# Satalma plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 8

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00008

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy)

File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00008.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-07 18:12 (dbc7acc), last modified 2026-09-24 15:06
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## Summary

The object of the inscription is to record the gift of the village
Satamallā attached to the viṣaya of kaśaloḍā to Sānthakara, son of
Dhr̥tikara, belonging to the Gautama gotra with the pravaras of the three
r̥ṣis (Gautama, Āṅgirasa, Autathya), student of the Mādhyandina śākhā of
the Vājasaneyi school of the Yajurveda, immigrant from Puruṣamaṇḍapa
situated in the Oḍra country and resident of Murujuṅga. The dūtaka of
the grant was Sādhāraṇa, son of Śobhana. The record was written by
Kāyastha Āllava son of Kailāsa, attached to the office of the
mahāsandhivigrahin Rāṇaka Malladatta, son of Dhāradatta and incised by
Saṅgrāma, son of Rayaṇā Ojjhā.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩

⟨1⟩ siddham svasty aneka-varavilāsinīcaraṇan¿o?⟨ū⟩
p¿u?⟨ū⟩rakhodbhrāntamattaparāvāta⟨2⟩kulāt{a}
sakaladigantarāgatavandijanavistāritakīrtteḥ śrīmato muras¿i?⟨ī⟩mnaḥ

1. Sragdharā

⟨3⟩ Asti koṇīścarāṇāmamalamaṇirucāmanvayāta kaustubhābhaḥ
śauryatyāgā⟨4⟩m¡v!⟨b⟩urāśirviracitavidhivaddān¿ā?⟨a⟩śubhrīkr̥tābhrāḥ
śrīmānnjanmeyākhyast¿r̥?⟨ri⟩daśa⟨5⟩patisama⟨ḥ⟩ kr̥¿cchna?⟨tsna⟩gāṁ
bhokt¿a?⟨u⟩ kāmaḥ
prakhyātadveṣi vaṁśa-pravidalanapaṭurbh¿u?⟨ū⟩pati⟨ḥ⟩ so⟨6⟩mavaṁśe

so ’yaṁ
parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-mahā⟨7⟩śivagupta-rājadeva-pā{ṁ}dānudhyā{p}ta-parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩āraka-mahārājādhirāja-parame⟨8⟩śvara-soma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rāja-devaḥ
ku⟨9⟩śalī kaśaloḍā-viṣaya-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addha-satallamā-grāme
¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇāN samp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya
ta⟨10⟩t-pratiinivāsi-kuṭum¡v!⟨b⟩i-janapadān{a}
tad-viṣayīya-yathā-kālādhyāsina⟨ḥ⟩
samā⟨11⟩ha¿tri?⟨rtr̥⟩-sannidhā¡tri!⟨tr̥⟩-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-v¿e?⟨ai⟩trikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādīn{a}
sa⟨Page 2r⟩⟨12⟩rvān{a} rājapādopaj¿i?⟨ī⟩vina⟨ḥ⟩ samājñāpayati⟨.⟩ viditam
astu bhavatāṁ yathā⟨13⟩smābhir ayaṁ grāma⟨ḥ⟩ sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ
sarva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvvoparikara⟨14⟩karādāna-sahitaḥ
sām{v}ramadhuka⟨ḥ⟩ sagarttoṣaraḥ
pratini¡s!⟨ṣ⟩iddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨15⟩ catuḥ-simā-vācchinnaḥ
gautama-gotrāya
gautamāṅgira¿sa-Au?⟨sau⟩tathya¿triyā?⟨tryā⟩¿riṣa?⟨rṣeya⟩-pra⟨16⟩varāya
vājasaney¿e?⟨a⟩ mādhyandinaśākh{y}ādhyāyine Oḍra-deśe
puruṣa-maṇḍapa-grāma⟨17⟩vin¿ī?⟨i⟩rgatāya murujuṁga-grāma-vāstvyāya
bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-sānthakara-nāmne dhr̥ti⟨18⟩kara-sutāya
¡ś!⟨s⟩aliladhārāpuras¡ś!⟨s⟩aram
ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-¡ś!⟨s⟩amakāl¿a?⟨o⟩pa⟨19⟩bhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror
ātmanaś ca pu¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākar¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥tya ⟨20⟩
pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hira¡n!⟨ṇ⟩yā ⟨21⟩
dbhi⟨r⟩ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti⟨.⟩ bhāvibhiś ca
bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asma ⟨22⟩ d¿i?⟨ī⟩yā dharmma-gauravād asmad
anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā⟨.⟩

