Patna plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Āṣāḍha month year 6

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout (amwb).

Summary: The object of the inscription is to record the gift by the king of the village Vakaveḍḍā attached to the viṣaya of Oṅgātaṭa to the following four Brahmins:

Dāmāka, son of Aivuli belonging to the Kautsa gotra and the pravaras of Āṅgiras, Āmbarīṣa and Yauvanāśva and the anupravaras of Yuvanāśva, Ambarīṣā and Aṅgiras, a student of the Kauthuma śākhā of the Sāmadeva, an immigrant fro; Pampāsrarasī and a resident of Leiśṛṅgā
an unnamed son of Nārapagaṇḍa belonging to the Gautama gotra and the Āṅgitasa pravara and the anupravara of Bārhaspatya, a student of the Kāṇva Śākhā of the Yajurveda, an immigrant fro; Oḍayaśṛṅga and a resident of Khaṇḍakṣetra
Vāsudeva, son of Hṛṣīkeśa, belonging to the Kṛṣṇātreya gotra with the pravara of Ārccanānasa and the anupravara of Śyāvāśva, a student of the Kāṇva śākhā of the Yajurveda, an immigrant from Koṅkaleḍḍa and a resident of Lipatuṅgā
Koṇḍadeva son of Rāmaśarman, belonging to the Agasti gotra with the pravara of Idhmavāha and the anupravara of Cyavana, a student of the Kāṇva śākhā of the Yajurveda, an immigrant from Kaliṅga and a resident of Pampāsarasī

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Latin (latin)].

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00005.

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00005.xml.

Version: 2026-04-14 17:04 (39eae9b), last modified 2026-03-03 08:58 (ad9b176).

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꩜ svasti mūrasīma-samāvāsita⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāt parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhi
⟨2⟩ rāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārā-
⟨3⟩ jādhirāja-parameśvara-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājade-
⟨4⟩ vaḥ{∥} k¿ū?śalī{|} Oṅgātaṭa-viṣaya-prati¡v!addha-vakaveḍḍā-grāme tat-pratinivāsi-kuṭumvi-janapadāṁ-
⟨5⟩ s tad-viṣayīya-yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-¿dh?etrikā-
⟨6⟩ varodhajana-rājavallabhādīn sarvvān rāja-pādopajīvinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ vidi-
⟨7⟩ tam astu bhavatāṁ| yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-vādhā-viva⟨r⟩jjitaḥ|
⟨8⟩ sarvvoparika{ra}karādāna-sahitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-garttoṣaraḥ| prasiddha-catuḥ-s¿i?mā-
⟨9⟩ cacchi¿nv?aḥ| pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ nānā-gotra-pravara-vinirgata-vāstavye-

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⟨10⟩ bhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ eka⟨ḥ⟩ kau¿ccha?-gotraḥ Aṅgirasa-varṣa-y¿o?vanāśva-pravaraḥ yūvanaśvad-amvariṣa-
⟨11⟩ d-aṅgira-anupravaraḥ sāmavede kauth⟨u⟩ma-śākhādhyāyī panpāsaras¿i?-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ leIśr̥ṅgā-vā-
⟨12⟩ stavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-dāmākaḥ Aivuli-s¿ū?taḥ⟨.⟩ dvitīyo gaut¿u?ma-gotraḥ ¿A?ṅgirasa-pravaraḥ vārhaspatyānu-
⟨13⟩ pravara⟨ḥ⟩ yaju⟨r⟩-vvede kāṇva-śākh¿e? Oḍayaśr̥ṅgā-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ khaṇḍakṣetra-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputro nārapagaṇḍa-s¿ū?ta⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ tr̥t¿i?ya-
⟨14⟩ ś ca kr̥ṣ⟨ṇ⟩ātreya-gotraḥ ¿A?rcchanāna¿ś?a-pravaraḥ śyāvāś¿vana?-anupravaraḥ yajurvved⟨e⟩ kāṇva-śākhā-
⟨15⟩ dhyāyī koṇkaleḍḍa-vinirggata⟨ḥ⟩ lipatuṅgā-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-vās¿ū?devaḥ ¿riśi?keśa-s¿ū?-
⟨16⟩ taḥ⟨.⟩ catu⟨r⟩thaś ca{|} Agasti-gotraḥ{|} ¿Ī?dhmavāha{va}-pravaraḥ cyav⟨an⟩ānupravaraḥ {ca} yajur-vvede
⟨17⟩ kāṇva-śāhādhyā¿Ī? {cā} kaliṅga-vinirgataḥ{∥} pampāsaras¿i?-vā-
⟨18⟩ stavyaḥ koṇḍadeva-nām⟨ā⟩ rāmaśa⟨r⟩mma-s¿ū?taḥ⟨.⟩ etebhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ salila-dhārā-
⟨19⟩ p¿ū?raḥsaram ācandra-tāra⟨kā⟩rkka-kṣiti-samakālopabh¿e?gārtham prativarṣa-dātavya-r¿u?pya-kāṣ¿ṭ?a-pala-
⟨20⟩ dara-dāna⟨ṁ⟩ viniścitya mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenā-

