Sirpur Charter of Sudevarāja

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

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

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham01011.

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham01011.xml.

Version: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993).

Edition

Seal

⟨1⟩ prasanna-tanayasyedaṁvikkramotkhāta-vidviṣa⟨ḥ⟩⟨2⟩ śrīmato jayarājasyaśāsanaṁ ripu-śāsana¿(ṁ)?

Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ * svasti⟨.⟩ śarabha-purād vikkramopanata-sāmanta-ma[kuṭa-cūḍā-maṇi]- ⟨2⟩ prabhā-prasekāmbu-dhauta-pāda-yugalo ripu-vilāsi[nī-sīmantoddharaṇa]- ⟨3⟩ hetur vvasu-vasudhā-go-pradaḫ parama-bhāgava[to mātā-pitr̥-pādā] ⟨4⟩ nuddhyātaś śrī-mahā-sudeva-rājaḥ (c/v)u[*********] ⟨5⟩ vake prativāsi-kuṭumbinas samājñā[payati| viditam astu vo] ⟨6⟩ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmas t¿r̥?daśapati-sa[dana-sukha-pratiṣṭhā-karo] ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨7⟩ yāvad ravi-śaśi-tārā-kiraṇa-pratihata-ghorāndhakāraṁ jagad avatiṣṭha ⟨8⟩ te tāvad upabhogyas sanidhis sopanidhir acāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyas sarvva-ka ⟨9⟩ ra-visarjjita⟨ḥ⟩ pūrvvaṁ nanna-pādais taittirīya-pārāśara-sagotra-brāhma ⟨10⟩ ṇa-kāraṇika-kansippasvāmin¿o?datta Idānīm apy asmābhir api ⟨11⟩ mahā-devī-rāja-kulānāṁ vijñāpyā¿s?tām{b}ra-śāsanī-kr̥taḥ te yūyaṁ E ⟨12⟩ vam upalabhyāsyājñā-śravaṇa-vidheyā bhūtvā yathocitaṁ bhoga-bhāga ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨13⟩ m upanayantas sukhaṁ prativatsyatha⟨.⟩bhaviṣyataś ca bhūmipān anu ⟨14⟩ darśayati|dānād viśiṣṭam anupālana-jaṁ purāṇādharmmeṣu niścita- ⟨15⟩ dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma¿ṁ?tasmā⟨d⟩ dvijāya su-viśuddha-kula-śrutāyadattāṁ ⟨16⟩ bhuvaṁ bhavatu vo matir eva goptu⟨M⟩||tad bhavadbhir apy eṣā dattir anu ⟨17⟩ pālay¿ī?tavyāvyāsa-gītāṁś cātra ślokān udāharantiagner apatyaṁ pra ⟨18⟩ thamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁbhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya-sutāś ca gāvaḥdattās trayas te ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨19⟩ na bhavanti lokā{ḥ}yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahī(ṁ) ca dadyātṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sa ⟨20⟩ hasrāṇisvargge modati bhūmi-daḥAcchettā cānumantā catāny e ⟨21⟩ va narake vaseTbahubhir vvasudhā dattārājabhis sagarādibhiḥyasya ⟨22⟩ yasya yadā bhūmi¿ḥ?tasya tasya tadā phala¿ṁ?sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā⟨23⟩ yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhiramahī¿t? mahimatāñ śreṣṭhadānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupāla ⟨24⟩ namiti⟨.⟩ sva-mukhājñayā pravarddhamāna-v¿ī?jaya-sa¿v?va 7 dvi-bhādra-di 10⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨25⟩ U¿kt?īrṇṇaṁ droṇasi¿ṅgh?e¿ṇ?a||

Seal

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ prasanna-tanayasyedaṁ

vikkramotkhāta-vidviṣa⟨ḥ⟩

⟨2⟩ śrīmato jayarājasya

śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsana⟨M⟩

Plates

1. Vasantatilakā

dānād viśiṣṭam anupālana-jaṁ purāṇā

dharmmeṣu niścita- ⟨15⟩ dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma⟨M⟩

tasmā⟨d⟩ dvijāya su-viśuddha-kula-śrutāya

dattāṁ ⟨16⟩ bhuvaṁ bhavatu vo matir eva goptu⟨M⟩||

tad bhavadbhir apy eṣā dattir anu⟨17⟩pālay⟨i⟩tavyāvyāsa-gītāṁś cātra ślokān udāharanti

2. Indravajrā

agner apatyaṁ pra⟨18⟩thamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

dattās trayas te⟨Page 3r⟩⟨19⟩na bhavanti lokā

yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahī(ṁ) ca dadyāt

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sa⟨20⟩hasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ

Acchettā cānumantā ca

tāny e⟨21⟩va narake vaseT

4. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ

yasya⟨22⟩yasya yadā bhūmi⟨s⟩

tasya tasya tadā phala⟨M⟩

5. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

⟨23⟩ yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mahimatāñ śreṣṭha

dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupāla⟨24⟩nam

iti⟨.⟩ sva-mukhājñayā pravarddhamāna-v⟨i⟩jaya-sa⟨ṁ⟩va 7 dvi-bhādra-di 10

⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨25⟩ U⟨tk⟩īrṇṇaṁ droṇasi⟨ṁh⟩e⟨n⟩a||

