Paharpur Charter of the Time of Budhagupta
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⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ puṇḍra(varddha)nād āyuktak(ā/aḥ) āryya-nagara-śreśṭhi-purogañ cādhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇam dakṣiṇāṁśaka-vītheya-nāgiraṭṭa-
⟨2⟩ -māṇḍalika-palāśāṭṭa-pārśvika-vaṭa-gohālī-jambudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottaka-goṣāṭapuñjaka-mūla-nāgiraṭṭa-prāveśya-
⟨3⟩ nitva-gohālīṣu brāhmaṇottarān mahattarādi-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam anuvarṇṇyānubodhayanti⟨.⟩vijñāpayaty asmān brāhmaṇa-nātha-
⟨4⟩ śarmmā Etad-bhāryyā rāmī ca⟨.⟩ yuṣmākam ihādhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇe dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpena śaśvat-kālopabhogyākṣaya-nīvī-samudaya-vāhyā-
⟨5⟩ pratikara-khila-kṣetra-vāstu-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas tad arhathānenaiva kkrameṇāvayos sakāśād dīnāra-trayam upasaṅgr̥hyāvayo⟨ḥ⟩ sva-puṇy-āpyā-
⟨6⟩ yanāya vaṭa-gohālyām avāsyāṅ kāśika-pañca-stūpa-nikāyika-nigrantha-śramaṇācāryya-guhanandi-śiṣya-praśiṣyādhiṣṭhita-vihāre
⟨7⟩ bhagavatām arhatāṁ gandha-dhūpa-sumano-dīpādy-artha¿n? tala-vāṭaka-nimittañ ca A eva vaṭa-gohālīto vāstu-droṇa-vāpam adhyarddhañ ja-
⟨8⟩ mbudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottak¿e?t kṣetraṁ droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ goṣāṭapuñjād droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayam mūla-nāgiraṭṭa-
⟨9⟩ -prāveśyā-nitva-gohālītaḥ Arddha-trika-droṇa-vāpān ity evam adhyarddhaṁ kṣetra-⟦droṇa⟧⟨⟨kulya⟩⟩-vāpam akṣaya-nīvyā dātum iti tatra yataḥ prathama-
⟨10⟩ pustapāla-divākaranandi-pustapāla-dhr̥tiviṣṇu-virocana-rāmadāsa-haridāsa-śaśinandi-suprabha-manudattānām avadhāraṇa-
⟨11⟩ yāvadhr̥tam asty asmad-adhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇe dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpena śaśvat-kālopabhogyākṣaya-nīvī-samudaya-vāhyāpratikara-
⟨12⟩ [khila]-kṣetra-vāstu-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas tad yad yuṣmā¿m? brāhmaṇa-nātha-śarmmā Etad-bhāryyā rāmī ca palāśāṭṭa-pārśvika-vaṭa-gohālī-(sthaya?)
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⟨13⟩ [kāśi]ka-pañca-stūpa-kula-nikāyika-Ācāryya-nigrantha-guhanandi-śiṣya-praśiṣyādhiṣṭhita-sad-vihāre Ar¿a?hatāṁ gandha-(dhūp)ādy-upayogāya
⟨14⟩ [tala-v]āṭaka-nimittañ ca tatraiva vaṭa-gohālyāṁ vāstu-droṇa-vāpam adhyarddhaṁ kṣetrañ jambudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottake droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ
⟨15⟩ goṣāṭapuñjād droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ mūla-nāgiraṭṭa-prāveśya-nitva-gohālīto droṇa-vāpa-dvayam āḍhavāpa-dvay-ādhikam ity evam a-
⟨16⟩ dhyarddhaṁ kṣetra-kulya-vāpam prārtthayate tra na kaścid virodhaḥ guṇas tu yat parama-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānām artthopacayo dharmma-ṣaḍ-bhāg-āpyāya-
⟨17⟩ nañ ca bhavati tad evaṅ kriyatām⟨.⟩ ity anenāvadhāraṇā-kkrameṇāsmād brāhmaṇa-nātha-śarmmata Etad-bhāryyā-rāmiyāś ca dīnāra-tra-
⟨18⟩ yam āyīkr̥tyaitābhyāṁ vijñāpitaka-kramopayogāyopari-nirddiṣṭa-grāma-gohālikeṣu tala-vāṭaka-vāstunā saha kṣetraṁ
⟨19⟩ kulya-vāpa Adhyarddho ⟨’⟩kṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa dattaḥ⟨.⟩ ku 1 dro 4 tad yuṣmābhiḥ sva-karmmaṇāvirodhi-sthāne ṣaṭka-naḍair-apa-
⟨20⟩ viñcchya dātavyo ⟨’⟩kṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa ca śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-kālam anu-pālayitavya Iti sa¿M? 100 50 9
