Damodarpur Charter 1 (GE 163) of Budhagupta

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified) (brāhmī_southern_unspecified)].

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⟨1⟩ [saṁ] [100] (60) 3 Āṣāḍha di 10 3 parama-daivata-parama-bhaṭṭā(ra)ka-mahārājādhirāja-śrī-budhagupte (pr̥thi)vī-patau tat-pāda-(pari)gr̥hīte puṇḍra(va)-
⟨2⟩ (rddhana)-bhuktāv uparika-mahārāja-brahmadatte saṁvyavaharati svast(i)⟨.⟩ palāśavr̥ndakāt saviśvāsaṁ mahattarādy-aṣṭakulādhi(ka)-
⟨3⟩ (ra)ṇa(ṁ) grāmika-kuṭumvinaś ca caṇḍagrāmaka-brāhmaṇādhyakṣa-kṣudra-prakr̥ti-kuṭumvinaḥ kuśalam uktvānudarśayanti [yathā]
⟨4⟩ (vi)jñāpayat¿ī? no grāmika-nābhako ham icche mātā-pitros svapuṇyāpyāyanāya ka¿d?icid brāhmaṇāryyān prativāsayituṁ ⟨.⟩
⟨5⟩ (tad a)rhatha grāmānukrama-vikraya-maryyādayā matto hiraṇyam upasaṁgr̥hya samudaya-bāhyāprada-khila-(kṣetrasya)
⟨6⟩ [pra]sādaṁ karttum iti⟨.⟩ yataḥ pustapāla-patradāsenāvadhāritaṁ yuktam anena vijñāpitam asty ayaṁ vikraya-
⟨7⟩ -maryyādā-prasaṅgas tad dīyatām asya parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārāja-pā[dānāṁ] puṇyopacayāyeti⟨.⟩ punar asyaiva
⟨8⟩ (patradā)sasyāvadhāraṇayāvadhr̥tya nābhaka-hastād dīnāra⟨⟨-(dvaya)⟩⟩m upasaṁgr̥hya sthāṇavila-kapila-śrībhadrābhyām ¿āyakr̥(tya)? ca samudaya-

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⟨9⟩ -[bāhyāprada]-(khi)la-kṣetrasya kulya-vāpam ekam asya vāyigrāmakottara-pārśvasyaiva ca satya-maryyādāyā dakṣiṇa-paścima-pūrvveṇa
⟨10⟩ maha(tta)rādy-adhikaraṇa-kuṭumvibhiḥ pratyavekṣyāṣṭaka-navaka-(navaka) -nalābhyām apaviñchya ca (kr̥ṣiṁ nocchin)¿(dh)?(ya) ca nābha[kāya]
⟨11⟩ (deyam etad-u)ttara-kālaṁ saṁvyavahāribhir ddharmmam avekṣya pratipālanīyam⟨.⟩ uktañ ca maharṣṣibhiḥ[|] sva-dattām para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ
⟨12⟩ [sa viṣṭhā]yāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhis saha pacyate bahubhir vvasudhā dattā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya
⟨13⟩ [tadā] phalaṁ ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vased iti

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ [saṁ] [100] (60) 3 Āṣāḍha di 10 3 parama-daivata-parama-bhaṭṭā(ra)ka-mahārājādhirāja-śrī-budhagupte (pr̥thi)vī-patau tat-pāda-(pari)gr̥hīte puṇḍra(va)⟨2⟩(rddhana)-bhuktāv uparika-mahārāja-brahmadatte saṁvyavaharati

svast(i)⟨.⟩ palāśavr̥ndakāt saviśvāsaṁ mahattarādy-aṣṭakulādhi(ka)⟨3⟩(ra)ṇa(ṁ) grāmika-kuṭumvinaś ca caṇḍagrāmaka-brāhmaṇādhyakṣa-kṣudra-prakr̥ti-kuṭumvinaḥ kuśalam uktvānudarśayanti [yathā]

⟨4⟩ (vi)jñāpayat⟨i⟩ no grāmika-nābhako ham icche mātā-pitros svapuṇyāpyāyanāya ka⟨t⟩icid brāhmaṇāryyān prativāsayituṁ ⟨.⟩ ⟨5⟩ (tad a)rhatha grāmānukrama-vikraya-maryyādayā matto hiraṇyam upasaṁgr̥hya samudaya-bāhyāprada-khila-(kṣetrasya) ⟨6⟩ [pra]sādaṁ karttum iti⟨.⟩ yataḥ pustapāla-patradāsenāvadhāritaṁ yuktam anena vijñāpitam asty ayaṁ vikraya⟨7⟩-maryyādā-prasaṅgas tad dīyatām asya parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārāja-pā[dānāṁ] puṇyopacayāyeti⟨.⟩ punar asyaiva ⟨8⟩ (patradā)sasyāvadhāraṇayāvadhr̥tya nābhaka-hastād dīnāra⟨⟨-(dvaya)⟩⟩m upasaṁgr̥hya sthāṇavila-kapila-śrībhadrābhyām ⟨āyīkr̥tya⟩ ca samudaya⟨Page 1v⟩⟨9⟩-[bāhyāprada]-(khi)la-kṣetrasya kulya-vāpam ekam asya vāyigrāmakottara-pārśvasyaiva ca satya-maryyādāyā dakṣiṇa-paścima-pūrvveṇa ⟨10⟩ maha(tta)rādy-adhikaraṇa-kuṭumvibhiḥ pratyavekṣyāṣṭaka-navaka-(navaka) -nalābhyām apaviñchya ca (kr̥ṣiṁ nocchin)⟨d⟩(ya) ca nābha[kāya] ⟨11⟩ (deyam etad-u)ttara-kālaṁ saṁvyavahāribhir ddharmmam avekṣya pratipālanīyam⟨.⟩ uktañ ca maharṣṣibhiḥ[|]

