Khoh Charter 1 of Hastin, year 156

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

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⟨1⟩ śrī-mahārāja-hastinaḥ

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⟨1⟩ namo mahādevāya|| svasti⟨.⟩ ṣaṭpañcāśottare bda-śate gupta-nr̥pa-
⟨2⟩ -rājya-bhuktau mahā-vaiśākha-sāmbatsare{|} kārttika-māsa-śukla-pakṣa-tr̥tīyā-
⟨3⟩ yām⟨.⟩ Asyā¿n? divasa-pūrvvāyāṁ nr̥pati-parivrājaka-kulotpannena{|} mahā-
⟨4⟩ rāja-devāḍhya-pranaptrā m¿ā?hārāja-dāmodara-sutena
⟨5⟩ go-sahasra-hasty-aśva-hiraṇyāneka-bhūmi-pradena guru-pitr̥-mātr̥-pūjā-tatpare-
⟨6⟩ ṇātyanta-deva-brāhmaṇa-bhaktena{||} naika-samara-śata{ta}-vijayinā sva-va¿n?śā-
⟨7⟩ moda-kareṇa mahārāja-śrī-hastinā sva-puṇyāpyāyanārtham ātmānaṁ sva-
⟨8⟩ rgga-sopāna-paṅktibhir āro¿h?ayatā brāhmaṇa-vāj¿isi?neya-mādhya-
⟨9⟩ ndina-kautsa-sagottra gopasvāmī bhavasvāmī| sandhyāputtra| divākara-
⟨10⟩ dattaḥ bhāskaradatta| sūryyadattasya vasuntaraṣaṇḍika-grāmo
⟨11⟩ tisr̥ṣṭaḥ|| samantād garttā⟨.⟩ Uttare paścim¿o?na

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⟨12⟩ pūrvva-bh¿u?ktā m¿ā?ryyādāḥ⟨.⟩ sa¿ṁn?dhyāputtra-pramukhānāṁ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ
⟨13⟩ A-cāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyaḥ cora-varjjaM tad asmat-kulotthaiḥ mat-pāda-piṇḍopajī-
⟨14⟩ vibhir vvā kālāntareṣv api na vyāghātaḥ kāryaḥ⟨.⟩ Evam ¿ājñāpta? yo nyathā ku-
⟨15⟩ ryāt tam ahaṁ dehāntara-gato pi mahatāvaddhyānena ¿nirddahed?⟨.⟩ uktaṁ ca bhagavatā pa-
⟨16⟩ ramarṣiṇā veda-vyāsena| pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣ{y}a yudhiṣṭhira{ḥ}
⟨17⟩ mah¿i?ṁ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupālana¿ṁm? bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rā-
⟨18⟩ jabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ
⟨19⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ ¿b?arṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Acchettā cānuma-
⟨20⟩ ntā ca tāny eva narake vased iti|| likhitañ ca vakkrāmātya-
⟨21⟩ -[pra]naptrā bhogikāmātya-naradatta-naptrā bhogika-ravidatta-puttr[eṇa] sūryya-
⟨22⟩ datteneti⟨.⟩ dūtako bhāgrahaḥ

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ namo mahādevāya|| svasti⟨.⟩ ṣaṭpañcāśottare bda-śate gupta-nr̥pa⟨2⟩-rājya-bhuktau mahā-vaiśākha-sāmbatsare kārttika-māsa-śukla-pakṣa-tr̥tīyā⟨3⟩yām⟨.⟩ Asyā¿n? divasa-pūrvvāyāṁ nr̥pati-parivrājaka-kulotpannena mahā⟨4⟩rāja-devāḍhya-pranaptrā m¿ā?hārāja-dāmodara-sutena ⟨5⟩ go-sahasra-hasty-aśva-hiraṇyāneka-bhūmi-pradena guru-pitr̥-mātr̥-pūjā-tatpare⟨6⟩ṇātyanta-deva-brāhmaṇa-bhaktena naika-samara-śata-vijayinā sva-va¿n?śā⟨7⟩moda-kareṇa mahārāja-śrī-hastinā sva-puṇyāpyāyanārtham ātmānaṁ sva⟨8⟩rgga-sopāna-paṅktibhir āro¿h?ayatā brāhmaṇa-vāj¿isi?neya-mādhya⟨9⟩ndina-kautsa-sagottra gopasvāmī bhavasvāmī| sandhyāputtra| divākara⟨10⟩dattaḥ bhāskaradatta| sūryyadattasya vasuntaraṣaṇḍika-grāmo ⟨11⟩ tisr̥ṣṭaḥ||

samantād garttā⟨.⟩ Uttare paścim⟨e⟩na ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨12⟩ pūrvva-bh¿u?ktā m¿ā?ryyādāḥ⟨.⟩ sa¿ṁn?dhyāputtra-pramukhānāṁ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ ⟨13⟩ A-cāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyaḥ cora-varjjaM

tad asmat-kulotthaiḥ mat-pāda-piṇḍopajī⟨14⟩vibhir vvā kālāntareṣv api na vyāghātaḥ kāryaḥ⟨.⟩ Evam ⟨ājñapte⟩ yo nyathā ku⟨15⟩ryāt tam ahaṁ dehāntara-gato pi mahatāvaddhyānena ⟨nirddaheyam⟩⟨.⟩ uktaṁ ca bhagavatā pa⟨16⟩ramarṣiṇā veda-vyāsena|

1. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo

yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

⟨17⟩ mah¿i?ṁ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha

dānāc chreyo nupālana¿ṁm?