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⟨21⟩ kar¿i?kr̥tya pratipādita ¿Ī?ty avagatya {sam¿ū?cita-bho⟨gār⟩thaṁ mātā-pitror}
⟨22⟩ vr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira-
⟨23⟩ ṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ s¿ū?khena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāviśbhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asma-
⟨24⟩ dīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-a¿t?urodhāc ca sva-dattir ivā¿t?upālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre⟨.⟩ ¡v!ahubhi-
⟨25⟩ r vvas¿ū?dhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi⟨ḥ⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ∥ mā bhūd a-phala-
⟨26⟩ -śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-dattānupālane∥ ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sa-
⟨27⟩ hasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ākṣeptā cān¿ū?mantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT∥
⟨28⟩ Agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ bhūr vv¿o?ṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ yaḥ kā¿ṇ?canaṁ gā¿ṇ? ca mahī-
⟨29⟩ ¿ṇ? ca dadyād dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e?⟨.⟩ Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ pravalg{ay}anti pi
⟨30⟩ tāmahā⟨ḥ⟩ bhūmi-dātā k¿ū?l¿a? jāt¿ā?ḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati∥ bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!āti yaś ca
⟨31⟩ bhūmiṁ prayacchati| Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau∥ taḍāgānāṁ saha
⟨32⟩ sr¿āṇi? vāja-peya-śat¿āṇi? ca gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-ha⟨r⟩ttā na ś¿ū?dhyati∥ harate hā-

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⟨33⟩ ray¿ate? yas tu manda-¡v!uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ sa ¡v!addho vāruṇaiḥ pāśais t¿ī?ryag-yon¿īṇ? ca gacchati∥
⟨34⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā yo hare¿ti? vas¿ū?ndharāṁ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|
⟨35⟩ Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ ¿va?hmā somo hutāśanaḥ śūlapāṇis ca bhaga{ṁ}vā¿r? abhinanda-
⟨36⟩ nti bhūmidaṁ| sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālan¿i?yo bhavadbhiḥ sarvvā-
⟨37⟩ n etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrā¿ṃ?{|} bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ∥ Iti kamala-dalām¡v!u-¡v!indu-
⟨38⟩ -lolā⟨ṁ⟩ śriyam a¿m?ucintya manuṣya-jīvita¿ṇ? ca sa-kalam ida{r}m udāhr̥ta¿ṇ? ca ¡v!udhvā
⟨39⟩ na hi p¿ū?ruṣaiḥ para-k¿i?rttayo vilopyā Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame-
⟨40⟩ śvara-śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijaya-rājye samva¿cch?are ṣaṣṭheḥ Āṣāḍha-māse sita-pakṣe t⟨i⟩-
⟨41⟩ thāv aṣṭamyāṁ yatrāṅkato ’pi samvat 6 ¿A?ṣāḍha śudi 8 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-s¿ā?-
⟨42⟩ grahi-śrī-mallādhāradatta-s¿ū?ta-prati¡v!addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa vallabhaghoṣa-s¿ū?teneti|
⟨43⟩ Asti kṣoṇīśvarāṇām amala-maṇi-rucām anvay¿at? kaustubhābhaḥ śaurya-tyāgām¡v!u-rāśi-

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⟨44⟩ r viracita-vidhivad-dāna-śubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ śrīmān Jammejayākhyas tr̥daśapati-samaḥ

