkhaā-nakṣatre guruvaāre lāḍarājaājñāaptyā rudraśarmmāaṇaā likhitam idaṁ sśāśsanaṁ Ācandra -dtārakaṁ kr̥tvā dattavāN

svasti go-brāhmaṇebhyaḥ . .

Plates jitaṁ jitam kāñciī° kāñcī° °balā° °balā° °taponidher °taponidher °pratātpopanata° pratāpopanata° pravr̥dhddha-dharmma° pravr̥ddha-dharmma° bhāradvāja° bhāradvaja° °kāśvamethdhānāṁ °kāśvamedhānāṁ pallavaānaāṁ pallavaānamām °viṣṇuvarmmā °viṣṇuvarmmamā aājñāpayati aājñapayati cuṇoprāḷu° Emend to cuṇolūprāḷu (see line 13)? dakṣiṇa e sukṣetre dakṣiṇa-sukṣetre ... siīnmmnaḥ sīnmmnaḥ °avadhīi° °avadhi° siīnmmnaḥ sīnmmnaḥ °avadhīi° °avadhi° °pūrvvottare °pūrvvvottare rāja-vallavbha° rāja-vallavbha śārīraṁ śārīraṁ śuśloklkāḥ śuślokāḥ pphalaṁ pphalam kilvbiṣaM kilbiṣam ekākinaṁ ekākinaṁ dattaM dattaṁ °pallavaḥ °pallava sadā Maybe emend to tādā. °daśe °daśe lāḍa° lāḍa rudraśarmmāaṇaā rudraśarmmeaṇaā sśāśsanaṁ Ācandra° sśāśsanam ācandra°

Prosperity! The Lord is victorious

From the residence of Kāñcīpura:

great grand-son of the glorious mahārāja Vīrakorcavarman ... grand-son of the glorious mahārāja Karāḷavarman ... son of the glorious mahārāja Skandamūlavarman ... the glorious Kumāraviṣṇuvarman, the glorious Pallava mahārāja, ... orders ...:

This thus in the Karmmarāṣṭra, east of ... north of ... west of ... south of ... in the good field south within these four boundaries east of ... north of ... west of ... south of ... in the good field south(est within these four boundaries east of ... north of ... west of ... south of ... in the good field north-east within these four boundaries, from these three land plots, he gave to Īśvaraśarman of the kāsyapagotra sixty-four nivartanas.

It was given for the purpose of ...

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Who ...

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A gift superior to the gift of land There has not been and there won’t be. Therefore a sin superior to seizing it There has not been and there won’t be.

Land has been given by many And by many it has been protected. Whoever owns a land at a given moment, To him does the fruit then belong.

Who seizes land Given by oneself or given by another, Drinks the sin of killing One hundred thousand cows.

The property of a Brahmin is indeed a terrible poison. It is not poison ... Poison kills a single person. The property of a Brahmin also kills the son and the grandson.

This has been given by the king of Kāñcī, Who is a devotee, to a Brahmin. When it is a matter of protection There is always a Pallava, a favourite of the earth.

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Prosperity for cows and Brahmins!

Edited in (EI 42.5), with visual documentation.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2008, by Emmanuel Francis, by courtesy of Andhra Pradesh State Department of Archaeology and Museums; 2016, kindly supplied by Valérie Gillet).

266-267 IR 13