⟨21⟩ māgha di 7 Uktañ ca bhagavatā vyāsena sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharāM
⟨22⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k¿ri?mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhis saha pacyate ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge vasati bhūmidaḥ
⟨23⟩ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT rājabhir vvahubhir dattā dīyate ca punaḥ punaḥ yasya yasya
⟨24⟩ yadā ¿bhūmi? tasya tasya tadā phalaM pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mahīm mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha
⟨25⟩ dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ vindhyāṭavīṣv anambhasṣu śuṣka-koṭara-vāsina⟨ḥ⟩ ¿kr̥ṣnāhino? hi jāyante deva-dāyaṁ haranti ye
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<p><pb n="1r"/><lb n="1"/>svasti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> puṇḍra<unclear>varddha</unclear>nād āyuktak<choice><unclear>ā</unclear><unclear>aḥ</unclear></choice> āryya-nagara-śreśṭhi-purogañ cādhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇam dakṣiṇāṁśaka-vītheya-nāgiraṭṭa<!--
This inscription has spaces (for punctuation) at least in the verses near the end. My facsimile is terrible, so I have not used it, but the spaces should be shown on the basis of a decent image.
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Dikshit reads āyuktakaḥ. His editor (Dikshit_1929-30:65n5) notes that the plate "correctly" gives āyuktakā and thus there would have been several āyuktakas. Agrawala opts to read āyuktaka and cites (without specific reference) Sircar as reading āyuktakā and proposing several āyuktakas. I do not know if Sircar was the editor of EI in 1931 or if he says so in SI. I personally feel āyuktaka is not likely; there is certainly something after the ka, which may be an ā mātrā or the upper dot of a visarga (while the lower dot could be what looks like the thick end of the right arm of ka). The text has many superfluous visargas so the reading is not unlikely.
--><lb n="2" break="no"/>-māṇḍalika-palāśāṭṭa-pārśvika-vaṭa-gohālī-jambudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottaka-goṣāṭapuñjaka-mūla-nāgiraṭṭa-prāveśya-
<lb n="3"/>nitva-gohālīṣu brāhmaṇottarān mahattarādi-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam anuvarṇṇyānubodhayanti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied>vijñāpayaty asmān brāhmaṇa-nātha<lb n="4" break="no"/>śarmmā Etad-bhāryyā rāmī ca<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> yuṣmākam ihādhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇe dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpena śaśvat-kālopabhogyākṣaya-nīvī-samudaya-vāhyā<lb n="5" break="no"/>pratikara-khila-kṣetra-vāstu-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas tad arhathānenaiva kkrameṇāvayos sakāśād dīnāra-trayam upasaṅgr̥hyāvayo<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> sva-puṇy-āpyā<lb n="6" break="no"/>yanāya vaṭa-gohālyām avāsyāṅ kāśika-pañca-stūpa-nikāyika-nigrantha-śramaṇācāryya-guhanandi-śiṣya-praśiṣyādhiṣṭhita-vihāre<!--
Dikshit emends avāsyāṅ to evāsyāṅ. Agrawala leaves it as is, but I do not know how he interprets that. I have no better idea than evāsyāṁ, though this sounds unnecessary. Dikshit's editor (p62n3) also notes, "Navy-Āvakāśikāyāṁ of the Faridpur grants 2 and 3. Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXIX, pp. 200 and 204."
