Nuapatna plates of the time of Janamejaya year 5

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⟨1⟩ siddham svasti ¿ś?ajjanadamāvāsita śrīmad-vajaya-pāṭakāT parama-mā-

⟨2⟩ heśvara paramabhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara somuku-

⟨3⟩ la-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati śrīmaj-janamejaya-devasya pravarddha-

⟨4⟩ mānavijayarājye pañca me samvatsare phālgune māsasita(pakṣe)

⟨5⟩ tithau catuddaśyāmaṅke samvat{a} 5 phālguna va di 14 parama-māhe-

⟨6⟩ śvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraja-somakula-kamala-kalikāvikāsabhāska

⟨7⟩ ra durddaṇḍacaṇḍimodrekadurddamārikramaramāramācāṅka-śaṅka-

⟨8⟩ ra sakalabhuvanatakaval¿a?vaN kum¿a?ra-śikha-

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⟨9⟩ ra kharatarakaravāladāvānalajālakavalitārikānana pa-

⟨10⟩ ścima-kaliṅgādhipati-mahākum¿a?rādhirāja-parameśvara yuvarāja-śrī-

⟨11⟩ -dharmmaratha-deva-varmma ku¿s? santama-maṇḍalīya vāvanna-khaṇḍe ḍa-

⟨12⟩ lahāra-vitrajoṅga-sahita-tuṇḍima-khaṇḍa-kṣetre{} Atas tad-viṣayī-

⟨13⟩ yavrāH maṇānāp¿u?jya samāharttr̥-sannidhātr̥{} niyuktādhikāri-

⟨14⟩ dāṇḍa-pā¿s?ka{} piśuna{} vetrikāvarodha-jana{} rājṇī{} rāṇaka-

⟨15⟩ rājaputra{} rāja-vallabha{} bhogijana-pramukha-samasta janapadā-

⟨16⟩ N samājñāpayati viditam astu bhavatāM koṣṭhādākr̥-

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⟨17⟩ ṣya khaṇḍakṣetramidamasmābhiḥ sajalasthala sagarttoṣara saviṭapā-

⟨18⟩ raṇya samatsyakacchapa sanidhi sopanidhi catuḥ¿ś?īmāvaccinna s¿a?mra-madhu

⟨19⟩ ka-prabhr̥tinānāvr̥kṣādisametaṁ{} hastidaṇḍa{} varavalīvardda{} ciṭṭola{}

⟨20⟩ Andhāruvā{} pratyandhāruvā{} padātijīvya{} Adattā{} vasāvakā{} vi-

⟨21⟩ ṣayavālī{} rintakāvaḍi{} Antarāvaḍḍi{} Ahidaṇḍa{} haladaṇḍa{} vandhada-

⟨22⟩ ṇḍa{} vandāpanā{} vijaya-vandāpanādi-bhaviṣyat-kara-sametaṁ sa-khaṇḍapā-

⟨23⟩ līyaṁ sapratihāraṁ sarvva-vādhāvarjjitaṁ sarvvoparikarādāna-sametaṁ{} ma-

⟨24⟩ dhya-deśīya-śoṇabhadra-vinirggatāya{} vatsasagotrāya{} pañcārṣaprava-

⟨25⟩ rāya{} vainateyaśarmmapautrāya mādhavaśarmmaputrāya{} sama-

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⟨26⟩ vedādhyāyipaṇḍīta-śrī-janapati-śarmmaṇe vrāhmaṇāya{} sali-

⟨27⟩ la-dhārāpuraḥsaramācandrārkkakṣiti-samakālopabhogārtthyaṁ mātā-

⟨28⟩ pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye{} viṣuvatsakrānti-sama-

⟨29⟩ ye{} tāmraśāsanenākarīkr̥tya sampradattamityavagatya samuci-

⟨30⟩ ta-kara-bhoga-bhāgam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti bhā-

⟨31⟩ vibhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhāc ca

⟨32⟩ sva-d¿i?ttirivānupālanīyā tathā coktaṃ dharmmaśāstre vahubhir vvasudhā dattā

⟨33⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya ⟨⟨ta⟩⟩sya tadā phalaṁ

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⟨34⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā yo hared vasundharāM sa vi¿?yāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

⟨35⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacy¿e?te{} mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-

⟨36⟩ -dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-dattānupālane gām ekā svarṇṇam e-

⟨37⟩ kañ ca bhūmer apy arddham aṅg¿a?laṁ haran narakam āyāti yāvad—ā-bhūta-sa

⟨38⟩ mplavaṁ nirvvaśo nirddhano rogī kṣīṇāyuḥ śatrubhir jjitaḥ bhaved ya-

⟨39⟩ ḥ kurute vādhāṃ viprāṇān tāmra-śāsane bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau puṇya-karmāṇau niyataṁ svarga-gāminau Āsphoṭaya-

⟨40⟩ nti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitāmahāḥ bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ ¿ko? na-

⟨41⟩ s trātā bhaviṣyati sandhivigrahi-rāṇaka-śrī-maladattaḥ śāsana-

⟨42⟩ m idam alīlikhaditi vijñān¿i?herukadāsa

Apparatus

⟨37⟩ aṅg¿a?ulaṁaṅgalaṁ S.

Bibliography

The plates are currently preserved at the Archaeological Museum, Departments of History and Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (see WattelierBricout2024_01. The photos are available here.

Primary

[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 Supplement, entry IV, pages 358–365.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Pages 149–150.

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 39, pages 277–278.