⟨45⟩ kr̥¿ccha?-gāṁ bhoktu-kāmaḥ prakhyāta-dveśi-vaṅśa-pravidalana-paṭū⟨r⟩ bhūpatiḥ somavaṅś¿i?⟨ī⟩∥

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ꩜ svasti mūrasīma-samāvāsita⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāt parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhi⟨2⟩rāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārā⟨3⟩jādhirāja-parameśvara-somakulatilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājade⟨4⟩vaḥ{∥} k⟨u⟩śalī{|} Oṅgātaṭa-viṣaya-prati⟨b⟩addha-vakaveḍḍā-grāme tat-pratinivāsi-kuṭumvi-janapadāṁ⟨5⟩s tad-viṣayīya-yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-⟨v⟩etrikā⟨6⟩varodhajana-rājavallabhādīn sarvvān rāja-pādopajīvinaḥ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ vidi⟨7⟩tam astu bhavatāṁ| yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-vādhā-viva⟨r⟩jjitaḥ| ⟨8⟩ sarvvoparika{ra}karādāna-sahitaḥ sāmra-madhukaḥ sa-garttoṣaraḥ| prasiddha-catuḥ-s⟨ī⟩mā⟨9⟩cacchi⟨nn⟩aḥ| pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ nānā-gotra-pravara-vinirgata-vāstavye⟨Page 2r⟩⟨10⟩bhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ eka⟨ḥ⟩ kau⟨tsa⟩-gotraḥ Aṅgirasa-varṣa-y⟨au⟩vanāśva-pravaraḥ yūvanaśvad-amvariṣa⟨11⟩d-aṅgira-anupravaraḥ sāmavede kauth⟨u⟩ma-śākhādhyāyī panpāsaras⟨ī⟩-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ leIśr̥ṅgā-vā⟨12⟩stavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-dāmākaḥ Aivuli-s⟨u⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ dvitīyo gaut⟨a⟩ma-gotraḥ ⟨Ā⟩ṅgirasa-pravaraḥ vārhaspatyānu⟨13⟩pravara⟨ḥ⟩ yaju⟨r⟩-vvede kāṇva-śākh⟨ī⟩ Oḍayaśr̥ṅgā-vinirgata⟨ḥ⟩ khaṇḍakṣetra-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputro nārapagaṇḍa-s⟨u⟩ta⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ tr̥t⟨ī⟩ya⟨14⟩ś ca kr̥ṣ⟨ṇ⟩ātreya-gotraḥ ⟨Ā⟩rcchanāna⟨s⟩a-pravaraḥ śyāvāś⟨vad⟩-anupravaraḥ yajurvved⟨e⟩ kāṇva-śākhā⟨15⟩dhyāyī koṇkaleḍḍa-vinirggata⟨ḥ⟩ lipatuṅgā-vāstavya⟨ḥ⟩ bhaṭṭaputra-vās⟨u⟩devaḥ ⟨hr̥ṣī⟩keśa-s⟨u⟩⟨16⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ catu⟨r⟩thaś ca{|} Agasti-gotraḥ{|} ⟨I⟩dhmavāha{va}-pravaraḥ cyav⟨an⟩ānupravaraḥ {ca} yajur-vvede ⟨17⟩ kāṇva-śāhādhyā⟨yī⟩ {cā} kaliṅga-vinirgataḥ{∥} pampāsaras⟨ī⟩-vā⟨18⟩stavyaḥ koṇḍadeva-nām⟨ā⟩ rāmaśa⟨r⟩mma-s⟨u⟩taḥ⟨.⟩ etebhyo dvijāti-varebhyaḥ salila-dhārā⟨19⟩p⟨u⟩raḥsaram ācandra-tāra⟨kā⟩rkka-kṣiti-samakālopabh⟨o⟩gārtham prativarṣa-dātavya-r⟨ū⟩pya-kāṣ⟨ṭh⟩a-pala⟨20⟩dara-dāna⟨ṁ⟩ viniścitya mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenā⟨Page 2v⟩⟨21⟩kar⟨ī⟩kr̥tya pratipādita ⟨I⟩ty avagatya {sam⟨u⟩cita-bho⟨gār⟩thaṁ mātā-pitror} ⟨22⟩ vr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira⟨23⟩ṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ s⟨u⟩khena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāviśbhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asma⟨24⟩dīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-a⟨n⟩urodhāc ca sva-dattir ivā⟨n⟩upālanīyā⟨.⟩ tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre⟨.⟩