--><lb n="7"/>bhagavatām arhatāṁ gandha-dhūpa-sumano-dīpādy-artha<sic>n</sic> tala-vāṭaka-nimittañ ca A eva vaṭa-gohālīto vāstu-droṇa-vāpam adhyarddhañ ja<!--
Dikshit and Agrawala both emend a eva to ata eva, which would be very out of place here. I have no better suggestion. There is a very conspicuous round dot over the va, so the reading may be evaṁ; no idea about the a or whatever it is.
--><lb n="8" break="no"/>mbudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottak<choice><sic>e</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>t kṣetraṁ droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ goṣāṭapuñjād droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayam mūla-nāgiraṭṭa<!--
Dikshit emends pottaket to pottake; Agrawala leaves as is. Given that all other villages are in ablative or suffixed with -taḥ, the intended form must have been pottakāt.
--><lb n="9" break="no"/>-prāveśyā-nitva-gohālītaḥ Arddha-trika-droṇa-vāpān ity evam adhyarddhaṁ kṣetra-<subst><del rend="corrected">droṇa</del><add place="overstrike">kulya</add></subst>-vāpam akṣaya-nīvyā dātu<damage>m i<supplied reason="lost"><!-- CHECK if <unclear> applies better.-->ti</supplied></damage> <!--
Dikshit reads dātum i(ty atra) yataḥ. Agrawala has dātum i(ti)[+|] yataḥ. The plate is damaged here, but I think the subscript ya should be visible if the reading really were ity atra. Agrawala's simple iti, on the other hand, is far too short. My best guess is iti tatra. What I see as ta may have been what Dikshit read as tra.
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<p><damage><supplied reason="lost"><!-- CHECK if <unclear> applies better.-->tatra</supplied></damage> yataḥ prathama-
<lb n="10"/>pustapāla-divākaranandi-pustapāla-dhr̥tiviṣṇu-virocana-rāmadāsa-haridāsa-śaśinandi-<damage><unclear>su</unclear>prabha-<unclear>manu</unclear>da<supplied reason="lost">ttā</supplied><unclear>nā</unclear></damage>m avadhāraṇa<!--
Dikshit reads the damaged locus as °nandiṣu prathamanu ### (nā)m. I follow Agrawala's reconstruction, but my markup is a bit more cautious than his. bha is quite clear and does not look like tha to me.
--><lb n="11" break="no"/>yāvadhr̥tam asty asmad-adhiṣṭhānādhikaraṇe dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpena śaśvat-kālopabhogyākṣaya-nīvī-sa<damage>mu<unclear>daya-vā</unclear>h</damage>yāpratikara-
<lb n="12"/><supplied reason="lost">khila</supplied>-kṣetra-vāstu-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas tad yad yuṣmā<sic>m</sic> brāhmaṇa-nātha-śarmmā Etad-bhāryyā rāmī ca palāśāṭṭa-pārśvika-vaṭa-gohālī-<unclear cert="low">sthaya</unclear><!--
Dikshit and Sircar both emend yuṣmām to yuṣmān. My intuition would be yuṣmākam.
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At the end, Agrawala (Sircar?) reads sth(āyi). The penultimate character does not look like stha to me, perhaps better sva?
--><pb n="1v"/><lb n="13"/><supplied reason="lost">kāśi</supplied>ka-pañca-stūpa-kula-nikāyika-Ācāryya-nigrantha-guhanandi-śiṣya-praśiṣyādhiṣṭhita-sad-vihāre Ar<sic>a</sic>hatāṁ gandha-<unclear>dhūp</unclear>ādy-upayogāya
<lb n="14"/><supplied reason="lost">tala-v</supplied>āṭaka-nimittañ ca tatraiva vaṭa-gohālyāṁ vāstu-droṇa-vāpam adhyarddhaṁ kṣetrañ jambudeva-prāveśya-pr̥ṣṭhima-pottake <damage>droṇa-vāpa</damage>-catuṣṭayaṁ
<lb n="15"/>goṣāṭapuñjād droṇa-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ mūla-nāgiraṭṭa-prāveśya-nitva-gohālīto droṇa-vāpa-dvayam āḍha<damage>vā<supplied reason="lost">pa-dva</supplied>y-ā</damage>dhikam ity evam a<!--
Both Dikshit and Agrawala read the damaged section as āḍhavāpa-dvayādhikam, showing padva as unclear, not as a conjecture. In any case, Dikshit_1929-30:61 says (essentially) that an āḍhavāpa is 1/4 of a droṇavāpa "according to various ancient authorities", so this should be correct, since the area is said in l8 to be arddha-trika-droṇavāpa.