tathā coktaṁ dha⟨23⟩rmma-śāstre⟨.⟩

2. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vasudhā dattā
rājabhis sagarādibhir
yasya yasya yadā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mi⟨Page 2v⟩⟨24⟩s
tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

mā bh¿u?⟨ū⟩d a-phala{ṁ}-śaṅkā vaḥ
para-datteti pārthivāḥ
⟨25⟩ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam
para-dattānupālane

4. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi
svargge ⟨26⟩ modati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midaḥ
Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca
tāny eva narake va¿ś?⟨s⟩et

5. Indravajrā

Agner apatyaṁ pra⟨27⟩thamaṁ ¿sva?⟨su⟩varṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩
bh¿u?⟨ū⟩r vvaiṣṇavī s¿u?⟨ū⟩rya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ
yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāT
⟨28⟩ dattās trayas tena bhavanti l¿ā?⟨o⟩kāḥ

6. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭṭayanti pitaraḥ
pravalgayanti pitāma⟨29⟩hāḥ
bh¿u?⟨ū⟩midāt{t}ā kule jātaḥ
sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati

7. Anuṣṭubh

bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ yaḥ pratigr̥h¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ā⟨30⟩ti
yaś ca bh¿u?⟨ū⟩miṁ prayacchati
Ubhau tau pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-karmmāṇau
niyataṁ svargga-gāmi⟨31⟩nau

8. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇī
vājapeya-śatāni ca
gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena
bhūmi-hartā ⟨32⟩ na śudhyati

9. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā
yo hare¿d?⟨ta⟩ vasundharāṁ
sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā
pa⟨33⟩cyate pitr̥bhiḥ saha

10. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur
¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ
ś¿u?⟨ū⟩lapā ⟨34⟩ ṇis tu bhagavān
abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ

11. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dhar;ma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ
kāl¿a?⟨e⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨35⟩ kāle pālan¿i?⟨ī⟩yo bhavadbhiḥ
sarvān etāN bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN
⟨36⟩ bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ

12. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-lo⟨37⟩l¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ
śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvita{ṁ}ñ ca
sakalam idam udāhr̥ta{ṁ}ñ ca ⟨38⟩ ¡v!⟨b⟩¿e?⟨u⟩¿vdhā?⟨ddhvā⟩
na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

paramabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩¿a?⟨ā⟩raka-mahā⟨39⟩rājādhirāja-parameśvara-ma-kula-tilaka-t¡r̥!⟨ri⟩kaliṅgādhipati⟨40⟩śrī-janamejaya-devasya
vijayarājye samva¿ccha?⟨tsa⟩re Aṣṭame kārttikemā⟨41⟩sadvitīyapakṣ¿a?⟨e⟩
tithau dvādaśyāṁ yatrāṅkatopi samvaT 8 kārttika śudi 12
¿dyo?⟨dū⟩⟨42⟩takaś ca mahāmahattamabhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩-śrīsādhāraṇa⟨ḥ⟩ śobhana-sutaḥ
likhitam idaṁ śasanaṁ ⟨43⟩
mahāsāndhivigraha-rāṇaka-śrī-mall¿ā?⟨a⟩datta-dhāradatta-suta-prati¡v!⟨b⟩addhena
kāyastha-Ā⟨44⟩llavena kaivilāsa-sutena{ḥ} Urkiritaṁ saṁgrāme¡n!⟨ṇ⟩a∥
rayaṇā-Otjhāsutena

## Commentary

The verse 14 (lines 56-59) can be found in :

- Gopalpur plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 12 (verse 14; lines
  56-59)

- Patna plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Āṣāḍha month year 6 (verse
  14; lines 43-44)

- Gaintala plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 17 (verse 15; lines
  45-48)

- Satalma plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 8 (verse 1, lines
  3-6)

- Ranipur-Jharial Plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Royal Year 16
  (verse 14; lines 47-50)

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