Damodarpur Charter 2 of Budhagupta

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

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⟨1⟩ [****] phālguna di 10 (5) parama-daivata-parama-bhaṭṭāraka mahārājādhirāja-śrī-(vudha)[gu]pt[e pr̥thivī]-
⟨2⟩ -[patau tat-pā]da-parigr̥hītasya puṇḍravarddhana-bhuktāv uparika-mahārāja-jayadattasya bhogenānu(vahamā)-
⟨3⟩ nake (ko)ṭi(varṣṣa)-viṣaye ca tan-niyuktaka Āyuktaka-bhaṇḍake Adhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇa[ṁ] nagara-śreṣṭhi-ribhu-
⟨4⟩ pāla-sārttha-vāha-vasumittra-prathama-kulika-varadatta-prathama-kāyastha-viprapāla-puroge ca sa(mv)y(a)vaharati
⟨5⟩ Anena śreṣṭhi-¿ri?bhupālena vijñāpitaṁ⟨.⟩ himavac-chikhare kokāmukha-svāminaḥ catvāraḥ kulya-vāpāḥ (śve)ta-va-
⟨6⟩ rāha-svāmino pi sapta kulya-vāpāḥ Asmat-phalāśa¿n?sinā pu¿n?yābhivr̥ddhaye doṅgāgrāme pūrvvaṁ mayā
⟨7⟩ Apradā Atisr̥ṣṭakās⟨.⟩ tad aha¿n? tat-kṣettra-sāmīpya-bhūmau tayor ādya-kokāmukha-svāmi-śvetavarāha-
⟨8⟩ -svāminor-nā(ma)l-liṅga-(kṣoṇī)-deva-kula-dvayam etat koṣṭhikā-dvayañ ca kārayitum icchāmy⟨.⟩ Arhatha vāstuno
⟨9⟩ ṣaṭ-(kulya)-vāpān yathā-kraya-maryyādayā dātum iti yataḥ pustapāla-viṣṇudatta-vijaya(nandi)-sthā¿n?u-
⟨10⟩ nandinām avadhāraṇayāvadhr̥tam asty anena himavac-chikhare tayoḥ kokāmukha-svāmi-śvetavarā(ha)-svāmi(noḥ)
⟨11⟩ Apra(dāḥ) kṣetra-kulya-vāpā Ekādaśa dattakās⟨.⟩ tad-artthañ ceha deva-kula-koṣṭhikā-karaṇe yukta(m e)ta(d vijñā)-
⟨12⟩ (pitaṁ kra)meṇa tat-kṣe(ttra)-sāmīpya-bhūmau vāstu dātum ity anuvr̥tta-tri-dīnārikya-ku(lya-vā)pa-vikraya-(maryyā)da-

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⟨13⟩ [yā] […] rā kulana […] (rā ga ra) […]
⟨14⟩ […] pu(ṣkari)ṇī pū(rvveṇa) ribhu(pā)la-pū[rvva-datta-kṣetraṁ] (dakṣiṇena) [pañca]
⟨15⟩ [kulya-vāpā] dattāḥ⟨.⟩ (ta)d uttara-kālaṁ (saṁ)vyavahāribhir ddeva-bha(ktyā)numantavyā⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ (Uktaṁ) vyāsena sva-dattāṁ para-dattā-
⟨16⟩ (m vā) (yo hareta) vasundharāM sa viṣṭhā(yāṁ) k¿ri?mi(r bbhūtvā) pi(tr̥)bhis sa(ha pacyate) pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo
⟨17⟩ (yatnād rakṣa yu)dhiṣṭhira mahīṁ (mahīmatāṁ) śreṣṭha dā(nāc chreyo nu)pālanaṁ (bahu)bhir vvasu(dhā da)ttā
⟨18⟩ (rājabhiś ca) punaḥ punaḥ (ya)sya (ya)sya yadā bhūmi(s) (tasya tasya) ta(dā) phalam iti

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⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ [ca. 4+] phālguna di 10 (5) parama-daivata-parama-bhaṭṭāraka mahārājādhirāja-śrī-(vudha)[gu]pt[e pr̥thivī]⟨2⟩-[patau tat-pā]da-parigr̥hītasya puṇḍravarddhana-bhuktāv uparika-mahārāja-jayadattasya bhogenānu(vahamā)⟨3⟩nake (ko)ṭi(varṣṣa)-viṣaye ca tan-niyuktaka Āyuktaka-bhaṇḍake Adhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇa[ṁ] nagara-śreṣṭhi-ribhu⟨4⟩pāla-sārttha-vāha-vasumittra-prathama-kulika-varadatta-prathama-kāyastha-viprapāla-puroge ca sa(mv)y(a)vaharati