--><lb n="16" break="no"/>dhyarddhaṁ kṣetra-kulya-vāpam prārtthayate tra na kaścid virodhaḥ guṇas tu yat parama-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānām artthopacayo dharmma-ṣaḍ-bhāg-āpyāya<!--
Dikshit's editor emends prārtthayate to prārthayete; Agrawala actually reads prārttha(ye)te. My intuition says prārtthyate.
--><lb n="17" break="no"/>nañ ca bhavati tad evaṅ kriyatām<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> ity anenāvadhāraṇā-kkrameṇāsmād brāhmaṇa-nātha-śarmmata Etad-bhāryyā-rāmiyāś ca dīnāra-tra<lb n="18" break="no"/>yam āyīkr̥tyaitābhyāṁ vijñāpitaka-kramopayogāyopari-nirddiṣṭa-grāma-gohālikeṣu tala-vāṭaka-vāstunā saha kṣetraṁ
<lb n="19"/>kulya-vāpa Adhyarddho <supplied reason="subaudible">’</supplied>kṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa dattaḥ<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> ku <num value="1">1</num> dro <num value="4">4</num></p>
<p>tad yuṣmābhiḥ sva-karmmaṇāvirodhi-sthāne ṣaṭka-naḍair-apa<!--
Compare svakarṣaṇāvirodhi in the Baigram plate (IN00061, l18), where Basak notes that this must be intended in the Paharpur plate as well.
--><lb n="20" break="no"/>viñcchya dātavyo <supplied reason="subaudible">’</supplied>kṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa ca śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-kālam anu-pālayitavya Iti<!--
Dikshit's editor (Dikshit_1929-30:63n3) notes that N. P. Chakravarti connects apaviñchya with the Bengali word bāchhā meaning to select or choose. Not very convincing but keep in mind.
--></p>
<p>sa<sic>M</sic> <num value="159"><g type="numeral">100</g> <g type="numeral">50</g> 9</num>
<lb n="21"/>māgha di <num value="7">7</num></p>
<p>Uktañ ca bhagavatā vyāsena</p>
<lg n="1" met="anuṣṭubh">
<l n="a">sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā</l>
<l n="b">yo hareta vasundharāM</l>
<l n="c"><lb n="22"/>sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k<sic>ri</sic>mir bhūtvā</l>
<l n="d">pitr̥bhis saha pacyate</l>
</lg>
<lg n="2" met="anuṣṭubh">
<l n="a">ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi</l>
<l n="b">svargge vasati bhūmidaḥ</l>
<l n="c"><lb n="23"/>Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca</l>
<l n="d">tāny eva narake vaseT</l>
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<lg n="3" met="anuṣṭubh">
<l n="a">rājabhir vvahubhir dattā</l>
<l n="b">dīyate ca punaḥ punaḥ</l>
<l n="c">yasya yasya <lb n="24"/>yadā <sic>bhūmi</sic></l>
<l n="d">tasya tasya tadā phalaM</l>
</lg>
<lg n="4" met="anuṣṭubh">
<l n="a">pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo</l>
<l n="b">yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira</l>
<l n="c">mahīm mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha</l>
<l n="d"><lb n="25"/>dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ<!--
Dikshit emends mahimatāṁ to matimatāṁ. His editor notes that mahimatāṁ is also correct. I Thought it ought to be mahīmatāṁ.
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<lg n="5" met="anuṣṭubh">
<l n="a">vindhyāṭavīṣv anambhasṣu</l>
<l n="b">śuṣka-koṭara-vāsina<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></l>
<l n="c"><sic>kr̥ṣnāhino</sic> hi jāyante</l>
<l n="d">deva-dāyaṁ haranti ye</l>
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