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨b⟩ahubhi⟨25⟩r vvas⟨u⟩dhā dattā

rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi⟨ḥ⟩

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a-phala⟨26⟩-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ

para-dattānupālane∥

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sa⟨27⟩hasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ

Ākṣeptā cān⟨u⟩mantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT∥

4. Indravajrā

⟨28⟩ Agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bhūr vv⟨ai⟩ṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kā⟨ñ⟩canaṁ gā⟨ñ⟩ ca mahī⟨29⟩⟨ñ⟩ ca dadyād

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok⟨āḥ⟩⟨.⟩

5. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalg{ay}anti pi ⟨30⟩ tāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

bhūmi-dātā k⟨u⟩l⟨e⟩ jāt⟨a⟩ḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati∥

6. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥h⟨ṇ⟩āti

yaś ca ⟨31⟩ bhūmiṁ prayacchati|

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

niyataṁ svargga-gāminau∥

7. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ saha ⟨32⟩ sr⟨eṇa⟩

vāja-peya-śat⟨ena⟩ ca

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-ha⟨r⟩ttā na ś⟨u⟩dhyati∥

8. Anuṣṭubh

harate hā⟨Page 3r⟩⟨33⟩ray⟨ed⟩ yas tu

manda-⟨b⟩uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ

sa ⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ

pāśais t⟨i⟩ryag-yon⟨iñ⟩ ca gacchati∥

9. Anuṣṭubh

⟨34⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā

yo hare⟨ta⟩ vas⟨u⟩ndharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|

10. Anuṣṭubh

⟨35⟩ Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ

⟨bra⟩hmā somo hutāśanaḥ

śūlapāṇis ca bhaga{ṁ}vā⟨n⟩

abhinanda⟨36⟩nti bhūmidaṁ|

11. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāle kāle pālan⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ

sarvvā⟨37⟩n etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrā⟨N⟩{|}

bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ∥

13. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām⟨b⟩u-⟨b⟩indu⟨38⟩-lolā⟨ṁ⟩

śriyam a⟨n⟩ucintya manuṣya-jīvita⟨ñ⟩ ca

sa-kalam ida{r}m udāhr̥ta⟨ñ⟩ ca ⟨b⟩udhvā

⟨39⟩ na hi p⟨u⟩ruṣaiḥ para-k⟨ī⟩rttayo vilopyā

Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame⟨40⟩śvara-śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijaya-rājye samva⟨ts⟩are ṣaṣṭheḥ Āṣāḍha-māse sita-pakṣe t⟨i⟩⟨41⟩thāv aṣṭamyāṁ yatrāṅkato ’pi samvat 6 ⟨Ā⟩ṣāḍha śudi 8 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-s⟨a⟩⟨42⟩grahi-śrī-mallādhāradatta-s⟨u⟩ta-prati⟨b⟩addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa vallabhaghoṣa-s⟨u⟩teneti|

14. Sragdharā

⟨43⟩ Asti kṣoṇīśvarāṇām amala-maṇi-rucām anvay⟨e⟩ kaustubhābhaḥ

śaurya-tyāgām⟨b⟩u-rāśi⟨Page 3v⟩⟨44⟩r viracita-vidhivad-dāna-śubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ

śrīmān Jammejayākhyas tr̥daśapati-samaḥ ⟨45⟩ kr̥⟨tsna⟩-gāṁ bhoktu-kāmaḥ

prakhyāta-dveśi-vaṅśa-pravidalana-paṭū⟨r⟩ bhūpatiḥ somavaṅś¿i?⟨ī⟩∥

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1. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhi⟨25⟩r vvas¿ū?⟨u⟩dhā dattā

rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi⟨ḥ⟩

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ∥

2. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a-phala⟨26⟩-śaṅkā vaḥ

para-datteti pārthivāḥ

sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ

para-dattānupālane∥

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sa⟨27⟩hasrāṇi

svargge modati bhūmidaḥ

Ākṣeptā cān¿ū?⟨u⟩mantā ca

tāny eva narake vaseT∥

4. Indravajrā

⟨28⟩ Agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩

bhūr vv¿o?⟨ai⟩ṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ

yaḥ kā¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩canaṁ gā¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca mahī⟨29⟩¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca dadyād

dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e?⟨āḥ⟩⟨.⟩

5. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ

pravalg{ay}anti pi ⟨30⟩ tāmahā⟨ḥ⟩

bhūmi-dātā k¿ū?⟨u⟩l¿a?⟨e⟩ jāt¿ā?⟨a⟩ḥ

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati∥

6. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩āti

yaś ca ⟨31⟩ bhūmiṁ prayacchati|

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

niyataṁ svargga-gāminau∥

7. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ saha ⟨32⟩ sr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩

vāja-peya-śat¿āṇi?⟨ena⟩ ca

gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

bhūmi-ha⟨r⟩ttā na ś¿ū?⟨u⟩dhyati∥

8. Anuṣṭubh

harate hā⟨Page 3r⟩⟨33⟩ray¿ate?⟨ed⟩ yas tu

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ

sa ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ

pāśais t¿ī?⟨i⟩ryag-yon¿īṇ?⟨iñ⟩ ca gacchati∥

9. Anuṣṭubh

⟨34⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā

yo hare¿ti?⟨ta⟩ vas¿ū?⟨u⟩ndharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|

10. Anuṣṭubh

⟨35⟩ Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ

¿va?⟨bra⟩hmā somo hutāśanaḥ

śūlapāṇis ca bhaga{ṁ}vā¿r?⟨n⟩

abhinanda⟨36⟩nti bhūmidaṁ|

11. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu⟨r⟩ nr̥pāṇāṁ

kāle kāle pālan¿i?⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ

sarvvā⟨37⟩n etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrā¿ṃ?⟨N⟩{|}

bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ∥

13. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu⟨38⟩-lolā⟨ṁ⟩

śriyam a¿m?⟨n⟩ucintya manuṣya-jīvita¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca

sa-kalam ida{r}m udāhr̥ta¿ṇ?⟨ñ⟩ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩udhvā

⟨39⟩ na hi p¿ū?⟨u⟩ruṣaiḥ para-k¿i?⟨ī⟩rttayo vilopyā

Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame⟨40⟩śvara-śrī-janamejaya-devasya vijaya-rājye samva¿cch?⟨ts⟩are ṣaṣṭheḥ Āṣāḍha-māse sita-pakṣe t⟨i⟩⟨41⟩thāv aṣṭamyāṁ yatrāṅkato ’pi samvat 6 ¿A?⟨Ā⟩ṣāḍha śudi 8 likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-s¿ā?⟨a⟩⟨42⟩grahi-śrī-mallādhāradatta-s¿ū?⟨u⟩ta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-kāyastha-koIghoṣeṇa vallabhaghoṣa-s¿ū?⟨u⟩teneti|

14. Sragdharā

⟨43⟩ Asti kṣoṇīśvarāṇām amala-maṇi-rucām anvay¿at?⟨e⟩ kaustubhābhaḥ

śaurya-tyāgām¡v!⟨b⟩u-rāśi⟨Page 3v⟩⟨44⟩r viracita-vidhivad-dāna-śubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ

śrīmān Jammejayākhyas tr̥daśapati-samaḥ ⟨45⟩ kr̥¿ccha?⟨tsna⟩-gāṁ bhoktu-kāmaḥ

prakhyāta-dveśi-vaṅśa-pravidalana-paṭū⟨r⟩ bhūpatiḥ somavaṅś¿i?⟨ī⟩∥

Apparatus

⟨32⟩ °sr¿āṇi?⟨eṇa⟩ vāja-peya-śat¿āṇi?⟨ena⟩ ⬦ °srāṇi vāja-peya-śatāṇi F.

Commentary

Orthographical peculiarities : the use of v for b; the use of the velar nasal ṅ instead of the anusvāra; use of a long ū for a short one u.

Object: grant of a village to four Brahmins by the reigning king.

Date : āṣāḍha śukla 8 in the sixth year of the reign of Janamejaya.

Kāyastha: KoIghoṣa son of Vallabhaghoṣa, Mahāsandhivigrahin : Mallādhāradatta

Bibliography

First noticed and edited in 1877 in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society, volume XLVI, Part I, p.173 ff., by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha. It was reedited then by Fleet 1894–1895, № A, pp. 340–344.