⟨5⟩ Anena śreṣṭhi-¿ri?bhupālena vijñāpitaṁ⟨.⟩ himavac-chikhare kokāmukha-svāminaḥ catvāraḥ kulya-vāpāḥ (śve)ta-va⟨6⟩rāha-svāmino pi sapta kulya-vāpāḥ Asmat-phalāśa¿n?sinā pu¿n?yābhivr̥ddhaye doṅgāgrāme pūrvvaṁ mayā ⟨7⟩ Apradā Atisr̥ṣṭakās⟨.⟩ tad aha¿n? tat-kṣettra-sāmīpya-bhūmau tayor ādya-kokāmukha-svāmi-śvetavarāha⟨8⟩-svāminor-nā(ma)l-liṅga-(kṣoṇī)-deva-kula-dvayam etat koṣṭhikā-dvayañ ca kārayitum icchāmy⟨.⟩ Arhatha vāstuno ⟨9⟩ ṣaṭ-(kulya)-vāpān yathā-kraya-maryyādayā dātum iti

yataḥ pustapāla-viṣṇudatta-vijaya(nandi)-sthā¿n?u⟨10⟩nandinām avadhāraṇayāvadhr̥tam asty anena himavac-chikhare tayoḥ kokāmukha-svāmi-śvetavarā(ha)-svāmi(noḥ) ⟨11⟩ Apra(dāḥ) kṣetra-kulya-vāpā Ekādaśa dattakās⟨.⟩ tad-artthañ ceha deva-kula-koṣṭhikā-karaṇe yukta(m e)ta(d vijñā)⟨12⟩(pitaṁ kra)meṇa tat-kṣe(ttra)-sāmīpya-bhūmau vāstu dātum ity anuvr̥tta-tri-dīnārikya-ku(lya-vā)pa-vikraya-(maryyā)da⟨Page 1v⟩⟨13⟩[yā] […] rā kulana […] (rā ga ra) […] ⟨14⟩ […] pu(ṣkari)ṇī pū(rvveṇa) ribhu(pā)la-pū[rvva-datta-kṣetraṁ] (dakṣiṇena) [pañca] ⟨15⟩ [kulya-vāpā] dattāḥ⟨.⟩ (ta)d uttara-kālaṁ (saṁ)vyavahāribhir ddeva-bha(ktyā)numantavyā⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ (Uktaṁ) vyāsena

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattā⟨16⟩(m vā)

(yo hareta) vasundharāM

sa viṣṭhā(yāṁ) k¿ri?mi(r bbhūtvā)

pi(tr̥)bhis sa(ha pacyate)

2. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo

⟨17⟩ (yatnād rakṣa yu)dhiṣṭhira

mahīṁ (mahīmatāṁ) śreṣṭha

dā(nāc chreyo nu)pālanaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

(bahu)bhir vvasu(dhā da)ttā

⟨18⟩ (rājabhiś ca) punaḥ punaḥ

(ya)sya (ya)sya yadā bhūmi(s)

(tasya tasya) ta(dā) phalam

iti

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1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattā⟨16⟩(m vā)

(yo hareta) vasundharāM

sa viṣṭhā(yāṁ) k¿ri?mi(r bbhūtvā)

pi(tr̥)bhis sa(ha pacyate)

2. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo

⟨17⟩ (yatnād rakṣa yu)dhiṣṭhira

mahīṁ (mahīmatāṁ) śreṣṭha

dā(nāc chreyo nu)pālanaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

(bahu)bhir vvasu(dhā da)ttā

⟨18⟩ (rājabhiś ca) punaḥ punaḥ

(ya)sya (ya)sya yadā bhūmi(s)

(tasya tasya) ta(dā) phalam

iti

Bibliography

First noticed and edited in Basak 1919–1920, pp. 137–141. Discussed in Basak 1925.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00046). 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 40.

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 1550.

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 36.

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 53.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 300-303.

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In line A.3 instead of tanniyuktaka āyuktaka, Basak (Agrawala likewise) reads tanniyuktakehāyuktaka. Basak emends to tanniyuktaka ihāyuktaka (or °ke ihā°); Agrawala remarks that this is unnecessary. Does Agrawala want to construe tanniyuktaka in compound with iha? Would be strange. The facsimile is illegible; I follow Bhandarkar.

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Still in A3, I again follow Bhandarkar in reading bhaṇḍaka. Basak reads śaṇḍaka and notes that it could also be gaṇḍaka (Agrawala likewise). See also line A.4 of %IN00056.

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About ādya in A7, Bhandarkar (1981:343) notes that it may imply that the gods in question were natural rock formations. He may be right, but to me ādya seems more likely to mean "the above," i.e. to those same gods, sort of like eva.

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In A8, Basak reads nāmalliṅgam ekaṁ and translates "(and?) one nāmaliṅgam(?)".I follow Bhandarkar, who translates "with the subtile Earth-bowing (in front)". The hyphen may be a typo here. He explains (p343) that the location may have been held to be the one where Varāha pulled the earth out with his tusk, hence the earth is described as liṅga, subtile. Sounds tacky, and he does not explain why nāmat means namat, nor does he emend. I have nothing better though; on the facsimile I can't make out anything before devakula, except the I of svāminor. Agrawala notes that Sircar emends to °liṅgam etad.

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In A8-9, Basak reads vāstuno saha kulya° and translates "kulyavāpas with vāstu (building-grounds)". Bhandarkar translates "six kulyavāpas of building site." A number would certainly be expected here and I find saha+genitive strange.

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Basak prints viṣṭāyāṁ. Agrawala does likewise and emends to viṣṭhāyāṁ. Bhandarkar just prints the latter and I agree; I don't think the plates are in a good enough condition for us to assume an erronenous spelling. At the end of this line, clear vs unclear characters are shown in almost the exact opposite way in Basak (similarly Agrawala) than they are in Bhandarkar. I follow Basak; myself, I can't make out anything.

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<l n="c">mahīṁ <unclear>mahīmatāṁ</unclear> śreṣṭha</l>

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<l n="b"><lb n="18"/><unclear>rājabhiś ca</unclear> punaḥ punaḥ</l>

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