Sirpur Charter of Sudevarāja
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Seal
⟨1⟩ prasanna-tanayasyedaṁ vikkramotkhāta-vidviṣa⟨ḥ⟩
⟨2⟩ śrīmato jayarājasya śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsana¿(ṁ)?
Plates
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⟨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]
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⟨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-
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⟨13⟩ m upanayantas sukhaṁ prativatsyatha⟨.⟩bhaviṣyataś ca bhūmipān anu-
⟨14⟩ darśayati| dānād viśiṣṭam anupālana-jaṁ purāṇā dharmmeṣu niścita-
⟨15⟩ dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma¿ṁ? 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?tavyāvyāsa-gītāṁś cātra ślokān udāharanti agner apatyaṁ pra-
⟨18⟩ thamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ dattās trayas te-
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⟨19⟩ na bhavanti lokā{ḥ} yaẖ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahī(ṁ) ca dadyāt ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sa-
⟨20⟩ hasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ Acchettā cānumantā ca tāny e-
⟨21⟩ va narake vaseT bahubhir vvasudhā dattā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya-
⟨22⟩ yasya yadā bhūmi¿ḥ? tasya tasya tadā phala¿ṁ? sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
⟨23⟩ yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mahī¿t? mahimatāñ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupāla-
⟨24⟩ nam iti⟨.⟩ sva-mukhājñayā pravarddhamāna-v¿ī?jaya-sa¿v?va 7 dvi-bhādra-di 10
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⟨25⟩ U¿kt?īrṇṇaṁ droṇasi¿ṅgh?e¿ṇ?a||
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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="b">vikkramotkhāta-vidviṣa<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></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
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svasti<supplied reason="subaudible">.</supplied>
śarabha-purād vikkramopanata-sāmanta-ma<supplied reason="lost" evidence="parallel">kuṭa-cūḍā-maṇi</supplied>-
<lb n="2"/>prabhā-prasekāmbu-dhauta-pāda-yugalo ripu-vilāsi<supplied reason="lost" evidence="parallel">nī-sīmantoddharaṇa</supplied>-
<lb n="3"/>hetur vvasu-vasudhā-go-pradaḫ parama-bhāgava<supplied reason="lost" evidence="parallel">to mātā-pitr̥-pādā</supplied><lb n="4" break="no"/>nuddhyātaś śrī-mahā-sudeva-rājaḥ
<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
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<pb n="2r"/><lb n="7"/>yāvad ravi-śaśi-tārā-kiraṇa-pratihata-ghorāndhakāraṁ jagad avatiṣṭha<lb n="8" break="no"/>te tāvad upabhogyas sanidhis sopanidhir
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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="b">dharmmeṣu niścita-
<lb n="15"/>dhiyaḫ pravadanti dharmma<choice><sic>ṁ</sic><corr>M</corr></choice></l>
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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="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="c">mahī<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>ṁ</corr></choice>
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
<lb n="24" break="no"/>nam</l>
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L25. This is engraved in the middle of the plate.
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