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā

rā⟨18⟩jabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨19⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ ¿b?arṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ

Acchettā cānuma⟨20⟩ntā ca

tāny eva narake vased

iti|| likhitañ ca vakkrāmātya⟨21⟩-[pra]naptrā bhogikāmātya-naradatta-naptrā bhogika-ravidatta-puttr[eṇa] sūryya⟨22⟩datteneti⟨.⟩ dūtako bhāgrahaḥ

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ namo mahādevāya|| svasti⟨.⟩ ṣaṭpañcāśottare bda-śate gupta-nr̥pa⟨2⟩-rājya-bhuktau mahā-vaiśākha-sāmbatsare{|} kārttika-māsa-śukla-pakṣa-tr̥tīyā⟨3⟩yām⟨.⟩ Asyā¿n? divasa-pūrvvāyāṁ nr̥pati-parivrājaka-kulotpannena{|} mahā⟨4⟩rāja-devāḍhya-pranaptrā m¿ā?hārāja-dāmodara-sutena ⟨5⟩ go-sahasra-hasty-aśva-hiraṇyāneka-bhūmi-pradena guru-pitr̥-mātr̥-pūjā-tatpare⟨6⟩ṇātyanta-deva-brāhmaṇa-bhaktena{||} naika-samara-śata{ta}-vijayinā sva-va¿n?śā⟨7⟩moda-kareṇa mahārāja-śrī-hastinā sva-puṇyāpyāyanārtham ātmānaṁ sva⟨8⟩rgga-sopāna-paṅktibhir āro¿h?ayatā brāhmaṇa-vāj¿isi?neya-mādhya⟨9⟩ndina-kautsa-sagottra gopasvāmī bhavasvāmī| sandhyāputtra| divākara⟨10⟩dattaḥ bhāskaradatta| sūryyadattasya vasuntaraṣaṇḍika-grāmo ⟨11⟩ tisr̥ṣṭaḥ||

samantād garttā⟨.⟩ Uttare paścim¿o?⟨e⟩na ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨12⟩ pūrvva-bh¿u?ktā m¿ā?ryyādāḥ⟨.⟩ sa¿ṁn?dhyāputtra-pramukhānāṁ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ ⟨13⟩ A-cāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyaḥ cora-varjjaM

tad asmat-kulotthaiḥ mat-pāda-piṇḍopajī⟨14⟩vibhir vvā kālāntareṣv api na vyāghātaḥ kāryaḥ⟨.⟩ Evam ¿ājñāpta?⟨ājñapte⟩ yo nyathā ku⟨15⟩ryāt tam ahaṁ dehāntara-gato pi mahatāvaddhyānena ¿nirddahed?⟨nirddaheyam⟩⟨.⟩ uktaṁ ca bhagavatā pa⟨16⟩ramarṣiṇā veda-vyāsena|

1. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo

yatnād rakṣ{y}a yudhiṣṭhira{ḥ}

⟨17⟩ mah¿i?ṁ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha

dānāc chreyo nupālana¿ṁm?

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā

rā⟨18⟩jabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨19⟩ ṣaṣṭiṁ ¿b?arṣa-sahasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ

Acchettā cānuma⟨20⟩ntā ca

tāny eva narake vased

iti|| likhitañ ca vakkrāmātya⟨21⟩-[pra]naptrā bhogikāmātya-naradatta-naptrā bhogika-ravidatta-puttr[eṇa] sūryya⟨22⟩datteneti⟨.⟩ dūtako bhāgrahaḥ

Bibliography

First mentioned in Thomas 1850, p. 12, n. 4. Noticed (by Thomas), with translation (combined with INSSiddham00078) by H. H. Wilson, in Prinsep & Thomas 1858, pp. 251–252. First edited in Hall 1861. Hall’s translation reprinted in Cunningham 1879, p. 11 (No. 1), with eye copy of the passage containing the date (plate IV/1). Re-edited in Fleet 1888. Summarised in Trivedi & Trivedi 2001, pp. 42–43 (No. 1).

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00077). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and their successors. First edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Item 21.

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 1282.

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Note that this is only reported text. The only seal of Hastin of which we have at least a copy if not the seal itself (IN00079) has śrīr mmahārāja-hastinaḥ. (And a seal impression in IN00091, which reads śrī-hasti-rājñaḥ.)

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This is not explicitly stated anywhere I've read, but I assume that these double plates, each inscribed on one face only, use 1verso and 2 recto, with the blank side of each plate facing outward.

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Fleet (1888:97n4) notes that F. E. Hall (JBAS,v.XXX,p.6,and p.8,note) read the name as Dēvāhya and rejected H. H. Wilson's reading Dwrhya (which is obviously misprint from Dēvārhya, i.e. Dēvāḍhya). Fleet then asserts that the reading is clear in all inscriptions of Hastin and Saṁkṣobha and rather petulantly announces, "and Prof H. H. Wilson was right, and Dr. FitzEdward Hall was wrong."

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