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattām para-dattāṁ vā

yo hareta vasundharāṁ

⟨12⟩ [sa viṣṭhā]yāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhis saha pacyate

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya ⟨13⟩ [tadā] phalaṁ

2. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vased

iti

⟨4⟩ (vi)jñāpayat¿ī?⟨i⟩ no grāmika-nābhako ham icche mātā-pitros svapuṇyāpyāyanāya ka¿d?⟨t⟩icid brāhmaṇāryyān prativāsayituṁ ⟨.⟩ ⟨5⟩ (tad a)rhatha grāmānukrama-vikraya-maryyādayā matto hiraṇyam upasaṁgr̥hya samudaya-bāhyāprada-khila-(kṣetrasya) ⟨6⟩ [pra]sādaṁ karttum iti⟨.⟩ yataḥ pustapāla-patradāsenāvadhāritaṁ yuktam anena vijñāpitam asty ayaṁ vikraya⟨7⟩-maryyādā-prasaṅgas tad dīyatām asya parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārāja-pā[dānāṁ] puṇyopacayāyeti⟨.⟩ punar asyaiva ⟨8⟩ (patradā)sasyāvadhāraṇayāvadhr̥tya nābhaka-hastād dīnāra⟨⟨-(dvaya)⟩⟩m upasaṁgr̥hya sthāṇavila-kapila-śrībhadrābhyām ¿āyakr̥(tya)?⟨āyīkr̥tya⟩ ca samudaya⟨Page 1v⟩⟨9⟩-[bāhyāprada]-(khi)la-kṣetrasya kulya-vāpam ekam asya vāyigrāmakottara-pārśvasyaiva ca satya-maryyādāyā dakṣiṇa-paścima-pūrvveṇa ⟨10⟩ maha(tta)rādy-adhikaraṇa-kuṭumvibhiḥ pratyavekṣyāṣṭaka-navaka-(navaka) -nalābhyām apaviñchya ca (kr̥ṣiṁ nocchin)¿(dh)?⟨d⟩(ya) ca nābha[kāya] ⟨11⟩ (deyam etad-u)ttara-kālaṁ saṁvyavahāribhir ddharmmam avekṣya pratipālanīyam⟨.⟩ uktañ ca maharṣṣibhiḥ[|]

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattām para-dattāṁ vā

yo hareta vasundharāṁ

⟨12⟩ [sa viṣṭhā]yāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhis saha pacyate

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya ⟨13⟩ [tadā] phalaṁ

2. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva narake vased

iti

Bibliography

First noticed and edited in Basak 1919–1920, pp. 134–137. Discussed in Basak 1925.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00044). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna, Bahadur Chand Chhabra & Govind Swamirao Gai. 1981. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings. Corpus inscriptionum indicarum 3, revised edition. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India. Item 38.

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [URL]. Item 1286.

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian history and civilization. Volume I: from the sixth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. Book III, item 34.

Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar. 1983. Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) 10, pt. 1 / 2. Varanasi: Books Asia, Distributed by Prithvi Prakashan. Item 52.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 284-287.

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For the time being I follow Bhandarkar here. Basak reads caṇḍagrāmake brāhmaṇādy-ānna-kṣudra-prakr̥ti-kuṭumvinaḥ (so quoted by Bhandarkar; Basak's text is in Devanagari, so he may have meant brāhmaṇādyān na-kṣudra-prakr̥ti-kuṭumvinaḥ). This (especially if we can read or emend brāhmaṇādyān akṣudra°) sounds to me a lot more plausible than Bhandarkar's version, which he translates "inform the husbandmen of the village Caṇḍaka who are inferior Ryots and are presided over by the Brāhmaṇas"

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In line 4, icche should properly be icchaye, icchāmi or (Bhandarkar:) iccheyaṁ.

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For pādānāṁ in l7, Basak reads pādena. For sthāṇavila in l8, Basak reads sthāṇapāla. Agrawala reads sthāyapāla and emends to sthānapāla. Lielukhine thinks sthāyapāla may be OK, meaning watchman or policeman.

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For ca kr̥ṣiṁ nocchindhya ca nābhakāya in l10, Basak reads ca tuṣṭimolliṅgya ca nāgadevasya which, as Bhandarkar observes, seems to make no sense. Agrawala, following Sircar, reads catussīmolliṅgya ca nāgadevasya. Bhandarkar (p337n1) says his reading "is in accord with -karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne" in line 18 of the Baigram copper plate (%IN00061).

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For deyam etad-uttara in l11, Agrawala (and Basak and Sircar?) reads dattaṁ taduttara.

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<l n="a">bahubhir vvasudhā dattā</l>

<l n="b">rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ</l>

<l n="c">yasya yasya yadā bhūmis</l>

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<l n="a">ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣṣa-sahasrāṇi</l>

<l n="b">svargge modati bhūmidaḥ</l>

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