Seal

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ prasanna-tanayasyedaṁ

vikkramotkhāta-vidviṣa⟨ḥ⟩

⟨2⟩ śrīmato jayarājasya

śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsana¿(ṁ)?⟨M⟩

Plates

1. Vasantatilakā

dānād viśiṣṭam anupālana-jaṁ purāṇā

dharmmeṣu niścita- ⟨15⟩ dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma¿ṁ?⟨M⟩

tasmā⟨d⟩ dvijāya su-viśuddha-kula-śrutāya

dattāṁ ⟨16⟩ bhuvaṁ bhavatu vo matir eva goptu⟨M⟩||

tad bhavadbhir apy eṣā dattir anu⟨17⟩pālay¿ī?⟨i⟩tavyāvyāsa-gītāṁś cātra ślokān udāharanti

2. Indravajrā

agner apatyaṁ pra⟨18⟩thamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ

bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

dattās trayas te⟨Page 3r⟩⟨19⟩na bhavanti lokā{ḥ}

yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahī(ṁ) ca dadyāt

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sa⟨20⟩hasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ

Acchettā cānumantā ca

tāny e⟨21⟩va narake vaseT

4. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā dattā

rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ

yasya⟨22⟩yasya yadā bhūmi¿ḥ?⟨s⟩

tasya tasya tadā phala¿ṁ?⟨M⟩

5. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

⟨23⟩ yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira

mahī¿t?⟨ṁ⟩ mahimatāñ śreṣṭha

dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupāla⟨24⟩nam

iti⟨.⟩ sva-mukhājñayā pravarddhamāna-v¿ī?⟨i⟩jaya-sa¿v?⟨ṁ⟩va 7 dvi-bhādra-di 10

⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨25⟩ U¿kt?⟨tk⟩īrṇṇaṁ droṇasi¿ṅgh?⟨ṁh⟩e¿ṇ?⟨n⟩a||

Bibliography

Katare 1955–56, Shastri 1995, pp. 35–38

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Comments below by Csaba Kiss and Dániel Balogh (BD) are offered "as is" and do not represent a thoroughly researched or considered opinion.

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1 Katare, S.L., 'Sirpur plates of Mahā-Sudevarāja',

Epigraphia Indica vol XXXI, pp. 103-108

2 Shastri, A. M., Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas,

Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II Inscriptions,

Motilal Bandarsidass, Delhi, 1995, pp. 35-38

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<l n="a">prasanna-tanayasyedaṁ</l>

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<l n="c">śrīmato jayarājasya</l>

<l n="d">śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsana<choice><sic><unclear>ṁ</unclear></sic><corr>M</corr></choice></l><!--

Katare thinks that that seal originally belonged to another

set of copper plates. The Ed. disagrees. Shastri cites other opinions

and finally agrees with Katare.

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<choice><unclear>c</unclear><unclear>v</unclear></choice>u<gap reason="lost" precision="low" quantity="9" unit="character"/><!--

Katare reads vu here, Shastri cu. Name of donated village and district lost. D. Balogh: cu seems more likely; elsewhere in these plates v consistently appears to have a square body, c an oblong one.

--><lb n="5" break="no"/>vake prativāsi-kuṭumbinas samājñā<supplied reason="lost" evidence="parallel">payati| viditam astu vo</supplied><!--

L5. Village is "Keśavaka" says Shastri.

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L5. ā in samājñ- is "is indicated by the downward elongation of the right

vertical of the letter m". Shastri

--><lb n="6"/>yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmas

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L10. Both Shastri and Katare emend to svāmine.

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<lb n="11"/>mahā-devī-rāja-kulānāṁ vijñāpyā<choice><sic>s</sic><corr>t</corr></choice><!--

L11. Katare emends to vijñāpyāt. Shastri: "Read: vijñāpya tāmra-"

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L13. Katare emends to prativatsatha.

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<l n="a">dānād viśiṣṭam anupālana-jaṁ purāṇā</l>

<l n="b">dharmmeṣu niścita-

<lb n="15"/>dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma<choice><sic>ṁ</sic><corr>M</corr></choice></l>

<l n="c">tasmā<supplied reason="omitted">d</supplied> dvijāya su-viśuddha-kula-śrutāya</l>

<l n="d">dattāṁ<!--

L15. Shastri suggests "tasmād [d*] dvijāya", which must be a typo.

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Garuḍapurāṇa 2.42.4

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<l n="a">agner apatyaṁ pra<lb n="18" break="no"/>thamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ</l>

<l n="b">bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ</l>

<l n="c">dattās trayas te

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<l n="d">yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahī<unclear>ṁ</unclear> ca dadyāt</l><!--

L19. In Shastri, ṁ is not unclear; it is supplied. D. Balogh: I see no trace of anusvāra in the facsimile in EI, but we can give the engraver the benefit of doubt.

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<l n="a">ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sa<lb n="20" break="no"/>hasrāṇi</l>

<l n="b">svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ</l>

<l n="c">Acchettā cānumantā ca</l>

<l n="d">tāny e<lb n="21" break="no"/>va narake vaseT</l>

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<l n="a">bahubhir vvasudhā dattā</l>

<l n="b">rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ</l>

<l n="c">yasya <lb n="22" break="no"/>yasya yadā

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<l n="d">tasya tasya tadā phala<choice><sic>ṁ</sic><corr>M</corr></choice></l>

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<l n="a">sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā</l>

<l n="b"><lb n="23"/>yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira</l>

mahimatāñ śreṣṭha</l><!--

v5c. In other inscriptions others correct it, probably wrongly, to mahīmatāṁ.

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<l n="d">dānāc chreyo <supplied reason="subaudible">’</supplied>nupāla

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<p>iti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied> sva-mukhājñayā

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