Primary

[G] Ghosha, Pratapachandra. 1877. “Notes on, and Translation of three copper-plate inscriptions from Sambalpur.” JASB 46 (1), pp. 173–178. [URL].

[F] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1894–1895. “Records of the Somavamsi Kings of Katak.” EI 3, pp. 323–359. Item A, pages 340–344.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 18, pages 106–111.

[S] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Item II, pages 172–178.

Secondary

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 1559.

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Pages 115–117.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Item 5, pages 231–233.

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<lb n="21" break="no"/>kar<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>kr̥tya pratipādita <choice><sic>Ī</sic><corr>I</corr></choice>ty avagatya <surplus>sam<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>cita-bho<supplied reason="omitted">gār</supplied>thaṁ mātā-pitror</surplus><lb n="22"/>vr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira<lb n="23" break="no"/>ṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ s<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>khena prativastavyam iti<supplied reason="omitted">.</supplied> bhāviśbhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asma<lb n="24" break="no"/>dīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-a<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>urodhāc ca sva-dattir ivā<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>upālanīyā<supplied reason="omitted">.</supplied> tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre<supplied reason="omitted">.</supplied> </p>

<l n="a"><choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>ahubhi<lb n="25" break="no"/>r vvas<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>dhā dattā</l>

<l n="b">rājabhiḥ sagarādibhi<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></l>

<l n="c">yasya yasya yadā bhūmis</l>

<l n="d">tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb: Sircar 23

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<l n="a">mā bhūd a-phala<lb n="26" break="no"/>-śaṅkā vaḥ</l>

<l n="b">para-datteti pārthivāḥ</l>

<l n="c">sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ</l>

<l n="d">para-dattānupālane<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 85

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<l n="a">ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-sa<lb n="27" break="no"/>hasrāṇi</l>

<l n="b">svargge modati bhūmidaḥ</l>

<l n="c">Ākṣeptā cān<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>mantā ca</l>

<l n="d">tāny eva narake vaseT<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 123

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<l n="a"><lb n="28"/>Agner apatya<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> prathamaṁ suvarṇṇa<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied></l>

<l n="b">bhūr vv<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>ṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ</l>

<l n="c">yaḥ kā<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>ñ</corr></choice>canaṁ gā<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>ñ</corr></choice> ca mahī<lb n="29" break="no"/><choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>ñ</corr></choice> ca dadyād</l>

<l n="d">dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok<choice><sic>e</sic><corr>āḥ</corr></choice><supplied reason="omitted">.</supplied></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 5 with inversion of the pādas c and d

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<l n="a">Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ</l>

<l n="b">pravalg<surplus>ay</surplus>anti pi<lb n="30"/>tāmahā<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></l>

<l n="c">bhūmi-dātā k<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>l<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>e</corr></choice> jāt<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ḥ</l>

<l n="d">sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 20

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<l n="a">bhūmi<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied> yaḥ pratigr̥h<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṇ</reg></choice>āti</l>

<l n="b">yaś ca<lb n="31"/>bhūmiṁ prayacchati<g type="danda">.</g></l>

<l n="c">Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau</l>

<l n="d">niyataṁ svargga-gāminau<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 29

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<l n="a">taḍāgānāṁ saha<lb n="32"/>sr<choice><sic>āṇi</sic><corr>eṇa</corr></choice></l>

<l n="c">gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena</l>

<l n="d">bhūmi-ha<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>ttā na ś<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>dhyati<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 137

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<l n="a">harate hā

<l n="b">manda-<choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ</l>

<l n="c">sa <choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>addho vāruṇaiḥ</l>

<l n="d">pāśais t<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>ryag-yon<choice><sic>īṇ</sic><corr>iñ</corr></choice> ca gacchati<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 64

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<l n="a"><lb n="34"/>sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā</l>

<l n="b">yo hare<choice><sic>ti</sic><corr>ta</corr></choice> vas<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>ndharāṁ</l>

<l n="c">sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> bhūtvā</l>

<l n="d">pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate<g type="danda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 132

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<l n="a"><lb n="35"/>Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇuḥ</l>

