Gaintala plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 17 EpiDoc Encoding Amandine Wattelier-Bricout intellectual authorship of edition Amandine Wattelier-Bricout European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Aubervilliers DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00010.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 DHARMAbase The object of the inscription is to record the gift of the village R̥ṣigrāma attached to the viṣaya of Nimunā, to Tiku, son of Madhusūdana, student of the Bahvr̥ca śākhā belonged to the Vatsa gotra with the five pravaras Bhārgava, Cyavana, Āpnuvā, Aurvva and Jamadgni and the same five anupravaras, resident of the village Lapusoḍḍā situated in Kosala deśa and having migrated from the village of Śāluvi situated in Madhyadeśa. The record was written by Śrīvaccha, son of Śaṅkilla, who was attached to the Mahāsandhivigrahin Rāṇaka Malladatta held the office of Mahāsandhivigrahin. It was written (certainly an error for incised) by Haradāsa, son of the vaṇik Siullā.

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siddham svasty amala-maṇi-kuṭṭima-sadanacalacanekavāra vilāsinījanacaraṇanūpurakhatrastrapārāvatapunyāñjasvanavadhiritadaśadignānādigdeśānnantarā gatavandijanavistāritakīrttir vvividha-vidyālaṁkr̥ta-vidvajanajanatikāvya-kalāpastutadhanapativibhavasphūrjjatavipaṇijanānyonya-saṁharṣa-vicitra-prāsādāṭṭālikādevakulodyānavāpikuūpataḍāgārāmopaśobhājita-sura-pura-mahimnaḥ. Ārāmas-amāvasita-śrīmato vijayakaṭakātt paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-parama-māhesśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-tr̥trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rājadevaḥ kuśalī. nimunāviṣayīyaR̥ṣigrāme vbrāhmaṇānī sampūjya tad-viṣayīya-yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-niyuktakādhikārikā-dāṇḍa-pāśika-piśuna veaitr̥kāvarodhajanarāṇaka-rājaputra-rājavallabhādīN sarvāN samājñāpayati śivam asmākam anyaT viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sanidhiḥ sopānidhaḥ sarvva-vbādhāvivarjjitaḥ sarvvoparikarādāna-sametaś catuśīssīmā-paryantaḥ sāmvra-madhuūkaḥ sagartāṣaraḥ sa-jala-sthala-sahitaḥ. va hvr̥ca-śākhādhyāyine. vacchatsagotrāya bhārgava-cyavana-Āpnuvāna Aurvvayjamadagni-pravarāya. yajñamadagni-Aurvva-Āpnuvānacyavana-bhārggava-ĀAnupravarāya. madhya-deśīya-śāluvi-grāma-vinirggalāya. kosala-deśīyalapusoḍḍā-grāma-vāstavyāya. bhaṭṭa-putra-śrī-tikunāmvemadhusuūdana-sutāya. saliladhārā-purassaram ācandra-tārakārka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśobhirvr̥ddhaye tāmra-śāsanenākariīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prati-vastavyam iti. bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca svadattir ivānupālanīyāḥ. tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre

vbahubhir vvasudhā dattā rājabhis sagarādibhir yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-dattānupālane. saṣṭi-varṣa–sahasrāṇi. svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca taāny eva narakaṁe vaseT. ĀAgner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ. yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāṁ ca mahīñ ca dadyāt dattās trayas tena bhavanti lokāḥ Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitāmahāḥ. bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati. bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati. Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau taḍāgānāṁsahasrāṇi vājapeya-śatāni ca gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-hartā na śudhyati suvarṇṇam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ haran narakam āyāti yāvad—ā-hūta-saṁplavaṁ. ĀAnyāyena hr̥tā bhūmir anyāyena tu hāritā harato hārayantaś caiva sa hanyātsaptamaṁ kulam harate hārayeta yas tu manda-vbuddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ. sa vbaddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśaiḥs tiryag-yoniṁ ca gacchati. sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo haredta vasundharāṁ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhuūtvā pacyate pitr̥bhiḥ saha. Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur vbrahmā somo hutāśanaḥ śūlapāṇis tu bhagavān abhinandanti bhūmidaṁ. sāmānyo 'yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ sarvān etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrān bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ Iti kamala-dalāmvbu-vbindu-lolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jiīvitaṁ ca sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca veuddhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ

iti sakaka-bhūpāla-mauli-mālā-vignamāṇikya mayuūkha-vrātābhir añjita-krama-kamala-yugala-pracaṇḍadorda-daṇḍa-maṇḍalāgrātuṇḍa-khaṇḍitārāti-matta-mātaṅga-vimukta-muktāphala-prasādhitāśeṣa-raṇa-mahī-maṇḍalaḥ. paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-janamejaya-devasya pāda-pravarddhamāna-vijayarājye samvatsare saptaśame mādhyamāse śsittapkṣe trayodaśyāṁ yātrāṅkataḥ samvaT 17 mādhya śudi 13

ĀAsti kṣoṇīśvarāṇamamalamaṇirucāmanvayāaḥ kaustubhābhaḥ śauryatyāgāmburāśervviracita-vidhi-vaddānaśubhrīkr̥tābhraḥ śrīmān-janmejayākhyas tr̥daśa-pati-samaḥ kr̥tsnagābhoktukāmaḥ prakhyātadveśṣi-vaṅśa-pravidalanapaṭur bhūpatiḥ somavaṅśe. jñeyāśeṣāstra-smr̥ti-vimala-dhiyā. veda-vedāṅga-vidyā- śikṣā-kalpetihāsaprakaṭasura-guru-prāpta-bhūyiṣṭhadhāmnāṁ nāmnā śrī-sādhāraṇena dvijavaruatanunā mantriṇā yasya rājyaṁ nirvyūḍhaṁ so 'yam uccais trijagati viditodevajanmejayaśrīḥ.

likhitam idaṁ tāṁvra-śāsāanaṁ mahāsāndhivigrahoi-rāṇaka-śrīmalladatta-prativaddhena śrī-vacchena śaṁkillasuteneti. likhitam idaṁ tāmra-śāsanaṁ vaṇika siUllā-suta-haradāsena likhitam itiḥ.

The verse 15 (lines 45-48) 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)

The verse 16 (lines 48-51) can be found in : Gopalpur plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 12 (verse 15; lines 59-63: deva-janamejaya-śrīḥ in pāda d) Sonpur plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 17 (verse 15; lines 44-47: deva-janamejaya-śrīḥ in pāda d) Gaintala plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 17 (verse 16; lines 48-51: deva-janamejaya-śrīḥ in pāda d) Chaudwār plates #1 of Mahābhavagupta Dharmakandarpa year 31 (verse 15; lines 39-42: dharma-kandarpa-devaḥ in pāda d) Kālibhanā Plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya, Year 34 (verse 15; lines 43-46: dharma-kandarpa-devaḥ in pāda d) Chaudwār Plates #2 of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya, Year 31 (verse 15; lines 43-47 : dharma-kandarpa-devaḥ in pāda d) Ranipur-Jharial Plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya Royal Year 16 (verse 15; lines 51-54: deva-janmejaya-śrī in pāda d)

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