Satalma plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 8 EpiDoc Encoding Amandine Wattelier-Bricout intellectual authorship of edition Amandine Wattelier-Bricout European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Aubervilliers DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00008.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase 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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siddham svasty aneka-varavilāsinīcaraṇanoū puūrakhodbhrāntamattaparāvātakulāta sakaladigantarāgatavandijanavistāritakīrtteḥ śrīmato murasiīmnaḥ

Asti koṇīścarāṇāmamalamaṇirucāmanvayāta kaustubhābhaḥ śauryatyāgāmvburāśirviracitavidhivaddānāaśubhrīkr̥tābhrāḥ śrīmānnjanmeyākhyastr̥ridaśapatisamaḥ kr̥cchnatsnagāṁ bhoktau kāmaḥ prakhyātadveṣi vaṁśa-pravidalanapaṭurbhuūpatiḥ somavaṁśe

so 'yaṁ parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-mahāśivagupta-rājadeva-pāṁdānudhyāpta-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-tr̥rikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rāja-devaḥ kuśalī kaśaloḍā-viṣaya-prativbaddha-satallamā-grāme vbrāhmaṇāN sampuūjya tat-pratiinivāsi-kuṭumvbi-janapadāna tad-viṣayīya-yathā-kālādhyāsinaḥ samāhatrirtr̥-sannidhātritr̥-cāṭa-bhaṭa-piśuna-veaitrikāvarodhajana-rājavallabhādīna sa rvāna rājapādopajiīvinaḥ samājñāpayati. viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarva-vbādhā-vivarjitaḥ sarvvoparikarakarādāna-sahitaḥ sāmvramadhukaḥ sagarttoṣaraḥ pratinisṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥcatuḥ-simā-vācchinnaḥ gautama-gotrāya gautamāṅgirasa-Ausautathyatriyātryāriṣarṣeya-pravarāya vājasaneyea mādhyandinaśākhyādhyāyine Oḍra-deśe puruṣa-maṇḍapa-grāmavinīirgatāya murujuṁga-grāma-vāstvyāya bhaṭṭaputra-śrī-sānthakara-nāmne dhr̥tikara-sutāya śsaliladhārāpurasśsaram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-śsamakālaopabhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca punṇya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākariīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hiranṇyādbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti. bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asmadiīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyā.

tathā coktaṁ dharmma-śāstre.

vbahubhir vasudhā dattā rājabhis sagarādibhir yasya yasya yadā bhuūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ mā bhuūd a-phalaṁ-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam para-dattānupālane saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhuūmidaḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaśset Agner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ svasuvarṇṇaṁ bhuūr vvaiṣṇavī suūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyāT dattās trayas tena bhavanti lāokāḥ Āsphoṭṭayanti pitaraḥ pravalgayanti pitāmahāḥ bhuūmidāttā kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati bhuūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥hnṇāti yaś ca bhuūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau punṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇī vājapeya-śatāni ca gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-hartā na śudhyati sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo haredta vasundharāṁ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pacyate pitr̥bhiḥ saha Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur vbrahmā somo hutāśanaḥ śuūlapāṇis tu bhagavān abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ sāmānyo 'yaṁ dhar;ma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kālae kāle pālaniīyo bhavadbhiḥ sarvān etāN bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ Iti kamala-dalāmvbu-vbindu-lolaāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitaṁñ ca sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁñ cavbeuvdhāddhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

paramabhaṭṭaāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-ma-kula-tilaka-tr̥rikaliṅgādhipatiśrī-janamejaya-devasya vijayarājye samvacchatsare Aṣṭame kārttikemāsadvitīyapakṣae tithau dvādaśyāṁ yatrāṅkatopi samvaT 8 kārttika śudi 12 dyodūtakaś ca mahāmahattamabhaṭṭ-śrīsādhāraṇaḥ śobhana-sutaḥ likhitam idaṁ śasanaṁmahāsāndhivigraha-rāṇaka-śrī-mallāadatta-dhāradatta-suta-prativbaddhena kāyastha-Āllavena kaivilāsa-sutenaḥ Urkiritaṁ saṁgrāmenṇa. rayaṇā-Otjhāsutena

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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