<l n="b"><choice><sic>va</sic><corr>bra</corr></choice>hmā somo hutāśanaḥ</l>

<l n="c">śūlapāṇis ca bhaga<surplus>ṁ</surplus>vā<choice><sic>r</sic><corr>n</corr></choice></l>

<l n="d">abhinanda<lb n="36" break="no"/>nti bhūmidaṁ<g type="danda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 4

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<l n="a">sāmānyo 'yaṁ dharmma-setu<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> nr̥pāṇāṁ</l>

<l n="b">kāle kāle pālan<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>yo bhavadbhiḥ</l>

<l n="c">sarvvā<lb n="37" break="no"/>n etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrā<choice><sic>ṃ</sic><corr>N</corr></choice><surplus><g type="danda">.</g></surplus></l>

<l n="d">bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ<g type="ddanda">.</g></l><!--

amwb : Sircar 117 only one different reading at the end of the pāda c

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<l n="a">Iti kamala-dalām<choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>u-<choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>indu<lb n="38" break="no"/>-lolā<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied></l>

<l n="b">śriyam a<choice><sic>m</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>ucintya manuṣya-jīvita<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>ñ</corr></choice> ca</l>

<l n="c">sa-kalam ida<surplus>r</surplus>m udāhr̥ta<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>ñ</corr></choice> ca <choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>udhvā</l>

<l n="d"><lb n="39"/>na hi p<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>ruṣaiḥ para-k<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>rttayo vilopyā</l><!--

amwb : Sircar 71

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Iti parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame<lb n="40" break="no"/>śvara-śrī-<persName>janamejaya</persName>-devasya vijaya-rājye samva<choice><sic>cch</sic><corr>ts</corr></choice>are ṣaṣṭheḥ Āṣāḍha-māse sita-pakṣe t<supplied reason="omitted">i</supplied><lb n="41" break="no"/>thāv aṣṭamyāṁ yatrāṅkato 'pi samvat <num value="6">6</num> <choice><sic>A</sic><corr>Ā</corr></choice>ṣāḍha <abbr>śudi</abbr> <num value="8">8</num> likhitam idaṁ śāsanaṁ mahā-s<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice><lb n="42" break="no"/>grahi-śrī-<persName>mallādhāradatta</persName>-s<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>ta-prati<choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>addha-kāyastha-<persName>koIghoṣeṇa</persName> <persName>vallabhaghoṣa</persName>-s<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>teneti<g type="danda">.</g>

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<l n="a"><lb n="43"/>Asti kṣoṇīśvarāṇām amala-maṇi-rucām anvay<choice><sic>at</sic><corr>e</corr></choice> kaustubhābhaḥ</l>

<l n="b">śaurya-tyāgām<choice><orig>v</orig><reg>b</reg></choice>u-rāśi

<lb n="44" break="no"/>r viracita-vidhivad-dāna-śubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ</l>

<l n="c">śrīmān <persName>Jammejayā</persName>khyas tr̥daśapati-samaḥ<lb n="45"/>kr̥<choice><sic>ccha</sic><corr>tsna</corr></choice>-gāṁ bhoktu-kāmaḥ</l>

<l n="d">prakhyāta-dveśi-vaṅśa-pravidalana-paṭū<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> bhūpatiḥ somavaṅś<sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr><g type="ddanda">.</g></l>

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<rdg source="bib:Fleet1894-1895_03">°srāṇi vāja-peya-śatāṇi</rdg>

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<p>Orthographical peculiarities : the use of v for b; the use of the velar nasal ṅ instead of the anusvāra; use of a long ū for a short one u.</p>

<p>Object: grant of a village to four Brahmins by the reigning king. </p>

<p>Date : āṣāḍha śukla 8 in the sixth year of the reign of Janamejaya.</p>

<p>Kāyastha: KoIghoṣa son of Vallabhaghoṣa, Mahāsandhivigrahin : Mallādhāradatta</p>

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<p>First noticed and edited in 1877 in the <title>Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society</title>, volume XLVI, Part I, p.173 ff., by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha. It was reedited then by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Fleet1894-1895_04"/><citedRange unit="item">A</citedRange><citedRange>340-344</citedRange></bibl>. </p>

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<bibl><ptr target="bib:Acharya2014_01"/><citedRange unit="item">5</citedRange><citedRange unit="page">231-233</citedRange></bibl>

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