# Nuapatna plates of the time of Janamejaya year 5 Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00021 Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy) File path: texts/DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00021.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-07 18:12 (dbc7acc), last modified 2026-09-25 18:23 (4fa8bc2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ siddham∥ svasti ¿ś?⟨s⟩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⟨ḥ⟩ durddaṇḍacaṇḍimodrekadurddamārikramaramāramācāṅka-śaṅka⟨8⟩ra⟨ḥ⟩ sakalabhuvanatakaval¿a?⟨ā⟩vaN kum¿a?⟨ā⟩ra-śikha⟨Page 2r⟩⟨9⟩ra⟨ḥ⟩ kharatarakaravāladāvāna⟨la⟩jālakavalitārikānana⟨ḥ⟩ pa⟨10⟩ścima-kaliṅgādhipati-mahākum¿a?⟨ā⟩rādhirāja-parameśvara yuvarāja-śrī⟨11⟩-dharmmaratha-deva-varmma ku¿s?⟨ś⟩alī∥ santama-maṇḍalīya vāvanna-khaṇḍe∥ ḍa⟨12⟩lahāra-vitrajoṅga-sahita-tuṇḍima-khaṇḍa-kṣetre{∥} Atas tad-viṣayī⟨13⟩yavrāH maṇānāp¿u?⟨ū⟩jya samāharttr̥-sannidhātr̥{∥} niyuktādhikāri⟨14⟩dāṇḍa-pā¿s?⟨ś⟩ka{∥} piśuna{∥} vetrikāvarodha-jana{∥} rājṇī{∥} rāṇaka⟨15⟩rājaputra{∥} rāja-vallabha{∥} bhogijana-pramukha-samasta janapadā⟨16⟩N samājñāpayati∥ viditam astu bhavatāM∥ koṣṭhādākr̥⟨Page 2v⟩⟨17⟩ṣya khaṇḍakṣetramidamasmābhiḥ sajalasthala⟨ṁ⟩ sagarttoṣara⟨ṁ⟩ saviṭapā⟨18⟩raṇya⟨ṁ⟩ samatsyakacchapa⟨ṁ⟩ sanidhi sopanidhi catuḥ¿ś?⟨s⟩īmāvaccinna⟨ṁ⟩ s¿a?⟨ā⟩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 sar¡vv!⟨v⟩a-vādhāvarjjitaṁ sar¡vv!⟨v⟩oparikarādāna-sametaṁ{∥} ma⟨24⟩dhya-deśīya-śoṇabhadra-vinirggatāya{∥} vatsasagotrāya{∥} pañcārṣaprava⟨25⟩rāya{∥} vainateyaśarmmapautrāya mādhavaśarmmaputrāya{∥} sama⟨Page 3r⟩⟨26⟩vedādhyāyipaṇḍīta-śrī-janapati-śarmmaṇe vrāhmaṇāya{∥} sali⟨27⟩la-dhārāpuraḥsaramācandrārkkakṣiti-samakālopabhogā⟨r⟩tthyaṁ mātā⟨28⟩pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśobhivr̥ddhaye{∥} viṣuvatsa⟨ṁ⟩krānti-sama⟨29⟩ye{∥} tāmraśāsanenākarīkr̥tya sampradattamityavaga⟨t⟩ya 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?⟨a⟩ttirivānupālanīyā∥ tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh ¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir ¡vv!⟨v⟩asudhā dattā ⟨33⟩ rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya ⟨⟨ta⟩⟩sya tadā phalaṁ∥ ⟨Page 3v⟩ 2. Anuṣṭubh ⟨34⟩ sva-dattāṁ para-dattām vā yo hared vasundharāM∥ sa vi¿pā?⟨ṣṭhā⟩yāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā ⟨35⟩ pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacy¿e?⟨a⟩te{ḥ}∥ 3. Anuṣṭubh mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ∥ sva⟨36⟩-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-dattānupālane∥ 4. Anuṣṭubh gām ekā⟨ṁ⟩ sva⟨r⟩ṇṇam e⟨37⟩kañ ca bhūmer apy arddham aṅg¿a?⟨u⟩laṁ∥ haran narakam āyāti yāvad—ā-bhūta-sa ⟨38⟩ mplavaṁ 5. Anuṣṭubh nir¡vv!⟨v⟩aśo nirddhano rogī kṣīṇāyuḥ śatrubhir jjitaḥ∥ bhaved ya⟨39⟩ḥ kurute vādhāṁ viprāṇān tāmra-śāsane∥ 6. Anuṣṭubh bhūmiṁ yaḥ∥ ⟨pratigr̥hṇāti⟩ ⟨yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati⟩ ⟨Ubhau tau puṇya-karmāṇau⟩ ⟨niyataṁ svarga-gāminau⟩ 7. Anuṣṭubh Āsphoṭaya⟨40⟩nti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitāmahāḥ∥ bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ ¿ko?⟨sa⟩ na⟨41⟩s trātā bhaviṣyati∥ sandhivigrahi-rāṇaka-śrī-maladattaḥ śāsana⟨42⟩m idam alīlikhaditi∥ vijñān¿i?⟨ī⟩herukadāsa ## Apparatus ⟨37⟩ aṅg¿a?⟨u⟩laṁ ⬦ aṅgalaṁ 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.